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| Media Guests |
The media track will continue to bring SF celebrities to your doorstep. Today's stars from TV and film, our Main Media guests provide the first autograph to each member without a fee and hold Q&A sessions as they have been doing for the past 20 years.
We will continue to have additional stars from your favorite shows of today and yesteryear as signatory guests. These guests may have Q&A sessions as well, but are primarily found in the dealers room selling their autographs and speaking one to one with fans as they mill around their table. These guests are able to come to our convention and give more diversity to our guest line-up because they will be selling their autographs and will not be held to giving one without a fee to convention attendees.
There will be behind the scenes guests from FX to make-up to sound effects to producers. Look forward to our ICONosphere award winner from this category of guest. This will be our 3rd year honoring excellence in behind the scenes work with this new award from I-CON.
There will also be panels in a more intimate setting than the stage where fans can find out more about the craft of acting and TV / film production. We hope to continue the Inside the SF Actors Studio panel where we get together as many of the actors as possible for a panel styled after the cable TV show moderated by "Destinies" own Howard Margolin (who did a terrific job last year). Don't miss it!!
This award is given out semi-annually for excellence behind the camera in
Film and/or Television. It has been given out twice before. Once to Flat Earth
Productions and another time to Ray Harryhausen. Anne Kuljian, the third
Iconosphere winner, is a Set Decorator who has been nominated for an Oscar for
her work on The Abyss. Other science fiction movies that she has worked on
include The Sphere, Equilibrium, Minority Report, Bicentennial Man, Crow: CIty
of Angels, Flatliners, and Cherry 2000.
Iconosphere Award winner is Oscar nominated Set Decorator, Anne Kuljian. As
part of our recognition for her work behind the camera, we will be presenting
some of her movies. Look for Anne Kuljian Theater to catch Minority Report,
Equilibrium, Bicentennial Man, Crow: City of Angels and Flatliners. Learn
about the profession at her talks, and find out what is was like to work on
some of these outstanding films.
The Anne Kuljian Theater will be featuring :
| Bicentennial Man |
| Equilibrium |
| Flatliners |
| Minority Report |
| The Crow: City of Angels |
All guests appearances are TENTATIVE and may be changed without notice. This is usually due to a professional conflict of our hard working guests. Thank you for your understanding.
| Keith Cobb - "Tyr" of Andromeda |
| Jeff Conaway Canceled - due to unforeseen circumstances. |
| Robin Curtis - "Saavik" from Star Trek 3 |
| Don S. Davis - "Gen. Hammond" from Stargate: SG1 |
| Carrie Dobro |
| David Franklin - "Braca" from Farscape & "Brutus" from Xena |
| Julian Glover |
| Anita La Selva |
| Robert Leeshock |
| Spat |
| Carel Struycken |
Keith
Hamilton Cobb stars as Tyr Anasazi, a member of a subspecies of humanity
classified as the Nietzscheans.
Cobb is best known to audiences for his role on the hit ABC daytime drama All My Children. His portrayal of Noah Keefer earned him a Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Newcomer, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. In addition, Cobb was voted one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1996.
After a tremendously successful run in the hit daytime drama, Cobb appeared in an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air, where ironically enough, in a spoof of the daytime genre, he starred as a soap opera actor who was fired by the show's diva. Cobb has also amassed a number of guest appearances on various television series including Tribune Entertainment's action-adventure hit BeastMaster, Suddenly Susan, Boston Common.
Cobb honed his acting skills at the prestigious Circle in the Square and Playwright's Horizons acting studios in New York. His impressive list of theatrical credits includes Othello, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and numerous others.
In his first feature film role, Cobb portrayed the bodyguard of a Mafioso in the independent film Astonished. He also won the starring role in the independent feature Eyes Beyond Seeing.
Cobb's love for acting stems from his devotion to the works of William
Shakespeare. He served for two years as a judge of the National Shakespeare
Competition. Cobb taught for six years at Youth Theatre Interactions, an
after-school performing arts program in Yonkers, New York that introduces
children to the arts. He also spent several years at Playwright's Theatre of New
Jersey, where he taught playwriting, directed and performed in the plays of
youthful offenders in the New Jersey correctional system.
Jeff
Conaway is known most for his work on “Grease”, “Taxi”, and “Babylon 5” as well
as guest starring on “Murder, She Wrote” and “Matlock”. He also appeared on
“Burke’s Law”, “Who’s the Boss?”, “Kojak”, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, and
“Happy Days”.
