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The First Taste (True Blood)
The first season of the American television drama series ''True Blood'' premiered on September 7, 2008 and concluded on November 23, 2008. It consists of 12 episodes, each running approximately 55 minutes in length and was, for the most part, based on the novel ''Dead Until Dark'', the first entry in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by Charlaine Harris. The story takes place in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, two years after vampires have made their presence known to mankind, and follows telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse as she attempts to solve a series of murders that seem to be motivated by a hatred of vampires. HBO broadcast the first season on Sunday nights at 9:00 pm in the United States, with a repeat showing at 11:00 pm. The complete first season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 19, 2009. Storyline Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is a waitress with telepathic abilities. Stephen Moyer plays her love interest, vampire Bill Compton. Sookie works for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelsan Ellis
Nelsan Ellis (November 30, 1977 – July 8, 2017) was an American actor. He achieved critical acclaim for his portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO television series '' True Blood'' (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy, among other accolades. He also starred as Shinwell Johnson in '' Elementary'' from 2016 to 2017, and played a variety of guest roles on television.'' In addition to his television work, Ellis appeared in several feature films throughout his career. He portrayed Eddie Sweat in the Disney sports drama '' Secretariat'' (2010), was Martin Luther King Jr. in Lee Daniels's '' The Butler'' (2013), and was Bobby Byrd in the 2014 James Brown biopic '' Get on Up''. His final acting role was in '' True to the Game'', which was released posthumously. Early life Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois, near Chicago, the son of Jackie Ellis and Tommie Lee Thompson. When Ellis and his siblings were young, their m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Bauer
Kristin Bauer van Straten ( Neubauer) is an American film and television actress, notable for her roles as vampire Pamela Swynford De Beaufort on the HBO television series ''True Blood'', Jerry's girlfriend Gillian ("man hands") on ''Seinfeld'', and as Maleficent in the ABC series ''Once Upon a Time''. Personal life Bauer van Straten was born Kristin Neubauer in Racine, Wisconsin. She is of German descent. During childhood, she played sports, rode horses, and fired shotguns. She graduated from The Prairie School in Wind Point. Bauer van Straten studied fine arts at Washington University in St. Louis, as well as in Boston and at New York City’s Parsons The New School for Design in her youth, but decided to become an actress and moved to Los Angeles, where she has been living since she began acting in 1994. She continues to draw and paint. Her works include commissioned portraits. On August 1, 2009, she married musician Abri van Straten. Acting career In 1995, Bauer van S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Swynford De Beaufort
Pamela "Pam" Ravenscroft, also known as Pamela Swynford De Beaufort, is a fictional character from the television series ''True Blood.'' Pam is portrayed by actress Kristin Bauer van Straten. The series was created by Alan Ball and is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by author Charlaine Harris. In the series, Pam is a vampire sired by Eric Northman. She is the co-owner of ''Fangtasia'', a vampire bar. Her age is never explicitly referenced in the television series''.'' In the short story " Two Blondes," it is revealed that she is approximately 160 years old. Fictional history ''The Southern Vampires Mysteries'' Background Pam's human life is rarely referenced in the novels until the seventh book in the series, ''All Together Dead,'' when Pam tells Sookie Stackhouse that she lived in London with her parents during the Victorian era. As a human, Pam was characterized as romantic and bold. At the age of 19, while traveling at night to see a friend's cousin with who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (; born 25 August 1976) is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at age seven but quit at age thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the US comedy film ''Zoolander'' (2001). He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries ''Generation Kill (miniseries), Generation Kill'' (2008), and had his breakthrough portraying vampire Eric Northman in the television series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014). After appearing in films such as ''Melancholia (2011 film), Melancholia'' (2011), ''Battleship (film), Battleship'' (2012) and ''The Legend of Tarzan (film), The Legend of Tarzan'' (2016), Skarsgård starred in the drama series ''Big Little Lies (TV series), Big Little Lies'' (2017–2019) as an abusive husband, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He went on to appear in the films ''Long Shot (2019 film), Long Shot'' (2019), ''Godzilla vs. Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Northman
Eric Northman is a fictional character in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries,'' written by Charlaine Harris. The character is introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark, as vampire living to be about a thousand years and is included in all subsequent novels. Human life In the early books, little is revealed about Eric's past. In the ninth book, '' Dead and Gone'' Eric reveals details about his human life as a Viking. Furthermore, he was deemed a man at the age of twelve. At sixteen he married Aude, his brother's widow, the couple had six children, but only three were living at the time of his turning, two boys and a girl. Aude and their sixth child died of a fever shortly after the birth when Eric was in his early twenties. It is revealed in the television series that the Vampire King of Mississippi murdered his entire family before stealing his father's Viking crown. In the books, he was ambushed one night by a Roman vampire named Appius Livius Ocella and subsequently turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Root
