Cast Bios

Teresa Ting

Teresa Ting

NUMBER 18

A native New Yorker, Teresa Ting is a multi-faceted actress born and raised in Queens where she grew up bilingual, speaking fluent Mandarin Chinese. She graduated from NYU with a BA in psychology, and then dove straight into acting. Her eclectic background and training (martial arts, languages, figure skating) prove her as a unique talent.

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Giovanni Mocibob

Giovanni Mocibob

JASON

Vancouver-based Giovanni Mocibob is an actor known for his “straight-from-the-guts” acting style, and his intense physical and mental commitment to his roles. With his unconventional good looks and natural charm he often plays the “good guy” who’s lack of pretense embodies an ideal of innocence and courage of spirit. An interesting mix of sensitive and introspective while maintaining his strength and masculinity. A multi-talented artist, Giovanni works in film, television and theatre.

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Will Yun Lee

Will Yun Lee

AKKARAT

An emerging talent on both the big and small screen and accomplished martial artist, Will Yun Lee was featured in PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S ’50 MOST BEAUTIFUL’ and ’25 SEXIEST MEN ALIVE’ Issues.

Lee was featured in in 20th Century Fox/Marvel’s THE WOLVERINE. Along with the Hugh Jackman starrer, Lee starred opposite Chris Hemsworth in MGM’s RED DAWN as the main villain. Also in the can are Lionsgate’s MAKE YOUR MOVE 3D and China love story ‘LOST FOR WORDS’. On the television side, Will currently recurs on CBS’s hit ‘HAWAII 5-0’ and recently wrapped CBS’s ‘INTELLIGENCE’ opposite Josh Holloway and Marg Helgenberger. Will also took the plunge into the gaming world, voicing the sleeper hit “SLEEPING DOGS” for Square Enix, which earned him MTV and G4 nominations in the Best Voice Actor category.

Lee’s past work includes EMMY and GOLDEN GLOBE nominated HBO/BBC film ‘TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH’ alongside Tim Roth, Toni Collette and Chiewetel Ejiofor, as well as the EMMY Nominated F/X series ‘THIEF’ opposite Andre Braugher. His other notable feauture credits include 007 BOND franchise ‘DIE ANOTHER DAY’, Warner Bros. ‘TORQUE’ and SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL favorites ‘WHAT’S COOKIN’?’ and ‘FACE’.

Read Will Yun Lee’s full bio here.

Eugenia Yuan

Eugenia Yuan

MAMMA

A Hong Kong Oscar winner and daughter of martial arts legend ‘Pei-pei Cheng’, Eugenia Yuan started out her career not as an actress, but as a champion rhythmic gymnast for the U.S. Olympic Team. Eventually, career switching from an athlete to on-screen ingénue, Eugenia made her screen debut co-starring with her mother in the martial arts picture Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002). Eugenia  where she nabbed the Hong Kong Film Award as “Best Newcomer” (Hong Kong’s equivalent of the Academy Awards) in Three…Extremes. Soon after, Hollywood director Doug Liman hand-picked her for the title role of the cult hit mockumentary Mail Order Wife (2004)), which brought her to national attention when she was named as a “Rising Star/Screen Acting Discovery” by the Hamptons International Film Festival where the film premiered. She was later nominated for Hong Kong’s prestigious Golden Horse Award for her starring role in The Eye 2 (2004) and made memorable turns in John Dahl‘s The Great Raid (2005) and the Oscar-winning Memoirs of a Geisha. Eugenia continues to shuttle back and forth between Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong to take Studio, Chinese-language and American independent roles alike including the 2007 Gotham Awards winning film Choking Man. She also co-stars with Hong Kong icon ‘Tony Leung Ka Fai’ in the Hong Kong thriller Zhan gu (2007). Most recently Eugenia has starred in the Martin Scorsese feature at the Toronto Film Festival, Revenge of the Green Dragons and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Sword of Destiny.

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Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

ALEX

Gil Bellows was born on June 28, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Shawshank Redemption (1994), House at the End of the Street (2012) and Unthinkable (2010). He has been married to Rya Kihlstedt since October 3, 1994. They have two children.

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Deborah Fennelly

Deborah Fennelly

MARTA

Appearing most recently as Marta Barrington in Unveil Studios’ film, She Has a Name and as Yvonne in the new Amazon Prime T.V. Series RED OAKS, David Gordon Green director, Steven Soderbergh, producer, with Paul Reiser, Jennifer Grey and Richard Kind, Deborah Fennelly’s resume also includes opera and musical theater and she lends her voice as narrator to audio book biographies of Hollywood legends Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Greta Garbo.

Vanessa Toh

Vanessa Toh

MAE

Vanessa graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore with a first-class BA (Hons) Acting degree in 2015.  Whilst at LASALLE, Vanessa appeared in Sarah Ruhl’s In The Next Room, Liao Yimei’s Rhinoceros in Love, Botho Strauss’s Seven Doors and Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and the Dreamtime. Since graduating from LASALLE, Vanessa has also been involved in television work with Mediacorp in Singapore, including Rojak, Incredible Tales and Crimewatch.

 

 

Holly Pillsbury

Holly Pillsbury

ALI

Holly is a stage and film actor based in Vancouver, BC. Some selected stage work includes Krista Marushy’s Cultivation (K), Anne of Green Gables(Diana Barry), Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte) and the original work Fat Mama Network, created by herself and some funny peeps (Mallory, a 7-year Shakespeare obsessed YouTube sensation, a free spirited yoga dancer and some other questionably sane comedic characters). Her work on multiple independent film projects inspired her to start and create her own original work within the medium. Welcome to Tulip, a 30-minute comedic series, made it to the top 15 finalists for CBC ComedyCoup. Currently, she is producing, directing, acting and writing for episodes of the original web series My True Story alongside other local actors and creatives, including Giovanni Mocibob. Follow her on Twitter for current happenings @mrsmocibob

Charlie Ruedpokanon

Charlie Ruedpokanon

VICTOR

Born and raised in NYC, and currently based in Bangkok Thailand, Charlie Ruedpokanon is an up-and-coming actor best known for his work on films such as Only God Forgives, Ninja 2 – Shadow of a Tear, and The Man with the Iron Fists 2. He is fluent in English, Thai, and Mandarin and can currently be seen in the Thai TV drama – The Reincarnation.

Along with acting he is an established stunt performer and is co-founder of The Action Guys stunt team. Charlie is also one of the main, featured stories in the Tiger Beer – Uncage campaign which focuses on his life and work in the film industry.