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d y l a n wa l s h , “Dr. Sean McNamara”
j u l i a n m c m a h o n , “Dr. Christian Troy” j o e ly r i c h a r d s o n , “Julia McNamara”
j o h n h e n s l e y , “Matt McNamara”
r o m a m a f f i a , “Dr. Liz Cruz”
k e l ly c a r l s o n , “Kimber Henry”
k e l s e y ly n n bat e l a a n , “Annie McNamara” l i n da k l e i n , “Nurse Linda”/Technical Advisor
b r a d l e y c o o p e r , “Aidan Stone”
l a u r e n h u t to n , “Fiona McNeil”
pa u l a m a r s h a l l , “Kate Tinsley”
o l i v e r p l at t, “Freddy Prune” dap h n e z u n i g a , “Carly Summers”
j e n n i f e r c o o l i d g e , “Candy Richards”
t i a c a r r e r e , “Mistress Dark Pain”
c r a i g b i e r ko , “Bob Easton” p o rt i a d e r o s s i , “Olivia Lord”
r o s i e o ’ d o n n e l l , “Dawn Budge”
a n n a ly n n e m c c o r d , “Eden Lord”
l e s l i e g r o s s m a n , “Bliss Berger”
j o h n s c h n e i d e r , “Ram Peters”
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Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon)–
two plastic surgeons, close friends and business partners who own
McNamara/Troy, an overwhelmingly successful plastic surgery practice–
attempt to bring inner peace and visceral contentment to their patients
through external cosmetic procedures. Although their patients aspire
to cover up their pain, it is the surgeons who wear the true masks of
anguish and unhappiness, of sadness and disillusionment. For over two
decades, they have shared a love for the same woman, Julia McNamara
(Joely Richardson), and while she married Sean, Julia has loved both
men. At mid-life, Sean and Christian question the prosperity that has
brought them so much – and offered so little.
nip/tuck’s fifth season continues where season four left
off: following the divorce from Julia, Sean sold his half
of McNamara/Troy and departed Miami for Los Angeles.
Christian, who ended his engagement to Michelle (Sanaa
Lathan), soon followed — thus relocating McNamara/Troy
to the West Coast. Dr. Liz Cruz (Roma Maffia) also joins
the new McNamara/Troy for a fresh start as she recovers
physically and emotionally from past loves. Julia, now living
in New York with daughter Annie (Kelsey Lynn Batelann)
and baby Conor, visits Sean and Christian in Los Angeles,
bringing a new, female love with her. Matt (John Hensley)
and Kimber (Kelly Carlson), who wed last season, now have
a baby daughter, Jenna. They, too, descend upon Los Angeles,
shrouded in the anguish of addiction. The new season of
nip/tuck will explore Sean and Christian’s
struggles for success in a city where they
are professionally unknown — and its
residents yearn for fame.
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Season five of nip/tuck stars six series regulars: Dylan Walsh,
Julian McMahon, Joely Richardson, John Hensley, Roma Maffia
and Kelly Carlson. The season will feature many guest stars
including Oliver Platt, Lauren Hutton, Bradley Cooper, Paula
Marshall, Portia de Rossi, Jennifer Coolidge, Craig Bierko,
Daphne Zuniga, Tia Carrere and John Schneider. Rosie O’Donnell
will also guest star, reprising her season four role as lottery
winner “Dawn Budge.” Additionally, Leslie Grossman reprises
her season one role as former patient “Bliss Berger.”
nip/tuck was the #1 scripted drama series on basic cable among
Adults 18-49 in 2004, 2005 and 2006. First-run episodes of
season four averaged 3.9 million total viewers and 2.8 million
Adults 18-49. In a weekly four-telecast cume, it averaged 7.6
million total viewers and 5.4 million Adults 18-49.
nip/tuck won the 2005 Golden Globe® Award for Best Drama
Series and was nominated for the same award in 2004. The
series has received three back-to-back Emmy® Award nominations
for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup and won the award in
2004. Joely Richardson received back-to-back Golden Globe®
nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2004 and
2005. Julian McMahon received a Golden Globe® nomination
for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2005.
nip/tuck was created and is executive produced by Ryan
Murphy, who continues to write and direct several episodes.
Michael M. Robin is executive producer. It is produced by
The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner
Bros. Television Productions Inc. The series is filmed in
Hollywood, California.
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable network
from the Fox Networks Group. Launched in June of 1994,
FX is carried in more than 94 million homes. The diverse
schedule includes a growing roster of critically acclaimed
and award-winning original series; an established film library
with box-office hits from 20th Century Fox and other studios;
and an impressive roster of acquired hit series. For more
information about FX, visit our web site at www.FXnetworks.com.
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“maybe we
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moved somewhere
where substance
reigns over style —
like new york.”
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Dylan Walsh portrays “Dr. Sean McNamara,” a dedicated, brilliant plastic surgeon
and partner in McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice that has relocated
from Miami to Los Angeles. Often conflicted about his life choices, Sean relies on
Christian for strength and a sense of family. Last season, Sean was emotionally
isolated: Christian became engaged, his son Matt married Kimber Henry and his
wife Julia divorced him and departed Miami for New York with daughter Annie and
son Conor. This season, Sean begins dating in a new city and gains confidence
both personally and professionally.
In addition to nip/tuck, Dylan recently appeared on Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit and began filming Christmas
Miracle, a television drama written and directed by
Gregory Goodell. It will air this December on Lifetime.
Previously, Dylan appeared on screen in the Warner
Bros. feature The Lake House opposite Sandra Bullock
and Keanu Reeves and One Part Sugar opposite Danny
DeVito. In addition, he starred opposite William H.
Macy, Julia Stiles and Joe Mantegna in the independent
film Edmond.
Prior to nip/tuck, Dylan starred as the antagonist in
The Lone Ranger and had a recurring role on Everwood.
He was the star of Brooklyn South, and also appeared
in the HBO film Final Voyage and the Lifetime movie
More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story.
Dylan’s feature film credits include Bloodwork opposite
Clint Eastwood, the action-adventure film Congo with
Laura Linney, We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson and the
critically acclaimed Nobody’s Fool with Paul Newman.
His work also includes the films Jet Boy, Devil Wore a
Skirt for director Fiona Mackenzie and Power Play for
director Joseph Zito and the independent film
Par 6, directed by Grant Heslov.
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Born in Los Angeles, Dylan spent the first 10 years
of his life in Africa, India and Indonesia as both of
his parents were in the Foreign Service. After his
10th birthday, the family settled in Annandale, VA,
a suburb of Washington, DC.
He made his professional acting debut while still
in high school, appearing with prestigious theater
companies at the Arena Stage and the Studio Theatre.
Although he was an English major at the University
of Virginia, Dylan spent most of his time in the theater
department. During his summers he performed
with the Heritage Repertory Company, appearing
in such classics as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Curse
of the Starving Class, Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Salesman
and Our Town. He made his film debut in John
Boorman’s Where the Heart Is.
Dylan resides in Los Angeles with his wife
and three children.
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Julian McMahon plays “Dr. Christian Troy,” the business partner, best friend and
confidante of Dr. Sean McNamara. Handsome, charming, and often promiscuous,
Christian has no sexual inhibitions as he enjoys the perks that his lucrative career
offers. Last season, Christian became engaged to Michelle – only to end the
engagement when he learned of her dark, criminal past. This season, he embraces
the Los Angeles nightlife and attempts to keep a betrayal from Sean as he resides
in Malibu with Wilber, his 5-year-old adopted son. Christian’s near-constant need
for love and attention takes him on a sexual journey that surprises him.
Julian — who was nominated for a 2005 Golden
Globe® Award and a 2006 Saturn® Award for Best
Actor in a Television Drama for his work on nip/tuck—
most recently appeared on the big screen in 20th
Century Fox and Marvel Studios’ summer sequel
hit Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer. Directed
by Tim Story and based on the Marvel Comics
franchise, Julian reprised the role of “Victor Von
Doom,” the villain he portrayed in the original
film adaptation of the comic book series.
Previously, Julian appeared on the big screen opposite
Sandra Bullock in Premonition and has completed
work on the independent film Prisoner for writer/
directors David Alford and Robert Lynne. In this
film, Julian stars as “Derek Plato,” a Hollywood
film director who is taken hostage by a jailer while
scouting an abandoned prison for his next movie.
Julian made an impression on television audiences
via his roles as “Detective John Grant” on the awardwinning NBC drama series Profiler and the tortured
demon “Cole Turner” on the popular series Charmed,
which aired on The WB.
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Hailing from Australia, Julian was known to audiences
there for his lead role in the primetime drama The
Power, The Passion. He then joined the cast of the
hit series Home and Away, which has also starred
Guy Pearce, Heath Ledger, Martin Henderson
and Naomi Watts. In 1992, McMahon broke
into American television when he was cast
as “Ian Rain” on the daytime drama Another
World. He also co-starred in the cable movies
In Quiet Night and Another Day, which was
executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola
and starring Shannen Doherty and Brad
Renfro. His other television credits include
a guest-starring role on Will & Grace. “how many guys our
age finally get the
opportunity to get
the recognition they
deserve, huh? this is
just the beginning.”
—dr. christian troy
Additional feature film credits include
Meet Market opposite Elizabeth Berkeley
and Aisha Tyler, Wet and Wild Summer
with Elliot Gould and Chasing Sleep with
Jeff Daniels. He has also starred on
stage, most notably in the Sydney and
Melbourne productions of Love Letters.
He currently lives in Los Angeles.
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around and i just
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i’m running
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Joely Richardson plays “Julia McNamara,” the ex-wife of Dr. Sean McNamara and
the mother of Matt (whose biological father is Dr. Christian Troy), Annie and Conor.
