The Talent

Dom exploded onto the international scene by starring as Merry in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and Charlie in Lost. After garnering almost universal acclaim for his portrayals, he found himself one of the busiest and hardest-working men in the industry. Dom has continued to star in major studio tentpoles like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, while also finding major success in the independent space with films like I Sell the Dead (which he also helped executive produce alongside Guillermo Del Toro).

Dom starred in his own Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominated wildlife documentary series Wild Things with Dominic Monoghan. His newest unscripted series, Billy and Dom Eat the World, follows Dom exploring foods around the world with his Lord of the Rings costar.

Billy Boyd was born in Glasgow Scotland where he began his acting and music career. Billy graduated from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Throughout his artistic life Billy has focused on both acting and music (composing and singing) with significant success. His initial acting began on the Scottish stage when St. Andrews Repertory hired Billy for their production of The Slab Boys and followed to play the title role in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. He has performed in several Shakespearean plays including playing Banquo in Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London followed by the film. In the fall of 1998 Billy was cast in the role of Pippin in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of Lord Of The Rings. The New Line Cinema’s trilogy shot over 18 months in New Zealand The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and finally The Return of the King. Billy’s character sublimely combined drama and comedy that clearly enriched the film and his career. He also wrote and performed the stirring song “Edge of Night” in Return of the King in a Wonderful sequence with John Noble. When Peter Jackson shot The Hobbit Trilogy he brought Billy back to write and perform the closing song for the Trilogy. “The Last Goodbye” was played over the final credits of The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies. To follow with his music, Billy created the Bee Cake Band that has had worldwide success. Billy has gone on to work with serious actors in interesting films and significant television. Some of his television appearances have been Moby Dick, The Simpsons, Grey’s Anatomy, Outlander, which he recurred, in Hollywood (Playing Noel Coward,) and just completed Doom Patrol. Billy did a guest role in Motive where here was nominated for a Canadian Academy award. To name a few of the Motion Pictures he starred in are Peter Weir’s Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World with Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany, and Stone of Destiny with Robert Carlyle and Kate Mara. Forger with Alfred Molina, Hayden Panettiere and Lauren Bacall. Most recently Billy starred with Edward James Olmos, George Lopez, and Kathleen Quinlan in Walking With Herb.

Jason Isaacs starred as the unctuous Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, the brutal Colonel Tavington in The Patriot, Captain Hook and Mr Darling in Peter Pan, Ranger Commander Captain Steele in Black Hawk Down, D.J. – the ship’s doctor – in the cult classic Event Horizon, Major Briggs in Green Zone and the smartest man on the planet, Professor Quincy, in Armageddon amongst many others. On American TV he starred as lifelong criminal Michael Caffee in Showtime’s Brotherhood, FBI agent Peter Connelly in USA’s Dig, Jackson Brodie in the award-winning PBS show Case Studies, and Detective Michael Britten in NBC’s, dual reality drama Awake. As a voice actor he played The Grand Inquisitor in Star Wars Rebels, Admiral Zhao in Avatar – The Last Airbender, and hundreds of characters in dozens of well-known video games, none of which he can remember, (twice as Satan!). Most recently, you can see him as Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery, and as “Hap” in Netflix’s The O.A.

Known for roles in some of the most popular television series in both the US and the UK, Alex Kingston began her career with a recurring role on the BBC teen drama Grange Hill. After appearing in such films as The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and A Pin for the Butterfly, Kingston began appearing on the long-running medical drama ER in September of 1997.

2008 saw Alex in one of her most beloved recurring roles to genre fans when she guest-starred in the fourth series of Doctor Who. Her character River Song was such a hit with fans she has since appeared in fifteen episodes of the series and counting.

Since appearing on Doctor Who Alex has continued to show up on screens in such roles as Mrs. Bennet in the acclaimed four-part British television production Lost in Austen, based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; Patricia Alwick, a psychiatrist and grief counselor in the perennially popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; returning character Miranda Pond, a defense attorney in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; and more notably as Professor Dinah Lance in the long running CW series Arrow.

Most recently, Alex can be seen in the role of Judith Gray in the UK thriller series The Widow, and as Sarah Bishop in the TV series A Discovery of Witches.

Multi-faceted English born artist Arthur Darvill is best known to Whovians and genre fans alike for the role of Rory Williams, one of the Eleventh Doctor’s companions in the television series Doctor Who.

Darvill’s acting career began on the stage with membership at the Stage2 Youth Theatre Company, advancing to roles in large scale, professional productions such as Terre Haute, Stacy, and Swimming with Sharks alongside future Doctor Whoco-star, Matt Smith before making his BBC television debut on the crime drama He Kills Coppers. Following a role in the BBC serial Little Dorrit, Arthur could next be seen alongside Andy Serkis in the film Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, a biopic about British punk rock pioneer Ian Dury.

Darvill began playing Rory Williams, companion to the Eleventh Doctor, in the fifth series of Doctor Who. He became a regular character in the sixth series. His character, along with Karen Gillan’s Amy Pond, was written out of the show midway through Series 7.

Since his stint on Doctor Who, Arthur was also seen on the BBC miniseries The White Queen as the Duke of Buckingham. Always looking to challenge both himself and his audience, 2015 saw Arthur work opposite Doctor Whoalum David Tennant in the highly lauded BBC crime drama, Broadchurch.

Most recently, Arthur can be seen in the role of superhero, starring as Rip Hunter in the CW series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, as well as in the popular Netflix series Sandman.

