1 ABOUT the CAST JASON LEE (Dave Seville) – with a Flourishing
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ABOUT THE CAST JASON LEE (Dave Seville) – with a flourishing career that includes an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in writer-director Kevin Smith’s “Chasing Amy” and memorable roles in multiple features for directors such as Smith, Cameron Crowe and Lawrence Kasdan – has solidly established himself among critics, directors and peers. Lee starred as the Chipmunks’ single father-figure ‘Dave Seville’ in 20th Century Fox’s blockbuster “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” as well as the highly successful follow-ups “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.” The three films combined have a gross box office of over $1 billion worldwide! Born and raised in Huntington Beach, California, Lee turned a childhood pastime of skateboarding into a professional career. After moving to Los Angeles during his early-twenties, he developed an interest in acting. His big break came in 1995 with the lead role in writer-director Kevin Smith’s “Mallrats,” where Lee played the inconsiderate slacker ‘Brodie.’ Lee went on to star in Smith’s “Chasing Amy,” for which Lee won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his role as ‘Banky.’ He re-teamed with Smith on “Dogma,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” “Clerks II” and “Cop Out.” Lee’s extensive film credits also include Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” and “Vanilla Sky”; Lawrence Kasdan’s “Mumford” and “Dreamcatcher”; Rebecca Miller’s “The Ballad of Jack and Rose”; Barry Sonnenfeld’s “Big Trouble; and Tony Scott’s “Enemy of the State.” He also provided voices for the films “The Incredibles” and “Underdog,” as well as Cartoon Network’s new “We Bare Bears.” For television, Lee starred in and produced the half-hour NBC comedy series “My Name is Earl,” about a hapless crook who has an epiphany after winning a small fortune in the lottery. Determined to change his karma, Earl sets out to right all the wrongs he’s inflicted on people. Lee received two Golden Globe® nominations and two SAG Award nominations for his role of Earl Hickey. In addition, the show won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy. “My Name is Earl” was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and ran for four seasons. Lee starred for two seasons on the TNT series “Memphis Beat.” The guitar-laced sounds of Memphis set the stage for the hour-long show, in which Lee played Dwight Hendricks, a Memphis police detective with a deep connection to the city and its music. More recently, Lee had a recurring role in the hit NBC comedy “Up All Night.” 1 Lee produced and directed the live concert film “Midlake: Live in Denton, TX,” for indie rock band Midlake. The footage was captured at iconic concert venue Dan’s Silverleaf in Midlake’s hometown of Denton, TX, where the band had stopped off to play a local show while on tour promoting their fourth album, “Antiphon.” The result is a beautifully photographed 80 minute film that is both live concert film and Denton documentary. The film premiered in the U.K. at the legendary Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts on June 26, 2014, at the William’s Green venue. Lee is a professional photographer, as well as an avid supporter and collector of the arts. He is actively involved with his skateboard company Stereo Sound Agency, which has been in business for over twenty years. TONY HALE (Scruggs) recently won an Emmy for his work in the HBO comedy series “Veep.” Hale portrays Gary Walsh, a longtime loyal associate of Julia Louis Dreyfus’ Selina Meyer. “Veep” won four additional Emmys, including Best Comedy Series. Hale developed a loyal fan base for his hilarious role as Buster Bluth, the eccentric, one-handed mama’s boy on Fox Television’s smart, ground-breaking, Emmy Award-winning series “Arrested Development.” Details magazine called Buster “the most hysterically unhinged supporting player since Cosmo Kramer.” Fans of the cult classic “Arrested Development” were treated to further escapades with the quirky, beloved Bluth family. Netflix ordered ten original new episodes, which premiered in 2013. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox and Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment. In a vast departure from his role on “Arrested Development,” Hale starred in Anchor Bay’s “happythankyoumoreplease,” the Dramatic Audience Award Winner at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”), the romantic comedy follows a New York writer (Radnor) who begins to care for a foster child who gets lost on the subway. Hale plays a dorky yet gentlemanly attorney vying for the affections of a woman (Malin Ackerman) suffering from alopecia (loss of all body hair). Hale and Akerman share emotional and unique moments on screen, and both actors are taken out of their comfort zones, resulting in surprisingly understated and genuine performances. Hale voiced Wadska in MTV’s animated series “Good Vibes,” with Adam Brody