Last season, before the birth of Conor, Julia learned that her baby would be born
with ectrodactyly (“lobster claw syndrome”) and kept this information from Sean
well into her pregnancy. After having an affair with Conor’s night nurse Marlowe
(Peter Dinklage), Julia divorced Sean and left Miami for New York. This season, Julia
brings Annie and Conor to Los Angeles for a visit – and reveals that she is already
in a new romantic relationship.
nip/tuck marked Joely’s U.S. television debut. She
received back-to-back Golden-Globe® nominations
for Best Actress, Drama Series in 2004 and 2005 for
her work on the show as well as much critical praise
for her extraordinary portrayal of an unfulfilled
woman caught in deep emotional struggles of loving
two men.
The daughter of Academy® Award-winning parents
Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave, Joely started
her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic
Arts in London. From there, she took to the stage for
the Royal Shakespeare Company, seasons at the Old
Vic, and in the West End.
Her first feature film was playing Redgrave’s character
as a young girl in David Hare’s Wetherby. Since then,
she has appeared in The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey with Tom Berenger, The Last Mimzy, Drowning
by Numbers with Joan Plowright, Shining Through
with Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith, 101
Dalmatians with Glenn Close, I’ll Do Anything opposite
Nick Nolte, Event Horizon with Laurence Fishburne,
Sister My Sister with Julie Waters, Loch Ness opposite
Ted Danson, The Affair of the Necklace with Hilary
Swank, Maybe Baby opposite Hugh Laurie, The Patriot
with Mel Gibson and Lady Chatterley’s Lover with
Sean Bean for director Ken Russell.
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In 1999, she received an Independent Spirit® Award
nomination as Best Actress for her role in Under
Heaven (her aunt Lynn Redgrave won in that category
for Gods and Monsters).
On stage, she most recently appeared in Madame
Melville opposite Macaulay Culkin at the Promenade
Theatre in New York, and Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windemere’s
Fan in the West End in London.
On television, she recently starred opposite Hugh
Bonneville in the U.K. comedy Freezing. Prior to
that, she starred opposite Gary Sinise in the highly
rated CBS movie Fallen Angel, a role which won her
a Camie® Award in 2005. She has also starred in the
television movies Lies My Mother Told Me and Fatal
Contact: Bird Flu in America.
—julia mcnamara
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were ‘do-overs’
in life, like when
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John Hensley portrays “Matt McNamara,” the biological son of Christian and
Julia, who considers both Christian and Sean to be his fathers. Last season,
the often-withdrawn Matt found solace and comfort in Scientology and Kimber,
whom he married after learning that they were pregnant. This season, Matt
travels to Los Angeles seeking financial help from his parents, who are unaware
of his true demons, his desperation and his endless lies.
Previously a horse-wrangler in Wyoming, John has
seamlessly transitioned from performing in the
rodeo arena to a career in television and the big
screen. In 1999, he made his television debut
on Comedy Central’s cult hit Strangers With Candy.
John then landed the memorable role of “Meadow’s”
high school boyfriend on HBO’s award-winning
series The Sopranos. He also played the lead opposite
Gabriel Byrne in ABC’s highly acclaimed but shortlived series Madigan Men under the direction of
Emmy® award-winner Jim Burrows, as well as the
role of “Gabriel Bowman” in TNT’s series Witchblade.
Most recently, John appeared on CBS’s awardwinning series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
For the big screen, John has wrapped production
on Shutter, a horror film written by Luke Dawson and
directed by Masayuki Ochiai, as well as The Crate,
a comedy by Sam Burbank. Both films are scheduled
for release in 2008.
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Previously, John appeared in an independent feature
film that debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, 50 Pills,
written by Matthew Perniciaro and directed by
Theo Avgerinos. Additional film credits include the
independent features Teeth and Peoples.
After graduating high school in Kentucky, John
spent three years in Wyoming before deciding
to pursue his passion for acting in Los Angeles.
He then attended Fort Lewis College in Colorado
where he studied humanities and immersed
himself in the theater community. Together with
friends he formed an improv group, which became
so successful that it was invited to perform with
Chicago’s famed Second City Theatre Troupe.
Despite his strong ties to his southern roots,
John now resides in Los Angeles.
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Roma Maffia plays “Dr. Liz Cruz,” the outspoken lesbian anesthesiologist at
McNamara/Troy who often challenges the views held by Sean and Christian. Last
season, Liz was the victim of an underground ring of organ thieves, who stole one
of her kidneys. In ill health, she underwent transplant surgery when a generous
Dawn Budge (Rosie O’Donnell) donated one of her own kidneys to Liz. She also fell
in love with another anesthesiologist, Poppy (Alanis Morrissette) – and quickly fell
out of love when she realized that her new partner was a controlling and unstable
woman. This season, Liz joins Sean and Christian in their new Beverly Hills practice.
Roma started her acting career performing offBroadway, off-off Broadway and in regional productions
ranging from Shakespeare to Sam Shephard. At a benefit
reading for the New Group in New York, she was asked
by casting director Jane Jenkins to audition for a role
in director Ron Howard’s feature film The Paper,
and found a career mentor: “Ron tells people he
discovered me, which is absolutely true.”
When The Paper opened in 1994 in Los Angeles,
Roma took her first trip to Hollywood and
her career quickly flourished. She soon
met television producer David E. Kelley,
who cast her as Adam Arkin’s secretary,
“Angela” in Chicago Hope.
During her one season on Chicago
Hope, Roma landed a plum role in
the Barry Levinson film Disclosure,
in which she played Michael
Douglas’ tough sexual-harassment
lawyer “Katherine Alvarez.”
Garnering rave reviews for her
performance, Roma quickly
landed feature film roles in
director John Badham’s Nick
of Time, playing a kidnapper
opposite Christopher Walken
and Johnny Depp and Eraser,
with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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“faith ain’t gonna cut it out
here, christian. you want
the hollywood dream, you
gotta go out and get it —
not wait to be discovered. ”
—dr. liz cruz
Roma recently wrapped production on the
psychological thriller Ghost Image for writer/director
Jack Edward Snyder and just completed Yonkers Joe
with Chaz Palmentari and written and directed by
Robert Celestino. Additional feature credits include
Double Jeopardy opposite Ashley Judd; Kiss The Girls
with Morgan Freeman; Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary;
Kingshighway; Holes; I Am Sam with Sean Penn and
Michelle Pfeiffer; and Things You Can Tell Just By
Looking At Her with Glenn Close and Holly Hunter.
From 1996-2000, Roma played the dedicated and
brilliant “Grace Alvarez,” forensic pathologist for
the Violent Crimes Task Force on NBC’s primetime
series Profiler. Her telefilm credits include Consensual
Relations for NBC, HBO’s Mistrial with Bill Pullman,
and Showtime’s The Defenders. She had a recurring
role on NBC’s ER, and has also guest-starred on
CBS’s Ghost Whisperer, Lifetime’s Strong Medicine,
NBC’s The West Wing, HBO’s The Sopranos and has
a recurring role on NBC’s Law & Order.
Roma is actively involved with the non-profit
organization Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA),
which dedicates itself to advancing democracy
and equality in South Africa.
Roma resides in Los Angeles with her dogs
Lou Lu and Lucky.
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“you know i’ve
always been that
kind of person who
was on a search
for something that
makes me feel special
and complete.”
—kimber henry
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Kelly Carlson plays former model “Kimber Henry,” the current wife of Matt
and a previous girlfriend of both Christian and Sean. Last season, Kimber joined
the Church of Scientology and married Matt after she became pregnant. This
season, the couple has a baby daughter Jenna, and Kimber battles new and
familiar demons.
Kelly, a Minneapolis native, is currently in the
process of filming Made of Honor, a comedy
starring Patrick Dempsey as a man who falls
in love with an engaged woman. Directed
by Paul Weiland, the film is scheduled for
release in 2008.
Earlier this year, Kelly starred on the
big screen as “Lucy” alongside Kathleen
Robertson and Christopher McDonald
in director Michael O’Neill’s film
Player 5150. She also appeared as
“Gamma Woman” alongside Neil
Hopkins, Lance Guest and Brud
Fogarty in William Dickerson’s
film Shadowbox. Her other film
credits include The Marine,
Starship Troopers 2, Little Big
League, Splittsville and Paparazzi.
In addition to her work on nip/tuck, Kelly recently
guest starred on CBS’s CSI: Miami and starred in
the Lifetime movie Break-In. Her television credits
also include guest-starring roles on The WB’s
Everwood and NBC’s Passions. On stage, Kelly has
appeared in Vanities, Cheaters, Girl’s Guide To Chaos,
Charlotte’s Web and Can’t Trust The Mate.
Kelly is the spokesperson for the Smile Network,
an organization that addresses the cosmetic surgery
needs of at-risk children.
Kelly, who was once a nationally competitive
equestrian, resides in Los Angeles and still
enjoys horseback riding.
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Kelsey Lynn Batelaan plays “Annie McNamara” Sean and Julia’s
only daughter and the sister of Matt and Conor. Last season,
Annie and Conor left Miami for New York with their mother.
This season, Annie expresses her wish to live in Los Angeles.
Born on July 3, 1995, Kelsey Lynn lives
with her parents Brian and Sharon Batelaan
and her two younger sisters, Courtney and
Katrina. She began modeling at the age of
four and has appeared in many catalogs,
brochures, newspaper ads and on-line print
ads. She also enjoys runway modeling and
has already worked in dozens of runway
fashion shows.
Kelsey Lynn began her acting career
at the age of six when she landed her
first television guest-star appearance
on Power Rangers– Wild Force in 2002.
She has also appeared on ABC’s 8 Simple
Rules as a young “Bridget Hennessy,” in the pilot episode of the FOX sitcom
Oliver Beene and in the syndicated
show She Spies.
