AFTER (2019) About The Cast
Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Selma Blair, Inanna Sarkis, Shane Paul Mcghie, Pia Mia, Khadijha Red Thunder, Dylan Arnold, Samuel Larsen, Jennifer Beals, Peter Gallagher, Swen Temmel, and Meadow Williams
JOSEPHINE LANGFORD (Tessa Young), HERO FIENNES TIFFIN (Hardin Scott), SELMA BLAIR (Carol Young), INANNA SARKIS (Molly), SHANE PAUL MCGHIE (Landon), PIA MIA (Tristan), KHADIJHA RED THUNDER (Steph), DYLAN ARNOLD (Noah), SAMUEL LARSEN (Zed), JENNIFER BEALS (Karen), PETER GALLAGHER (Chancellor Ken Scott), SWEN TEMMEL (Jace/Executive Producer), MEADOW WILLIAMS (Professor Soto/Producer)
ABOUT THE CAST
JOSEPHINE LANGFORD (Tessa Young) will next be seen starring as ‘Tessa Young’ in the film adaptation of Anna Todd’s New York Times bestselling novel, After . The film follows Langford’s character as she embarks on her journey through college, falling in love and all the emotions that come along through her ride of young adulthood. She stars alongside Hero Fiennes Tiffin in the film which will be released on April 12, 2019.
Most recently Langford was seen in Wish Upon in 2017. The horror-thriller, which was directed by John Leonetti, also starred Ryan Phillippe and Joey King. Additionally, she was seen on the popular Australian series “Wolf Creek” as ‘Emma Webber.’
Langford is a native of Perth, Australia and was featured in the Variety’s 2018 Young Hollywood Impact Report.
HERO
FIENNES TIFFIN (Hardin Scott)
is a rising British actor hailing from the Fiennes legacy. The Dolce & Gabbana and Montblanc model
is known for playing the younger version of the Harry Potter antagonist Lord
Voldemort (played by his uncle, Ralph Fiennes) in the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Fiennes Tiffin most recently starred in Baz Luhrmann’s short film “The Secret Life of Flowers” in collaboration for the Erdem x H&M collection. It was also announced late last year that he would star in the upcoming war drama Freedom’s Path.
Fiennes Tiffin currently resides in London.
SELMA
BLAIR’s (Carol Young)
diverse
career began with her comedic roles in pop culture classics Cruel Intentions
and Legally Blonde
. She has worked with an
array of acclaimed directors including Guillermo del Toro ( Hellboy
and Hellboy II: The
Golden Army
) and Todd Solodnz ( Storytelling
and Dark Horse
). Other film
appearances include Robert Benton’s Feast
of Love
, John Water’s A Dirty Shame,
and she reconnected with her Cruel
Intentions
director Roger Kumble in The
Sweetest Thing
, starring opposite Cameron Diaz.
On television, Selma starred on “Kath & Kim” for NBC and has made memorable guest star appearances including “Friends,” “Portlandia” and “Web Therapy.”
On stage, she starred in the World Premiere production of Rajiv Joseph’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries” at The Alley Theater and was nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Spoken Word Recording” for her reading of The Diary of Anne Frank .
Blair was last seen co-starring as “Kris Jenner” in FX’s “The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” for Ryan Murphy. She will next be seen alongside Nicolas Cage in the upcoming film, Mom & Dad , and in the upcoming “Heathers” television series. Moreover, she is the voice of esteemed German artist Eva Hess in the upcoming Untitled Eva Hesse Documentary .
INANNA SARKIS (Molly) is one of digital media’s preeminent content creators who uses her channels to showcase films in which she writes, directs and stars.
Sarkis is set for a recurring role in Jill Soloway’s Amazon pilot “College,” executive produced by Channing Tatum. She recently released her first single “No Beauty in War,” is working on a YA action novel, and is developing a female-driven action series.
She has partnered with major brands such as Sprint and L’Oréal, created a WWE character for a primetime special, and produced a long-form branded campaign for the Kingsman sequel with 20th Century Fox. Sarkis is also one of the faces of the International Medical Corps and has visited Jordan to further help raise awareness on the Syrian refugee crisis.
SHANE PAUL MCGHIE (Landon) started acting at the prestigious Beverly Hills High School Theatre Arts Department and furthered his acting studies at University of Southern California in the BFA program. After graduating in 2016, McGhie booked the “My Player” role for the NBA 2K18 video game.
