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‘PORTRAIT OF LOVE’

CAST BIOS

JASON DOHRING (Luke Dwyer) — From a 400-year-old vampire working to keep his identity under wraps, to a charming, manipulative serial killer confounding the doctor assigned to his case, and a portrayal of City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Jason Dohring has brought to life some of the most diverse characters to the big and small screens over the last few years. Dohring was seen in 2014 reprising his starring role as ‘Logan Echolls’ opposite in Warner Bros’ “.” The film picks up where the hit series left off; after ten years Logan finds himself the number one suspect in a murder and he needs Veronica (Bel) to help clear his name and crack the case. “Veronica Mars” recently made theatrical history, becoming one of the most successful projects of all time, raising over $5.7 million dollars to make the movie from over 90,000 fans and supporters. In addition to “Veronica Mars,” Dohring recently filmed independent feature “The Squeeze,” opposite Jeremy Sumpter.

Born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in , Dohring got his start in entertainment at a young age. His family made the move to LA when he was four years old. His siblings, identical twin brothers and identical twin sisters all worked steadily and he wanted to follow in their footsteps. By eight years old he was booking print and television jobs and launched his theatrical career at 11 years old. He attended the Young Actor’s Space, where he honed his craft and studied alongside Jessica Biel and Allison Mac. Some of his early credits included guest star roles on: “JAG,” “Boston Public,” “Cold Case,” “Judging Amy” and “Roswell.”

In 2004, Dohring landed the breakout role as ‘Logan Echolls’ on the hit series “Veronica Mars” opposite Kristen Bell. For three seasons he played the emotionally volatile, son of a billionaire who ends up in a relationship with Veronica Mars. Although the role was originally introduced to him as a one-dimensional antagonist, the chemistry between Dohring and Bell was undeniable and producers expanded their characters’ relationship throughout the episodes, leaving the series finale with a question mark: would Logan and Veronica end up together.

In 2007, Dohring received a call from producer Joel Silver for a series regular role in his new series for CBS, “Moonlight.” From 2007-08 Dohring starred as ‘Josef Kostan,’ a 400-year-old, confident yet secretive hedge fund trading vampire. Once “Moonlight” wrapped, Dohring landed series roles in two high profile pilots: “Washingtonienne” produced by for HBO and “Body Politic” opposite , Jay Hernandez and Gabrielle Union for CW. In 2012, Dohring recurred on the CW’s “Ringer,” opposite as ‘Mr. Carpenter,’ who becomes embroiled and set up in a fraudulent scheme. Additional television credits include: FOX’s “Lie to Me,” “,” ABC’s “Motive,” CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” Warner Bros’ “Supernatural,” CBS’ “Rules of Engagement” and CW’s “The Tomorrow People.”

Dohring has also made his mark in film, aside from his starring role in “Veronica Mars,” he was seen in “Deep Impact” for and independent features “Black Cadillac”

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HALLMARK CHANNEL/ ‘PORTRAIT OF LOVE’ – Cast Bios – Page 2 opposite Randy Quaid for First Look International and “Searching for Sonny” FilmBuff, casting him once again opposite Minka Kelly. Dohring has also been active with the prestigious Sundance Director’s Lab, attending twice. Considered the cornerstone of the year-round support the Feature Film Program provides each year, the Directors Lab is held for 3-4 weeks each June at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. A total of eight projects, the vast majority of which have participated in a previous Screenwriters Lab, are invited to participate. Dohring joined a select group of actors and directors, including Sally Field, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robert Redford to work on gritty, multi-dimensional characters including bomber, Timothy McVeigh.

When not working, Dohring lives a healthy lifestyle, recently building an organic garden at his home with 36 fruit trees. He loves to ride motorcycles and go golfing. He is also a supporter of CalPAL, the Police Activities league, where he recently helped raise over twenty thousand dollars for at risk children. Dohring currently lives in the Los Angeles area.

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BREE WILLIAMSON (April Littleton) — Bree Williamson’s recent work includes a guest lead on the new HBO drama, “True Detective,” a lead role in the independent feature, “The Minister’s Wife,” a season long arc on the SYFY hit, “Haven,” along with another recurring role on the NBC series, “Deception.” Other work includes a recurring arc on “,” along with her Emmy nominated work on the daytime series, “One Life to Live.”

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FRANCES FISHER (Doll Dwyer) — Born in Milford On-Sea, England, Frances Fisher’s itinerant childhood in the UK, Columbia, Canada, France, Brazil, Turkey, Italy, Iowa and undoubtedly provided fodder for her thespian career.

Fisher started her career on the stage and has starred in over 30 theatrical productions, including Fool For Love, Desire Under the Elms, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, Hay Fever, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Three More Sleepless Nights (Drama League Award). Her most recent theatre: The Cherry Orchard at The Taper with Annette Bening, Alfred Molina and and a two-hander opposite Paul Ben Victor in Sexy Laundry.