Although there are rarely other children
on the set of nip/tuck, Kelsey Lynn has
really enjoyed working with the cast
and crew over the past four seasons and
is excited about the new things in store
for “Annie” in season five.
When not filming, auditioning or in
school, Kelsey Lynn enjoys horse-back
riding, tennis and softball. She lives in
Los Angeles with her family and her pets,
a dog named Sterling, a Moluccan
Cockatoo named Tiki and three
cats named Pumpkin,
Cooney and Furbie.
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Linda Klein, R.N., has been a registered nurse for over 20 years,
working in emergency rooms across the country and assisting
in the operating rooms. She has lent her talent and expertise to
Hollywood, serving as the medical and technical advisor on a long
list of feature films and television shows, and has been with
nip/tuck since the pilot episode.
Linda has worked with a variety of directors
including Barry Levinson on the pilot of
3 Lbs; Steven Soderbergh on Ocean’s Eleven;
Cameron Crowe on Vanilla Sky; Warren Beatty
on Bulworth; Oliver Stone on Nixon; Lawrence
Kasdan on Grand Canyon and Garry Marshall
on Beaches. Linda was the technical advisor
for the film Running With Scissors and also
appears in the film as a nurse.
On the small screen, Linda has been an
advisor on such series as 24, Friday Night
Lights, Once and Again, JAG, Six Feet Under,
The Practice, The X-Files, Chicago Hope, NYPD
Blue, L.A. Law, thirtysomething, The Young and
the Restless and Hill Street Blues. In addition
to her advisory role on nip/tuck, Linda is
a producer on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.
Linda appears on nip/tuck as “Nurse Linda”
in most operating room scenes. She has
also appeared in Boston Public; Chicago Hope;
NYPD Blue; Doogie Howser, M.D. and Family
Ties, and in such feature films as Very Bad
Things, Point of No Return and License to Kill.
In addition, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS
News, Access Hollywood and Entertainment
Tonight often seek out Linda as an on-air
medical and technical advisor. She resides in Los Angeles.
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Bradley Cooper portrays “Aidan Stone,” the lead actor on
Hearts ‘n Scalpels, the television drama on which Sean and
Christian become medical/technical advisors. Arrogant, brash
and prone to outbursts, he enjoys exploiting his fame for
personal gain. Sean develops an odd camraderie with Aidan,
who shares his hedonistic lifestyle with the insecure Sean.
Bradley recently went into production on
All About Steve opposite Sandra Bullock and
wrapped production on two thrillers: Case 39
and Midnight Meat Train. All films are slated
for release in 2008.
Most recently, Bradley appeared in Failure
to Launch opposite Zooey Deschanel,
Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica
Parker. Bradley’s other film credits include
The Wedding Crashers, Older Than America,
Changing Lanes, My Little Eye, Carnival
Knowledge and Wet Hot Summer. He has
also completed work on the comedy
The Comebacks.
Bradley’s television credits include FOX’s
Kitchen Confidential, The WB drama Jack
and Bobby and NBC’s Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit and Trial By Jury. Although he is
most often recognized for is work on ABC’s
Alias starring Jennifer Garner, he has also
guest-starred in episodes of the USA Series
Touching Evil and appeared in numerous
television films including the ABC Family
Channel film I Want to Marry Ryan Banks,
Hallmark Entertainment’s The Last Cowboy
and Columbia TriStar’s The $treet.
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In April 2006, Bradley appeared on
Broadway playing the roles of “Pip”
and “Theo” alongside Julia Roberts in
Richard Greenberg’s play 3 Days of Rain.
Lauren Hutton portrays “Fiona McNeil,” a Hollywood publicist who
convinces Sean and Christian that celebrity status can bring them
more patients than their medical reputations. Powerful, direct and
forthright, Fiona forces her ideas onto her clients, and convinces
actress Carly Summers (Daphne Zuniga) to undergo plastic surgery
in order to maintain her career.
Bradley graduated from the Honors
English program at Georgetown University
in 1997. He then moved to New York City
to enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts program
at the Actors Studio Drama School at New
School University.
One of the world’s first supermodels,
Lauren has appeared on over 35 covers of
Vogue world-wide. Her pioneering 1964
contract with Revlon cosmetics, the first
exclusive talent contract for a single brand,
revolutionized the modeling industry.
Bradley currently resides in Los Angeles
with his dogs Charlotte and Samson.
Following her success as a model for the
Ford Modeling Agency and Revlon, Lauren’s
acting career began with a role in the 1968
film Paper Lion, opposite Alan Alda. She then
went on to appear in films such as American
Gigolo with Richard Gere, Once Bitten with
Jim Carrey and Fear opposite Ally Sheedy.
From 1995-97, Lauren hosted her own
late night talk show on the USA Network.
Lauren has long devoted her time to
environmental issues. She also lobbies
and speaks out on behalf of women’s
health and beauty issues around the world.
Her love for wildlife and world cultures
has made her a constant traveler. Lauren
has been a long-time member of the Guggenheim Museum Motorcycle Club
and is an avid diver.
Lauren currently splits her time between
New York and Los Angeles.
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Paula Marshall plays “Kate Tinsley,” a well-known actress who
stars in Hearts ‘n Scalpels, the television drama in which Sean
and Christian are medical advisors. Her relationship with Sean
moves quickly from professional to romantic and Kate soon
reveals a personal compulsion to Sean.
Paula appeared on the big screen most
recently in I Know Who Killed Me. Her
previous film work includes Cheaper by
the Dozen, Thursday, That Old Feeling, A
Family Thing, The New Age, Warlock: The
Armageddon and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth.
Paula first garnered attention in 1992
when she guest-starred on ABC’s Wonder
Years and continued with guest roles on
Seinfeld, Diagnosis Murder and Nash Bridges.
She landed her first sitcom role in 1994 in
FOX’s Wild Oats and later became a series
regular in ABC’s Spin City, Cupid and Snoops,
NBC’s Cursed, CBS’s Out of Practice and The
CW’s Veronica Mars. Paula’s other television
credits include Californication, Manchild,
Miss Match, Hidden Hills, Just Shoot Me and
Sports Night.
A native of Maryland, Paula currently
lives in Los Angeles with her husband
and daughter.
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Oliver Platt portrays “Freddy Prune,” the creator and executive
producer of the television drama Hearts ‘n Scalpels. Neurotic,
overworked and overwhelmed, Freddy hires Sean and Christian as
medical/technical advisors on his show. In turn, Sean and Christian
suggest surgical procedures that they performed in Miami to use
as Hearts ‘n Scalpels plot lines.
Oliver most recently garnered Emmy® and
Golden Globe® nominations for his work
in the critically acclaimed Showtime series
Huff. He also earned an Emmy nomination
for his guest role on NBC’s The West Wing and
a Tony® nomination for his Broadway debut
in the Connor McPherson play Shining City.
On the big screen, Oliver most recently
completed work on Martian Child and has
began filming director Ron Howard’s
latest feature Frost/Nixon. His other feature
work includes Who Is Killing the Great Chefs?,
Casanova, The Ice Harvest, Funnybones, Bulworth,
Married to the Mob, Working Girl, Flatliners,
Postcards from the Edge, Indecent Proposal,
The Three Musketeers, Executive Decision, A
Time to Kill, Doctor Dolittle, Simon Birch, Lake
Placid, Don’t Say a Word and Pieces of April.
Additional television credits include
appearances on ESPN’s The Bronx is
Burning and CBS’s Queen’s Supreme.
Oliver graduated from Tufts University
with a degree in drama and has starred
on stage in The Tempest, Moon Over Miami,
Ubu, Elliot Loves and Twelfth Night.
He resides in New York with his wife
and three children.
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DA P H N E Z U N I G A
JENNIFER
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Daphne Zuniga portrays “Carly Summers” a forty-something
movie star whose publicist insists on extensive plastic surgery
for her as a way to revive her acting career.
In addition to her work on nip/tuck, Daphne
is currently in production on Mel Brooks’
Spaceballs: The Animated Series, scheduled
to air on G4 later this year. Although she
is most frequently recognized for her work
on FOX’s Melrose Place, Daphne garnered
much attention for her work in ABC Family’s
Beautiful People and NBC’s American Dreams.
Her other credits include Pandora’s Clock,
Christmas Do-Over, The Obsession, Secret Lives,
Degree of Guilt, Spin City, Stark Raving Mad,
Eve and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Daphne began her film career in 1985
with Rob Reiner’s The Sure Thing and later
landed a coveted role in Lucille Ball’s final
performance, Stone Pillow. Her other film
credits include Spaceballs, Vision Quest, Gross
Anatomy, Staying Together, Last Rights, Mad
at the Moon, Charlie’s Ghost Story, Enemies of
Laughter and Stand Ins.
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Daphne also recently appeared in the
documentary ConnecTED, which she cocreated with Chris Anderson to spotlight
the annual TED convention. TED is a
conference held in Monterey that brings
together the world’s most fascinating
thinkers and doers and challenges them
to give the talk of their lives.
Daphne is a founding board member
of Earth Communications Office (ECO).
She is devoted to the conservation
of our planet and is currently focused
on environmental problems in
Hispanic communities.
Jennifer Coolidge plays “Candy Richards,” an actress who guest stars
on an episode of Hearts ‘n Scalpels. Her character undergoes a delicate
procedure once performed in Miami by Sean and Christian.