Don
S. Davis is a character actor, a painter, a woodcarver, a designer, a former
theatre professor, and was a Captain in the United States Army during the
sixties. Don was born and raised in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks. He
received a Bachelor of Science Degree with a double major in theatre and art
from Southwest Missouri State College in 1965. He then served three years on
active duty in the United States Army. Upon his release from active duty in the
military, Don entered the University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, to work
toward a Masters Degree in theatre. Don received his Masters Degree in 1970. He
then taught for a number of years before returning to Southern Illinois
University to complete the coursework for a PhD in Theatre. Don received his PhD
in 1982.
Don began working in the film industry while teaching at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, in the early 1980s. He left teaching to pursue acting full time in 1987. Don has appeared in numerous feature films including Best In Show, The Fan, Alaska, A League of Their Own, Hook, Hero, Needful Things, Mystery Date, Look Who's Talking, Con Air, and the Sixth Day. His television credits include his series regular role as General George Hammond in Stargate: SG-1, and recurring roles in The X-Files where he played father to Gillian Anderson's Agent Scully, Twin Peaks where he played Major Briggs, Madison, Slick Air and Broken Badges in addition to guest starring on such programs as Northern Exposure, L.A. Law, Knots Landing, Wiseguy, and MacGuyver.
Davis has had featured roles in the television movies, Hostage Negotiator, Fire on the Mountain, Stepsister, Tricks, Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue, In Cold Blood, Showtime's The Prisoner of Zenda, A Dream is a Wish The Heart Makes, The Ranger, The Cook and The Hole in the Sky, One More Mountain, Columbo: A Bird in Hand, Dead Ahead: the Exxon Valdez Disaster, Omen IV: The Awakening, Posing, Kurt Vonnegut's Theatre: All the King's Horses and the mini-series Atomic Train.
Davis resides in Vancouver, British Columbia and spends his spare time
listening to jazz and playing with his black Labrador, Midnight Lady, honing his
artistic talents and trying to improve his golf game.
Carrie
Dobro, originally from New York City, is best known to the Sci-Fi community for
her leading role in the Babylon 5 spin-off series, Crusade. As Dureena Nafeel,
the thieving sole survivor of her race, she called upon her extensive theatrical
background to create the cunning, lethal character, Dureena.
Along with over 50 stage roles, Ms. Dobro has also appeared as a series regular on Hypernauts, and has guest starred on Beverly Hills 90210, Silk Stalkings, Nightstand, Claude's Crib, Townies, and The Young and the Restless.
Movie of the week credits and film roles include Babylon 5's "A Call To Arms" for TNT, a co-starring role on "The Emissary" for CBS, feature films, "Pug Story", "Marry Me or Die", "Illicit Dreams" and "Maximum Breakout", to name a few.
A two time Drama-Logue award winner for acting, Ms. Dobro has appeared throughout the United States and most recently in Los Angeles where she starred with Sally Kirkland in "The Powder Room". Comfortable with Improvisation as well as Comedy, she has appeared in a variety of venues in New York and at Caught in the Act, The Improv, The Comedy Store, and The Ice House, in Los Angeles.
Having once desired a career in the visual arts, she studied at the Camberwell School of Art in England and received her BFA degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh before launching her acting career.
Married to actor/director Mark Ciglar, they live in Los Angeles with their
two dogs.
Julian
Glover was born in London in March of 1935. He trained at RADA and made
his stage debut in 1953 and his London stage debut in 1961. He joined
the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970’s and excelled in playing
character roles, often time in classics such as “Much Ado About
Nothing”, “Antony and Cleopatra” and “Cyrano de Bergerac”. He won
critical praise and an Olivier Award for his supporting performance in
“Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2” in 1993 and headlined the 1997 revival of
“Chips with Everything”.
He made his feature film debut in “Tom Jones” in 1963. In the early 1970’s he was considered for the role of James Bond when Sean Connery relinquished the role. Although he passed over in favor of Roger Moore, he did play the main villain Aristotle Kristatos opposite Moore in the Bond film “For Your Eyes Only.”
His many feature film roles include “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”, “The Juggernaut”, “The Brute”, “Hitler: The last Ten Days,” “Antony & Cleopatra”, “Nicholas and Alexandra”, “Wuthering Heights”, “Alfred the Great”, “Quatermass and the Pit”, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”.
Julian’s numerous television roles include The Avengers, Out of This World, The Saint, Strange Report, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, New Scotland Yard, The Champions, Space 1999, Blake’s 7, Remington Steele, Casualty, Rumpole of the Bailey and Magnum P.I.
