ABOUT THE CAST
ROBIN
WILLIAMS (Reverend Frank) is an Academy Award-winning actor
and comedian with a career that spans over three decades. He
won an Oscar for his performance in Gus Van Sant’s “Good
Will Hunting,” and garnered previous Academy Award nominations
for his work in “The Fisher King,” “Dead Poets
Society” and “Good Morning Vietnam.” Williams
has also received six Golden Globe awards, including the Cecil
B. DeMille Award. Additionally, he shared the National Board
of Review Best Actor Award with Robert De Niro for “Awakenings,” and,
in 2004, he received the prestigious Career Achievement Award
from the Chicago International Film Festival.
More
recently, Williams lent his voice talents to the Oscar-winning
animated feature “Happy Feet,” and played Theodore
Roosevelt in the blockbuster holiday comedy “Night at the
Museum.” In the same year, he also starred in Barry Levinson’s
political satire “Man of the Year,” the hit comedy “RV” for
director Barry Sonnenfeld, and Patrick Stettner’s dark
thriller “The Night Listener,” opposite Toni Collette.
Following “License to Wed,” Williams will be seen
this fall in Kirsten Sheridan’s “August Rush,” with
Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Terrence Howard. He
is currently filming the buddy comedy “Old Dogs” opposite
John Travolta. The film is slated for release in 2008.
Williams
first captured the world’s attention as Mork
from Ork on the popular television series “Mork & Mindy.” He
trained at New York’s Julliard School and made his cinematic
debut as the title character in Robert Altman’s “Popeye.” He
followed up with starring roles in Paul Mazursky’s “Moscow
on the Hudson” and “The World According to Garp,” George
Roy Hill’s adaptation of John Irving’s acclaimed
bestselling novel.
His
filmography also includes such hit films as Chris Columbus’ “Mrs.
Doubtfire,” Mike Nichols’ “The Birdcage,” Tom
Shadyac’s “Patch Adams,” Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” and
Joe Johnston’s “Jumanji.” Williams lent his
voice talents in creating the memorable character of the Genie
in the blockbuster adventure “Aladdin” and voiced
the character of Fendor in the 2005 animated feature “Robots.” Additionally,
he was the voice of Dr. Know in Steven Spielberg’s “Artificial
Intelligence: AI.”
Williams
began his career as a stand-up comedian and is well known for
his free- associative monologues. In 2002, after a 16-year
absence from the stand-up scene, he hit the road with a sold-out
26-date U.S. tour. With its last stop on Broadway, the one-
man show was filmed as “Robin Williams: Live on
Broadway” and garnered five Emmy Award nominations.
Offstage,
Williams takes great joy in supporting philanthropic efforts
around the world, benefiting health care, human rights, education
and environmental protection. Last year, he presented “Comic
Relief 2006” with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, a
live concert to benefit families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
To date, the Comic Relief organization has raised over $50 million.
MANDY
MOORE (Sadie Jones) is a multi-talented performer who has already
achieved much success as an actress and as a recording artist.
Moore counts “License to Wed” as
her second of three feature films to be released this year
and, in June, will release her fifth record album.
Moore
most recently starred opposite Diane Keaton in “Because
I Said So,” under the direction of Michael Lehmann. This
August, Moore will star in Justin Theroux’s “Dedication,” with
Billy Crudup, Tom Wilkinson and Bob Balaban. The film premiered
at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Last year,
Moore appeared in Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales,” which
premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and stars Dwayne “The
Rock” Johnson, Seann William Scott and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
In
Brian Dannelly’s sardonic 2004 comedy “Saved!,” Moore’s
performance as the seemingly perfect Christian girl Hilary Faye
garnered much critical acclaim. The film also starred Jena Malone,
Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit.