Right as he graduated, McGhie landed roles on BET’s “Rebel,” “Criminal Minds,” and Showtime’s “Shameless.” He was also the lead in Foster Boy , an independent movie starring Matthew Modine and Louis Gossett Jr.
Last year he has worked on Facebook Watch’s “Sacred Lies,” Paramount Players' What Men Want starring Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan, Netflix and CBS’ Unbelievable , and has most recently wrapped up filming on Dolly Parton's Down from Dover for Netflix, and Charlie Day & Wrigley Pictures’ El Tonto .
McGhie was born in Los Angeles, California to Jamaican parents.
PIA MIA (Tristan) is a multi-talented recording artist, songwriter, entrepreneur, social influencer and fashionista. She was born and raised on the island of Guam where she fostered an early love of music that led to posting musical covers to YouTube. Her talents became a viral sensation, and today the multi-platinum artist has over 5 million Instagram followers, 710K Twitter followers, her own record label, and is the first ever fashion director for Madonna’s clothing line Material Girl.
She signed her first production project as a teenager with Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and soon after debuted her first independent single “Red Love,” which garnered over 12 million YouTube views. She launched her own label – Wolfpack Entertainment – at age 16, and went on to projects with Chance the Rapper, G-Eazy, and Tyga. Her multi-platinum banger “Do It Again” sold more than 4 million copies and drew more than 300 million streams on YouTube.
Pia Mia’s unique fashion sense brought her Best Dressed status across the industry and modeling jobs for brands like Nasty Gal, Pink Dolphin and Missguided. She has her own clothing in partnership with UK fashion magnate In The Style.
Her most recent EP “The Gift 2” has racked well over 400 million music streams worldwide.
KHADIJHA RED THUNDER (Steph) is a First Nation - Native American model/actress born and raised in Spokane, Washington.
Since embarking on her modeling career, Red Thunder has graced the pages of Vogue, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar among other publications, and worked with numerous fashion brands such as H&M, Sephora, and Gap. While working on a fashion campaign, she first met Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton, who later would cast Red Thunder in her on screen debut as Steph in After.
Recently, she starred opposite Dylan Sprouse in a short film for Kygo's new hit song with Valerie Broussard "Think About You." Red Thunder continues to pursue her career in film and television while traveling the world continuously for her modeling career.
DYLAN ARNOLD (Noah) has demonstrated great range as a young actor by his varied roles from television’s “S.W.A.T.,” “Nashville,” and “The Purge;” to films such as Fat Kid Rules The World , Mudbound , and Laggies .
Recently, he was featured as a guest star as Young Gilbert in Gus Van Zant’s ABC miniseries “When We Rise,” and seen in the David Gordon Green’s reboot of the iconic Halloween .
SAMUEL LARSEN (Zed) is an actor and musician from San Francisco, California. Larsen moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in both acting and music.
Shortly after re-locating, he won the reality series “The Glee Project,” securing him his first role as Joe Hart on “Glee.” Since then Larsen has appeared in various projects such as “Hawaii Five-O,” “Recovery,” and “The Remains.”
As well as having released solo music with songs like “Blue” and “You Should Know,” Larsen is set to unveil his new band “Next City.”
JENNIFER BEALS (Karen) is an internationally renowned actress who has been featured in over 50 films and some of television’s highest rated series.
She will be executive producing and co-starring in the revival of her hit Showtime series “The L Word,” and is slated to star in the highly anticipated Warner Bros TV/DC series “Swamp Thing.” Her additional television credits include NBC’s “Taken,” TNT’s “Proof,” NBC’s “The Night Shift,” Fox’s “The Chicago Code,” and Amazon’s “The Last Tycoon.”
Since her Golden Globe-nominated, iconic role in Flashdance , Beals has graced the big screen with exceptional performances in such diverse films as The Book of Eli, Devil in a Blue Dress , Runaway Jury , and Twilight of the Golds .
Beals has been the recipient of the Ally for Equality Award for her support of the LBGTQ communities and been twice nominated for the NAACP Image Award. A Chicago native, Beals attended Yale University where she graduated with honors.
PETER GALLAGHER (Chancellor Ken Scott) is an award-winning actor at home on stage, film and television.
Gallagher made his film debut in Taylor Hackford’s The Idolmaker , and has since appeared in more than 50 films in a broad range of genres. Among dozens of acknowledgements for his talents, he received a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in the Academy Award® winning American Beauty . Most recently, he had a significant role in the film Hello My Name is Doris starring Sally Field and Max Greenfield.
