Cast Bios Luke Goss

CAST BIOS LUKE GOSS (The Creature) – Luke Goss started his performance career as part of the multi platinum-selling band BROS, then decided to pursue his acting ambitions, beginning with the musical play “Plan 9 From Outer Space” based on Ed Wood’s cult film of the same name. In 1997 he starred in the touring musical “What a Feeling,” playing to full houses all over the U.K. After seeing his performance at London’s Palladium theater during that tour, the producers of the long-running, smash hit musical “Grease” offered him the starring role as ‘Danny’ in the West End production. Goss made his mark in American film with the box office hit “Blade II.” His other motion picture credits include “ZigZag,” “Charlie,” “Silver Hawk,” “Cold and Dark” and “The Man.” # # # ALEC NEWMAN (Victor Frankenstein) – Alec Newman was born in Glasgow. Upon finishing his training at the National Youth Theatre and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts, he went straight to work both on television and in the theatre. Playing guest leads in several of BBC’s leading shows led Newman to his debut feature “Greenwich Mean Time,” which earned him critical acclaim. However, he has consistently returned to the theatre, working in productions staged at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum, London’s Young Vic and the West End. In addition to landing the lead role in the pilot “Dark Shadows,” Newman’s television credits include the miniseries “Dune” and “Children of Dune” as well as “Tru Calling” and “Angel,” in which he had a recurring role. Two of his feature films – “Principles of Lust” and “Bright Young Things” – were screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. # # # (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL / “Frankenstein” Cast Bios – Page 2 JULIE DELPY (Caroline Frankenstein) – Fluent in French, English and Italian, Julie Delpy has made a name for herself as an actress in Europe and the U.S. In her most recent work, Delpy reprises her role opposite Ethan Hawke in “Before Sunset,” a follow- up to its successful predecessor “Before Sunrise.” The former took her to the 1995 Sundance Film Festival and the latter has been critically lauded at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival. Since the age of 14, Delpy has worked with some of the world’s most esteemed and intellectual directors, including Jean-Luc Godard for “Detective,” Agneiszka Holland for “Europa Europa,” Krzysztof Kieslowski for the trilogy “Trois Couleurs,” and Quentin Tarantino for “Killing Zoe.” In 1997, she made her own directorial debut with the short film “Blah Blah Blah,” which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. Also a talented songwriter and singer, Delpy wrote her self-titled debut album “Julie Delpy,” a fragile balance between fluid softness and sheer vendetta. # # # WILLIAM HURT (Professor Waldman) – William Hurt trained at Tufts University and New York's Juilliard School of Music and Drama. He spent the early years of his career on the stage between drama school, summer stock, regional repertory and Off Broadway, appearing in more than fifty productions including “Hurlyburly” (for which he was nominated for a Tony Award) and “My Life” (winning an Obie Award for Best Actor). Among Hurt’s upcoming projects are M. Night Shayamalan’s thriller “The Village” and the independent Canadian film “Blue Butterfly.” His other feature film credits include “Altered States,” "Body Heat," "The Big Chill," "Eyewitness," "Gorky Park," "Alice," "I Love You to Death," "The Accidental Tourist," "The Doctor," “Sunshine,” "Broadcast News" and "Children of a Lesser God" – the latter two earning him Academy Award ® nominations and his performance in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" winning him the Oscar ® For radio, Hurt read Paul Theroux's “The Great Railway Bazaar,” for the BBC Radio Four and “Shipping News” by E. Annie Proulx. He has recorded “The Polar Express,” “The Boy Who Drew Cats” and narrated the documentaries, "Searching for America: The Odyssey of John Dos Passos," "Einstein - How I See the World" and the English narration of Elie Wiesel's "To Speak the Unspeakable," a documentary directed and produced by Pierre Marmiesse. In 1988, Hurt was awarded the first Spencer Tracy Award from UCLA. # # # (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL / “Frankenstein” Cast Bios – Page 3 DONALD SUTHERLAND (Captain Walton) – Donald Sutherland has starred in an eclectic collection of films from the biting political satire of "M*A*S*H," to the intimate drama of "Ordinary People" to the subtle intricacy of "Klute" and the eccentric romanticism of Federico Fellini's "Casanova." His other film credits include "Space Cowboys," "Without Limits," "A Time To Kill," "Outbreak," "Disclosure," "Six Degrees of Separation," "JFK" and "Backdraft." Other classic films that Sutherland has starred in are "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Day of the Locust," and "The Dirty Dozen." Sutherland has also starred in several critically acclaimed television projects, including the critically-lauded "Path to War," which earned the actor a Golden Globe Award. Prior to that, he won both an Emmy ® and a Golden Globe for his performance in the mystery/thriller, "Citizen X." Sutherland, who trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, continues to appear on stage. For his role in the highly-lauded production of "Ten Unknowns" at the Lincoln Center, he earned an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. # # # MARK JAX (Alphonse Frankenstein) – Mark Jax starred in the British television series “The Two of Us” and “Jupiter Moon.” His other television credits include the telefilms “Merlin,” “Mary, Mother of Jesus,” and the miniseries “In the Beginning.” Jax has appeared in the feature films “Stealing Heaven” and “Living Doll.” # # # DAN STEVENS (Henry) – A college student in his native England, Dan Stevens makes his television acting debut in the Hallmark Channel Original miniseries “Frankenstein.” # # # - HALLMARK CHANNEL - .

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