In addition to her work on nip/tuck, Jennifer
is currently in production on the comedy
Barry Munday. She also recently lent her voice
for Igor, slated for release in 2008. Although
she is most often recognized for playing
“Stifler’s Mom” in the American Pie trilogy,
her other credits include Epic Movie, For Your
Consideration, Best in Show, Click, American
Dreamz, Date Movie, Robots, Lemony Snicket’s
A Series of Unfortunate Events, A Cinderella
Story, Zoolander, Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me, A Night at the Roxbury, Trial and
Error and both Legally Blonde movies.
Born in Boston, Jennifer graduated from
Emerson College with a bachelor’s degree
in theatre. After graduation, she moved to
New York where she joined the Gotham
City improv group and then headed to Los
Angeles, where she became a member of
the Groundlings Theater troupe.
Jennifer currently lives in Los Angeles
and New Orleans.
After making her television debut on Seinfeld,
Jennifer went on to guest star in King of the
Hill, Frasier, Sex and the City, Friends, According
to Jim and Hopeless Pictures. She also starred in
NBC’s Joey with Matt LeBlanc from 2004-06.
Daphne resides in Los Angeles
and New York.
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Tia Carrere plays “Mistress Dark Pain,” a stunning dominatrix who
tends to the masochistic needs of Los Angeles’ most powerful men.
Her work with client Bob Easton (Craig Bierko) results in his need
for reparative surgery from Sean and Christian.
Tia most recently wrapped production on
the Alpine Pictures feature Dark Honeymoon,
slated for release later this year. She has
appeared in numerous box-office hits
including High School High, Hollow Point,
both installments of Wayne’s World and True
Lies, where she garnered a Saturn® Award
nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
On the small screen, Tia recently appeared
in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and FOX’s
hit series The O.C. She has also starred in
Relic Hunter, Supernova, Veronica’s Closet and
Murder One.
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Tia has lent her voice to numerous animated
roles including “Marigold” in Disney’s
Hercules, “Nani” in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch (both
the movie and the series) and “The Martian
Queen” in Duck Dodgers. An accomplished
singer, she has performed on the double
platinum-selling Wayne’s World soundtrack,
the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack, and released
her own albums Dream and Hawaiiana on
Warner Bros. Records.
C R A I G B I E R KO
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TIA CARRERE
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Craig Bierko plays “Bob Easton,” a powerful studio executive
who comes to McNamara/Troy to correct an embarrassing injury
caused by a dominatrix, Mistress Dark Pain (Tia Carrere).
Craig most recently appeared on FOX’s
Boston Legal and the pilot episode of The Rules
for Starting Over. He has also guest starred
on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Sex and
the City, Ally McBeal, Mad About You, The Powers
That Be and Wings.
On the big screen, Craig has completed
work on the comedy Bill starring Jessica
Alba. His other credits include Cinderella
Man, For Your Consideration, Danika, Scary
Movie 4, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,
I’m With Lucy, Kate & Leopold, The Thirteenth
Floor, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sour
Grapes and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
Born in Rye Brook, New York, Craig
made his stage debut at the age of 10
in a local community theater run by
his parents. Many years later he was
nominated for a Tony® award for Best
Performance by a Leading Actor in
a Musical and drew accolades for his
portrayal of a traveling salesman
“Harold Hill” in a Broadway revival
of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man.
Craig attended Boston University’s
Journalism program and continued
his studies at the School of Speech at
Northwestern University.
Tia resides in Los Angeles.
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P O RT I A
DE ROSSI
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Portia De Rossi portrays “Olivia Lord,” Julia’s new lover and the
mother of an 18-year-old daughter, Eden (AnnaLynne McCord).
Manipulative, uncompromising and controlling, Olivia constantly
tests Julia’s convictions, as she is determined to make Julia her
permanent partner. As an acupuncturist, she challenges Sean and
Christian’s practice of Western-medicine, threatening the surgeons’
beliefs and self-assurance. Although Olivia loves her daughter,
she permits Eden’s social inappropriateness.
From 2003-06 Portia starred as “Lindsay
Bluth Funke” in the critically acclaimed
FOX comedy Arrested Development, which
won a Emmy® Award in 2004 for
Outstanding Comedy Series. The show
was also nominated for a SAG® Award
in 2005 for Outstanding Performance
by an Ensemble and garnered a second
Emmy® Award in 2005 for Outstanding
Writing for a Comedy Series.
Portia portrayed lawyer “Nelle Porter”
on FOX’s Ally McBeal from 1998-02. Her
other credits include guest starring roles
in Mister Sterling, The Twilight Zone, Ally and
Veronica’s Closet. She also starred in the
television movie America’s Prince: The John
F. Kennedy Jr. Story, in which she portrayed
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
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On the big screen, Portia starred in Wes
Craven’s Cursed opposite Christina Ricci,
The Night We Called It a Day with Dennis
Hopper and Melanie Griffith and Who is
Cletis Tout? starring Richard Dreyfus and
Tim Allen. Her other credits include Dead
& Breakfast, Women in Film, Stigmata, The
Invisibles, Scream 2, The Woman in the Moon
and Sirens.
Portia currently resides in Los Angeles.
ROSIE O’DONNELL
Rosie O’Donnell reprises her role from nip/tuck’s fourth season as
“Dawn Budge,” a Pensacola housewife who won $381 million in the
Powerball Lottery. This season, Dawn travels to Los Angeles so that
Sean and Christian can repair the injuries she suffers in an unusual
accident. As she recovers, Dawn becomes star-struck in Hollywood.
For two years, Rosie co-hosted ABC’s
award-winning daytime talk show The View
alongside Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and
Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Earlier this year,
all four co-hosts were nominated for a
Daytime Emmy® Award for Outstanding
Talk Show Host.
Previously, Rosie was host and executive
producer of the critically acclaimed, nationally
syndicated talk/variety series, The Rosie
O’Donnell Show. She won six Daytime Emmy
Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host and
the show itself collected five Daytime Emmy
Awards for Outstanding Talk Show. Rosie also
won a Primetime Emmy Award for hosting
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards.
Rosie’s other television credits include
appearances on Will & Grace, Judging Amy,
The Practice, Third Watch, All My Children,
Suddenly Susan, Spin City, Ally McBeal, Sesame
Street, The Nanny, The Larry Sanders Show,
Queer As Folk, Curb Your Enthusiasm and
the Hallmark Hall of Fame production
Riding the Bus with My Sister.
Rosie’s film credits include A League
of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Another
Stakeout, The Flintstones, Exit to Eden,
Now and Then, Beautiful Girls, Harriet
the Spy and Wide Awake.
On stage, Rosie has starred in Grease,
Seussical and Fiddler on the Roof. In 2005
she produced the Broadway musical
Taboo, based on the life of Boy George.
In 2004, Rosie and her partner Kelli
O’Donnell launched R Family Vacations,
which schedules cruises for gay and
lesbian families and their friends. The
HBO documentary All Aboard Rosie’s Family
Cruise chronicled the first trip, garnering
three Emmy Award nominations.
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AnnaLynne McCord plays “Eden Lord,” Olivia’s 18-year
old daughter who seeks out an unusual cosmetic procedure
from Sean without her mother’s consent. Obstinate and
overtly sexual, she yearns for love and attention from
everyone around her.
In under a year in Los Angeles, AnnaLynne
has secured guest starring roles in multiple
series, including FOX’s The O.C., ABC’s
Ugly Betty as well as CBS’s Cold Case and
CSI: Miami. She also appears in American
Heiress, which airs on MyNetworkTV.
Upcoming film roles include the remake
of George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead
opposite Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames,
the independent sci-fi film Sirens of
Eleuthera opposite James Brolin and
Antonio Sabato Jr. and She Lived, a thriller
slated for release in 2008.
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LESLIE GROSSMAN
AnnaLynne grew up outside of Atlanta
and starred in local theater productions
as a child. After graduating from high
school with honors at the age of 15, she
moved to Miami and then to New York
to further study acting. She landed her
first feature film role in the opening
scene of the film Transporter 2.
Leslie Grossman reprises her role from nip/tuck’s first season as
“Bliss Berger,” a former patient of McNamara/Troy who underwent
cosmetic surgery after losing weight. Bliss has relocated to Los
Angeles from Miami to work with publicist Fiona McNeil (Lauren
Hutton) at her entertainment public relations firm.
AnnaLynne currently resides
in Los Angeles.
Leslie’s breakout role was as the spoiled
rich girl “Mary Cherry” on The WB’s series
Popular, which was created by nip/tuck’s
Ryan Murphy. She followed that series
with four seasons on The WB’s What I
Like About You.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Leslie
secretly wanted to be an actress, but never
thought it would happen. Her initial foray
into showbiz was as a director of one-act
plays in a festival at Crossroads School,
a performing arts high school in Los Angeles.
She switched gears from director to actress
during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence
College in New York. Leslie starred in a theatre
production of Cereal! that had a one-year run
off-Broadway. Subsequently, the play made
its way to Los Angeles at the Hudson Theater.
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Leslie’s big-screen credits include Miss
Congeniality 2 with Sandra Bullock, Can’t
Hardly Wait with Jennifer Love Hewitt and
Seth Green and The Opposite of Sex starring
Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow. Additional
television credits include HBO’s Real Friends
and guest appearances on CBS’s CSI, TNT’s
Charmed and Lifetime’s Any Day Now.
Leslie lives in Los Angeles with her husband
and daughter.
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SCHNEIDER
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John Schneider plays “Ram Peters,” the owner of an adult
film empire and a former business associate of Kimber Henry.
This season, Kimber seeks to re-establish a professional
relationship with Ram.
In addition to his work on nip/tuck,
John recently began production on
Shark Swarm for the Hallmark Channel
and has finished work on several other
film projects including Conjurer, Beautiful
Loser and Universal’s Sydney White.
