Two-Hour Season Premiere Sunday, June 9 at 9/8c
John Pope
John Pope, the leader of a band of marauders, introduces himself to the 2nd Mass by taking a group of hostages and offering to exchange their freedom for weapons. For reasons known only to him, this smart, resourceful and charismatic ex-con takes great pleasure in killing Skitters, even hunting them like wild game. A shameless opportunist, Pope considers the invasion the best thing that ever happened to him. Despite all his questionable motives, Pope remains a powerful member of the 2nd Mass.
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Tom Mason
Noah Wyle
A bookish history professor from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tom Mason probably never imagined he would one day be putting his extensive knowledge of military tactics to use in an actual war, much less one being waged against an occupying force from another world. Tom will do everything he can to protect his three sons: Hal, Matt and the recently rescued Ben. Despite having only an academic understanding of military history, Tom is named second in command of the 2nd Massachusetts, a makeshift regiment assigned to protect several hundred survivors, with their military commander, Weaver. Tom quickly proves himself a strong leader, but his fate after Season One remains a mystery. The last we see Tom, he is boarding an alien craft – surrendering himself in attempt to save his son Ben.
Anne Glass
Moon Bloodgood
Anne is a pediatrician who lost her only child in the initial attack, a tragedy she has yet to face fully. She pours herself into her work as a doctor for the 2nd Mass, doing what she can to help the survivors cope both physically and emotionally with their situation.. But beneath her sturdy exterior, Anne continues to be haunted by the death of her son in ways few can understand. Anne develops a close friendship with Tom as a result of their shared tragedy. She also takes Lourdes, a young first-year med student, under her wing to help out in the makeshift clinic. Together, they discover new things about the anatomy of the enemy: how to kill them, how to remove children from their harnesses, and most shockingly – that the Skitters themselves were once victims of harness control.
Captain Weaver
Will Patton
Captain Weaver is a tough rattlesnake-of-a-soldier, with a no-nonsense attitude and little patience for babysitting civilians. As commander of the 2nd Mass, Weaver puts his military skills and experience to good use. But in this war, he is facing issues for which no training could ever prepare him. Like many of the survivors, Weaver has faced personal loss, but he keeps that story buried underneath a dogged determination to kill the enemy every chance he gets.
Hal Mason
Drew Roy
Tom’s oldest son, Hal, has made his father proud by growing quickly into manhood during the months since the invasion. Before their world was torn apart, Hal was an athletic and popular kid destined for success. Now he fights alongside his father as a member of the 2nd Mass. Although Hal can be impulsive under fire, he proves himself both brave and confident in the field. Having gone to great lengths to rescue his brother Ben from the Skitters, Hal now appreciates how much his family truly means and steps up to help any way he can. He grieves for the loss of his girlfriend Karen, but in a world occupied by hostile aliens, love has to come second to basic survival.
John Pope
Colin Cunningham
John Pope, the leader of a band of marauders, introduces himself to the 2nd Mass by taking a group of hostages and offering to exchange their freedom for weapons. For reasons known only to him, this smart, resourceful and charismatic ex-con takes great pleasure in killing Skitters, even hunting them like wild game. A shameless opportunist, Pope considers the invasion the best thing that ever happened to him. Despite all his questionable motives, Pope remains a powerful member of the 2nd Mass.
Ben Mason
Connor Jessup
The spikes on Ben’s back aren’t the only thing different about him since being rescued from the Skitters - Ben’s senses have become sharper since being harnessed, and his strength has greatly increased, all of which has made him an exceptional soldier. Ben’s brothers are still adjusting to the fact that Ben isn’t the bookworm he used to be, but they are happy to have him back.
Matt Mason
Maxim Knight
Tom’s youngest son, 8-year-old Matt, has been forced by circumstances to face the kind of loss and upheaval no child should ever have to confront. Matt desperately wishes for everything to go back to normal. He struggles to understand why he can’t have all the things his brothers had when they were his age, like a birthday party or a new skateboard. Despite being too young to join the fight alongside his father and brother, Matt wants to help, even if it means going against his father’s wishes.
