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Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars")
Kristen Bell stars as Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 19-year-old apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving
her wealthy seaside town's toughest mysteries, in The CW's critically acclaimed drama series Veronica Mars.
Bell appeared in the television movie Reefer Madness, based on the hit play in which she starred in off-Broadway.
She also had a recurring role in the series Deadwood. Bell's other television credits include lead roles in the movies
Gracie's Choice, opposite Anne Heche and Diane Ladd, and The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay, with Tim Matheson,
Sean Young and Ed Asner, and guest-starring roles in American Dreams, The Shield, and Everwood.
Bell stars in the upcoming sci-fi/supernatural thriller Pulse and the independent film 50 Pills. She also
starred as the kidnapped daughter of the president in the David Mamet feature Spartan, opposite Val Kilmer.
Bell starred in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, and the
Broadway production of Tom Sawyer. She played the title role in the world premiere of the musical Sneaux and
appeared in last summer's production of A Little Night Music at the Los Angeles Opera.
Bell graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Originally from Detroit, she currently lives in Los
Angeles.
Percy Daggs III ("Wallace Fennel")
Percy Daggs III stars as Wallace Fennel, Veronica's best friend and frequent partner in solving mysteries, in the drama
series Veronica Mars.
Daggs began pursuing acting at age 11, appearing in over 25 commercials, including spots for Nestle's Crunch, with Shaquille
O'Neal, and AT&T, with D.L. Hughley. His television credits include guest starring roles on The Guardian, NYPD
Blue and Boston Public, in addition to co-starring appearances in Family Law and Any Day Now.
A middle child with three siblings, Daggs is active in many sports, particularly basketball and martial arts. When not
acting or on a basketball court, he enjoys learning more about current events, entrepreneurship and African-American history,
among many subjects. He also likes to spend time with his family and close friends.
Daggs lives in Long Beach, California, his family's homestead dating back to the early 1900s
Jason Dohring ("Logan Echolls")
Jason Dohring stars as Logan Echolls, Veronica's former rival and current on- again off-again love-interest, and the son
of Aaron Echolls, the action-movie star who murdered Lilly Kane, in the drama series Veronica Mars.
On television, Dohring has starred in the television movies Black Cadillac, Ready to Run and Someone She
Knows. His other television credits include recurring roles in The Division, Boston Public and Once and
Again, and guest appearances in Cold Case, Judging Amy, JAG, Roswell, Picket Fences
and Baywatch.
Dohring has been cast in the lead role of Timothy McVeigh in Dreamland, a feature for writer/director Dante Harper.
He also starred in the independent feature Walking on Water and appeared in the feature films Deep Impact and
Broken Record.
Dohring is an expert skier and enjoys snowboarding, water skiing, golf, and boxing.
Raised in Glendale, California, he lives in Los Angeles.
Michael Muhney ("Sheriff Don Lamb")
Michael Muhney stars as Sheriff Lamb in The CW drama series Veronica Mars.
On television, Muhney has starred as a series regular in "Turks" and "The Huntress." His other television credits include
guest starring roles in "Without a Trace," "Numb3rs," "ER," "Charmed," "Navy NCIS" and "Boomtown."
Muhney’s film credits include "Lovers, Liars and Lunatics," with Amber Benson, "Angst," which he also co-wrote and
produced, "Virtual Nightmare," "Disconnect," "Love 101" and the award-winning Independent feature at the DigiDance Film Festival,
"Nicolas." He also appeared in the NBC mini-series, "A Will of Their Own," with Lea Thompson, Ellen Burstyn and Faye Dunaway.
Born and raised in Chicago, Muhney moved to Texas at age 8 and resided there until heading back to Chicago to attend college.
He received the Arthur J. Schmitt Scholarship from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University, where he received his
bachelor's degree.
Muhney resides in Los Angeles and enjoys ultimate frisbee, basketball, golf and soccer. He also is an active participant
in numerous charity organizations.
Julie Gonzalo ("Parker Lee")
Julie Gonzalo joins the cast of The CW drama series "Veronica Mars," as Parker, a new friend in Veronica's (Kristen Bell)
circle of new college friends.
Gonzalo recently appeared on the big screen opposite Diane Lane and Dermot Mulroney in "Must Love Dogs." Her other film
credits include "Christmas with the Kranks," "A Cinderella Story," "Dodgeball" and "Freaky Friday." Gonzalo's first feature
film, the one which she landed on her first audition ever, was "I'm with Lucy," starring Monica Potter and Gael Garcia Bernal.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gonzalo moved with her family to Miami Beach at the age of 8. She began her career in
front of the camera as a model but knew from an early age that she would eventually become an actress. She studied acting,
dance and movement throughout high school and soon thereafter decided to make the trip to Los Angeles to pursue a career in
film and television. Following her move, Gonzalo landed a recurring role on The WB comedy series “Greetings from Tucson.”
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Enrico Colantoni ("Keith Mars")
Enrico Colantoni stars as Keith Mars, Veronica Mars' father and a struggling private investigator, in the drama series
Veronica Mars.