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John’s big break came in 1979 when he
landed the role of “Bo Duke” on CBS’s The
Dukes of Hazzard. Since then, he has appeared
as a guest star in numerous series including
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Walker, Texas
Ranger; Diagnosis: Murder; Veronica’s Closet;
Relic Hunter and Touched by an Angel. From
2001-06, John co-starred in The WB/CW’s
hit series Smallville starring Tom Welling
and Michael Rosenbaum. John recently
wrote, directed, produced and starred in
the independent feature Collier & Company:
Hot Pursuit, He will also appear in HBO’s
2 Miles of Bad Road.
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executive producer / director
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executive producer
Michael M. Robin is co-founder
of The Shephard/Robin Company,
which began work in basic cable
in 2003 with nip/tuck.
Through his company, Michael
has also executive-produced and
directed the TNT series The Closer,
the Lifetime series State of Mind,
the ABC series The D. A. and two
series for The WB: Brutally Normal
and Popular. Other drama pilots
among his accomplishments,
include Brookfield, Elementary and
Metropolis for ABC; Aces for The
WB; and Beck and Call for UPN.
He also executive-produced and
directed the ABC television film
Bailey’s Mistake.
Michael has worked in the episodic
television world for over two decades.
He began his career on the hit series
L. A. Law, for which he received an
Emmy® Award for Best Dramatic
Series. He made his directorial debut
on the series Cop Rock and continued
directing as the supervising producer
on Civil Wars. Michael co-executiveproduced and directed NYPD Blue,
which garnered him a second Emmy
Award for Best Dramatic Series, in
addition to a nomination for Best
Director – Dramatic Series. Michael
executive-produced and directed the
ABC drama C-16 before partnering
with Greer Shephard to form The
Shephard/Robin Company.
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Ryan began his career as a journalist, writing
for such publications as The Miami Herald,
Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News
and Entertainment Weekly. His screenwriting
career began in the late 1990’s when Steven
Spielberg purchased his romantic comedy
Why Can’t I Be Audrey Hepburn? Murphy’s next
effort was The WB’s Popular, a high school
satire, which he created and produced. It aired
on The WB for two seasons.
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Last year, Ryan directed the feature film
Running With Scissors starring Annette
Bening. His next project as a director
will be the film Dirty Tricks, which will
star Meryl Streep, and Alfred Hitchcock
and The Making of Psycho with Sir Anthony
Hopkins.He is currently producing his
second drama pilot for FX.
director
Ryan Murphy is the Golden Globe® Award-winning creator and
executive producer of nip/tuck. In addition to these duties,
Murphy has also written and directed multiple episodes of the
critically acclaimed series. When it debuted, nip/tuck was the
only first-year drama series to earn a 2004 Golden Globe Award
nomination for Best TV Series – Drama. In 2004, Murphy earned
his first ever Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Directing
for a Drama Series. In 2005, nip/tuck won the Golden Globe
for Best TV Series, Drama.
executive producers / writers / directors
Lyn Greene and Richard Levine
grew up together in Newton,
Massachusetts and have been
friends since the age of 13.
They trained at the Juilliard School
and went on to successful acting
careers on stage, in film and on
television. Lyn and Richard joined
forces and began writing together
in 1992, first in half-hour comedy
and then in one-hour drama.
They’re not married to each other,
but do see a couple’s therapist
when necessary.
This is their fifth season writing
for nip/tuck and last season, they
each made their directorial debuts
on the series.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana,
Ryan graduated from Indiana University
with a degree in journalism. He now
lives in Los Angeles.
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supervising producer /
writer & director of episode 7
A graduate of NYU film school,
Sean worked under Tom Fontana
for two years before becoming a
staff writer on the second season
of HBO’s Oz. During that time,
Sean created the show Hoop Life
for Showtime and served as coproducer for the series run.
Brad Falchuk has a Masters of
Fine Arts from the American Film
Institute. He has written episodes
of the syndicated dramas Earth: Final
Conflict and Mutant X and was a staff
writer for ABC’s Veritas: The Quest.
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Brad is one of the three founding
members and is on the Board of
Directors of the Young Storytellers
Program. This non-profit initiative
facilitates self-expression in
underprivileged fourth graders by
mentoring them through the process
of writing their own short screenplays
and having those screenplays
performed by famous actors. The
project currently runs in Los Angeles,
New York and Denmark.
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Prior to screenwriting, Jennifer
had a successful career as an actress,
appearing on the big screen in
Woody Allen’s Play it Again Sam,
Robert Altman’s Brewster McCloud,
and Brian DePalma’s Hi Mom!
and Sisters.
A graduate of Northwestern
University and Columbia College
Chicago, Hank started his career
working in production on such
films as Normal Life, The Suburbans
and Me, Myself & Irene.
In 1990, family tradition called—
her father was Oscar®-winning
screenwriter Waldo Salt (Midnight
Cowboy, Serpico, Coming Home)—and
Jennifer turned to a writing career.
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This is his fifth season writing for
nip/tuck and his second season
working as a director.
This is Brad’s fifth season writing for
nip/tuck. This season, Brad makes his
directorial debut.
supervising producer / writer episodes 4 & 9
In addition to portraying “Eunice Tate”
on ABC’s ground-breaking comedy series
Soap, Jennifer made guest appearances
on other television series and starred
in many movies-of-the-week. On the
stage, she appeared in Oliver Hailey’s
Fathers Day on Broadway and in Lanford
Wilson’s Hot L Baltimore at the Mark Taper.
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In 2001, Sean moved from New
York to Los Angeles and joined the
staff of NBC’s Law & Order and later
worked on the CBS drama Robbery:
Homicide Division.
She has written a number of moviesof-the-week including The Stalking
of Laurie Snow for the USA Network
and wrote the feature film Tempo.
In the spring, she will direct her own
script Angus and is currently adapting
Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling novel
Eat, Pray, Love with Ryan Murphy for
Julia Roberts. Her work in series
television includes A&E’s Nero Wolfe
and USA’s Sins of the City.
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This is his third season on the nip/tuck
writing staff after serving as the
series’ script coordinator the first two
seasons. Hank lives in Los Angeles with
his wife, costume designer Pamela
Withers Chilton and their daughters
Franny and Alice.
This is her fifth season writing for
nip/tuck. In 2005, she was nominated
for a Writers Guild of America
(WGA) Award for a nip/tuck episode
she penned.
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director of episode
Two weeks after receiving his Bachelor’s
degree in television production from
Michigan State University, Dirk
drove cross-country with his father
to Los Angeles and was accepted into
the prestigious Directors Guild of
America (DGA) Trainee program and
began learning the nuts and bolts of
production as an assistant director.
Dirk concentrated on episodic
television as a path to the director’s
chair. Working on such varied series
as Alien Nation, MD’s and Martial Law
led him to the promised land that is
Ryan Murphy’s nip/tuck. He has been
an assistant director since the first
season of the show and makes his
directorial debut this season.
Dirk has worked as an assistant
director on the films Running with
Scissors, The Crucible, White Sands,
Angus and Intern. He has also
worked on various projects for
HBO, Showtime and TNT, including
Running Mares, Alone, Creature
Features and Riders of the Purple Sage.
Dirk lives in Los Angeles with his wife,
casting director Sande Alessi, and their
two children, Kai and Shaelyn.
Elodie has produced several made-fortelevision movies such as Lifetime’s
My Mother the Spy, NBC’s On the
Line, CBS’s Point Last Seen and The
Deliverance of Elaine.
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Craig currently serves as the
executive producer/director of
the Showtime series Weeds. He has
directed more than 40 television
series including Entourage, Monk,
Alias, NYPD Blue, Scrubs and My Name
Is Earl. This is his fifth season
directing for nip/tuck.
Craig has been nominated for a
Golden Globe® Award for Weeds and
has won the award for producing
Brooklyn Bridge. He has also earned
Emmy® nominations for The Larry
Sanders Show and Weeds, including a
nomination for Best Director for
a Comedy in 2006.
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Three-time Emmy® Award winner
Elodie Keene was the supervising
producer of NBC’s L. A. Law and
became co-executive producer a year
later. It was during this time that
Elodie had been given her Emmy®
praise, winning for Outstanding
Editing for a Series - Single Camera
Production in 1988 and Outstanding
Drama Series in 1990 and 1991.
After beginning his career as a
production assistant, Craig directed
his first television series, Brooklyn
Bridge, at the age of 26.
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Her directorial credits include
multiple episodes of ER, Murder One,
Any Day Now, NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal,
Judging Amy and The Wire, as well as
single episodes of Scrubs, Law & Order:
SVU, Mr. Sterling, Line of Fire, The D. A.,
Boston Public, American Dreams, Popular,
and the final episode of My So-Called
Life. Recently, Elodie directed episodes
of FOX’s House, CBS’s Criminal Minds,
TNT’s The Closer and FX’s Dirt. This is
her fifth season directing for nip/tuck.
Charles has been nominated for
six Emmy® Awards, both as an actor
for Hill Street Blues and as a director
for NYPD Blue, ER and Murder One. He
was also nominated for the Director’s
Guild of America (DGA) Award for
these shows and won a DGA Award
in 1995 for directing ER.
He has directed numerous television
movies, including Riders Of The Purple
Sage, The Sally Hemmings Story, Life Is
Ruff, Buffalo Soldiers and Cooperstown,
for which he won a Humanitas Award.
His pilots include Murder One, Buddy
Faro, High Incident and Threat Matrix.
As a director, his credits also include
episodes of Boston Legal, Criminal
Minds and The Closer.
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As an actor, Charles starred in the
new Beth Henley play Ridiculous
Fraud at the McCarter Theatre in
Princeton, where he also lectured
in 2006. He currently serves on the
Board of Directors of the California
State Summer School for The Arts.
This is his second season directing
for nip/tuck. Last season, he
played “Reefer,” a homeless man
who befriends Sean in a holidaythemed episode.