Margaret
Sarah Sanguin Carter
Margaret comes to the 2nd Mass after spending a difficult time with Pope’s misfit gang. But it’s just the latest emotional scar for a woman who has endured and overcome all the worst life could throw at her. Margaret is strong, tough and fearless. She remains cool under pressure and has impeccable aim with a gun; but she’s also a good friend who offers a helping hand whenever needed.
Dai
Peter Shinkoda
Dai is Tom’s right-hand man in the field. He is a strong, quick and highly skilled soldier who doesn’t choke in the line of fire. He’s also a demon on a motorcycle. Dai doesn’t have a wife or children, so in an odd way, he considers himself a little lucky not to have lost a loved one during the attack.
Anthony
Mpho Koaho
Anthony is one of the best fighters in the 2nd Mass. He previously served as a Boston police officer. Anthony is a crack shot with a rifle and always eager to volunteer for even the most dangerous missions. But he’s also a good enough soldier to know when it’s time to sit cool and wait for the enemy to make a mistake.
Lourdes
Seychelle Gabriel
Lourdes is a young college student whose pre-med education was cut short by the alien invasion; she now helps Anne as a medic for the 2nd Mass.
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Noah Wyle
Tom Mason
Noah Wyle stars in TNT’s eagerly anticipated new series FALLING SKIES, from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. In the series (which enters its second season this summer), Wyle plays Tom Mason, the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians that battle against an invading alien force. Wyle is best known for his award-winning work as Dr. John Carter on ER, which aired for 15 seasons on NBC. He received five Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations for his performance on the show.
Wyle has previously worked with TNT on The Librarian series of movies. Prior to that, he played Steve Jobs in TNT’s Emmy-nominated movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.
Wyle’s feature film credits include White Oleander, Enough, Donnie Darko, The Myth of Fingerprints, Swing Kids, and A Few Good Men.
Wyle is involved in numerous issue-oriented initiatives, including serving as national spokesperson for Cover the Uninsured Week, an unprecedented effort to bring awareness to the 44 million Americans who have no health coverage. His other philanthropic involvement includes work with Doctors of the World, Human Rights Watch and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Wyle is also very involved and devoted to the theatre, serving as creative producer of the award-winning Blank Theatre Company.
Moon Bloodgood
Anne Glass
Moon Bloodgood has enjoyed success in all aspects of film and television. Most recently, she starred in the Warner Bros. blockbuster Terminator Salvation, opposite Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. She also appeared in a three-episode arc of the series Burn Notice. In addition to her role as Anne Glass in TNT’s FALLING SKIES, Bloodgood can next be seen in the independent film Beautiful Boy, which is set to premiere at Toronto Film Festival, and alongside Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton in the George Tillman Jr. revenge thriller Faster.
Bloodgood started her career as a professional dancer, landing a coveted spot to join the LA Laker Girls team. From there, her love for hip-hop led to touring gigs with such superstar acts as Prince, Brandi and the rock band Offspring. She then turned to modeling, working for cosmetic giants Revlon, L’Oreal and Avon. Famed photographer David LaChapelle shot her Diesel campaign, and soon after, she was featured in both the Adidas and Nike Woman campaigns. Bloodgood was also featured in People magazine’s “World’s Most Beautiful” issue in 2006 and again in 2009.
Bloodgood made her film debut in the DreamWorks film “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton”. Soon after, she starred opposite Ashotn Kutcher in Disney’s “A lot Like Love”, followed by “Eight Below”, co-starring Paul Walker and directed by Frank Marshall. Next, she transitioned into television with roles on two highly regarded shows. First, she starred in the ABC series, Daybreak, opposite Taye Diggs. Then she played the female lead in the NBC series “Journeyman”, opposite Kevin McKidd.