Moore’s additional film credits include Paul Weitz’s “American
Dreamz,” opposite Hugh Grant, Willem Dafoe, Jennifer Coolidge,
Chris Klein, Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid; John Turturro’s
musical “Romance and Cigarettes,” with James Gandolfini,
Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mary-Louise Parker; Andy Cadiff’s “Chasing
Liberty”; and Clare Kilner’s “How to Deal.” She
also lent her voice talents in the live action/CGI animation
family film “Racing Stripes.” In 2002, Moore starred
opposite Shane West in Adam Shankman’s romantic drama “A
Walk to Remember,” for which she won an MTV Movie Award
for “Breakthrough Female Performance,” and performed
four songs featured on the film’s soundtrack.
Moore
made her feature film debut playing a haughty high school cheerleader
in Garry Marshall’s hit family comedy “The
Princess Diaries,” also starring Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway
and Hector Elizondo.
On
television, Moore has made appearances in NBC’s popular
comedy “Scrubs” and the HBO hit series “Entourage.”
Moore’s new record album, “Wild Hope,” showcases
her first foray into songwriting. All of the songs on the album
were co-written by Moore in collaboration with such acclaimed
singer-songwriters as Lori McKenna, Rachael Yamagata and The
Weepies. “Wild Hope” will be released on June 19.
Her
debut album, “So Real,” went platinum after
only three months on the charts, and includes the top ten single “Candy.” Moore’s
second album, “I Wanna Be With You,” was released
in May 2000 and also went platinum. Her self-titled third album,
another major seller, featured the hit single “Cry.” Her
fourth album, “Coverage,” was released in October
2003 and featured a collection of classic songs by such artists
as Elton John, Joan Armatrading, Todd Rundgren and Cat Stevens.
Beyond film, television and music, Moore has an exclusive line
of contemporary tees and dresses based on original concepts and
designs called MBLEM.
JOHN
KRASINSKI (Ben Murphy) currently plays paper product pusher
Jim Halpert on NBC’s hit comedy “The Office.” The
show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2006
and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in
a Comedy Series in 2007, and was nominated for a Golden Globe
Award for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy in 2007.
On
film, Krasinski recently provided the voice of Sir Lancelot
in “Shrek the Third,” with Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz
and Eddie Murphy. He can also be seen in the upcoming indie comedy “Smiley
Face,” directed by Gregg Araki and starring Anna Farris,
Adam Brody, John Cho, Danny Masterson and Jane Lynch. The film
premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and is scheduled
for release this summer.
Krasinski
is currently filming the 1920s-era romantic comedy “Leatherheads,” opposite
George Clooney and Renée Zellweger, under the direction
of Clooney.
Krasinski
will play Carter Rutherford, a straight-laced college football
sensation, who is hired by team owner and confirmed bachelor
Jimmy “Dodge” Connelly, played by Clooney.
When the sport becomes commercialized, “Dodge” finds
himself falling for Rutherford’s reluctant fiancée,
Lexi, played by Zellweger. The film is currently scheduled for
release this December.
Krasinski’s other feature film credits include Christopher
Guest’s “For Your Consideration”; Nancy Meyers’ “The
Holiday”; Bill Condon’s “Dreamgirls” and “Kinsey”;
Sam Mendes’ “Jarhead”; “Duane Hopwood”;
and the animated family adventure “Doogal.”
Behind
the camera, Krasinski recently wrote and directed the film
adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s
novel Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. The film stars Julianne
Nicholson as a graduate student who is coping with a recent
breakup by conducting probing and revealing interviews with
various men.
Krasinski graduated from Brown University as an honors playwright,
and later studied at the National Theater Institute.
CHRISTINE
TAYLOR (Lindsey Jones) starred in the smash hit comedy “Dodgeball:
A True Underdog Story,” opposite Ben Stiller and Vince
Vaughn, and is perhaps best-known for her role as Matilda Jeffries
in the fashion industry satire “Zoolander,” starring
Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich and Jerry
Stiller. Taylor also starred in “The Wedding Singer,” with
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and received much attention
for her performance as Marcia Brady in “The Brady Brunch
Movie” and its aptly named sequel, “A Very Brady
Sequel.”
