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Samuel L. Jackson WATCH SAMUEL L. JACKSON ON THE MOUNTAINTOP

SAMUEL L. JACKSON (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) made an indelible mark on American cinema with his portrayal of Jules, the philosophizing hit man in Pulp Fiction, and received Academy Award & Golden Globe nominations, as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Other film credits include Jackie Brown, A Time to Kill, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Red Violin, Changing Lanes, Lakeview Terrace, The Caveman's Valentine, Eve's Bayou, Jumper, Resurrecting the Champ, 1408, Black Snake Moan, Snakes on a Plane, Freedomland, Mother and Child (Image Award and Independent Spirit Award nominations), Iron Man 2 and Iron Man. Upcoming project: The Avengers as Nick Fury. Television includes "The Sunset Limited," an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's play, and "Against the Wall" for HBO, for which he received a Golden Globe and Cable Ace nomination as Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries. He is the Executive Producer for the animated series, "Afro Samurai," that received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. A graduate of Morehouse College, he originated roles in two of August Wilson's plays at Yale Repertory Theatre. For the New York Shakespeare Festival, he appeared in Mother Courage and Her Children, Spell #7, and The Mighty Gents and went on US and World tours for Charles Fuller's We Series, as well as A Soldier's Story. The Mountaintop marks Jackson's official debut on Broadway.

BILLY EUGENE JONES (Standby for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.). Broadway: Passing Strange, Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun. Off-Broadway: Waiting for Godot, The Three Sisters, In the Footprint: The Battle over Atlantic Yards. Regional (selected): The Good Negro (Goodman Theatre), Stick Fly (Arena Stage/The Huntington Theatre Company), Breath Boom, Richard II, Death of a Salesman (Yale Repertory Theatre), Jitney (Alliance Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (Hartford Stage), Spunk (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Othello (California Shakespeare Theatre), Hamlet, Guys and Dolls, All's Well That Ends Well, Avenue X, My Children! My Africa! (Dallas Theater Center), The Wild Duck (Great Lakes Theatre Festival). MFA, Yale School of Drama.

Angela Bassett WATCH ANGELA AT THE PHOTO SHOOT

ANGELA BASSETT (Camae) is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got To Do With It, for which she earned the Golden Globe, an NAACP Image Award, and an Academy Award nomination. Other films include Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (NAACP Image Award), Ruby's Bucket of Blood (SAG Award nomination), and Boyz N the Hood. Upcoming films include Getting to Happy, the sequel to Waiting to Exhale, and This Means War. This past summer she was seen in Jumping the Broom and DC Comics' Green Lantern. Notable TV roles include "The Rosa Parks Story" (Emmy nomination), and the final season of "E.R." as Dr. Cate Banfield. NY theater credits include Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Colored People's Time; Henry IV, Part I; Joe Turner's Come and Gone and Macbeth. She starred with her husband, Courtney B. Vance, in John Guare's stage adaptation of His Girl Friday at the Guthrie Theater, and recently received rave reviews for her work in August Wilson's Fences at the Pasadena Playhouse.

ROSALYN COLEMAN (Standby for Camae). Broadway credits include Radio Golf (standby), Seven Guitars and Piano Lesson. Films: It's Kinda A Funny Story, Frankie and Alice, Brooklyn's Finest. TV: "White Collar" and HBO's "Spring/Fall." With her film production company, Red Wall Productions, Rosalyn has directed several award-winning films: Allergic to Nuts, Moth to a Flame and BFF. She is a mother, wife, actor, teacher, and entrepreneur happily marching to her own beat in Hell's Kitchen, New York. She was recently named "Favorite On-Camera Acting Coach" in a 2011 Backstage Reader's Poll.

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