On television, Gallagher has recurred roles in NBC’s “Law and Order: SVU” and Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie.” He appeared for 5 seasons on “Covert Affairs,” and had roles on “Californication,” “Rescue Me,” “How I met Your Mother,” and “The Kroll Show.”
Gallagher’s other television work includes the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning miniseries “The Murder of Mary Phagan,” “Terrible Joe Moran,” “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” for Robert Altman, and “Fallen Angel” for Steven Soderbergh.
As a singer, Gallagher recorded an album “7 Days in Memphis” for Epic Records, and is featured on the soundtracks for “Pal Joey,” “Guys and Dolls,” “A Doll’s Life.” He has had dozens of stage roles and continues to perform his one-man show “How’d All You People Get in My Room?” across the country.
Gallagher was honored with a “Light on the Hill Award” from Tufts University, and also received the “Steve Chase Humanitarian Award” from The Desert AIDS Project. He serves on the National Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Association, and is presently co-chair of the National Board of Advisors for the Actor’s Fund.
SWEN TEMMEL (Jace/Executive Producer) was born in a small city in Austria called Graz. He moved to America with his mother and father in 1997, and in 2018 he became of citizen of the United States. He knew very little English or anything about the culture, starting school at Santa Monica Elementary and graduating from Malibu High. Being completely immersed in the language and culture, he quickly caught on.
In December of 2012, he graduated from the renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute where he completed a 2-year conservatory program. Wanting to expand his acting knowledge, he also took classes at the Groundlings Theatre in Hollywood and finished a semester at the world famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, where he studied Shakespeare.
Temmel’s passion is film and television, but he also loves the stage, having done multiple shows, including “The Sunshine Boys,” where he shared the stage with the legendary Dick Van Dyke.
He is currently finishing filming in Puerto Rico for Axis Sally , starring Al Pacino.
MEADOW WILLIAMS (Professor Soto/Producer) conveys an intriguing mix of elegance and humor, glamorous fashion and easy-going Southern charm that reflect both her humble beginnings on a Tennessee farm and her active Hollywood film career. A classic, radiant Los Angeles beauty who retains the humble nature of her country roots, Williams draws upon a deep wellspring of experience in her film and modeling work.
At a young age, Williams started her entertainment career as a television actress and was seen in hit shows such as “Married With Children,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Larry Sanders Show.” Her career transitioned from television to movies when she landed a role in the iconic motion picture, The Mask , opposite Jim Carrey. The part led to a role as Kevin Bacon's significant other in the Academy Award-winning Apollo 13 . Deeply moved by director Ron Howard’s work on the project, the actress says Howard’s influence continues to shape her performances.
Most recently, Williams was seen in the action thriller Den of Thieves (2018) alongside Gerard Butler and in the prison action vehicle Backtrace (2018) with veteran stars Sylvester Stallone and Mathew Modine.
Williams also appeared as a sexy villainous cult leader in the comic book movie Officer Downe (2016), an indie adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel by Joe Casey. Under the direction of John McNaughton, Williams played in The Harvest (2013), an American horror thriller, opposite Michael Shannon as his mistress.
The industrious actress has a number of projects being readied for release. Up next, Williams will be seen in After , based on Anna Todd’s blockbuster novel. In addition to playing a college professor, Williams is producer, along with author Todd, on the highly anticipated adult romance drama.
Williams’ screenwriting and producing credits let her extend her reach even further to diverse themes and genres. Also set for release soon is 10 Minutes Gone , a crime thriller starring Bruce Willis, with Williams playing a bartender full of surprises. The soon-to-be-released action-thriller Boss Level from writer-director Joe Carnahan has Williams playing an assassin alongside stars Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts. Adding to Williams’ very busy 2019 film roster is the drama feature Broken Soldier , with Williams in a supporting role as Ray Liotta’s trophy wife, and alongside Sophie Turner and Mark Margolis.
The project Williams finds most fulfilling, for the way it dissects one of the most critical periods in American and world history, is the drama Axis Sally , in which the actress stars opposite Al Pacino. Based on a true story, the film has Williams playing a radio personality who broadcast English-language propaganda for the European Axis powers during World War II. The script is adapted from the William Owen book Axis Sally Confidential . Pacino plays the lawyer who represents Williams’ character after she was arrested for treason. Axis Sally is due out in late 2019 or early 2020.