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom ''NewsRadio'' (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film ''Office Space'' (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010). Root has appeared in numerous Coen brothers films including ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000), ''The Ladykillers (2004 film), The Ladykillers'' (2004), ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'' (2018), and ''The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film), The Tragedy of Macbeth'' (2021). Other notable film roles include ''Dave (film), Dave'' (1993), ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Dodgeball'' (2004), ''Idiocracy'' (2006), ''Cedar Rapids (film), Cedar Rapids'' (2011), ''Selma (film), Selma'' (2014), ''Trumbo (2015 film), Trumbo'' (2015), ''Get Out'' (2017), and ''On the Basis of Sex'' (2018). His television roles have included Capt. K'Vada in the ''Star Trek: The Next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzy Caplan
Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her performances as Virginia E. Johnson in the Showtime series '' Masters of Sex'' (2013–2016) and as Libby Epstein in FX on Hulu's '' Fleishman Is in Trouble'' (2022) have earned her nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Her first acting role was on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000). Since then, she had series-regular roles in several television series including '' Related'' (2005–2006), '' Party Down'' (2009–2010; 2023), ''Das Boot'' (2018), '' Castle Rock'' (2019), '' Truth Be Told'' (2019), ''Fatal Attraction'' (2023), and '' Zero Day'' (2025). Caplan's film breakthrough came with her role as Janis Ian in '' Mean Girls'' (2004). Her other film appearances include '' My Best Friend's Girl'' (2008) ''Cloverfield'' (2008), '' Hot Tub Time Machine'', ''127 Hours'' (both 2010), '' Save the Date'', ''Bachelorette'' (both 2012), '' The Interview'' (2014), ''Now You See Me 2'', '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Smith
Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American actress whose career spans 7 decades. She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film '' East of Eden'', and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including ''Five Easy Pieces'' (1970), ''Resurrection'' (1980), ''Fatal Attraction'' (1987), ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' (1991), ''Falling Down'' (1993), ''How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995), '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), ''Twister'' (1996), '' Minority Report'' (2002), '' The Nice Guys'' (2016), '' Lady Bird'' (2017), and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). In 2017, Smith received critical acclaim for her leading performance in the science-fiction drama film '' Marjorie Prime'', for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards and Saturn Award, and won a Satellite Award. She has also had many roles on daytime and primetime television. She was a regular cast member in the HBO horror drama ''True Blood'', and received a Critics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Parrack
Jim Parrack (born February 8, 1981) is an American actor best known for his role as List of True Blood characters#Hoyt Fortenberry, Hoyt Fortenberry in HBO series ''True Blood''. He has also appeared in the film ''Battle: Los Angeles'' and as "Slim" in the 2014 Broadway production of ''Of Mice and Men (play), Of Mice and Men'' alongside James Franco, Chris O'Dowd and Leighton Meester. In 2020, he began starring in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox drama ''9-1-1: Lone Star''. Early life Parrack was born on February 8, 1981, in Allen, Texas. He attended the co-ed Allen High School (Allen, Texas), Allen High School for secondary education. In 2001, Parrack moved to Los Angeles, California where he studied acting at The Stella Adler Academy and then at the Playhouse West. Career Parrack made his screen debut in the 2006 drama film ''Annapolis (2006 film), Annapolis''. From 2006 to 2008, he made multiple guest appearances on television shows such as ''Monk (TV series), Monk'', ''Grey' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Christian Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series '' Summerland'', portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in ''True Blood''. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series '' The Oath'' as Steve Hammond. In 2021 he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series '' Them'' as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in '' Kindred'', a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name. Early life Kwanten was born one of three brothers in Terrigal, New South Wales. The boys were raised by mother Kris, a Lifeline op shop coordinator, and father Eddie Kwanten, a worker at NSW Maritime. Eddie is Dutch. Ryan's brothers are Mitchell, a musician, and Lloyd, a doctor. Ryan attended St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Stackhouse
Jason Stackhouse is a fictional character from ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' book series by author Charlaine Harris. Introduced in the first novel, '' Dead Until Dark'', Jason is Sookie Stackhouse's older brother and a road crew supervisor for Bon Temps, Louisiana. Stackhouse is described as sexually active and has had many sexual relationships with women in Bon Temps and its neighbouring communities. Initially portrayed to be callow and selfish, Jason's character changes as the series progresses and he begins to mature and become more supportive of Sookie and her supernatural issues. In '' Dead Until Dark'', Jason is suspected of killing a series of girls in Bon Temps. Videotapes of his sexual encounters with each girl are damning evidence against him. However, Jason is eventually found innocent. In later books Jason is implicated in other crimes, and despite his innocence, these accusations continue to erode his reputation. In '' Dead to the World'', Jason disappears. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