Doctor Who fans remember Julian best as Count Scarlioni in the Tom Baker story “City of Death” and King Richard the Lionheart in the William Hartnell story “The Crusade.”
bio by Paul Scott
Aldred of the US Branch of UNIT - a Dr. Who club
Anita
La Selva plays Zo'or, the ruthless Taelon leader determined to enslave Earth's
people to ensure the survival of his occupying race, in Gene Roddenberry's
Earth: Final Conflict.
La Selva calls herself a "Roddenberry addict," who closely followed Star Trek and the subsequent television series and feature films. Regarding her role as Zo'or, she says the Taelon leader is not a traditional villain and she enjoys bringing out his more hidden aspects.
La Selva guest-starred in Alliance Atlantis Communications' television series TekWar, as well as the series The Great Defender, Kung Fu, Spenser, Secret Service, Forever Knight, Top Cops and Comics. She also appeared in the Alliance Atlantis Communications television movie The Alex Kelly Story, Mistrial with Bill Pullman, and Under the Piano with Theresa Stratas, Amanda Plummer and Megan Follows. Her independent film credits include What Wants to be Spoken, What Remains to be Said, Stage Hands and Blessed Boy. She recently completed the television series pilot, Second Coming. She also has an extensive background in the theater which includes more than 25 stage credits.
La Selva was born in Toronto and later moved to Stratford, Ontario, where her parents were costumers for the famous Stratford Festival. She went on to complete a degree in English and Drama at the University of Toronto, and moved to England to study at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts from 1988 to 1989. She also completed continuing study courses with selected instructors in voice and acting in England, Canada and the United States.
La Selva makes her home in Toronto and when not engaged on the screen or stage, performs flamenco with the Esmeralda Enrique Dance Company.
Robert Leeshock's
network television credits include recurring roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 and
the popular daytime soap operas Loving and All My Children. He also appeared
in the telenovella Crystal Empire and the comedy series Life's Work. His film
credits include the independent features Me and Veronica, Trash, Elysian
Fields and Murder.
Before devoting himself to a full-time acting career, Leeshock completed an engineering degree at New York's Cornell University in 1989. A native of New Jersey, he moved to New York in the early 1980s, where he undertook selective scene study training with Wyn Handmann, as well as training in the Meisner Technique, comedy improvisation and voice. He went on to perform with several theater companies, including Complex, West Bank Cafe, SoHo Repertory, Samuel Beckett and Actor's Factory.
Leeshock lived in Los Angeles from 1993 to 1996, where he pursued his acting career and wrote a one-man show he says provided a good foundation for his role as Liam Kincaid.
When not working on location, Leeshock continues to live in New York, from
where he makes regular visits to his parents and four brothers and sisters in
New Jersey, who keep his feet "firmly planted on Earth."
Spat
started doing FX make-up solely to scare his step-mother. It soon blossomed into
a great sideline around Halloween time making Vampire Fangs, masks, and
different make-up appliances.
In the late 90's he started attending various Sci-Fi Conventions and discovered how huge the Costume and Propping aspect of these Cons had gotten. Soon after, Spat began making various Sci-Fi Costumes and Props for his own collection, which later led to making them for other people, and finally to making them for Independent Films.
His work has appeared in Mixer Magazine, Lee's Toy Review, Star Wars Insider, and on Insomniac With Dave Attell, MTV's True Life, and Sci-Fi Ninja Theater. His work will soon be appearing in the upcoming films: Star Wars - Revelations, Solomon's Requiem, and The Tower Protocol.
Examples of his work (as well as his other adventures) can be seen at
www.spatcave.com
One
of the most easily seen guests at this years I-Con is Carel Struycken. This 7
foot tall actor has performed many colorful characters in a wide range of
movies. His two most recognizable roles are as Mr. Homm of Star Trek: The next
Generation, the silent companion of Lwaxana Troi, and as Lurch of the "Adams
Family" movies.
Mr. Struycken's many acting credits include Marauder Terak in the George Lucas "Ewoks II" film, Gaunt in "Oblivion" and "Oblivion 2" (written by Peter David who will also be in attendance this year), the Arquillian Ambassador in "Men in Black", as well as several guest appearences on "Twin Peaks".
He has also collaberated with writer/director Rene Daalder on several projects, including: "Centipede", a TV drama about a TV talk show host; "A Second Chance", a short movie that explores possibilities of Nano-Technology; and "Population One".
He was born in the Hague, Holland, but he and his family late moved to Curacao, an island in the Caribbean. At the age of 16 he returned to Holland and later attended the directing program at the film school in Amsterdam from which he graduated. He then attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, at which he spent a year.
Mr. Struycken is currently concentrating on the development of "VR" (Virtual
Reality) systems and working on the proposal a series of TV documentaries on
Science and Science-Fiction.
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