- Mischa Barton
Mischa Anne Barton (born January 24 1986) is an American actress and fashion model, perhaps best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the former Fox television teen drama series "The O.C."
- Rachel Bilson
Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. After growing up in a California show business family, she made her television debut in 2003 and subsequently became well-known for playing Summer Roberts on the prime time dramedy series "The O.C." Bilson made her film debut in the 2006 film "The Last Kiss" and will star in the 2008 thriller "Jumper".
- Adam Brody
Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American film and television actor. He began his career in the early 2000s, appearing on the "Gilmore Girls" and other series, and subsequently came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on "The O.C.", establishing his defining screen persona, with Joel Stein of Time having described Brody as having created an "Adam Brody type", a screen persona of a "nerdy, sarcastic, obscure-reference-laced Jew".
- Benjamin McKenzie
Benjamin McKenzie (born Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan on September 12, 1978) is an American actor best known for playing Ryan Atwood on the television series "The O.C."
- Josh Schwartz
Josh Schwartz (born August 6, 1976) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is the creator and executive producer of the FOX drama "The O.C." At 26, Schwartz became the youngest person in network history to create a network series and run its day-to-day production.
- Peter Gallagher
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19 1955) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor.
- Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn on March 10, 1984) is an American actress. Coming from a family of journalists, she began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including her roles on the series "The O.C." and "The Black Donnellys".
- Kelly Rowan
Kelly Rowan (born October 26, 1967 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress well known for her modelling career and her popular character Kirsten Cohen on the FOX TV series "The O.C." She began modeling in her college years to earn extra cash, becoming involved in acting while working in commercials. A graduate of Toronto's Northern Secondary School, as well as a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, …
- Logan Marshall-Green
Logan Marshall-Green (born November 1, 1976) is an American actor known for his roles in "The O.C." and "24". He was born in Charleston, South Carolina and raised by his mother, Lowry Marshall, in Cranston, Rhode Island. He has a twin brother named Taylor. His mother wanted her name involved, hence the hyphenated combination of last names from his mother and father. As an actress, writer, director, and member of the Brown University theatre department, …
- Melinda Clarke
Melinda P. Clarke (born April 24, 1969) is an American actress who has worked on television series and independent films.
- Samaire Armstrong
Samaire (pronounced Sa-mee-rah) Rhys Armstrong (born October 31, 1980) is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Emily on "Entourage" and as Anna Stern on "The O.C."
- Willa Holland
Willa Joanna Chance Holland (born on June 18, 1991) is an American model and actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Kaitlin Cooper on the television series "The O.C."
- Tate Donovan
Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American film and television actor.
- Chris Carmack
James Christopher Carmack (born December 22, 1980), better known as Chris Carmack, is an American actor and former male fashion model.
- Autumn Reeser
Autumn Alicia Reeser (born September 21, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Taylor Townsend on the Fox series "The O.C.".
- Jeri Ryan
Jeri Ryan 's breakout role was the sexy lead character Seven-of-Nine in the popular television series "Star Trek: Voyager." Her additional television credits include lead roles in the series "Boston Public" and "Dark Skies" and recurring roles in "Two and a Half Men," on the Network, "The O.C." and "Melrose Place." Among Ryan's feature film credits are "Down with Love," "The Kid," "Dracula 2000" and the independent films "Men Cry Bullets" and "The Last Man."
- Taylor Momsen
Taylor Michel Momsen (born in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress. She is the older sister of Sloane Momsen. Her parents are Michael and Collette Momsen. She began acting professionally at age 3 with a national commercial for Shake 'N' Bake. Then she got a role in "The Prophet's Game". In 2000 Taylor got the role of Cindy Lou Who in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Two years later she got parts in two more motion pictures: "Hansel & Gretel", …
- Kelly Rutherford
Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968) is an American actress known from her roles of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on " Generations" and Megan Lewis on "Melrose Place" from 1996 to 1999. In addition to her work on "Generations" and "Melrose Place", Rutherford also starred in the early 1990s "Homefront" as Judy Owen, in 1995's "The Great Defender" as Frankie Collet, in 1996's "Kindred: The Embraced" as Caitlin Byrne, …
- Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (born December 10, 1977) is a Canadian actress with a moderate list of acting credits on both television and the big screen. Her appearances in 2005 on HBO's "Entourage" as Sloan and "Unscripted" as herself along with two appearances of "The O.C." as Jodie, has increased her visibility and exposure in the entertainment world. In May of 2006, Maxim magazine named her no. 37 in its annual Hot 100 list.
- Paul Wesley
Paul Wesley, also credited as Paul Wasilewski (born Paul Thomas Wasilewski on July 23, 1982 in New Brunswick, New Jersey), is an American actor. He has had a number of supporting roles on shows such as Smallville, The O.C., 8 Simple Rules, and American Dreams. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tommy Callahan on Everwood. He appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit second season-premier episode, "Wrong is Right".
- Johnny Lewis
Jonathan Kendrick Lewis, also credited as Johnny K. Lewis, is an American film actor. Lewis acted in the short-lived FOX television sitcom series "Quintuplets" as Pearce Chase and appeared in the 2004 movie "Raise Your Voice" alongside Hilary Duff. He also guest starred in four episodes of the Nickelodeon television series "Drake & Josh" as Scottie, one of Drake's bandmates.
- Stephanie Savage
Stephanie Savage is a producer for Wonderland Sound and Vision. She was one of the writers of The O.C. and will be a writer for the upcoming Gossip Girl television show.
