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The Rookie
Never off duty.
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
  • First aired on 10/16/2018 (TV Show)
  • Crime / Drama / Comedy
  • 7 Seasons
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Nathan Fillion

Character's name: "John Nolan"
Birthday: 03/27/1971
Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Biography:
Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he stars as John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds. Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, television soap operas, sitcoms, and theatre. His voice is featured in animation and video games, such as the Bungiegames Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Destiny, and Destiny 2, along with the 343 Industries game Halo 5: Guardians and the television series M.O.D.O.K. (2021). Fillion first gained recognition for his work on One Life to Live in the contract role of Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, as well as for his supporting role as Johnny Donnelly in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nathan Fillion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Melissa O'Neil

Character's name: "Lucy Chen"
Birthday: 07/12/1988
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Biography:
Melissa Crystal O'Neil (born July 12, 1988) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Officer Lucy Chen on the ABC police procedural drama series The Rookie and Two / Rebecca / Portia Lin on the Syfy scifi series Dark Matter. In 2005, she won the third season of Canadian Idol, the first Canadian female to have won.

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Alyssa Diaz

Character's name: "Angela Lopez"
Birthday: 09/07/1985
Birthplace: Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography:
Alyssa Diaz was born on September 7, 1985, in the city of Northridge (California), in the United States. Colombian and Mexican - American descent, Alyssa studied at Bishop Alemany High School. She began acting at the beginning of the new millennium, participating in some episodes of various series such as "CSI: Miami" and "The Brothers Garcia", "American Family". In 2005, she won the role of Celia Ortega on the popular soap opera "As the World Turns", in which she played for over 56 episodes. She later had some recurring roles, such as the Mercedes Moretta on the television series "Southland" and was a guest artist at shows, which include "The Unit", "Greek", "CSI: New York", "Three Rivers", "Lie to me" or "law & order: Los Angeles (Law & Order: Los Angeles)". Alyssa is currently working on "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" series which is broadcast by the ABC Family sign, and which plays the role of Jasmine, cousin of the protagonist Chloe King (Skyler Samuels), who discovers that she belongs to an ancient race call the Mai, and has powers similar to the of a feline, including their nine lives. Alyssa, that also filmed some short films and telefilms, participated in her first feature film in 2005, integrating the cast of the comedy "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" starring America Ferrera. More recently filmed the horror 'Shark Night 3D' movie (2011) which co-starred along with Sara Paxton and Dustin Milligan. Her latest work for this medium was in the action movie "Red Dawn", whose filming was completed recently and which has the lead of Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, and Josh Hutcherson.

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Eric Winter

Character's name: "Tim Bradford"
Birthday: 07/17/1976
Birthplace: La Mirada, California, USA
Biography:
Eric Barrett Winter (born July 17, 1976) is an American actor and former fashion model. He has appeared in the television roles of Rex Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, FBI Special Agent Craig O'Laughlin on the CBS drama series The Mentalist (2010–2012), Dash Gardiner on the Lifetime fantasy-drama series Witches of East End (2013–2014), and Sergeant Tim Bradford on the ABC drama The Rookie. His film appearances include Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and The Ugly Truth (2009).

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Mekia Cox

Character's name: "Nyla Harper"
Birthday: 11/18/1981
Birthplace: Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Biography:
Mekia Cox is an actress, singer and dancer. She was a dancer in the Michael Jackson concert series This Is It and the related film Michael Jackson's This Is It. She has had recurring roles on 90210, Undercovers, Once Upon a Time as Princess Tiana, Almost Human, Impastor, Secrets & Lies, and Chicago Med. She has a starring role on the ABC police drama The Rookie.

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Richard T. Jones

Character's name: "Wade Grey"
Birthday: 01/16/1972
Birthplace: Kobe, Japan
Biography:
Richard Timothy Jones is an American actor. He has worked extensively in both film and television productions since the early 1990s. His television roles include Ally McBeal (1997), Judging Amy (1998–2005), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009), Grey's Anatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017). Since 2018, he has played Police Sergeant Wade Grey on the ABC police drama The Rookie. His film roles include portrayals of Lamont Carr in Disney's Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic films Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and Captain Russell Hampton in the Hollywood blockbuster Godzilla (2014).

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Shawn Ashmore

Character's name: "Wesley Evers"
Birthday: 10/07/1979
Birthplace: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Biography:
Shawn Ashmore (born October 7th, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his role as Bobby Drake/Iceman in the X-Men films. He is the identical twin brother of actor Aaron Ashmore.

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Lisseth Chavez

Character's name: "Celina Juarez"
Birthday: 05/25/1989

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