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American Story (franchise)
''American Story'' is an American anthology television franchise consisting of several television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX and FX on Hulu. Each series follows a different genre of fiction, with each individual season conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a story line with its own "beginning, middle, and end." Some plot elements of each season and series are loosely inspired by true events. Many actors appear in more than one season and series, often playing a new character. Actors who have appeared in two or more instalments of the franchise include: Sarah Paulson; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Connie Britton; Darren Criss; Finn Wittrock; Jon Jon Briones; Billy Eichner; Matt Bomer, who directed an episode of ''American Crime Story''; Kaia Gerber; Naomi Grossman; Chad James Buchanan; John Carroll Lynch; Dylan McDermott; Charles Melton; Billie Lourd; Jamie Brewer; Naomi Camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Murphy (producer)
Ryan Patrick Murphy (born November 9, 1965) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He has created and produced a number of television series including ''Nip/Tuck'' (2003–2010), ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (2009–2015), ''American Horror Story'' (2011–present), ''American Crime Story'' (2016–present), ''Pose (TV series), Pose'' (2018–2021), ''9-1-1 (TV series), 9-1-1'' (2018–present), ''9-1-1: Lone Star'' (2020–2025), ''Ratched (TV series), Ratched'' (2020), ''American Horror Stories'' (2021–present), ''Monster (American TV series), Monster'' (2022–present), ''Doctor Odyssey'' (2024–present), and ''9-1-1: Nashville'' (2025–present). Murphy has also directed the Running with Scissors (film), 2006 film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir ''Running with Scissors (memoir), Running with Scissors'', the Eat Pray Love, 2010 film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir ''Eat Pray Love (book), Eat, Pray, Love'', the The Normal Heart (film), 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba Gooding Jr
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. His accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. Gooding's breakthrough was in the film ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991). He went on to appear in the films ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), '' Judgment Night'' (1993),'' Lightning Jack'' (1994), and ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996). For playing a football star in the latter, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star in the films ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997), '' Men of Honor'' (2000), ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), '' Snow Dogs ''(2002), ''Radio'' (2003), ''Norbit'' (2007), '' Linewatch'' (2008), '' Gifted Hands'' (2009), in which he played Dr. Ben Carson. Alongside these projects, he also had voice-over roles in the animated films '' Home on the Range'' (2004) and '' The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends'' (2007). After appearing in '' Red Tails'' (2012), and '' The Butler'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Lourd
Billie Catherine Lourd (born July 17, 1992) is an American actress, best known for starring as Chanel #3 in the Fox horror comedy series '' Scream Queens'' (2015–2016) and for her roles in the FX horror anthology series ''American Horror Story'' (2017–present). She also appears as Lieutenant Connix in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Lourd is the only child of actress Carrie Fisher. Early life Billie Catherine Lourd was born July 17, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, the only child of actress Carrie Fisher and talent agent Bryan Lourd. Lourd is also the only grandchild of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, and the niece of Todd Fisher, Joely Fisher, and Tricia Leigh Fisher, all of whom have worked in show business. She has a sister, Ava, from her father's marriage to Bruce Bozzi, whom her father legally adopted. From her mother's side, she is of Russian-Jewish and Scots-Irish/ English descent. Her godmother is actress Meryl Streep. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Melton (actor)
Charles Michael Melton (born January 4, 1991) is an American actor. After working as a fashion model, Melton ventured to acting with guest roles on the television series ''Glee'' (2014) and '' American Horror Story: Hotel'' (20152016). His breakthrough came with his portrayal of Reggie Mantle in the CW series '' Riverdale'' (2017–2023). Melton gained recognition for his leading role in the romance film ''The Sun Is Also a Star'' (2019). For his acclaimed portrayal of a young man married to a woman who raped and groomed him as a child in the drama film '' May December'' (2023), Melton earned nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Golden Globe Award. Early life Charles Michael Melton was born on January 4, 1991, in Juneau, Alaska, to Sukyong and Phil Melton. His father is an American with English ancestry; his mother is a Korean immigrant who moved to the United States with Charles's father in 1990. Melton is the eldest child, having two younger sisters. His fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan McDermott
Mark Anthony "Dylan" McDermott (born October 26, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series ''The Practice'', which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. McDermott is also known for his roles in four seasons ( first, second, eighth and ninth) of the FX horror anthology series ''American Horror Story'', subtitled '' Murder House'', '' Asylum'', ''Apocalypse'', and ''1984'', portraying Ben Harmon, Johnny Morgan and Bruce, respectively. He also starred as narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' spinoff '' Law & Order: Organized Crime''; Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series '' Dark Blue''; in two short-lived CBS dramas, '' Hostages'' and '' Stalker''; and in the 1994 remake of the film '' Miracle on 34th Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American character actor and film director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in '' Fargo'' (1996). He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom ''The Drew Carey Show'' (1997–2004) as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on four seasons of ''American Horror Story'' (2014–2019), most notably as breakout character Twisty the Clown. His films include ''Face/Off'' (1997), ''Zodiac'' (2007), '' Gran Torino'' (2008), '' Shutter Island'' (2010), ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011), ''Ted 2'' (2015), '' The Invitation'' (2015), ''The Founder'' (2016), and '' The Trial of the Chicago 7'' (2020). He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film '' Lucky''. Early life Lynch was born in Boulder, Colorado. He attended Regis Jesuit High School in Denver. He studied theater at The Catholic University of America, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986. Career Lynch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad James Buchanan