and Danny McBride. The show is about Mondo and his new best friend Woodie, who are living out their California 2 dreams in search of the wildest parties, prettiest girls and biggest waves. “Good Vibes” was created by David Gordon Green. For the big screen, Hale appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s comedy thriller “The Informant!” starring Matt Damon, as well as in Paramount Vantage’s comedy ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard,” alongside Jeremy Piven for Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions. In addition, Hale was seen in Magnolia Pictures romantic comedy “The Answer Man,” with Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham. Hale co-starred with Jimmy Fallon in “The Year of Getting to Know Us.” The feature, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, also starred Sharon Stone, Illeana Douglas and Lucy Liu. He starred opposite Will Ferrell in Columbia Pictures’ feature “Stranger than Fiction,” directed by Marc Forster (“Finding Neverland”). The stellar ensemble cast included Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Queen Latifah. Additional feature credits include supporting roles in director Barry Sonnenfeld’s road trip comedy “RV,” with Robin Williams and Cheryl Hines; and “Because I Said So,” with Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore and Lauren Graham. Additional voice work includes Furlough, the treacherous brother mouse, in Universal Pictures’ animated holiday feature “The Tale of Despereaux,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Kline. Additional television credits include a recurring role on NBC’s “Chuck” and a series regular role on the NBC comedy series “Andy Barker, P.I.” Hale had a guest-starring role during the final season of “ER,” playing a nerd who rescues an old lady and subsequently develops a hero complex. He has also made memorable guest appearances on such acclaimed shows as “The United States of Tara,” “Community,” “Justified,” “Numb3rs,” “Law & Order,” “Sex and the City” and “The Sopranos.” KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY, who was recently seen on the hit ABC TV drama “Nashville,” as the mysterious Peggy Kenter, continues to garner praise for both her dramatic and comedic roles in the feature film and television arenas. Williams-Paisley first lit up the screen as the radiant young bride in the comedy feature films “Father of the Bride” and “Father of the Bride Part II.” Other film and then television roles followed, including the co-starring role of Dana on the ABC TV comedy series “According to Jim.” By the time that series concluded its impressive eight-season run, Williams-Paisley had fully evolved in her role opposite Jim Belushi and Courtney-Thorne Smith, greatly increasing her involvement in the production, and ultimately directing three episodes of the show. 3 Williams-Paisley would go on to star in such films as “How to Eat Fried Worms,” the film adaptation of the popular young children’s book, opposite Tom Cavanagh. Williams-Paisley played opposite Matthew McConaughey in the Warner Bros. feature “We are Marshall,” for director McG, and had a role in the independent feature film “Undiscovered Gyrl,” co-starring Christian Slater and Martin Sheen. On television Williams-Paisley starred in “Amish Grace,” the story of the Amish schoolhouse massacre, for the Lifetime network, which debuted as Lifetime’s highest-rated movie of the week to date. Williams-Paisley’s other television credits include the ABC Family Network’s “Lucky Seven,” and the Lifetime Movie Network original feature Identity “Theft.” She was a co-producer on the latter two projects. Williams-Paisley co-starred in “The Christmas Shoes” for CBS, in ABC’s “Relativity,” in the NBC mini-series “The Tenth Kingdom,” and in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film “Follow the Stars Home.” Williams-Paisley wrote and directed the multi award-winning short film “Shade,” in which she starred opposite Patrick Dempsey. The film finished its festival circuit with a win for the Vision Award for Best Festival Short at the Heartland Film Festival. Her second short, “Numero Dos,” premiered at the Nashville Film Festival. Williams-Paisley made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award®-winning “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” and has appeared on stage in “The Vagina Monologues,” in New York and Los Angeles, and in “All in the Timing,” at the Geffen Playhouse. She also performed on London’s West End in David Mamet’s “Speed the Plow.” In addition to her acting work, Williams-Paisley is an accomplished writer, with published articles for In Style and New You magazines and a year-long column for Redbook, entitled “My Life as a New Wife.” She and her father Gurney Williams co-authored the children’s book Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden. Most recently, Williams-Paisley wrote “Is My Mother Gone?” a compelling and moving feature for Redbook, which lovingly described her family’s experience with her mother Linda’s dementia.