“Emissary” is the pilot episode of the television series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". It is a double-length episode, and is usually shown in two parts in syndication. The episode features Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the USS "Enterprise" in a passing-the-torch guest appearance.

Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" films, Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair in the Wing Commander franchise, and as the voice of The Joker in "Batman: The Animated Series". After the "Star Wars" films, Hamill worked on Broadway, as a voice actor in animation and computer and video games, …

"Entourage" is the pilot episode from Season 1 of the dramedy television series "Entourage".

Roy Thinnes is an American television actor. Born in Chicago, Thinnes is best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the 1967 television series "The Invaders". He also played Alfred Wentworth, in the pilot episode of "Law & Order". He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film, "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" (also known as "Doppelgänger").

Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont, USA) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. Cynthia got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her first film role in the 1980 movie "Stardust Memories".

Arye Gross (b. March 17,1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American character actor who has starred in many films and on television; he has played a lot of nerds in films. His best-known film role is in the 1985 comedy film "Just One of the Guys" as a nerd named Willie. He also starred in the 1987 movie "House II: The Second Story", the 1993 comedy movie "Hexed", …

Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is one-third of the sketch comedy trio Stella. Showalter first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's "The State" which aired from 1993 to 1995. He co-wrote (with David Wain) and starred in the cult classic "Wet Hot American Summer" (2001) and he wrote, directed, and starred in "The Baxter" (2005), with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux and Elizabeth Banks.

Kat Foster (b. 1978 in Alameda County, California) is an actress who co-stars in the American television series "'Til Death" as Steph Woodcock. She has made guest appearances in other tv shows including "The Book of Daniel", "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". She also starred in a couple of unsold pilot episodes for NBC ("NY-70") and CBS ("Webster Report").

Remi Aubuchon is an American screenwriter. He is a respected theater director who trained under an American Film Institute Directors Fellowship, but found himself in demand as a screenwriter. He wrote segments for HBO's miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon". He created, wrote, and produced the short-lived television series "The Lyon's Den". He served as the executive producer of "Summerland", …

Lee H. Katzin (12 April 1935 - 30 October 2002) was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, and became a TV director in the late 1960s, including episodes for "Bonanza, Mission: Impossible "and "Police Story." In 1975 he directed the launch episode "Breakaway", and other early episodes, …

April Grace (born May 12, 1962 in Lakeland, Florida, USA) is an American actress. She has recently appeared in the television series "Lost". While she had numerous stage and small screen credits, April Grace was still a relatively fresh face when writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson tapped her to play a cool television reporter in his sprawling drama "Magnolia" (1999). Sharing most of her scenes with Tom Cruise, …

Dale Radomski is a Hawaiian stuntman and once-actor. He has performed stunts in several television shows and mainstream films including Hawaiian Heat, Jake and the Fatman, America's Most Wanted, War and Remembrance, Goodbye Paradise, Fists of Steel, Raven, Picture Bride, Marker, Race the Sun, Escape from Atlantis, the 1998 version of Fantasy Island, Pearl Harbor, Blood of the Samurai - The Series, Hawaii and Lost (TV series).

"Woodentop" is the pilot episode of the long running British police television series "The Bill".

Kimberley Joseph (born August 30, 1973) is a Canadian-Australian actress and former model, and is known for her appearances in "Home and Away", "Cold Feet" and "Lost".

Andy Berman (born August 28, 1969 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American actor most famous for playing Chuck Coleman on "The Wonder Years"; his voice-over credits include Dib from "Invader Zim". As a screenwriter, he co-wrote the extended pilot episode of the USA Network original series "Psych" with Steve Franks, as well as "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" (with Franks), and "9 Lives.