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co-producer
producer
Chris began his career in 1977 as
production assistant and location
scout for William Friedkin.
A member of the Directors Guild
of America since 1979, he was second
assistant director on Ron Howard’s
Splash, Martin Scorcese’s After Hours
and John Huston’s Prizzi’s Honor. As
first assistant director, Chris worked
with Burt Reynolds on the two
seasons of B.L. Stryker and with writer/
director Bill Condon on White Lie
and Deadly Relations.
Chris has been the unit production
manager for a wide variety of films
and TV movies including Tainted
Blood, Rubdown, Linda, Accidental
Meeting and Running with Scissors. His producer credits include Bitter
Vengeance and Dancing with Danger.
This season marks Chris’ return
to nip/tuck since serving as a guest
first assistant director during
seasons three and four.
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The recently married Alexis is a
member of an all-girl band named
Kissing Cousins.
Since relocating to Hollywood, Alexis
has worked with The Shephard/Robin
Company since the first season of
nip/tuck. She was an associate producer
for the past two seasons, and is now
co-producer.
associate producer
producer
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Alexis Martin Woodall is a graduate
from the University of Colorado, with
two degrees: a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Film Production and a Bachelor of Arts
in Film Critical Studies with a minor
in Economics.
Bonnie began her entertainment
career as an accountant for
Warner Bros. Television and
Carson Productions.
Most recently, Bonnie served
as line producer on Ryan
Murphy’s feature film directing
debut Running with Scissors.
She has traveled the world on various
television and feature film productions,
serving as production accountant and
supervisor on such films as Wag the Dog,
Austin Powers, Living Out Loud and Town
and Country.Her relationship with The
Shephard/Robin Company started
in 2001 on television pilots.
This is Bonnie’s fifth season
with nip/tuck.
Eve, a Fine Arts Major at Brigham
Young University, began her film
career in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She worked for several years as a
production coordinator on feature
films such as Christmas in the Clouds,
Stranger Than Fiction, City Slickers II:
The Legend of Curly’s Gold and Running
with Scissors. Eve’s production coordinator
credits also include a great deal of
commercials and television movies
such as USA’s Divided by Hate and
The Darkling and Disney Channel’s
Johnny Tsunami.
In 2001, Eve became Managing
Partner and Executive Producer of
Dog on a Bike Films, an action sports
production company, producing
documentary films and commercials.
Eve relocated to Los Angeles in
late 2004. This is her third season
with nip/tuck.
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make-up artist / department head
director of photography
Selected by Daily Variety as one
of the “Ten Cinematographers to
Watch,” Chris has worked with a
variety of television series as well
as commercials and feature films.
His commercial work includes
such clients as NBC Internet,
ESPN Olympics, the AXN Channel,
the Pro Sieben Campaign, Uncle
Ben’s and the Learning Channel.
Chris’ television credits include
ABC’s Bailey’s Mistake, The WB’s
Popular, ABC’s The D. A. and
TNT’s The Closer.
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This is Chris’ fifth season
with nip/tuck.
She began her career in the special
make-up effects field, where she
worked for Rick Baker and Stan
Winston. Her feature film work
includes Alpha Dog, Something’s
Gotta Give, Midnight in the Garden
of Good & Evil, Jingle All the Way,
Running with Scissors, Flags of Our
Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.
In addition, she worked on David
Arquette’s directorial film debut
The Tripper.
Eryn won an Emmy® Award for
Outstanding Achievement in
Make-up for her work on Alien
Nation and received an Emmy
Award nomination in the same
category for her efforts on General
Hospital. She has received five
Emmy Award nominations for
her work on nip/tuck.
She is a consultant for highdefinition television and the
impact that technology has
on make-up.
This is Eryn’s fifth season
working on nip/tuck.
production designer
hairstylist / department head
Liz Kay, a Fine Arts Major at
Otis Parsons College, began her
production design career in 1987 in
commercials and music videos. She
has over 100 commercials and more
than 200 music videos to her credit.
Carol O’Connell has been styling
Hollywood manes on both the big
and small screens since 1977.
In 2004, Liz was nominated for
Best Commercial by the Art Director’s
Guild. Her previous television work
includes ABC’s Push, Nevada, for
which she was Art Director. She was
twice the guest designer for Mix It Up,
the Courteney Cox/David Arquette
produced television show, which
aired on Oxygen.
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His most recent feature film work
includes Running With Scissors
and Unaccompanied Minors. Other
feature credits include Suicide
Kings, Idle Hands and the comedy
sequel Next Friday.
Eryn Krueger has two decades
of television and film industry
experience as a make-up artist,
including department head
on The WB’s Sabrina, The TeenAge Witch and CBS’s Everybody
Loves Raymond.
Liz was nominated for an Emmy®
in the category of Outstanding Art
Direction for a Single-Camera Series
for her work on the third season of
nip/tuck.
A Southern California native,
Liz lives with her daughter Eloise
in Los Angeles. This is her fourth
season with nip/tuck.
Her extensive career work includes
the feature films Steel Magnolias,
Pretty Woman, The Bridges of Madison
County, The Muse, Mystic River, The
Bird Cage, American Beauty, Starsky
& Hutch, Million Dollar Baby, In
Her Shoes, Flags of Our Fathers, The
Guardian and Letters from Iwo Jima.
Carol’s television credits include All
The Way Home, Fresno, The Betty Ford
Story, James Dean and Little John. Her
most recent feature film project is
The Changeling for Clint Eastwood.
This is Carol’s second season with
nip/tuck.
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costume designer
Lou began her career as a costume
designer touring with music superstars
including Prince, Bette Midler and
Bruce Springsteen. Having her fill
of life on the road, she now works in
film and television.
This is her fifth season as Costume
Designer for nip/tuck.
Her feature film experience has
included costuming for Joe Somebody
with Tim Allen and Running with Scissors
with Annette Bening. In television, Lou
designed costumes for The WB’s Popular
for two seasons as well as for various
pilots. Lou also costume designed for
several episodes of ABC’s Jake in Progress.
Eric has received an Emmy® nomination for
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for
nip/tuck as well as an Artios Award from the
Casting Society of America. He also received
an Artios Award nomination for casting
nip/tuck’s pilot episode.
In two decades, they have cast over 1,350
hours of primetime television. Carol Kritzer
was added as a partner in 1995.
Eric has spent four years serving as both the
Treasurer of the Casting Society of America
and as a board member of the Casting Executive
Committee of the Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences.
Some of their favorite shows they’ve
been fortunate to cast include C.S.I.; C.S.I.:
Miami; Battlestar Gallactica; Saving Grace;
Bionic Woman; Everwood; Supernatural; A
Year Without Santa Claus; The Agency; Push,
Nevada; Dark Angel; The Chris Isaak Show;
Felicity; Any Day Now; Popular; Eerie, Indiana;
Melrose Place and The Dead Zone.
casting directors - ulrich / dawson / kritzer casting
After graduating from the University of
Nebraska in 1985, Eric moved to Los Angeles
and spent the next four years working at
the casting offices of Reuben, Cannon &
Associates. In 1989, he and Robert Ulrich
formed Ulrich/Dawson & Associates.
This is his fifth season casting nip/tuck.
set decorator
Ellen has decorated sets for both
television and film, including
the set of the second season of HBO’s
Entourage and the feature film Mini’s
First Time. She has been nominated for
three Emmy® Awards for Outstanding
Set Decoration for FOX’s 24 and
Arrested Development and for nip/tuck.
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Ellen has been Chairman of the
Board of the Set Decorators Society
of America and is also a graduate of
the UCLA Interior Design program. This is her fifth season with nip/tuck.
Liz Dean began her casting career in 1999
working predominately on independent
films, movies-of-the-week and theatre.
In 2002, she joined the Ulrich/Dawson/
Kritzer team and began casting hourlong television. Liz worked as the casting
associate on the pilot of nip/tuck and
has continued with the show ever since.
Season three marked her first year as
co-casting director.
In addition to the fifth season of nip/tuck,
her television credits include The WB
series’ Jack & Bobby and Everwood; the original
casting of NBC’s The Book of Daniel and the
Lifetime telenovela Monarch Cove. Recently,
she cast the pilots Eli Stone for ABC and Nurses
for FOX. Liz has also just completed the Los
Angeles casting of the sequel to The Sisterhood
of the Traveling Pants.
Liz currently serves as Secretary of the
Casting Society of America.
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the burman studio inc. / prosthetics
Founded 37 years ago by Tom Burman, the
Burman Studio Inc. was the first independent
special make-up effects studio established
in Hollywood. Today the studio is run by
Tom and his wife, Bari Dreiband-Burman.
They have received 47 Emmy® nominations
(and have won 12 Emmys, including two for
nip/tuck), two Academy Award® nominations
for Scrooged and two Cable Ace® Awards for
Tracey Takes On.
In addition to nip/tuck, Tom and Bari also
work on Grey’s Anatomy. Their previous
television work includes The X Files, Chicago
Hope, Touched By An Angel and Ally McBeal.
Their extensive film work includes Men of
Honor, Lethal Weapon IV, Mask of Zorro, Speed,
The Goonies, The Godfather III, Cat People and
Close Encounters of Third Kind.
Tom is universally acknowledged as one of
the most experienced and finest makeup
effects artists in the world. His career began
in 1966 as an apprentice at 20th CenturyFox where he worked on Dr. Doolittle, Planet
of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
After leaving FOX, Tom started the Burman
Studio and is responsible for creating the
term “Special Makeup Effects.”
Bari has a unique background. As a fine
arts major specializing in sculpting and
painting, she attended six of the nation’s
top colleges before ending up at the
California Institute of Arts, where she
received her masters degree. After eight
years of gallery exhibitions that showcased
her own art throughout the country, Bari
worked as a medical illustrator at UCLA.
