ABOUT THE CAST

DAX SHEPARD (John Lyshitski): Hailing from a small town outside of Detroit, Michigan, Dax Shepard honed his skills as an actor and comedian with the feted improv troupe The Groundlings while earning an anthropology degree from UCLA. Shortly thereafter, he found himself in the spotlight when he landed a role as himself on the inaugural season of MTV’s wildly popular celebrity-prank series Punk’d. As the show’s original master of disguise, he created a barrage of characters in an effort to disguise himself to the audience—and the show’s increasingly savvy celebrity targets.

This fall, he was seen in two other films. In September, he starred in Mike Judge’s Idiocracy, opposite Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. He followed it up alongside Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson in the Lionsgate comedy Employee of the Month. In order to win the heart of beautiful new cashier Amy (Simpson), the unmotivated slacker Zack (Cook) realizes that he must win the title of Costclub’s Employee of the Month away from his nemesis, the overzealous company-brown-nosing Vince (Shepard).

In January 2007, he will begin production on the dark comedy Smother, with Liv Tyler and Diane Keaton. Most recently, Shepard starred in Sony’s fantasy family feature Zathura, for director Jon Favreau. Shepard was previously seen in Paramount’s Without a Paddle, opposite Seth Green and Matthew Lillard.

Shepard currently resides in Los Angeles.

WILL ARNETT (Nelson Biederman the IVth): has been an extremely busy man as of late. He will soon finish shooting the figure-skating comedy Blades of Glory, with Will Ferrell, Jon Heder and his wife, Amy Poehler. The film is slated for release March 30, 2007. He is also in production for The Brothers Solomon for Revolution Studios, which is currently slated for an April 2007 release. Arnett recently lent his voice to the 20th Century Fox animated sequel Ice Age 2: The Meltdown and co-starred opposite Robin Williams in R.V., the family road-trip comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

He is currently attached to star in Most Likely to Succeed for Universal Pictures, Dad Can’t Lose and Get ’Em Wet for Paramount, as well as The Ambassador for

DreamWorks and Paramount, which he will also executive produce.

Arnett recently earned his first Emmy nomination for his work on the critically acclaimed Fox sitcom Arrested Development, in which he portrayed Gob Bluth. The show garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series for its final season. The series also earned a Golden Globe nomination and won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in its first season and gained a cult-like following by loyal fans.

Before Arrested Development, Arnett was a regular on the NBC comedy series The Mike O’Malley Show. His additional television credits include guest-starring roles on Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Boston Public, Third Watch and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Arnett also guest starred on NBC’s Will & Grace, playing Jack’s dance nemesis while auditioning to become a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.

Arnett’s feature credits include roles in Monster-In-Law, The Waiting Game, The Broken Giant, Southie and Ed’s Next Move. Additionally, he served as the narrator for the film Series 7: The Contenders and can be heard in a variety of commercials, most notably as the voice of GMC Trucks.

Arnett currently splits his residency between Los Angeles and New York, where he lives with his wife, actress and Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler.

CHI MCBRIDE(Barry): is one of the hardest-working men in Hollywood, starring in countless television shows and feature films. McBride will truly make his presence felt this year on the small screen in the highly anticipated show The Nine. The show has an all-star cast that includes Scott Wolf, Tim Daly and Kim Raver and centers around a bank robbery gone bad. The robbery turns into a 52-hour hostage situation with the audience not knowing what actually took place in the bank. The Nine airs on ABC, Wednesdays at 10:00 PM PST/EST.

McBride recently wrapped filming on the comedy The Brothers Solomon with Will Arnett and Will Forte. The movie centers around well-meaning but socially inept brothers who try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.

McBride is best known for his four-year run on the critically acclaimed David E. Kelley series Boston Public, in which he starred as Principal Steven Harper, and his five episode arc on Fox’s hit series House.

2005 was a huge year for McBride on the big screen. He starred in three films— Lionsgate’s Waiting, opposite Ryan Reynolds; the Touchstone film Annapolis, opposite James Franco and Tyrese; and finally, the highly anticipated Fox release Roll Bounce, where McBride starred opposite Bow Wow and Nick Cannon in the film from the producers of Barber Shop.

In 2004, McBride starred in two of the summer’s biggest films: first in Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal, starring opposite Tom Hanks; and the action thriller I, Robot, starring opposite Will Smith. He has appeared in the highly praised films Narc and Paid in Full, and starred opposite Eddie Griffin in Universal Pictures’ Undercover Brother. He also made a cameo appearance in the DMX/Jet Li film Cradle 2 the Grave. In addition, McBride has starred opposite Nicolas Cage in Jerry Bruckheimer’s Gone in 60 Seconds and co-starred opposite Bruce Willis in Disney’s The Kid.

McBride’s other feature film credits include starring roles in Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners, as well as Hoodlum and Mercury Rising. McBride received critical acclaim for his starring role in the Hudlin Brothers’ production Tang, a segment of HBO’s Cosmic Slop Trilogy.

McBride made his feature film debut in The Distinguished Gentleman, starring opposite Eddie Murphy, and followed with roles in the Oscar®-nominated What’s Love Got to Do With It and The Great White Hype.

McBride is well known for his role as the wisecracking, philosophical janitor on the NBC television series The John Larroquette Show. He also starred as Bundini Brown in the ABC movie of the week Muhammad Ali: King of the World.

He currently resides in Los Angeles.