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Special Agent Olivia Dunham{ Anna Torv }

Anna Torv{ Special Agent Olivia Dunham }

With Marine Corps experience and an impressive dossier of solved cases, Special Agent Olivia Dunham was a rising star in the FBI. But now, horrified by the tragedy of Flight 627 and stunned by the betrayal of someone she trusted, Olivia can no longer return to the world of traditional criminal investigations. As she delves ever deeper into the dangerous world of fringe science, Olivia comes to realize that science and technology have already advanced beyond our dreams... and nightmares.

Chosen by Homeland Security Agent Phillip Broyles, Olivia has assembled a task force to investigate The Pattern - a mysterious sequence of unexplained phenomena suggestive of someone or something performing experiments on the world. With the help of mad genius Walter Bishop and his estranged son Peter, she aims to bring high-tech criminals to justice, while defusing previously unimaginable threats to national security.


Anna Torv is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia's most prestigious acting college. Since graduating, she has performed with the esteemed Sydney Theatre Company and had regular roles on several of Australia's acclaimed television dramas, including "The Secret Life of Us" and "Young Lions." She has also appeared in the highly popular "McLeod's Daughters."

Torv's feature film credits include "Traveling Light" directed by Kathryn Millard and Ana Kokkinos' "The Book of Revelation" starring opposite fellow Australian Greta Scacchi. Her most recent credits include the BBC television series "Mistresses" and the cable miniseries "The Pacific," produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Torv divides her time between Vancouver, Canada and Brisbane, Australia.

Peter Bishop{ Joshua Jackson }

Joshua Jackson{ Peter Bishop }

As the neglected son of a real-life mad scientist, Peter Bishop had a less than idyllic childhood. After Walter Bishop's institutionalization, Peter set out to make himself as different from his father as he could. Peter is a college drop-out who passed for several months as a chemistry professor... an intuitive mathematician who has nevertheless lost his shirt and more in the casinos of Europe and America... a jack-of-all-trades who has held every imaginable job from bouncer to biochemical engineer.

Peter's discontent has led him around the world, unwilling to stay anywhere for long. But his employment as a civilian consultant for the FBI, in order to supervise his mentally fractured father, could force him to put down reluctant roots. Against his better judgment, Peter now finds himself following in his father's dangerous footsteps - while assisting a government agency that holds a file containing information about his own possible criminal activity.


Well known as the fast-talking, self-deprecating "Pacey Witter" from "Dawson's Creek," Joshua Jackson has been working in front of the camera for over 15 years, and was just seen starring in the well-received independent Canadian feature film "One Week."

Recently, Jackson enjoyed a successful run on London's West End starring in "A Life in the Theatre" alongside Patrick Stewart. The acclaimed comedy was written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Oscar-nominated David Mamet.

Jackson's feature film debut was in Michael Bortman's "Crooked Hearts," which he followed up with the "Mighty Ducks" trilogy, "Digger" and "Andre the Seal." Jackson's additional credits include "Bobby" for director Emilio Estevez, the psychological thriller "Shutter," "The Skulls," Rose Troche's acclaimed drama "The Safety of Objects," the HBO Films version of Moises Kaufman's groundbreaking play "The Laramie Project" and "Aurora Borealis" as a troubled young man opposite Donald Sutherland. He had noted cameos in Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's 11," "Scream 2," "Urban Legend" and "I Love Your Work." His additional feature film credits include "Cursed," "Gossip," Bryan Singer's "Apt Pupil" and "Cruel Intentions."

A Vancouver native, Jackson divides his time between his hometown and Los Angeles.


Dr. Walter Bishop{ John Noble }

John Noble{ Dr. Walter Bishop }

Dr. Walter Bishop, once hailed as one of the most brilliant scientific minds of his generation, understands the peril and promise of fringe science better than any other. His groundbreaking work with lab partner William Bell, in fields ranging from quantum physics to genetic engineering, propelled him into an undisclosed relationship with the U.S. government to advance its most scientifically innovative - and ethically questionable - research projects. But that was before the accident in 1991 that sent a lab assistant to the grave - and Walter himself to St. Claire's mental hospital.