Meeno Peluce (born February 26, 1970) is a former American child actor, the child of Floyd Peluce and Sondra Peluce Londy. He has one half-sister, actress Soleil Moon Frye, whose father is actor Virgil Frye. With dark curly hair and pixieish looks, Peluce made guest appearances on American television programs during the 1970s and early 1980s, including "Starsky and Hutch", "Diff'rent Strokes", "The Incredible Hulk", "Happy Days", …

Peter Duryea (born July 14, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. He is best known for appearing in the original pilot episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series" The Cage and later in The Menagerie, as Lieutenant Jose Tyler. His father, Dan Duryea (1907-1968), was also an actor. Peter now heads a non-profit society called Guiding Hands Recreation Society which hosts a peaceful getaway called the Tipi Camp, …

Meg Wyllie (born Margaret Gillespie Wyllie on February 15, 1917 in Honolulu, Hawaii-died January 1, 2002 in Glendale, California, USA of heart failure) was an American actress. She was the first ever "Star Trek" villain, the Talosian Keeper in the first "Star Trek: The Original Series" pilot episode The Cage. The character was voiced by Malachi Throne.

Andee Frizzell is an actress. Her most notable appearances have been as the adult female Wraith on Stargate Atlantis, the Keeper in the pilot episode of the spin-off, the Hive Queen in Season Two's "The Hive " and as Michael's Hive Queen in the season 2 finale, "Allies (Part 1)". She also played a role in a TV episode of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda along side SG-1's Christopher Judge, as a High Guard AI.

Rupert Wainwright (born November 30, 1961) is an English film and television director, writer, and actor. Wainwright was born in Cotswolds, UK and started his film career in the 1980s as an actor. While in his twenties, he wrote and directed a short film called "Open Window" which gained significant exposure through Columbia Pictures' nonprofit "Discovery Program" alongside 1987 Academy Award winner "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall".

Leonid Kinskey (April 18, 1903 - September 8, 1998) was a Russian-born movie and television actor who enjoyed a long career. Kinskey was born in in St. Petersburg, Russia. He fled the Russian Revolution and acted on stage in Europe and South America before arriving in New York City in 1921. He joined the road production of Al Jolson's musical "Wonder Bar", before making his first film appearance, in the 1932 "Trouble in Paradise".

Hans Tobeason is a television screenwriter and executive producer. He created the "Freedom" science fiction series and was writer and co-executive producer for "Birds of Prey." For his first professional television work, Tobeason was nominated with David J. Burke for the 1993 Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot episode, "The Box," for the "TriBeCa" anthology series drama.

Yvonne Zima (born January 16, 1989 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey) is an American actress best known for her long-term portrayal of Rachel Greene in "ER", having first appeared in the 1994 pilot episode. In films, her breakthrough came when she appeared as Geena Davis' daughter "Caitlin" in the film "The Long Kiss Goodnight". Her older sisters Madeline and Vanessa are also actresses; they share an official website.

Salvatore Eugene Barone, born 14 May 1980 is a stand-up comic with the Comics Round Table and former child actor. His only performance was as D.J. in the pilot episode of the long running comedy show "Roseanne". He was replaced with Michael Fishman following friction between him and cast member Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene Conner.

Lisa Renee Foiles (born September 29, 1986) is an actress from Spokane, Washington. She and her family moved to Riverside, California when she was 12. Foiles is best known for her work on Nickelodeon's "All That" which she joined in 2001. Besides "All That", Foiles has guest starred on "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Even Stevens". In addition, Lisa appeared on the April 8, 2002 edition of "The 700 Club".

Giselle Loren, sometimes credited as Giselle Achecar, is an actress most famous for her voice-over work in animation and video games. Her credits include an appearance in "Happy Feet", a recurring role as Stargirl in "Justice League Unlimited" and a part as the wife of Curt Connors in the 1990s Spider-Man animated series.

Tracy Grandstaff is a writer and voice actor best known for her work portraying Daria Morgendorffer from the MTV animated series "Daria". This role was spun off from another MTV series, "Beavis and Butt-head", for which Grandstaff provided the voices of Daria and other minor characters. She has written for various series on MTV, including "The Tom Green Show" and the annual Video Music Awards, and for other Viacom-owned networks, including VH1, …

Barbara Vidinha-Tyler (sometimes credited as Barbara Vidinha) is a Hawaiian actress who has guest starred in two television programmes and one film. She appeared in the pilot episode of Lost (TV series) and Hawaii as a teacher. She also appeared in the 1999 film "Dreamers" as "Hispanic woman".

Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, or Kaz, (born 1959, Hoboken, New Jersey) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. In the 1980s he was a frequent contributor to the influential comics anthologies "RAW" and "Weirdo". Since 1992 he has drawn "Underworld", an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies.