- Adamo Ruggiero
Adamo Angelo Ruggiero (a-daa-moe roo-jeh-ro) (born June 9, 1986 in Mississauga, Ontario) is an Italian-Canadian actor. Ruggiero's father was born in Italy, in Coreno Ausonio (Frosinone,lazio). Ruggiero's mother, Amalia, is Canada-born. He has an older brother named Adriano.
- Jake Epstein
Jacob Lee Epstein (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Craig Manning on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Epstein was born in Toronto, Ontario and is of Jewish heritage; His father, Ian Epstein, is a lawyer and his mother, Kathy Kacer, is a writer who has written about Holocaust refugees. He has an older sister, Gabi, an actor and jazz singer.
- Lauren Collins
Lauren Felice Collins (born August 29 1986 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Paige Michalchuk on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Collins has also appeared in numerous theatrical productions, playing the title roles in Alice in Wonderland and the production of Annie. She has been a member of CharActors Theatre Troupe, a children's community theatre company, for over five years.
- Aubrey Graham
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian actor and rapper. He is known for playing Jimmy Brooks, the physically disabled character on "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
- Tanya Kim
Tanya Kim is a Korean Canadian television personality. Kim was raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She attended Ryerson University from 1994 to 1998, graduating from the journalism program, specializing in broadcasting, and worked as a videographer at MuchMusic before joining CTV. Kim is currently co-host of CTV's "eTalk Daily" (with Ben Mulroney) and host of "eTalk Playlist". Kim is also a classically trained pianist and dancer.
- Cassie Steele
Cassandra Rae "Cassie" Steele (born December 2, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Filipino and British-Canadian television actress and singer/songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and appearing in "Relic Hunter". She has one sister, Alex Steele, who is also an actress on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Steele also enjoys gymnastics and appeared in the Disney Channel movie "Full Court Miracle".
- Stacey Farber
Stacey Anne Farber (born August 25, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Eleanor "Ellie" Nash (since 2002) in the television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation", airing on CTV in Canada and on The N programming block on Noggin in the United States.
- Linda Schuyler
Linda Schuyler, CM (born Linda Bawcutt on 1948 in London, England) is a Canadian television producer involved in the creation of the Degrassi series and Instant Star series of teen programs. Schuyler got her ideas for Degrassi from her former career as a teacher. The daughter of Jack and Joyce Bawcutt, Schuyler immigrated with her family to Canada in 1957 and was raised in Paris, Ontario. In 1993, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
- Shane Kippel
Shane Warren Kippel (born June 4, 1986) is a Canadian television actor. As of 2001, he appears as a regular cast member in the part of Gavin "Spinner" Mason on "Degrassi: The Next Generation", which is broadcast on CTV in Canada, ABC in Australia, and The N in the United States. He starred as Chad the Jock in the 2003 film "Todd and the Book of Pure Evil", which was tagged as "A teenager's guide to heavy metal, cheerleaders, true love, and Satan".
- Pat Mastroianni
Pasquale "Pat" Mastroianni (born December 22, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor most famous for his role as 'Joey Jeremiah' on the "Degrassi" television shows.
- Ryan Cooley
Ryan Cooley (born May 18, 1988) is a Canadian television actor from Ontario, best known for his role as J.T. Yorke on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". He's from Orangeville, Ontario and graduated from Orangeville District Secondary School in 2006. He is currently a student at the University of Toronto. The Next Generation is a modern spinoff of the classic Degrassi High and Degrassi Junior High series.
- Jason Mewes
Jason Edward Mewes is an American television and film actor known for playing foul-mouthed drug dealer Jay, the vocal half of Jay and Silent Bob from the “View Askewniverse” films of Mewes' longtime friend Kevin Smith.
- Melissa McIntyre
Melissa Erin McIntyre (born May 31, 1986 in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as rocker "Ashley" in the television show "Degrassi: The Next Generation". McIntyre, whose nickname is Mel, had relatively humble beginnings in acting, as she was a participant of many community theater plays as a small girl. Among the plays that she participated in were "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Secret Garden".