Upcoming,
Taylor has a cameo in the romantic comedy “Dedication,” starring
Mandy Moore and Billy Crudup, and co-stars opposite Lisa Kudrow
in the comedy “Kabluey,” which will premiere at this
year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. Her other film credits
include such films as “Desperate But Not Serious,” for
director Bill Fishman; “Kiss Toledo Goodbye,” starring
Robert Forster, Michael Rapaport and Christopher Walken; and
Adam Rifkin’s “Denial.” She has also appeared
in Andrew Fleming’s “The Craft” and “Overnight
Delivery,” starring Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd.
On
television, she played the lead in the 1996 sitcom “Party
Girl,” and has guest- starred on “My Name is Earl,” “Spin
City,” “Friends,” “Seinfeld,” “Ellen” and “Murphy
Brown.” Taylor made her television debut as Melody Hanson
on the Nickelodeon series “Hey Dude.”
Outside
of her career in film and television, Taylor is involved with
Project A.L.S., an organization dedicated to raising funds
for research towards finding effective treatments and a cure
for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s
Disease).
ERIC
CHRISTIAN OLSEN (Carlisle) recently wrapped the indie comedy “Sunshine
Cleaning,” starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin,
Steve Zahn and Clifton Collins Jr.
Olsen
recently starred in the highbraü comedy “Beerfest,” for
director Jay Chandrasekhar of Broken Lizard. He was also recently
seen in the Tony Goldwyndirected drama “The Last Kiss,” with
Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck and Rachel Bilson.
His other film credits include “Dumb and Dumberer: When
Harry Met Lloyd,” “Cellular,” “Not Another
Teen Movie” and “The Hot Chick,” along with
the indie features “Local Boys” and “Mojave.”
On
television, Olsen currently stars in the sitcom “The
Loop,” from the creative team of Pam Brady and Will Gluck.
His other TV credits include “Get Real,” “24” and “ER.”
JOSH
FLITTER (Choir Boy) can currently be seen in Andrew Fleming’s
family mystery adventure “Nancy Drew,” with Emma
Roberts, Max Thieriot and Tate Donovan.
Last
year, Flitter was seen on the big screen as Stewart in “Big
Momma’s House 2,” starring Martin Lawrence and Nia
Long. In 2005, he starred opposite Shia LaBeouf, playing his
caddy Eddie Lowery, in “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” directed
by Bill Paxton.
Flitter’s other film credits include “Duane Hopwood,” which
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and Michel Gondry’s
award-winning drama “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” He
can also be heard in the animated film “Air Buddies,” as
well as the upcoming “Snow Buddies” and “Horton
Hears a Who.”
On
television, Flitter played the title role in “Stephen’s
Life,” and made regular appearances on Bravo’s “Situation:
Comedy,” the reality show produced by Sean Hayes in search
of the next hit sitcom. Flitter’s other television credits
include “Phil of the Future,” “All My Children,” “Ed,” “Prodigy/Bully,” “Whoopi,” “My
Life with Men,” “One Life to Live” and “Blue’s
Clues.”
Flitter began acting when he was five years old and appeared
in numerous commercials, including an Office Depot spot for which
he won a Bobby Award.
DeRAY
DAVIS (Joel) will next appear on the big screen in the Will
Ferrell basketball comedy “Semi-Pro.” He is
a series regular on the hit MTV series “Wild ‘N Out,” and
wrote and performed the comedy skits on Kanye West’s LPs “Late
Registration” and “The College Dropout.”
Davis’ other film credits include “School for Scoundrels,” “Code
Name: The Cleaner,” “Scary Movie 4,” “The
Fog,” “Johnson Family Vacation,” and “Barbershop
1 & 2.”
Additionally,
Davis has a recurring role on “Reno 911!” and
appeared in the HBO hit series “Entourage.” He has
also performed standup on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,” “Comedy
Central Presents: DeRay Davis,” Comedy Central’s “Laffapalooza” and “Premium
Blend,” and NBC’s “Late Friday.”