Will Patton
Captain Weaver
Will Patton has worked extensively in theater and film. He can be seen in Kelly Riechardt’s film festival favorite Meeks Crossing, alongside Michelle Williams and Paul Dano. His other recent films include Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest; The Fourth Kind, with Milla Jovovich; American Violet, with Alfre Woodard; and Wendy and Lucy, also with Michelle Williams.
Patton’s past credits include Michael Winterbottom’s critically acclaimed A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie; Princess Ka’iulani, with Q’orianka Kilcher; and The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, written by Tennessee Williams. He also starred opposite John Travolta and Thomas Jane in the Lionsgate feature based on Marvel Comic’s The Punisher. Patton’s other memorable roles include such features as The Mothman Prophecies, Remember the Titans, Armageddon, Gone In 60 Seconds, Entrapment and The Postman, as well as Trixie, Breakfast Of Champions and Jesus’s Son.
Patton was directed by Martin Scorsese in After Hours and Nicholas Roeg in Cold Heaven. He has starred in several independent films that have enjoyed success at the major film festivals, including The Rapture, In The Soup, The Paint Job, Toll Booth and The Spitfire Grill which won the Audience Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.
In 1998, Patton won the award for Best Actor at the Newport International Film Festival for his work in OK Garage (aka All Revved Up). He has blended appearances in these smaller pictures with major studio releases, such as Inventing The Abbotts, The Client, Fled, Copycat, Desperately Seeking Susan, A Shock To The System, Everybody Wins and No Way Out.
Patton also starred for two seasons in the highly acclaimed television series The Agency on CBS. He was seen in Steven Spielberg’s Into The West on TNT and played Det. Walker on CBS’s Numb3rs.
Patton has recorded more than 45 audio books, including 19 titles by James Lee Burke, the 50th anniversary release of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road, Denis Johnson’s Tree Of Smoke, Al Gore’s The Assault On Reason and Charles Frazier’s Thirteen Moons. He has also been the recipient of the Audie award for Best Male Narrator.
No stranger to theater, Patton played the leading role in Sam Shepard’s A Lie Of The Mind. His performances in Richard Foreman’s What Did He See and Shepard’s Fool For Love earned him two prestigious Obie Awards as Best Actor. He starred in the world premiere of Don DeLillo’s Valparaiso at the A.R.T.(American Repertory Theatre) in Boston and he was also seen heading an ensemble cast in Denis Johnson’s Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into The Flames at the V Vineyard Theatre in New York.
Drew Roy
Hal Mason
DREW ROY is certainly one of Hollywood’s young male actors to watch. He currently stars with Noah Wyle in Steven Spielberg’s FALLING SKIES for TNT. Recently, he was seen on the big screen playing the role of Seth Hancock alongside Diane Lane and John Malkovich in SECRETARIAT.
Roy has captured the hearts of many young ladies with his significant arc in the final season of HANNAH MONTANA playing the love interest of MILEY CYRUS. Additional credits include guest starring roles on GREEK, LINCOLN HEIGHTS and iCARLY.
Roy was discovered at an event in Atlanta where he decided to pursue an acting career full time. He made the move to Los Angeles, along with five of his best friends, who were in a band. Although his friends became disenchanted with the lifestyle in LA, ROY was determined to “make it” in Hollywood and persevered the initial loneliness and held onto the belief in his talent and work ethic. With this kind of tenacity, he focused on acting classes and with some luck and a lot of preparation, he is able to do what he loves for a living.
Roy is currently on location in Vancouver shooting the second season of FALLING SKIES. He resides in Los Angeles.
Colin Cunningham
John Pope
California native Colin Cunningham has played everything from the straight-up Major Davis on Stargate SG-1 to crooked cop Brian Curtis on DaVinci’s Inquest. In addition to FALLING SKIES, Cunningham is currently starring as Neil Styles on HBO Canada’s Living in Your Car. Cunningham also plays a recurring role on the series Flashpoint.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Cunningham has played roles that have had him pursued by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Sixth Day and putting his life on the line for Jennifer Garner in Elektra. Indie favorites include Best in Show and Breakfast with Scot.