- Stacie Mistysyn
Stacie Mo-ana Mistysyn (born July 23, 1971 in Los Angeles, California), is a Canadian/American actress best known for her work as Caitlin Ryan on "Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High", which ran from 1987 to 1991, and for reprising her role as Caitlin on "Degrassi: The Next Generation", which has been on the air since 2001 and which she joined as a full-time cast member in 2003.
- Miriam McDonald
Miriam Katherine McDonald (born July 26, 1987 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is an actress who stars in the hit television show "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
- Mike Lobel
Michael Ryan "Mike" Lobel (born March 7, 1984) is a Canadian actor. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Michael Ryan Lobel is the oldest of three siblings. At a young age he began showing interest in music and visual arts which drew him to Etobicoke School of the Arts. He attended ESA from 1998 to 2003, first majoring in music (a skilled musician, he studied percussion) then later switching to drama.
- Daniel Clark
Daniel Allen Clark was born October 14 1985, in Chicago, Illinois. He and his family moved to Long Beach, California, in 1988 where he lived until his mother re-married in 1991, when they moved to just outside Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Stefan Brogren
Stefan Brogren (born August 4, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He played Archie "Snake" Simpson in the "Degrassi" shows. In the current "Degrassi: The Next Generation", Simpson is now a teacher at Degrassi, specializing in computers and media. Stefan was the first Canadian actor to use the word "fuck" on Canadian primetime television on the Degrassi High TV Movie School's Out
- Anais Granofsky
Anais Granofsky (born May 14, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and director. Granofsky, whose mother is Black and whose father is Jewish, is best known as Lucy Fernandez in the "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High" series. She also appeared in the series finale movie, "School's Out". Her character is injured in a drunk driving accident and left partially blind and unable to walk without a cane.
- Jake Goldsbie
Jake Benjamin Goldsbie (born August 8, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. Goldsbie plays Toby Isaacs in "Degrassi: The Next Generation", although he originally auditioned for the role of J.T. Yorke. Goldsbie is Jewish.
- Amanda Stepto
Amanda Stepto (born July 31 1970 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actress best known for playing the role of Christine "Spike" Nelson in the "Degrassi" series television shows (including the current "Degrassi: The Next Generation".) Before starring in her role on Degrassi: The Next Generation, she taught English in Japan for a year. She also holds a BA in political science and history from University of Toronto.
- Dan Woods
Dan Woods (born June 20, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. Played Mr. Raditch on the "Degrassi" series such as "Degrassi Junior High", "Degrassi High", and "Degrassi: The Next Generation" from 1987 to 1991 and then again from 2001 to 2004 until his character was written out of the series. He can next be seen in the horror film "Lake Dead".
- Neil Hope
Neil Hope (born on 24 September 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor who played Derek "Wheels" Wheeler on the "Degrassi" television shows. He currently lives in Windsor, Ontario. After the Degrassi High series ended he went on to work at a Pizza Pizza restaurant. Later, he appeared on 3 episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation - two episodes in 2001 and one episode in 2003.
- Cathy Keenan
Cathy Keenan is a Canadian actress. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Keenan began playing Liz O'Rourke on the television series "Degrassi Junior High" in the 1980s. She starred in both "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High". She also guest-starred in several "Degrassi: The Next Generation" episodes. She currently (as of 2006) resides in Toronto, Ontario, where she teaches yoga.
- Kevin Patrick Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and the founder of View Askew Productions. He has also enjoyed some success as a comic book writer and actor. Smith's films are often set in his home state of New Jersey, and while not strictly sequential, do feature crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon, the View Askewniverse.
