Stranded

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CAST BIOS

Liam Cunningham (Father Robinson) – Irish-born Liam Cunningham was an electrician in the mid-1980s when he saw an advertisement for acting lessons.  Encouraged by his wife, he decided to give it a try.  A month after leaving his “day job,” Liam Cunningham was the lead in a new Irish play and followed that with a US tour in another Irish play.  Born in 1961 in Ireland’s North Wall area, Liam and his wife Collette have a daughter and two sons.  Liam was nominated as Best Actor for the Royal Television Society for his roles in “Cracker, Best Boys.”  Liam Cunningham has most recently been seen in the highly profiled and award-winning miniseries “Attila” (USA Networks) and “RKO 281” (Show time.).

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Brana Bajic (Mother Robinson)  – British thespian Brana Brajic (“In the Beginning”) has also given extraordinary performances in “Richard II,” playing Queen Isabel, wife of King Richard.  Brajic has also played “Friella” in “P5:  The Professionals” and been in the British series “Randall & Hopkirk.”

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Roger Allam (Blunt) – Roger Allam’s portrayal of “Walt Disney” in the Golden Globe winning and Emmy nominated “RKO 281” drew rave reviews.  Mr. Allam has also lent his considerable talents to TV series “The Creatives,” TV movie “The Fairy Queen,” “A Landing on the Sun,” “The Investigation:  Inside a Terrorist Bombing” (a look at the Birmingham Six case, which drew considerable attention in Britain and Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s and the 1989 feature “The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt.”

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Jesse Spencer (Fritz Robinson) – Jesse Spencer stars this year in “Swimming Upstream” with Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Ben Savage and Michael Moriarity.  Prior to “Stranded,” Mr. Spencer was last seen in “Winning London” with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.  Further, Mr. Spencer was the voice of “Triton, Jr.” in “Disney’s Hercules,” the popular animated feature film.

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Neil Newbon (Ernst Robinson) – Neil Newbon has been seen in TV series “London Bridge” and “Dalziel and Pascoe:  Time to Go.”  Further, Mr. Newbon has appeared in episodes of “The Untouchables,” “The Witness” and “The Happy Jeans.”  Mr. Newbon also appeared in “The Discovery of Heaven.”

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Bonnie Wright (Sarah Robinson at Age Seven) – Bonnie Wright has appeared in both “Harry Potter” feature films – “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

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Emma Pierson (Sarah Robinson at Age Fourteen) – 22-year-old Emma Pierson is appearing in “Time Gentlemen Please” with Julia Sawalha (“Absolutely Fabulous”).  Ms. Pierson’s other works are “Dumping Elaine,” “Bedtime,” “Armstrong and Miller,” “Beast,” “Guest House Paradiso” and “Grange Hill.”

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Charlie Lucas (Jacob Robinson at Age Nine) – Charlie Lucas received rave reviews for his 2000 telefilm “Deceit,” playing the son of a well-to-do father who disappears from his yacht.  Charlie Lucas’s other notable film was the Franco Zefferelli feature “Tea with Mussolini,” starring Maggie Smith.  Charlie Lucas shares the role of Jacob Robinson with Andrew Lee Potts who picks the role up at age sixteen.

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Andrew Lee-Potts (Jacob Robinson at Age Sixteen) – 22-year-old Andrew Lee-Potts has landed some considerable acting work since taking up the profession some 12 years ago.  One of Andrew’s most notable performances is in Tom Hanks’ Golden Globe-winning HBO series “Band of Brothers,” a miniseries about World War II and the extraordinary things it asked of ordinary men and women.  Andrew’s other notable appearances can be seen in Christopher Plummer’s “Night Flight,” “The Bunker,” “New Years Day,” “Anchor Me” and “Rage.”

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Jenna Harrison (Emily Montrose) – Jenna Harrison drew rave reviews in the 2001 telefilm “Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,” a very different Cinderella story starring Stockard Channing and Azure Skye.  Ms. Harrison has also appeared in James Keach’s “Submerged,” starring Sam Neill.  Jenna Harrison stars as “Jessica” in the youthful teen angst film “My Brother Tom” about two kids who befriend each other into another reality so that each can escape the abuse of their lives.

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Rupert Holliday-Evans (Roberts) – Rupert Holliday-Evans made one of his first acting appearances in the Steve Martin, Michael Caine film “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”  Mr. Holliday-Evans also appeared with Jane Horrocks (“Absolutely Fabulous”) and Helena Bonham Carter in “Getting It Right.”  Subsequently, the actor also appeared in the all-star version of “Wuthering Heights” starring Janet McTeer, Juliette Binoche, Sophie Ward and Ralph Fiennes.  Mr. Holliday-Evans first worked with director Charles Beeson on four of the “First Sight” movies.

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Francis Magee (Pickles) – Francis Magee began his acting career some 15 years ago appearing in BBC’s perennial drama “The EastEnders.”  Mr. Magee also appeared in the critically acclaimed telefilm “Don Quixote,” starring John Lithgow and Bob Hoskins.  Mr. Magee has also appeared in the Edward Attherton, Jacqueline Bisset thriller “Britannic,” about the sinking of the HMS Britannic – a hospital ship – by a German saboteur.  Other films include “The Calling,” “All the King’s Men” and “Driven.”

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Ridad Lardpanna (Namatiti) – This is Mr. Lardpanna’s first professional appearance in an international telefilm.

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