Seventeen years later, Walter has re-emerged. Recruited by FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham and supervised by his estranged son Peter, Walter supplies the scientific genius and technological wizardry needed to explore The Pattern - a series of events that disturbingly often trace back to Walter's own scientific explorations. Sadly, his shattered memory can only tell him fragments of the real story.


John Noble is an Australian stage, film and television actor, as well as a theater director of more than 80 plays. Early in his career, Noble was the Artistic Director of the Stage Company of South Australia for ten years, during which he was involved in South Australia's cultural explosion. He performed with all of the state's major arts companies, and produced over 70 new Australian plays.

As an actor, he is well known for his role as "Denethor" in "The Lord of the Rings," for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast and a Broadcast Film Critics Association USA Award for Best Ensemble Cast.Noble's television guest roles include 24, "Journeyman," "The Unit," "Lost Treasure of Fiji," "Home and Away," "Stargate SG-1," "The Mystery of Natalie Wood," "Stingers," "The Lost World Series III," "Superfire," "The Outsider," "The Bill," "Big Sky," "Police Rescue," "Water Rats," "Timetrax," "Above the Law," "The Young Lions" and "Tales of the South Pacific." From 1998-2004, he had a semi-regular role on Australia's "All Saints" as the neurosurgeon "Dr. John Madsen." Noble's additional credits include the miniseries "Hills End" and the films "The Dreaming," "Nostradamus Kid," "A Sting in the Tail," "Call Me Mr. Brown," "Airtight," "The Monkeys Mask" and "A Virtual Nightmare," "One Night with the King" and "Running Scared."

Noble splits his time between Vancouver, Canada and Sydney, Australia.


Agent Phillip Broyles{ Lance Reddick }

Lance Reddick{ Agent Phillip Broyles }

Homeland Security Agent Phillip Broyles leads the U.S. Government's official investigation into The Pattern. A master of navigating the halls of power, Philip Broyles could easily have risen through the ranks of government without ruffling feathers. But Broyles prefers to push limits and test boundaries. When unexplainable events began to occur around the globe, he makes it his mission to find out why.

Now he has assembled a special team to look into these events, led by Agent Dunham with the help of the father-son team of Walter and Peter Bishop. Managing this team will test Broyles's political skills and make him a target for those who do not want the truth revealed. Broyles's goal: to find out who or what is behind these mysterious events, and to stop them from spiraling out of control.


Lance Reddick is best known for his ability to play strong, multidimensional characters on television and in films. His memorable turn as "Lt. Cedric Daniels" on the critically acclaimed cable series "The Wire" brought him a global fan base. Reddick recently reprised his role as "Matthew Abbadon" on the hit series "Lost," and was also recently seen opposite Mariah Carey in Lee Daniels' independent feature "Tennessee."

Reddick is also known for his outstanding work on "The Corner," "Oz," "CSI: Miami," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and the cable film "Keep the Faith, Baby" with Harry Lennix. His feature film credits include work opposite Daniel Craig and Kim Basinger in "I Dreamed of Africa," Ed Zwick's "The Siege," Alfonso Cuar?n's "Great Expectations," the indie production "Bad City" and "The Way of War" with Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr.

Born and raised in Baltimore by school teacher parents, Reddick attended the University of Rochester before transferring to the prestigious Eastman School of Music. In his twenties, he struggled to make it as a musician, and decided to try acting as a way to help jumpstart his music career. He was quickly cast in local stage productions, and a year later, he was accepted to the prestigious Yale School of Drama.

Two weeks after graduating from Yale, Reddick was cast as the understudy for Jeffrey Wright in "Angels in America." His other theater credits include "Henry V," "Julius Caesar," "Afterplay," "On House" and the critically acclaimed 2006 off-Broadway revival of August Wilson's "7 Guitars," in which Reddick played "Floyd."