- Christina Schmidt
Christina Schmidt, sometimes credited as Chrissy Schmidt, (born September 16, 1987) is a Canadian actress and plus-size model who was born in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Schmidt took acting classes with television actor Dean Armstrong, known in the United States for his participation on Showtime's "Queer as Folk" series. She also trained, before becoming an actress, with Kids on Camera, and The Second City, …
- Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a two-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. She is known to American audiences for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC series "Grey's Anatomy" and her roles in the feature films, "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Sideways". In 2005, Oh made "People" magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People. Oh has also won the Screen Actors Guild's award and Genie Award twice each.
- Jamie Johnston
James Michael Johnston (born July 7 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Peter Stone on the television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Johnston was born in Toronto, Ontario and has English, Scottish and Irish ancestry. He began modelling at the age of nine, and went on to perform in commercials before being cast in a role in the play "Aesop Fables: A Man, A Boy & A Donkey" at the Trinity Theatre.
- Deanna Casaluce
Deanna Casaluce is a Canadian actress of Italian descent. She is perhaps best known for playing the character Alex Nuñez on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". She originally auditioned for the part of Paige Michalchuk, which is a total opposite of her current character on Degrassi. She also auditioned for Ashley Kerwin. Three years later, the casting director called her to cast her for Alex.
- Andrea Lewis
Andrea Desiree Lewis (born August 15, 1985 in Pickering, Ontario) is a Canadian born actress best known for her portrayal of Hazel Aden on the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation.
- Sarah Barrable-Tishauer
Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (born July 6, 1988) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role on the television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
- Ephraim Ellis
Ephraim Todd Ellis (born February 23, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Rick Murray in the television show "Degrassi: The Next Generation".
- John Bregar
John Francis Bregar (born on March 1 1985 in North York, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dylan Michalchuk on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". He began his acting career at the age of 11 he in his elementary school production of "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat." His first acting auditions were for "Queer as Folk". His professional acting debut was starring in the music video 'Father' by Knights of the Realm.
- Katie Lai
Katherine Elizabeth Lai (born September 1, 1989) is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Kendra Mason in "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (seasons 2 and 3). She also starred in "Super Rupert" (2001). Lai had minor roles in "The King And I" (1999), "Taming Andrew", and "The Camera".
- Rachel Blanchard
Rachel Elise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show "The Kids of Degrassi Street", where she played Melanie Schlegel.
- Dayo Ade
Dayo Ade is an actor who played Bryant Lister "BLT" Thomas in seasons 3-5 of the "Degrassi Junior High" series. He also had guest appearances in the "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode "Borderland", in the "Alias" episode "The Awful Truth", in the "Scrubs" episode "My Malpractical Decision", and in the "Charmed" episode "We're Off to See the Wizard", The Shield
- Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky) is an American country singer, and actor, who is best known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992). He is also a multi-platinum selling recording artist, with one number one country single and eight top-ten singles. From 2001 to 2004, he starred in the television series "Doc", a show about a doctor from the ranch adjusting to the large city.
- Christian Campbell
Christian Bethune Campbell (born May 12 1972, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian stage and screen actor. He is most famous for playing the gay character "Gabriel" in the movie "Trick". He has also acted in numerous other television series and films. In 2001, Christian teamed up with "Trick" co-star John Paul Pitoc in the feature-film "Thank You, Good Night" co-starring with Mark Hamill and Sally Kirkland.
- Nicole Stoffman
Nicole Stoffman (born on 16 March 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and jazz singer. She is most famous in Canada for her role on "Degrassi Junior High" as Stephanie Kaye. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her portrayal of Stephanie on Degrassi, which she left after only two seasons (1986-1988). She subsequently appeared in the TV series "Learning the Ropes" in 1988-1989.
- Angela Deiseach
Angela Deiseach was born on June 25,1972 in Toronto, Ontario, six minutes before her identical twin sister Maureen Deiseach. She is best known for her role of Erica Farrell on the Degrassi series; for which she was nominated Actress in a Drama Series for the 5th Annual Gemini Awards (1990) for her role on Degrassi High, and in 1989 nominated for the 11th Annual Youth In Film Awards. Angela now teaches kindergarten. Downtown Toronto