In 2009, Cunningham made a name for himself as a director when he and actor/producer Madison Graie made the short list for an Academy Award (R) nomination for their film Centrigrade, which took more than two dozen “Best Of” awards and nominations. Centrigrade became the first short film in iTunes history to break the Top 10 in feature downloads. Centrigrade is currently being developed into a project for television.
Connor Jessup
Ben Mason
Connor Jessup stars on TNT’s sci-fi drama series FALLING SKIES. Writer, producer, director and actor, Jessup will next star on the big screen as the lead role in the independent film Blackbird, in which he plays an angry and troubled teenage boy who is wrongfully accused and arrested for a crime he did not commit. He ends up in juvenile detention where he quickly realizes the changes he will need to make if he wants to survive.
Jessup is best known for his leading role in the Discovery Kids television series Saddle Club, in which he played Simon Atherton, a 13-year-old computer geek.
Jessup credits his love for the dramatic arts and entertainment industry to his involvement with local youth theater growing up. His skills extend far beyond the scope of acting on the big or small screen as this teenage prodigy has been writing, directing, producing and editing films from the age of 11.
His producing credits include the independent film Amy George, which recently premiered at the Wisconsin International Film Festival. The independent film follows a 13n-year-old boy’s quest to become an artist, whose dreams are halted because he believes his mundane life has left him unprepared to make his dream a reality. After reading a book on what it takes to become a true artist, this seemingly unlikable boy finds himself in a life of risk, ecstasy, wilderness and women.
Jessup recently completed the short film Something, which he wrote, directed, produced, and edited. Something follows 10-year-old Jack as he struggles to find beauty in life after he survives the collapse of the human existence. He also wrote, directed and produced the short film I Don’t Hurt Anymore! in addition to the play Pushing Normal, in which he received the Award of Distinction for the script at the 2010 Sears Drama Festival.
Maxim Knight
Matt Mason
Maxim Knight stars on TNT’s sci-fi drama FALLING SKIES. Knight already has 15 film credits and will next star on the big screen opposite Melissa Leo, Nick Cannon, Rosanna Arquette & Chris “Ludicris” Bridges in the dramatic feature Ball Don’t Lie. Knight’s mature character “Sticky” portrays a young boy who is witness to his mother’s suicide and has to face and ultimately triumph over life’s challenges & unfair circumstances.
Knight continues to showcase his dramatic chops with numerous appearances on hit shows such as NBC’s Parenthood, ABC’s Brothers & Sisters, CBS’s CSI:Miami and Criminal Minds, FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, A&E’s former hit The Cleaner & CBS’s Three Rivers.
A Second City alum, Knight’s comedic strengths are undeniable. He held his own opposite comedian Frank Caliendo on TBS’s Frank TV, and has generated big laughs on HBO’s Funny or Die Presents & the Hallmark Channel’s heartwarming holiday classic Our First Christmas starring opposite Dixie Carter. Most recently, he brought his brand of funny to FX’s Wilfred, a remake of the critically acclaimed Australian hit.
Knight is also an accomplished voice over artist, with credits including Columbia Pictures’ much anticipated The Smurfs, Judd Apatow’s Bridesmaids, Twentieth Century Fox’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, We Bought a Zoo and multiple episodes of Disney Channel’s Special Agent Oso just to name a few!
Knight’s love for the entertainment business started in first grade when Knight wrote his first screenplay, Magical Darkness, in his movie journal. By year’s end, Knight produced, cast, and directed his masterpiece, including choosing the musical score!
Knight currently resides in Los Angeles.
Sarah Sanguin Carter
Margaret
As a star on the rise, Sarah Sanguin Carter is making a name for herself on both the big and small screens.
