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While relatively new to the world of acting when he landed a guest-starring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, David Boreanaz catapulted to stardom with his quiet intensity as the mysterious and tortured Angel and ultimately landed his own long-running series. Boreanaz also appeared in The Crow: Wicked Prayer, the fourth installment of the horror series, also starring Dennis Hopper, Edward Furlong, Tara Reid and Macy Gray.

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boreanaz was exposed to television at a young age -- his father is a veteran weather forecaster for WPVI in Philadelphia. After graduating from Ithaca College, he moved to Los Angeles to try his luck in Hollywood.

While studying the craft of acting, Boreanaz lived the life of a starving actor, making ends meet by parking cars, painting houses and handing out towels at a sports club. Yet, it was while walking his dog in a Hollywood neighborhood that a manager spotted his brooding, intense look and instantly signed him as a client. His first big break was a guest spot on Married... With Children playing Kelly Bundy's (Christina Applegate) biker boyfriend.

In 2002 Boreanaz starred in the romantic comedy I'm with Lucy, with Monica Potter, Henry Thomas and Anthony LaPaglia. He also starred in the Warner Bros. thriller Valentine.

On stage, Boreanaz has performed at the Ensemble Theatre in Hat Full of Rain, at the Gardner Stage in Italian-American Reconciliation and Fool for Love, and on theatre row in Cowboy Mouth. His feature film credits include Aspen Extreme, Best of the Best 2 and Eyes of the World.

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Charisma Carpenter moved with her family to Mexico when she was 15. She had studied classical ballet since the age of five. She pursued dancing as part of her high school curriculum by commuting between Mexico and San Diego, California, to take classes at the School of the Creative and Performing Arts.

Carpenter did not initially intend to pursue a career in acting, but fate intervened when she was discovered by a commercial agent while waitressing in Los Angeles to save for her college education. She went on to appear in more than 20 commercials, including one for Secret antiperspirant which ran for two years.

Her first break in television came with a guest appearance on the popular series Baywatch. Shortly thereafter she landed an audition for Aaron Spelling, who cast her as a regular in the series Malibu Shores.

Carpenter first came to fame as the snarky Cordelia Chase on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. The popular character was then moved to the Buffy spinoff Angel.

In 2004, after giving birth to her first child, Carpenter posed nude for Playboy.

A fitness enthusiast, Carpenter's outdoor interests include rollerblading, rock climbing, hiking, and sky diving.

Alexis Denisof is best know for bringing his charm and wit to the role of Wesley Wyndam-Price, a role he originated on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and then continued as a regular on the Buffy spinoff Angel.

A native of Salisbury, Maryland, Denisof grew up in Seattle, where he began his acting career in productions at the distinguished ACT (A Contemporary Theatre). Following high school, Denisof continued his training overseas when he was accepted at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. While in London, Denisof enjoyed a prolific stage career, appearing as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Hamlet opposite Ian McKellan.

Upon graduation, Denisof gained his first national exposure in a George Harrison rock video, which led to his feature film debut in the British film Murder Story. His other film credits include the Sundance Film Festival hit The Misadventures of Margaret opposite Parker Posey and Brooke Shields, True Blue and First Knight. He also stars in the upcoming film Beyond the City Limits along with Nastassja Kinski and Alyson Hannigan.

Denisof is a veteran of several television projects including cable television's Hostile Waters and the television miniseries Noah's Ark opposite Jon Voight and Mary Steenburgen.

J. August Richards is best-known to television audiences as the rogue, street-savvy vampire hunter on the long-running series Angel.

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the Maryland suburb of Bladensburg, Richards discovered his love for acting at an early age, enrolling in a performing arts high school and appearing in several plays a year. Academically confident and determined to move out to Los Angeles to pursue his acting aspirations, Richards applied to only one college. Not only was he accepted into the University of Southern California, he also won numerous scholarships and grants to study theatre.

Upon graduation, Richards began working steadily in film, television and theater. Playing a rapping bike messenger who believes he is an alien abductee, it was the role of Taj Mahal in the Mark Taper Forum's production of Space that first brought recognition and rave reviews to the young actor.

On the big screen, Richards has appeared in the feature films Why Do Fools Fall in Love? and Good Burger. He starred in the television movies Critical Assembly, The Temptations and Mutiny. Richards has also guest-starred on The Practice, Chicago Hope, The Cosby Show and Any Day Now.

Tim Minear is well known among television genre fans for his work on such shows as Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The X-Files and Strange World. A frequent partner with Joss Whedon, Minear spent four seasons as writer/director/executive producer on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel before executive-producing another Whedon series, cult favorite Firefly. His association with Twentieth Century Fox Television includes the quirky comedy/drama Wonderfalls and the noir procedural The Inside.

Angel protects a pregnant woman being hunted down by demons after he inadvertently slays her guardian.

In the 1950s, Angel aids a woman hiding from her past in a hotel with a long history of death and mayhem. Meanwhile, in the present day, Angel and his colleagues hunt down a demon responsible for the carnage.

Angel encounters an amorous Darla in his dreams; Cordelia vows to protect Gunn after she experiences a vision depicting him in mortal danger.

Angel attempts to help a girl with telekinetic powers before she falls into the hands of Wolfram and Hart.

Darla attempts to drive Angel over the edge in hopes of getting him to embrace his dark side.

Angel meets with a swami in hopes of ending his obession with Darla; meanwhile, Wesley assumes Angel's identity and plays bodyguard to a wealthy businessman's daughter.

Lindsey finds himself drawn to Darla as her mental state deteriorates

Posing as a hip Vegas vampire, Angel infiltrates a gang of thieves bent on stealing a supernatural shroud housed in a museum vault.

In an attempt to save Darla's life, Angel must undergo three separate challenges that no one has ever survived.

Angel attempts to stop Darla and Drusilla as they embark on a murderous rampage across the city.

After firing Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn, Angel trains for a showdown with Darla and Drusilla while the others try to figure out to do with their lives.

Angel helps a woman, who runs a worthy charity, avoid being cheated by Wolfram and Hart.

Angel tries to stop a lovelorn physicist from stopping time forever<,/p>

Angel, Gunn and Wesley battle zombie police officers who attack street kids.

On the eve of a 75-year review at Wolfram and Hart, Angel seeks a magic ring that will take him to hell to look for the firm's "senior partners."

Angel attempts to reunite with his friends...who are battling some nasty, three-eyed demons.

Angel and his friends fight a new vampire running a motivational pyramid scheme; Cordelia helps her old friend Harmony, who's now a vampire.

Wolfram and Hart arranges for Lindsey to get a new hand, but when it turns out to be evil, Angel helps him investigate the firm's source of body parts.

A magic portal from another world brings a nasty demon -- and the Host's cousin -- to Los Angeles.

Angel and his friends travel to the Host's home world to look for Cordelia.

Cordelia meets the Groosalugg while Wesley, Gunn and Angel get a good look at the beast who lives within Angel.

Wesley and Gunn storm the Pylean castle while Angel fights the Groosalugg.