In 1977, she joined the Universal Studios
makeup department and quickly became
known for her highly stylized work,
including tattoos, body paintings and
exotic designs.
music supervisor / neophonic, inc.
P.J. Bloom celebrates his 12th year with
Team Neophonic and has been with
nip/tuck since the series pilot.
In addition to nip/tuck, he has worked on
FX’s Over There and Starved as well as CBS’s
CSI: Miami. He also handled music duties
for ABC’s The Night Stalker and ABC Family’s
Lincoln Heights, Lifetime’s State of Mind and
HBO’s Mrs. Harris and the upcoming miniseries Generation Kill. His recent film work
includes Normal Adolescent Behavior, Running
With Scissors and The Notorious Bettie Page.
Founded in 1980, Neophonic, Inc. has worked
with many prolific directors and producers,
including John Frankenheimer, Ridley Scott,
Michael Mann, Fred Schepisi, Steven Bochco
and David Mamet. Neophonic partners
Evyen Klean and Ray Espinola, Jr., have worked
on diverse projects including HBO’s Angels in
America, The Life & Death of Peter Sellers, American
Splendor, Maria Full of Grace and Empire Falls.
Other credits include S.W. A. T., The Sentinel,
Life Support, the CBS drama The Unit, and FX’s
Damages, The Shield and It’s Always Sunny
in Philadelphia.
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JOHN
LANDGRAF
John Landgraf was named President and General Manager
of FX Networks in May 2005, overseeing all programming
and business operations for FX and FOX Movie Channel.
Landgraf first joined FX as President of Entertainment in
January 2004.
Under Landgraf’s direction, FX’s viewership
has reached all-time highs. The network
currently ranks #5 in basic cable in delivery
of its target audience of Adults 18-49. In
January 2007, FX averaged more primetime
18-34 and 18-49 viewers than in any other
month in its 13 year history. The channel
has positioned itself to continue that growth
throughout the rest of 2007 and beyond
with the strategy propelled by new and
returning original series as well as a stronger
lineup of acquired movies.
Landgraf has made significant creative
contributions to the network’s existing
original series, including the Emmy®
and Golden Globe® Award winning
series The Shield and nip/tuck. He joined
the network at a critical time, just after
it placed an order for Rescue Me, starring
Denis Leary. He took the lead network
role in the creative supervision of that
series, sparking additional work on the
pilot, and he worked closely with Leary
and Peter Tolan on the development of the
series. The show launched seven months
after Landgraf’s arrival and became FX’s
third hit drama series.
FX premiered two drama series in
early 2007: Dirt, starring Courteney Cox,
premiered in January, while The Riches
starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver
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premiered March. In September, FX
premiered the third season of It’s Always
Sunny in Philadelphia; and in the fall the
network will premiere the third season
of its reality program 30 Days.
FX’s newest original series, Damages,
starring Emmy Award winning actress
Glenn Close, premiered July 24th. The
character-driven legal thriller, which
provides a view into the true nature of
power and success, follows the turbulent
lives of Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) the
nation’s most revered and reviled highstakes litigator and her bright, ambitious,
young protégé Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne)
as they become embroiled in a class action
lawsuit targeting the allegedly corrupt
Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson), one
of the country’s wealthiest CEOs. The
series was created by Todd A. Kessler,
Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman, and
is produced by Sony Pictures Television
and FX Productions. Allen Coulter
(Hollywoodland) directed the pilot.
Landgraf initiated FX’s most ambitious
slate of primetime original programming
ever. He expanded the network’s original
fare across all genres by launching new
comedy and unscripted series. He was
responsible for the development of such
critically acclaimed programs as the
Steven Bochco-Chris Gerolmo Iraq War drama
Over There; the limited drama series Thief; the
single-camera comedy It’s Always Sunny in
Philadelphia; and two unscripted series: 30 Days
from Morgan Spurlock and Black. White. from
R.J. Cutler and Ice Cube.
Landgraf has been very successful in
persuading high-profile actors to work on
FX series, including Emmy and Golden Globe
Award winner Glenn Close, who took on her
first-ever series regular role for the fourth
season of The Shield; and Emmy and Golden
Globe Award winner Danny DeVito, who
returned to regular series television after
more than 20 years to co-star in the second
season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
and reprises his role as “Frank Reynolds”
in the series’ third season.
Other examples include Emmy Award winner
Andre Braugher’s starring role on Thief; and
Emmy Award winner Forest Whitaker’s costarring turn in the fifth season of The Shield.
In addition to his work on the network’s
original programming, Landgraf has been
at the forefront of groundbreaking ideas
in marketing, developing original content
to run across multiple platforms. Landgraf
approached Sony Pictures Television about
co-producing a first-of-its-kind original program
for FX’s hit series Rescue Me to promote the
series’ third season. The result was Rescue
Me 2.5, a standalone 15-minute short, which
was the first original short made available
for concurrent distribution across multiple
platforms including broadband through AOL;
cable and satellite through free video-ondemand; cellular; and outdoor electronic
billboard in New York’s Time Square.
Prior to joining FX, Landgraf was President
of Jersey Television, a company he co-founded
in 1999 along with former Jersey Films
partners Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
and Stacey Sher. Jersey Television developed
more than 50 primetime cable and network
television drama and comedy projects,
including the critically acclaimed series
Karen Sisco and Reno 911!.
From 1994-99, Landgraf was Vice President
of Primetime Series at NBC. A key figure in
new primetime series development, Landgraf
developed The West Wing, Profiler and Suddenly
Susan. He maintained oversight on ER, Friends,
Profiler and JAG, serving as a current executive
on those shows as well as Suddenly Susan.
NICK GRAD
executive vice president of original programming, fx
Nick Grad is Executive Vice President of
Original Programming for FX, heading
up the original programming department,
a position he has held since December
of 2005.
in the development of the Emmy® and
Golden Globe® Award nominated drama
series Rescue Me; Emmy Award winner
Thief, Over There and the comedy series
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
As EVP, Grad played a pivotal role in the
development of FX’s three most recent
drama series, Dirt, The Riches and Damages.
In his previous position as Senior Vice
President of Drama and Comedy Series
Development, he was heavily involved
In May 2002, Grad came to FX as Vice
President of Series Development and
helped develop the Emmy and Golden
Globe Award winning drama nip/tuck
and Emmy Award nominated comedy
Lucky starring John Corbett.
Prior to joining FX, Grad worked for Columbia
TriStar Television from 1995-2002, rising
to the position of Vice President of Comedy
Development in 1999.
At Columbia TriStar he developed The King
of Queens for CBS, Action and The Tick for
FOX. He began his career in programming
at FOX in 1992. He is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife
Carolyn Bernstein and their two children
reside in Los Angeles.
MATT CHERNISS
senior vice president of original programming, fx drama
and comedy series development
Matt Cherniss is Senior Vice President
of Original Programming, responsible for
Drama and Comedy Series Development,
a position he has held since December
of 2005.
In his current position, Cherniss has played
an integral role in the development of FX’s
newest drama series Damages, as well as
having key involvement in the dramas Dirt
and The Riches, which launched in 2007.
In his previous position of VP of Drama
and Comedy Series Development, he
helped develop the Emmy® and Golden
Globe® Award nominated drama series
Rescue Me; Emmy Award winner Thief;
Over There and the comedy series It’s Always
Sunny in Philadelphia. Cherniss also played
a key role in landing Morgan Spurlock’s
series 30 Days.
Cherniss joined FX in May 2002, as Director
of Drama and Comedy Development and
worked on the development of the Emmy
and Golden Globe Award winning drama
nip/tuck and Emmy Award nominated
comedy Lucky starring John Corbett.
Cherniss previously worked for FOX,
holding the position of Director of Current
Programming from 1998 to 2001. At FOX,
he worked on a wide variety of programs
including Malcolm in the Middle, Titus, Beverly
Hills 90210, Melrose Place and America’s Most
Wanted. From 1994 to 1998, he worked in
the Program and Network Research group
at FOX. He is a graduate of UCLA. He and
his wife Christy and their son live in
Los Angeles.
ERIC SCHRIER
senior vice president of original programming and fx productions
Landgraf began his television career at
Sarabande Productions as Director of
Development in 1988, rising to the level
of Senior Vice President.
Eric Schrier is Senior Vice President of
Original Programming and FX Productions,
overseeing Current Series, Alternative
Programming, as well as having day-to-day
oversight of FX Productions.
Sunny in Philadelphia; and 30 Days. He was
instrumental in the development of FX’s
most successful unscripted series ever,
Morgan Spurlock’s documentary 30 Days,
as well as the network’s Black.White.
Landgraf has been named Chair Appointee to
the Executive Committee of the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.
Landgraf holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Anthropology from Pitzer College in Claremont,
California and was a Coro Fellow from 1984-85.
He lives in Santa Monica, California, with his
wife, Ally Walker Landgraf, and their three sons.
As head of current series, Schrier heads dayto-day oversight of all of FX’s original series:
Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award winning
drama The Shield; Emmy and Golden Globe
Award winning drama nip/tuck; Emmy and
Golden Globe Award nominated drama
Rescue Me; Dirt; Emmy Award nominated
drama The Riches; Damages; It’s Always
As SVP of FX Productions, Schrier works
on the production of series and also
deals with the network’s studio partners,
as well as working with foreign sales,
home entertainment and new media
opportunities on all FX original series
under the FX Productions banner.
Schrier has been on the fast track at FX,
having been promoted to Manager of
Current Series in June of 2001, then to
Director of Current Series in July of 2002,
and then to Vice President of Current
Series and Alternative Programming in
March of 2004. Schrier began his career
as an assistant at CAA and then BrillsteinGrey Entertainment before landing at
FX. He is a graduate of the University of
Southern California.