On the small screen, Carter starred as a series regular on CBS’ Shark, opposite James Woods. Carter has worked steadily playing roles in various television series including Boston Legal, Smallville, Entourage, Numb3rs, Dirty Sexy Money, CSI:NY, White Collar, WB’s Black Slash and Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen’s comedy series, Undeclared. She also has a role in the upcoming Screen Gems film The Vow with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum.
Carter continues to balance her love of theater, starring in Toronto Ryerson University’s productions of Chekhov’s The Seagull and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, as well as Le Roi Jones/Amiri Baraka’s two person play Dutchman, while starring in independent and studio films such as Haven, Killing Zelda Sparks, Berkley and Final Destination II.
Outside of her acting career Sarah stays true to her artistic process as a singer/songwriter with her parallel career as a musician in her band, Sanguindrake.
Peter Shinkoda
Dai
In addition to his work on TNT’s FALLING SKIES, Peter Shinkoda stars in the upcoming Warner Bros. produced live-action web series Mortal Kombat. Shot in Vancouver under director Kevin Tancharoen (Mortal Kombat: Rebirth), the series will delve deep into the history of the warriors in this world-renowned franchise.
Shinkoda, from Montreal, also stars in the 3D horror feature The Hole, directed by Joe Dante. The film revolves around a pair of brothers who stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement that leads to the darkest corridors of their fears and nightmares.
Shinkoda’s vast television credits include Showtime’s The L Word, ABC’s Kingdom Hospital, Warner Bros. Television’s Supernatural, Syfy’s Sanctuary and James Cameron’s Dark Angel.
For the big screen, Shinkoda worked alongside Jet Li and Jason Statham in the action feature War. His other film credits include the sci-fi mystery I,Robot, starring Will Smith, and John Woo’s Paycheck, with Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart and Uma Thurman.
Mpho Koaho
Anthony
Mpho Koaho is a series regular on FALLING SKIES for TNT. Other television credits include the Canadian miniseries Soul, for which he won a Gemini Award in 2009, and a critically acclaimed guest lead performance on the CBS series Flashpoint, for which he was also nominated for a Gemini Award.
Koaho began his career when Maya Angelou cast him as the young lead in her film Down in the Delta for Miramax, and he has continued to work steadily ever since. D.J. Caruso next cast Koaho in The Salton Sea opposite Val Kilmer and he has gone on to co-star in Four Brothers for John Singleton and Paramount, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ for Jim Sheridan and Paramount, and Blindness for Fernando Meirelles and Focus Features. Other film credits include: Saw III, Haven and It’s A Boy Girl Thing. Koaho currently resides in Toronto.
Seychelle Gabriel
Lourdes
As though being tapped to portray the young Eva Mendes in Frank Miller’s The Spirit wasn’t enough to jump start her career, multi-talented ingénue Seychelle Gabriel has gone on to several great roles in many high-profile projects. Previously, she appeared as Princess Yue in M. Night Shyamalan’s adaptation of the The Last Airbender, with Jackson Rathbone and Dev Patel. Gabriel will continue her relationship with the franchise by lending her voice to the role of Asami in the upcoming Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Legend of Korr, a sequel to the wildly popular original series. Gabriel also had a multi-episode arc on Showtime’s Weeds as Mary Louise-Parker’s seductive stepdaughter, Adelita.
Born in Burbank, Calif., Gabriel embarked upon a performing arts career at a very early age. She was just three weeks old when she first appeared in the arms of Fred Savage in the classic series The Wonder Years. As she was growing up, she appeared in many commercials and print campaigns. She had several stints on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, performing in skits with Leno. Along the way, she also appeared in independent projects, including Welfare to Love and the educational documentary that exposed the misdeeds of the corrupt tobacco industry, Jeffrey Wigand’s Secrets Through the Smoke.
Since her early teenage years, Gabriel has been committed to her voice, piano and guitar training, including during her high school years at Burbank High School, where she competed with their highly ranked show choir, In Sync. Gabriel is currently honing her skills with a semester at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