Chad James Buchanan (born August 28, 1993) is an American actor and model. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. Television He is best known for his role as Hunter Morgan on ''Star (TV series), Star'', and has appeared in several television shows including ''Jane the Virgin'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Mary + Jane'', ''Glee (TV series), Glee'', ''American Horror Story'', and ''American Horror Stories''. He also joined the cast of Marvel's ''Inhumans (TV series), Inhumans.'' Modeling career Chad is represented by Premium Models in Paris, d'management group in Milan, and NEXT Model Management in Los Angeles. Filmography Film Television References External links * Chad Buchanan's Twitter Male actors from Columbus, Ohio Male models from Ohio American male television actors Male actors from Los Angeles Living people 1993 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-model-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Grossman
Naomi Grossman (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress, writer, and producer best known for her role as Pepper in the second and fourth season of the FX horror television series ''American Horror Story''. Early life Grossman was born in Denver, Colorado. In her early life, she performed in community theatre shows. She received a lot of attention at Ponderosa High School, in Parker, Colorado, at their theatre program. After attending high school, she was a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in Argentina, she attended and graduated from Northwestern University with a theater major, as the only university she applied to. She was a member of improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles, California, and wanted to ultimately perform on ''Saturday Night Live''. When the group cut ties with her, she began teaching the Spanish language and separating herself from her acting career. Grossman writes and produces and has cited Lily Tomlin, Tracey Ullman T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaia Gerber
Kaia Jordan Gerber (born September 3, 2001) is an American model and actress. After starring in a series of ad campaigns for fashion brands since debuting at New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week in 2017, Gerber won Model of the Year at the The Fashion Awards, British Fashion Awards in 2018. As an actress, she has appeared in supporting roles in the films ''Bottoms (film), Bottoms'' (2023) and ''Saturday Night (2024 film), Saturday Night'' (2024). She is the second child and only daughter of the supermodel Cindy Crawford and the businessman Rande Gerber. Early life Kaia Jordan Gerber was born in September 3, 2001, in Los Angeles, California. She is the younger of two children born to the supermodel Cindy Crawford and the businessman Rande Gerber. She has an elder brother, Presley. Her mother, who is of German, English, French, and Danish ancestry, is a Congregationalist Christian and her father is an American Jew. In a 2018 interview, she stated "my dad is Jewish and my mom is C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Bomer
Matthew Staton Bomer ( ; born October 11, 1977) is an American actor. His works have earned him accolades including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Bomer made his television debut in 2000 on the long-running soap opera ''All My Children''. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Soon after, he had a contract role on ''Guiding Light'', and appeared on primetime shows, including '' Tru Calling''. In 2005, Bomer made his film debut in the thriller '' Flightplan'', then in 2007 gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series ''Chuck''. From 2009 to 2014, he starred as con artist Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series '' White Collar''. Bomer had supporting roles in the 2011 thriller ''In Time'', the 2012 comedy-drama ''Magic Mike'' and its 2015 sequel, and the 2016 neo-noir film '' The Nice Guys''. In 2015, he won a Golden Globe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Eichner
Billy Eichner ( ; born September 18, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and television show host. He is the star, executive producer, and creator of Funny or Die's '' Billy on the Street'', a comedy game show that aired on truTV. Early life and education Eichner is a native of Queens and grew up in Forest Hills, the son of Debbie, who worked for a phone company, and Jay Eichner, a rent tax auditor. He was born to a Jewish family and had a Madonna-themed bar mitzvah. He has an older half-brother. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1996, and from Northwestern University in 2000 with a BS in Theater. Actor Robin Lord Taylor was his college roommate. Career Eichner gained attention as the host and writer of ''Creation Nation: A Live Talk Show'', a critically acclaimed stage show in New York. He landed a Bravo web series called ''My Life on the Z-List: Jen's Vlog'' that was an online companion to '' Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List'' and was a co-hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Jon Briones
Ernesto Cloma Briones Jr. (born August 7, 1965), known as Jon Jon Briones, is a Filipino-American actor best known for his work in musical theatre. He played the Engineer in the original casts in the West End revival of ''Miss Saigon'' in 2014, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and reprised the part on Broadway in 2017. Career While an engineering student in the Philippines, Briones became involved with the original 1989 London production of ''Miss Saigon''. Briones had a friend who was a producer in the Philippines, who asked Briones to help "facilitate an audition" for the Cameron Mackintosh team who were holding auditions in the Philippines for ''Miss Saigon''. In addition to helping with the organization of the auditions, Briones himself auditioned for and then became a member of the ensemble. He has been involved with various touring productions of ''Miss Saigon'', as a swing and covering other roles, finally playing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
