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‘GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: THE MEASURE OF A MAN’

CAST BIOS

LUKE PERRY (John Goodnight) – In 1989, Luke Perry was chosen for a starring role on the internationally popular television series “Beverly Hills 90210,” in which he portrayed the brooding but sensitive Dylan McCay. The highly-rated program won a Golden Globe Award for Best Dramatic Television series in 1991.

Perry made his feature film debut in a starring role in “,” the remarkable account of champion bull rider Lane Frost, which he co-produced. His serious devotion to the inspirational legend of Lane Frost led him to train vigorously for 18 months in order to master the techniques of bull riding and to be able to perform many of his own stunts during production. Other film credits include Columbia’s “Fifth Element,” directed by , “Riot” for Showtime, “Normal Life,” “American Strays” and “The Florentine,” in which he co-starred with , Jim Belushi, and Mary Stuart Masterson.

Perry made his debut on Broadway in the critically acclaimed musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, where he portrayed “Brad,” the character originally played by Barry Bostwick in the cult film classic. In 2004, Perry appeared onstage in London opposite Allyson Hannigan in When Harry Met Sally.

Not one to be typecast because of his work on “90210,” Perry’s television credits include a myriad of roles, including a lead in the NBC drama “Windfall,” HBO’s “John From Cincinnati,” starring for two seasons on “Jeremiah,” the Showtime Network sci-fi series, a multi-episode arc on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Oz,” in which he portrayed a televangelist convicted of fraud, as well as roles in Hallmark Channel productions “Johnson County War,” “Supernova,” “A Gunfighter’s Pledge” and “Angel and the Badman.” Perry also starred in “Goodnight for Justice,” Hallmark Movie Channel’s highest rated movie of all time. The idea for “Goodnight” was not only conceived by Perry but he also executive produced the film, and stars in the upcoming “Goodnight For Justice: Queen of Hearts.”

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CAMERON BRIGHT (Will) – At the young age of 18, Cameron Bright has already starred opposite some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Most recently, Bright was seen in theaters in the blockbuster series of feature films, “The Twilight Saga,” in “New Moon” and “Eclipse.” In 2012, he will recur his role as Alec in the highly-anticipated last installment of the series, “Breaking Dawn: Part 2.”

At the age of nine, after getting his start acting in commercials, Bright landed a feature film role starring opposite Academy Award®-winner Robert DeNiro, Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn in

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the horror film “Godsend” for Lions Gate. Since then, he has carried lead roles in over ten major movies, as well as appeared in numerous television series. Some of Bright’s recent credits include the independent film “Walled In,” in which he stars opposite Mischa Barton; the independent film “Normal” starring opposite Carrie Anne Moss; and “An American Affair” starring opposite Gretchen Mol. Before his role in the “Twilight” movies, Bright was seen in theaters in Brett Ratner's “X-Men 3” as the mutant Leech, who has the anti-mutant antibody around which the film focuses.

Bright is clearly no stranger to the big screen, starring in Jason Reitman's Golden Globe- nominated film, “Thank You For Smoking,” playing Aaron Eckhart’s son, for which he was nominated a Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor in 2007, and in Wayne Kramer's thriller, “Running Scared,” opposite Paul Walker. Bright’s resume also includes Kurt Wimmer's “Ultraviolet” starring Milla Jovovich and Jonathan Glazer's feature “Birth,” with Nicole Kidman. His performance in “Birth” garnered him a Broadcast Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor and a Critics Choice Award nomination. He has also been nominated for three Young Artist Awards and a Leo Award for various roles.

Bright currently resides in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

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STEFANIE VON PFETTEN (Callie) – Stefanie von Pfetten was born to German parents in Vancouver, British Columbia and spent much of her childhood in Europe. She got her first taste of the stage starring in her high school's production of Grease before following her interest in art history to a university in Munich (she is multi-lingual, and fluent in German), and then to the University of Vienna for intensive study and a job with Sotheby’s.

Still drawn to perform, von Pfetten returned to Vancouver to formally train in theater and dedicate herself to acting. She attracted immediate attention for guest-starring roles on numerous Canadian television shows, including “Seven Days” and 2004’s “Decoys,” before moving to .

Some of von Pfetten’s television credits include roles on “The Net,” “The Sentinel,” “First Wave,” “,” “CSI: Miami,” “Andromeda,” “The L Word,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Eureka,” “NCIS” and “Better Off Ted.” Von Pfetten has also had roles on many television movies, including “Too Late to Say Goodbye” for Lifetime, “Confessions of a Sociopathic Socialite” for Oxygen Network and “Christmas Caper” for ABC Family, among many others.

Von Pfetten recently appeared as the goddess Demeter in last year’s blockbuster “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief” and will appear in “Garden of Evil,” co-starring with “” star for Syfy Channel. She can handle a horse and a gun, and she is active in dog rescue.

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TEACH GRANT (Deke Spradling) – Teach Grant was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, where he grew up fishing and playing hockey with his father. He started doing voice over work at the age of 12 and discovered theater in high school, going on to study Theatre Art and Psychology at the University of Ottawa.

Grant moved to Vancouver in 1996 and began acting in plays and various black box stages around town. He soon landed his first leading role in the 1997 independent film “Limp,” and has since appeared in 40 film and television productions, the most recent in a supporting role opposite Jessica Biel in Pascal Laugier's “The Tall Man.” He has also had roles on the TV series and miniseries “Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Merlin’s Apprentice,” “Men in Trees,” “Psych,” “The Guard,” “Fringe,” “Shattered,” “The Andromeda Strain,” “V” and “True Justice.”

When Grant isn’t on set, he can be found either at a lake with his beloved dog or on the rink, where he plays hockey with Vancouver's Brightlight Pictures.

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