- Alan Dale
Marcus Alan Dale (born May 6, 1947 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is an Australian/New Zealand actor. He is best known for his roles as Jim Robinson in "Neighbours" and Caleb Nichol in "The O.C.".
- Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (born April 4 1983 in St. George, Utah and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American actress. She subsequently moved to Los Angeles to seek further acting opportunities. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives. She played a regular guest character Hailey Nichol in the American teen drama "The O.C." In the season finale of Season 2 of The O.C., …
- Bret Harrison
Bret Harrison (born April 6, 1982) is an American actor who played next-door neighbor Brad O'Keefe on "Grounded for Life". Currently, he is now starring in his own show, "The Loop". The Loop is a sitcom with Bret Harrison starring as a young professional trying to balance the needs of his social life with the pressures of working at the corporate headquarters of a major U.S. airline.
- Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat was first seen in a bit role on the series Popular, released in 2000. The episode was titled "Booty Camp," enabling the actress to work with Leslie Bibb , Carly Pope , Tamara Mello and Christopher Gorham . Her next project became Jack the Dog, a dramatic comedy written by Bobby Roth . She later starred on the TV movie The Princess & the Marine, which was based on a true story.
- Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American celebutante, businesswoman, singer, model, actress, author, and television personality. She is part-heiress to both the Hilton Hotel fortune and the real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton.
- Michael Cassidy
Michael Cassidy (born in Portland, Oregon), is an American film and television actor. Cassidy is perhaps best known for his role as Zach Stevens throughout the second season of the television series "The O.C."; his character had an on-again/off-again relationship with Summer Roberts. Cassidy also has a role in the movie "Zoom". In 2007, Cassidy starred as Cliff Wiatt in CW television program, "Hidden Palms".
- Morena Baccarin
Morena Baccarin (born June 2, 1979) is a Brazilian actress of Italian origins, best known for her role as Inara Serra in the short-lived sci-fi television series "Firefly" and the follow-up movie "Serenity". Morena was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother is Brazilian stage and TV actress Vera Setta. When she was 10, Baccarin moved with her family to Greenwich Village, New York, in the United States.
- Nikki Reed
Nicole Houston Reed (born May 17, 1988) is an American film actress and screenwriter. She became known as an actress and screenwriter in 2003, after the release of the film "Thirteen", and has since appeared in several low-budget films, including "Lords of Dogtown" and "Mini's First Time".
- Cam Gigandet
Cam Joslin Gigandet (born August 16, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American actor best known for portraying surfer Kevin Volchok in FOX TV series "The O.C.", he has also starred in the film "Mistaken" and in other series like "The Young and the Restless", "Jack & Bobby", and has guest starred on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He will be in the movie "Who's Your Caddy" due out later in the year 2007.
- Shannon Lucio
Shannon Lucio (born August 17th, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actress who gained fame playing Lindsay Gardner on "The O.C.", a new girl in town who gained the romantic attention of Ryan Atwood. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC). She was cast in the lead female role of the upcoming CBS television drama, "Moonlight" (2007), but was replaced by Sophia Myles in June 2007.
- Taylor Handley
Taylor Laurence Handley (born June 1, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor. In 2000, Handley starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Phantom of the Megaplex". In 2003/2004, Handley appeared in six episodes of the first season of "The O.C.", as Oliver Trask, a mentally unstable teenager who, after meeting Marissa Cooper in a therapy clinic, becomes infatuated with her to the point of nearly committing suicide over her.
- Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt (born June 21, 1979 in Minnesota) is an American actor best known for his role as Harold Brighton "Bright" Abbott in the television series "Everwood". Raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, he was discovered by actor-director Rae Dawn Chong while waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Maui, Hawaii, who cast him in her horror film "Cursed 3". He joined the cast of "The O.C." for its 4th season, playing Che, …
- Billy Campbell
William O. Campbell (born July 7, 1959 in Charlottesville, Virginia) is an actor who is well known for his starring role in the television series "Once and Again" as well as his role as a gay gynecologist, Dr. Jon Philip Fielding (credited as "William Campbell") in all three of the television mini-series adaptations of Armistead Maupin's novels of the same title "Tales of the City", "More Tales of the City", …
- Eric Balfour
Eric Salter Balfour (born April 24, 1977) is an American film and television actor.
- Bonnie Somerville
Bonnie Somerville (born February 24, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is an actress who has had roles in a number of movies and television series, most notably "NYPD Blue", "Grosse Pointe", and "The O.C.". Born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn by her mother and large Irish Catholic family. Bonnie started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in all the high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
- Allan Heinberg
Allan Heinberg is an American film scriptwriter, who currently writes "Young Avengers" for Marvel Comics, and has been a writer and producer on "The Naked Truth", "Party of Five", "Sex and the City", "Gilmore Girls", "The O.C.", and currently "Grey's Anatomy". He left "The O.C." because his contract was up and he wanted to commit to several others of his projects.
- Lisa Tucker
Lisa Gabrielle Tucker (born June 13, 1989) is an American singer, musical theater and television actress who was the tenth-place finalist on the fifth season of "American Idol".
- Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his role as Nick Hurley, the boyfriend of Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) in the 1983 movie blockbuster "Flashdance". Recently, he had a recurring role in "The O.C." as Dr. Neil Roberts, the father of Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson). Nouri was born in Washington, D.C. to Gloria (Montgomery) and Edward Nouri, of Lebanese descent.