Ashley Eckstein has been widely recognized and honored as an actress , entrepreneur, author, and fangirl trendsetter. Most known as the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars, Ashley also founded Her Universe in 2010—the groundbreaking fangirl fashion and lifestyle brand.

A leading authority on female fandom, Ashley has been featured on CNN, Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, among many others. She has been chosen by Good Housekeepingmagazine as one of their “25 Awesome Women,” has been a speaker at Fortune Magazine’s Next Gen Most Powerful Women Summit, and was chosen by CNET as one of their “Women Who Inspire.”

Ashley is an accomplished actress and host, and can soon be heard again as the voice of Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Disney+. Her book, It’s Your Universe: You Have the Power to Make It Happen, is an inspirational guide on how to make your dreams come true. She shares her own life lessons, as well as lessons from iconic Disney characters, as a road map for how to dream it and do it!

Ashley is married to former Major League Baseball player and World Series MVP David Eckstein. They both enjoy traveling the world, teaching kids how to achieve their dreams, and take their love of pizza very seriously.

Doug Jones is a master of transformative performances, earning comparisons to legends like Boris Karloff. With a career spanning decades, Jones starred as Captain Saru in Star Trek: Discovery, hailed as one of the best Star Trek series to date. He also captivated audiences in Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning The Shape of Water and is set to appear as Count Orlok in the remake of Nosferatu.

Fans adore Jones as The Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Abe Sapien in Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, where he also portrayed The Chamberlain and The Angel of Death. In Pan’s Labyrinth, he brought to life the haunting Pale Man and Pan, delivering his performance entirely in Spanish.

Jones’ memorable roles include Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus, Cochise in Falling Skies, and The Gentleman in Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s acclaimed “Hush” episode.

Brian Posehn has been busy for a while. As a writer/actor/stand-up comic, he doesn’t have a ton of down time. He just recorded his fourth hour-long stand-up special. He’s currently co-creating and starring in an upcoming cartoon for Nickelodeon with Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman.

You can also catch Brian on the popular Disney Plus show The Mandalorian, FX’s You’re The Worst and in his recurring roles on The Big Bang Theory and New Girl. He has also appeared on such seminal sitcoms as Seinfeld, NewsRadio, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, The Neighborhood and a recurring role on Just Shoot Me. In the sketch comedy world, he’s known as one of the writers and performers on HBO’s acclaimed Mr. Show. He was featured in the films, Devil’s Rejects and The Five Year Engagement. In Voice-Acting he’s done everything from Scooby Doo to a recent role on The Simpsons.

In the last several years he’s also been able to produce and host a popular D&D comedy podcast, Nerd Poker and co-write 45 issues of the best-selling Marvel comic book series Deadpool. In 2018 he released his first book, Forever Nerdy. In 2019, he completed a comedy metal album Grandpa Metal, featuring metal legends from Anthrax, Dethklok, Slayer and Soundgarden.

Currently stars as Nori in Amazon’s series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Markella can also be seen in the mini-series, Bad Behaviour. Previously, she played lead role in The Gloaming for Starz, as well as in the BBC miniseries The Cry, where she starred opposite Ewen Leslie and Asher Keddie. She can also be seen in the Australian miniseries Romper Stomper based on the critically acclaimed film. Additionally, Markella appeared in Amazon’s Picnic at Hanging Rock opposite Natalie Dormer.

In film, Markella can be seen in My First Summer and upcoming feature films 100 Nights of Hero and Watch Dogs.

Megan can currently be seen playing a major series regular role, Harfoot ‘Poppy Proudfellow’, in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime. The second series was released on Amazon last year and held the number one spot.

Megan is of Singaporean & British heritage. Previous screen credits include the mini-series, Wanderlust, written by Nick Payne and directed by Luke Snellin for Netflix and BBC One.

Megan just recorded a leading voice over role in an animated short film for Warner Brothers.

Tawny is a voice actor and content creator who has worked with clients like Disney+, HULU, Warner Brothers, Genshin Impact, Angry Birds, Raycon, Harvest Snaps, videos games and animated works like Symphony Of War 2, House on The Outlands, Garbage People, and has narrated novels alongside Aaron Shedlock for USA Today Bestselling authors Angela Sanders and Anna Applegate, and award winning author Natalie Symons. Tawny creates content across platforms like Tiktok, Instagram, and YouTube for over 1.4 million followers.

Bret Iwan has loved the legacy and story of Walt Disney for as long as he can remember, but never dreamt he would one day voice Walt’s most iconic character, Mickey Mouse. Iwan decided to pursue his love of art at Ringling College of Art and Design. Shortly after, he moved to Kansas City, to begin a career at Hallmark Greeting Cards. After learning of auditions being held to understudy with the third voice of Mickey Mouse, Wayne Allwine, Iwan wasted no time submitting his high pitched performance. Since 2009, Iwan has been the official voice of Mickey Mouse, providing the famous falsetto for Disney theme parks around the world, video games, toys, promotional material, game shows, live shows, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2009-2016), Mickey and the Roadster Racers (2017-2019), Mickey’s Mixed Up Adventures (2019), and Mickey Mouse Funhouse (2021) television series. When Iwan is not performing behind the microphone, he continues his passion for design, as well as wood working, restoration, and steam locomotive engineering. Since 2017, Iwan has worked as a steam mechanic, and engineer on several railroads, and is currently building his own steam locomotive, much like Walt Disney did.

The opportunities presented by the role continue to surprise him, and he looks forward to “fillin’ in for the boss” far into the future. Iwan resides in Los Angeles, California.