Colantoni is best known for his lead role on the series Just Shoot Me, where he played Elliot, the womanizing photographer.
His other television appearances include a starring role for two seasons on Hope & Gloria and guest starring roles
on NYPD Blue, New York Undercover and Law & Order.
Colantoni's film projects include Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, Frank McKluskey, C.I. and The First
$20 Million Is Always the Hardest. Colantoni can also be seen in hits Galaxy Quest, Steven Spielberg's Artificial
Intelligence: A.I., Stigmata, Albino Alligator and Money Train. He also received critical praise
for his role in the Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated cable television movie James Dean.
Among his theater credits are The Merry Wives of Windsor at New York Central Park's Delacorte Theater, Arabian
Nights at New York's Manhattan Theater Club, The Triumph of Love at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Dracula
in San Diego, and self-produced productions of Macbeth and Chekhov Project 2000 in Los Angeles.
Colantoni attended the University of Toronto and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he received the Princess
Grace Scholarship and the Charles Jehlinger Award, and was graduated from Yale School of Drama, where he received the school's
Carol Dye Award.
Born in Toronto and the younger of two sons of an Italian immigrant worker, Colantoni remains an avid fan of the Toronto
Maple Leafs hockey team. In his spare time, he teaches drama to Los Angeles youth at Inner City Arts and devotes time to Penny
Lane, a residential treatment center for at-risk youth.
Colantoni lives in Los Angeles. He has a son and daughter.
Francis Capra ("Eli 'Weevil' Navarro")
Francis Capra stars as Eli Weevil Navarro, leader of the motorcycle-riding P.C.H. Bike Club Boys and an unlikely
ally of Veronica Mars, in the drama series Veronica Mars.
Capra starred in the feature films Pledge of Allegiance, QIK2JDG, SLC Punk!, A Simple Wish,
Kazaam, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home and A Bronx Tale.
On television, Capra starred in the series My Guys, appeared in the movie 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out,
and guest-starred in Crossing Jordan, American Dreams, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The O.C.
Capra is originally from New York.
Ryan Hansen ("Dick Casablancas")
Ryan Hansen stars as Dick Casablancas, who is described as a neolithic college boy on the sauce, in The CW drama series,
Veronica Mars.
Born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of a pastor, Hansen began acting with guest starring roles on series
such as Grounded for Life and Las Vegas.
In 2004, Hansen auditioned for the role of Duncan Kane on Veronica Mars but lost out to Teddy Dunn. Hansen instead took
the recurring role of Dick Casablancas. As of the show's second season (2005 - 2006), Hansen has become a main cast member
of the show.
Hansen lives with his wife Amy in Los Angeles, and regularly works on missions in Africa helping the "Invisible Children"
organization. The mission is to end a long running Civil War where the children of Uganda are used as the primary soldiers.
He is also a dancer and can be seen in the upcoming Global Night Commute music video that will raise awareness for the
aforementioned "Invisible Children" .
He has guest starred on two episodes of "That's So Raven" as "JJ" a member of the "Boyz 'N Motion" (fictional pop boy band).
He is also involved with San Diego's Christian Youth Theater.
Chris Lowell ("Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski")
Chris Lowell stars as Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski, Wallace's roomate and possible love interest for Veronica, on The CW drama,
Veronica Mars.
He attended the prestigious Atlanta International School, where he became interested in theatre and filmmaking. He currently
attends University of Southern California, where he was discovered in his first year while playing beach volleyball. In his
spare time, he enjoys amateur filmmaking, theatre and traveling.
After being discovered and going through his first major audition, he landed a role on the ABC drama Life As We Know
It, his most notable role to date. Of the show's trio of male characters, Lowell portrayed Jonathan Fields, the "least confident
but most creative and grounded of the three". However, the series was cancelled after only 13 episodes. Besides a role in
a small film entitled You Are Here in early 2006, Lowell did not have any major roles between when Life As We Know It ended
in early 2005 and summer 2006, Lowell will also appear in the upcoming film Graduation.
Tina Majorino ("Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie")
Tina Majorino stars as Mac, Veronica's tech-savvy friend in "Veronica Mars." Majorino is best known for her role as "Deb"
in "Napoleon Dynamite." She made her Feature film debut at the age of nine as Meg Ryan's daughter in "When A Man Loves A Woman"
and went on to star in "Corrina, Corrina," opposite Ray Liotta, and "Waterworld" with Kevin Costner. Other feature credits
include lead roles in "Andre" and "Santa Fe."
On the small screen, Majorino has starred in the television movies "True Women," "Before Women Had Wings" and the title
character in "Alice In Wonderland." She was also a regular on the series "Camp Wilder."
At the age of 15, the California native took a break from Hollywood to "just be a kid." When she returned to acting, "Napoleon
Dynamite" was her first audition. Majorino can next be seen in the feature "What We Do Is Secret," the true-life story of
Darby Crash and the Los Angeles punk scene in the 1970’s.
Majorino is the lead singer of The AM Project and teaches hip-hop dance. Check out the band's MySpace page at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=32384417.
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