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THE SHIELD [Season 7 Premieres 2008]
genre: Drama
creator: Shawn Ryan
starring: Michael Chiklis, CCH Pounder, Forest Whitaker,
Benito Martinez, Jay Karnes, Walton Goggins, Catherine Dent,
Michael Jace, David Rees Snell, Cathy Cahlin Ryan
series premiere date: March 12, 2002
executive producers: Shawn Ryan, Scott Brazil, Charles H. Eglee
production company: Fox Television Studios in association
with Sony Pictures Television
ratings: For its entire sixth season, The Shield averaged
2.8 million Adults 18-49 and 4.3 million total viewers in
a weekly multi-telecast cume.
awards: 2002 Emmy (Winner, Michael Chiklis, Lead Actor in a
Drama); 2002 Emmy (Nomination, Shawn Ryan, Writing for a Drama
Series); 2002 Emmy (Nomination, Clark Johnson, Directing for a
Drama Series); 2002 Television Critics Association (Winner, Michael
Chiklis, Individual Achievement In Drama); 2002 Television Critics
Association (The Shield, Nomination, Achievement In Drama);
2002 Television Critics Association (The Shield, Nomination, Best
New Program); 2003 Golden Globe (The Shield, Winner, Best Drama
Series); 2003 Golden Globe (Winner, Michael Chiklis, Best Actor in a
Drama); 2003 Emmy Award (Nomination, Michael Chiklis, Lead Actor
In a Drama); 2004 Golden Globe (Nomination, Michael Chiklis, Best
Actor in a Drama); 2004 Television Critics Association (The Shield,
Nomination, Achievement In Drama); 2004 (AFI Awards, One of
Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs of the Year); 2005 Golden
Globe (Nomination, Michael Chiklis, Best Actor in a Drama); 2005
Emmy (Nomination, Glenn Close, Outstanding Lead Actress in a
Drama Series); 2005 Emmy (Nomination, CCH Pounder, Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series); 2005 Peabody Award (The
Shield, Winner); 2006 Golden Globe (Nomination, Glenn Close, Best
Actress in a Drama)
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RESCUE ME [Season 4 Finale Aired September 12, 2007]
genre: Drama
creators: Denis Leary & Peter Tolan
starring: Denis Leary, Michael Lombardi, Steven Pasquale,
John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Andrea Roth, Callie Thorne
series premiere date: July 21, 2004
executive producers: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan, Jim Serpico
production company: Apostle, The Cloudland Company and
DreamWorks Television in association with Sony Pictures Television
ratings: Through eleven weeks of its fourth season, Rescue Me
averaged 3.2 million Adults 18-49 and 4.8 million total viewers
in a weekly multi-telecast cume.
awards: 2005 Golden Globe (Nomination, Denis Leary, Best Actor –
Drama); 2005 Producers Guild of America (Winner, Visionary Award);
2005 Television Critics Association (Nomination, Outstanding
Achievement in Drama and Best New Program of the Year); 2005
Emmy (Nomination, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series); 2005
Emmy (Nomination, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series);
2005 (AFI Awards, One of Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs
of the Year); 2006 Emmy (Nomination, Denis Leary, Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Drama Series); 2007 Emmy (Nomination, Denis Leary,
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)
DIRT [Season 2 Premieres 2008]
genre: Drama
creator: Matthew Carnahan
starring: Courteney Cox, Ian Hart, Laura Allen, Josh Stewart
series premiere date: January 2, 2007
executive producers: Matthew Carnahan, Courteney Cox, David
Arquette, Joel Fields
production company: Touchstone Television Productions, LLC and
FX Productions
ratings: For its entire first season, Dirt averaged 3.7 million Adults
18-49 and 5.2 million total viewers in a weekly multi-telecast cume.
FX Networks P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0900
(310) 369-1000 www.fxnetworks.com
THE RICHES [Season 2 Premieres 2008]
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
DAMAGES [Series Premiered July 24, 2007]
30 DAYS [Season 3 Premieres 2007]
genre: Drama
creator: Dmitry Lipkin
starring: Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver, Shannon Woodard,
Aidan Mitchell, Noel Fisher, Todd Stashwick, Bruce French,
Margo Martindale, Gregg Henry
series debut: March 12, 2007
executive producers: Dmitry Lipkin, Eddie Izzard, Dawn
Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin, Michael Rosenberg, Mark Morgan,
Guy Oseary
production company: Fox Television Studios, FX Productions, and
Maverick Television
ratings: For its entire first season, The Riches averaged
3.3 million Adults 18-49 and 5.1 million total viewers in a weekly
multi-telecast cume.
awards: 2007 Emmy® Award (Nomination, Minnie Driver,
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series)
genre: Drama
co-creators: Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman
starring: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Tate Donovan, Ted Danson
executive producers: Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman, Glenn Kessler
production company: FX Productions, Sony Pictures Television
ratings: Through its first five weeks, Damages is averaging 3.4
million Adults 18-49 and 7.0 million total viewers in a weekly
multi-telecast cume.
[Season 3 Premiered September 13, 2007]
genre: Scripted Comedy, Single Camera
creator: Rob McElhenney
starring: Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day,
Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito
executive producers: Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton,
Charlie Day, Michael Rotenberg, Nick Frenkel and Dan Attias
production company: FX Networks
ratings: Season two (10 episodes) averaged 3.2 million total
viewers and 2.1 million Adults 18-49 in a weekly four-telecast
cume. On a first-run basis, Sunny averaged 1.3 million total
viewers and 902,000 Adults 18-49, which versus season one,
was up +17% in total viewers and +21% in Adults 18-49. The
recent season three premiere of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
averaged 1.8 Adults 18-49 viewers (up +100% vs. season two)
and 2.3 million total viewers (up +77% vs. season two).
genre: Documentary
creator: Morgan Spurlock
featuring: Morgan Spurlock
series premiere date: June 15, 2005
executive producers: Morgan Spurlock, R.J. Cutler,
Ben Silverman, H.T. Owens
production company: Reveille, Warrior Poets,
Actual Reality, FX Networks
ratings: For its second season (six installments), 30 Days averaged
2.4 million total viewers and 1.7 million Adults 18-49 in a weekly
four-telecast cume. On a first-run basis, 30 Days averaged 1 million
total viewers and 711,000 Adults 18-49.
awards: 2005 Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) Award
(Nomination, Best Television Series or Special: Non-Fiction)
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production
Created and Executive Produced by
ryan murphy
Executive Producer
nip/tuck carries the television rating
TV-MA, a program that is specifically
designed to be viewed by adults and
therefore may be unsuitable for people
under the age of 17.
Each episode will also carry one or more
of the sub-ratings codes related to the
content of each individual episode:
V (graphic violence), S (explicit sexual
activity), L (crude language). All of FX’s
print and electronic advertising and
publicity materials will carry the TV-MA
label. Electronic spots 15 seconds or
longer will run with a voice over that says
“viewer discretion is advised.”
season
r at i ngs advisory tv - ma
production
credits
s ta r r i n g
dylan walsh as Dr. Sean McNamara
julian mcmahon as Dr. Christian Troy
joely richardson as Julia McNamara
john hensley as Matt McNamara
roma maffia as Dr. Liz Cruz
kelly carlson as Kimber Henry
c o - s ta r r i n g
During the actual on-air telecasts of
kelsey lynn batelaan
each episode, FX will display the TV-MA
linda klein as Nurse Linda
bug coming out of each commercial
break and include a “viewer discretion
is advised” voiceover for viewers who
may have joined nip/tuck in progress.
The TV ratings code policy for nip/tuck
is the same policy used for FX’s other
original series, including The Shield, It’s
Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rescue Me,
Dirt, The Riches and Damages.
as Annie McNamara
s p e c i a l g u e s t s ta r s
bradley cooper as Aidan Stone
paula marshall as Kate Tinsley
oliver platt as Freddy Prune
lauren hutton as Fiona McNeil
daphne zuniga as Carly Summers
jennifer coolidge as Candy Richards
tia carrere as Mistress Dark Pain
craig bierko as Bob Easton
portia de rossi as Olivia Lord
rosie o’donnell as Dawn Budge
annalynne mccord as Eden Lord
leslie grossman as Bliss Berger
john schneider as Ram Peters
michael m. robin
Executive Producers
lyn greene & richard levine
Co-Executive Producer
sean jablonski
Supervising Producer
jennifer salt
Supervising Producer
brad falchuk
Producers
bonnie weis &
christopher griffin
Producer
linda klein
Co-Producer
alexis martin woodall
Co-Producer
hank chilton
Associate Producer
eve watterson
Director of Photography
christopher baffa, a.s.c.
Casting by
eric dawson, c.s.a.
liz dean, c.s.a.
Key Grips
greg hewett
jerry day
Chief Lighting Technician
andrew glover
Music by
james s. levine
Main Title Theme by
the engine room
Music Supervisors
p.j. bloom & jennifer reeve
for team neophonic
Production Designer
liz kay
Costume Designer
lou eyrich
Set Decorator
ellen brill, s.d.s.a.
Property Masters
christopher redmond
ian kay
Make-up
eryn krueger
Hairstylist
carol a. o’connell
Special Effects Make-up
thomas r. burman
& bari dreiband-burman
First Assistant Directors
dirk craft
elenie mansalis
Second Assistant Director
mark avery
Second 2nd Assistant Director
kristen heiden
Production Coordinator
rorie d. van klaveren
Sound Mixer
marc a. gilmartin, c.a.s.
Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-recording Mixer
matt gillis
Music Editor
the big parade
Editors
brad buecker
mark strand
robert wertman
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