Not limited to performing in front of the camera, Reddick launched YNC Films in 2006 with the vision of producing small, ethnically diverse, talent-driven, artistically sophisticated and socially complex films. He is currently in development on a project by Bruce Terrace, the director and co-writer of "Bad City."

Reddick is also an accomplished musician. He wrote and composed music for his debut album, "Contemplations & Remembrances," a collection of contemporary jazz songs that were released independently online last year.

Reddick divides his time between Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada.


Nina Sharp{ Blair Brown }

Blair Brown{ Nina Sharp }

Ms. Sharp has worked for Massive Dynamic for over 16 years. As one of Dr. William Bell's first hires, Ms. Sharp has risen to become the public face of this global corporation. Once promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2004, she lead Massive Dynamic's expansion into entertainment, education, and environmental management. After she lost her right arm to cancer, Dr. Bell personally designed a robotic replacement, making Nina a living embodiment of Massive Dynamic's cutting-edge technology.


Blair Brown is an award-winning film and TV actress and director who has had a number of high-profile roles, including a Tony Award-winning turn in Broadway's "Copenhagen." As the title character on the television series "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd," Brown received five Emmy Award nominations.

Brown has been featured on Broadway in James Joyce's "The Dead" with Christopher Walken, "Cabaret," "The Secret Rapture," "The Threepenny Opera" and "Arcadia."

Her off-Broadway and regional theater credits include "The Clean House" at Lincoln Center Theater, "The Tempest" at McCarter Theatre Center, "A Little Night Music" at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, "Humble Boy" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "My Life as a Fairy Tale" directed by Chen Shi-Zheng and "A Comedy of Errors" at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In addition, she has spent seasons at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival and Minneapolis' Guthrie Theatre.


Astrid Farnsworth{ Jasika Nicole }

Jasika Nicole{ Astrid Farnsworth }

Junior Agent Astrid Farnsworth was assigned to the FBI's Fringe Division as Agent Olivia Dunham's assistant. Soon after, her job required her to assist Dr. Walter Bishop in his lab while investigating and researching Fringe cases. Astrid may be a junior agent, but her impressive background makes her an essential addition to the Fringe division. She majored in Linguistics, minored in Computer Science, and studied cryptology all before joining the FBI. Astrid also speaks five languages. Astrid's extensive background has helped the team solve cases from interpreting Latin to helping reprogram homing pigeons to fit them with GPS receivers. She also has the thankless job of looking after, cleaning after, and often feeding Walter Bishop who finds it nearly impossible to remember Farnsworth's first name.


Jasika Nicole made her feature film debut in the ballroom-dancing movie "Take the Lead" opposite Antonio Banderas. She went on to star alongside Natasha Richardson and Molly Shannon in the James Burrows-directed "Masters of Manhattan," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "The Return of Jezebel James" with Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose. Nicole will be seen next in the upcoming feature "She's Out of My League."

Originally from Birmingham, AL, Nicole attended Catawba College, a small private school in North Carolina, where she studied theater, voice and dance before moving to New York City to pursue a career in the arts. She starred opposite Bronson Pinchot in the title role of the musical "Chasing Nicolette," and has appeared in several stage productions, most notably in the off-Broadway '60s musical "Caf? a Go Go" and the world premiere of "Believe in Me...a Bigfoot Musical" at the 2004 NYC Fringe Festival.

While working on film sets and in various stage productions, Nicole began drawing and displaying her art work online. Her website, jasikanicole.com, has an enthusiastic fan base, and her illustrations have been commissioned and sold worldwide. She has a line of eco-friendly tote bags adorned with her drawings for sale online. In addition to freelance illustration, Nicole writes and draws an autobiographical comic entitled "High Yella Magic," which she is preparing to develop into a graphic novel.

Nicole currently divides her time between Vancouver, Canada and Brooklyn, NY.


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