Fisher's diverse film career spans cool independents to blockbusters to Academy Award winners, including: “Tough Guys Don’t Dance,” “Can She Bake A Cherry Pie?,” “Babyfever,” “Patty Hearst,” “Female Perversions,” Oscar-winning “,” “True Crime,” “The Big Tease,” “The Rising Place,” “Blue Car,” “Mrs. Harris,” “The Kingdom,” “ of Sand & Fog,” “Wild America,” “Laws of Attraction,” “In The Valley Of Elah,” “Jolene” ('s first film), “The Perfect Game,” “Golf in the Kingdom,” “Sedona” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.” She is perhaps best known for her memorable performance as ’s mother in “Titanic,” which garnered Fisher a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble Cast, while the film went on to receive 11 .

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In addition to her thriving theater and film career, Fisher played notable real-people television roles: in “Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter,” 's mother in “The Audrey Hepburn Story” (played by , and Sarah Hyland in the three stages of Ms. Hepburn's life) and Jackie O's mother, Janet Bouvier in “Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis” (played by Joanne Whalley). Fisher had recurring roles on a number of series, including “,” “Eureka” and “” and has guest starred in “Law & Order, “,” “The Mentalist, “,” “,” “Private Practice” and “CSI.” To this day, she is stopped on the street, as fans remember her as Deborah Saxon on the beloved “The Edge of Night” and, later, Suzette Saxon on “The Guiding Light.” Those jobs were her bread and butter as a budding actress in New York. After her Eon contract was completed, she focused again solely on regional and off-off-Broadway theatre, while doing scene work for as a member of The Actors Studio, in addition to studying with the great Adler.

Today, Fisher continues to play screen mom to some very interesting talent: She was seen in the #1 Box office hit, “The Roommate,” playing 's mother; she played Ryan Philippe's mother in Brad Furman's critically acclaimed Lakeshore feature “Lincoln Lawyer,” opposite Matthew McConaughey and 's mother in David Rosenthal's “Janie Jones,” co-starring Abigail Breslin. Fisher guested on AdultSwim in the British Version of Rob Corddry's comedy “Children's Hospital,” playing the British version of 's character, "The Head,” Travis Fine's “Any Day Now,” which won seven Audience Awards, award-winning “The Silent Thief” (mom to Scout Taylor-Compton and Cody Longo). She also starred in the Hallmark Channel Original Movie “The Seven Year Hitch” and a Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation of “The Makeover,” with Julia Styles, Camryn Manheim, playing mom to David Walton.

Most recently, Fisher co-starred with and in Stephenie Meyer's sci-fi book adapted for the screen, “The Host,” guest-starred in an arc on Kiefer Sutherland's hit TV series, ”Touch” and guest-starred recently on ABC’s “Castle.”

Upcoming films include “Pandora's Box,” co-starring with Joe Mantegna; “Red Wing,” with Luke Perry and Bill Paxton; Catherine Harwicke's “Plush,” with Emily Browning; Ash Christian's “Adventures of Sweet Yellow,” 's “The ‘M’ Word” and “Retribution.” Fisher recently wrapped “You're Not You,” co-starring as Hilary Swank's mother, with Josh Duhamel, Emmy Rossum and Ed Begley, Jr.

Currently Fisher is starring in ABC's compelling new sci fi series, “Resurrection,” which premiered in 2014 to outstanding ratings, in which she plays a grieving mother whose child drowned decades ago and returns home as the same 9 year old boy. The series will be returning this fall.

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CORBIN BERNSEN (Tyler Mason) — Corbin Bernsen comes from an entertainment family. His mother had been on the long running soap “The Young and Restless” for 35 years. A graduate of UCLA, where he earned a Bachelors degree in Theater and a Masters degree in Playwriting, he most recently starred as Henry Spencer on USA Network’s hit original series “.”

He was first catapulted to stardom during the 1980s by the hit NBC TV series, “L.A. Law.” He was nominated for both Emmy and Golden Globe awards for his performance as Arnie Becker on the show that virtually created the ensemble drama as we now today. Along the way he hosted “” and guest starred on “” and “,” to name a few notable television appearances.

In the feature film arena, he starred in the comedy “Hello Again,” followed by other critically acclaimed roles in “Disorganized Crime,” Wolfgang Peterson’s “Shattered,” “The Great White Hype” and as the Cleveland Indians’ third baseman-turned-owner Roger Dorn in the extremely popular “Major League” series of films. Other film credits include “Lay the Favorite,” with Bruce Willis and “,” with , and Owen Wilson. He also appeared with Robert Downey Jr. and in “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.”

Recently, Bernsen has moved to the other side of the camera, directing the films “Carpool Guy,” “Dead Air” and “Rust, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. With “Rust,” Bernsen shifted his focus to family-friendly movies and formed Home Theater Films. “25 Hill,” which he also wrote and directed, is the first title from his newly formed company and was distributed by EchoLight Studios in July 2012. This was followed by “3 Day Test” (2012) and “Beyond the Heavens” (2013), also released by EchoLight Studios. His most recent film, “Christian Mingle The Movie,” starring (“Mean Girls”) was released in October 2014 by Capital. Bernsen lives in Los Angeles with his wife of 24 years, actress Amanda Pays, and their four sons.

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