Angel S4

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.

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.

Andy Hallett was raised in the tiny Cape Cod village of Osterville, Massachusetts, part of the town of Barnstable. He attended Barnstable High School and then Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts.

He spent his early years hiding his love for singing and performing. He would lock himself in his room when his parents weren't home and belt out his favorite tunes. Hallett eventually got to live out his dream on the Joss Whedon series Angel as Lorne, a wisecracking "good demon" who runs a karaoke establishment and can read the thoughts and souls of patrons when they sing.

Hallett considered himself shy until he had a life-changing experience at a Patti LaBelle concert. She invited him on stage to sing "Lady Marmalade" with her and when he received applause and requests for photographs, he realized that show business was in his future.

After moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting, Hallett worked as a runner at a talent agency, a property manager and a personal assistant. Angel creator and executive producer Joss Whedon saw Hallett singing at a blues revue and conceived the character of Lorne. Hallett was invited to try out for the part and landed the role, his first job as an actor.

In addition to Angel, Hallett has also starred in The Enforcers, a television mini-series about young mobsters starring James Marsters, Tangi Miller and Michelle Trachtenberg, and in the independent film Chance, written by Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star, Amber Benson.

As Fred and Gunn search for Angel, Wesley continues his affair with Lilah and conducts his own, more fruitful search.

In his quest to steal an artifact that may help him find Cordelia, Angel finds himself competing with a human thief whose body is electrically charged.

Angel and his friends discover that Lorne is being held prisoner in a corrupt Las Vegas casino.

Fred discovers her old physics professor is the one who exiled her to Pylea; Cordelia can't get comfortable with Connor and begins to wonder more about her history with Angel.

Lorne's spell to restore Cordelia's memory backfires--and convinces everyone they're high school students who have been gathered to hunt a vampire: Angel.

As plagues of various pests descend on Los Angeles, the beast Cordelia saw in her vision returns--and the Apocalypse begins.

Connor gets locked inside Wolfram and Hart with the Big Bad doomsday beast, who turns the legal firm's staff into an army of zombies.

After a group of totems linked to the ancient sun god Ra are killed by the Big Bad beast, Angel and his friends realize he's plotting to turn off the sun.

After Angelus succeeds in setting Angel's friends against each other, Cordelia makes him a deal: if he tells what he knows about the big, bad Beast, she'll give herself to him.

After learning the doomsday beast may be working for something bigger and badder than itself, Angel's friends cast a spell to return his soul to Angelus' body.

While Lorne casts a sanctuary spell on the hotel, and Wesley brings in the slayer, Faith, to help get Angelus back...the Doomsday Beast and its boss also try to woo Angelus.

As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's Master invades Angel's mind.

As Faith and Angelus lay drugged and possibly dying, they flash back to key events from Angel's life...and Willow comes to help the others in the quest to restore Angel's soul.

As Angel tries to remember what Lilah's book said about the Master, Lorne plans a cleansing ritual to regain his empathetic powers, and Gunn helps Gwen with some corporate espionage.

While everyone else worships the beautiful woman Cordelia bore, Fred sees another side of her.

As Jasmine's influence continues to spread, Fred finally tricks Angel into seeing her true nature.

While hiding out in a sewer, Angel and his friends battle a nasty monster who provides some clues that might help in their larger battle against Jasmine.

Angel returns from the monsters' dimension and finally defuses Jasmine's all-encompassing powers.

Lilah returns from the dead to offer Angel and his friends full ownership of Wolfram and Hart.