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Updated 01-01

| Brendan Fehr | Majandra Delfino | Jason Behr | Shiri Appelby |
| Colin Hanks | Katherine Heigel | Nick Wechsler | William Saddler |
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BRENDAN FEHR

BIRTHDATE: October 29, 1977 (Scorpio, Year of the Snake)
BIRTHPLACE: New Westminster, B.C.
HAIR: dark blonde EYES: brown
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MARITAL STATUS: Single, but dating Majandra Delfino (Maria)
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Brendan was born in New Westminster, B.C. on October 29, 1977. The youngest child, he and his two older sisters were raised by their mother who is the case manager at the Stone Mountain Correctional Institute. Because of his love for numbers, when he was younger, he considered becoming an accountant. In 1990, Brendan moved to Winnipeg to continue his education at the University of Manitoba. There, he helped support himself by modeling for local catalogue companies. When he visited his family in Vancouver in 1997, he approached the Look Talent Management company to land some modeling jobs, and it was they who suggested that he would be well-suited for acting. Brendan decided to give it a try and within a week he had landed a small role in the UPN show Breaker High. He continued to do guest spots in shows such as Millennium (in two episodes), The New Addams Family and the syndicated show Night Man. He also appeared in TV movies such as "Every Mother's Worst Fear" on USA and "Our Guys" on ABC. He had a small role in the movie "Disturbing Behavior" with fellow WB'er Katie Holmes and has the lead role in the upcoming independent film "Christina's House" as Eddy. In his time away from the set, he enjoys hockey and golf.

MAJANDRA DELFINO

BIRTHDATE: February 20, 1981 (Pisces, Year of the Rooster)
BIRTHPLACE: Caracas, Venezuela
HAIR: Blonde EYES: Brown
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MARITAL STATUS: Single, but dating Brendan Fehr (Michael)
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Majandra has a very Latin background; her father is Venezuelan and her mother is Cuban-American. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she spent the first few years of her life there before moving to Miami, Florida when she was 3 years old. As a child she was very interested in the arts and performing, taking ballet, singing, and acting lessons. At the age of 10, she danced with the Miami Ballet in a production of "The Nutcracker." As a teenager she and one of her best friends, Samantha Gibb, daughter of the Bee Gee's Maurice Gibb, started their own band called China Girl. Specializing in Latin-styled pop, the band once opened for the Bee Gees at a benefit concert at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami Beach. Since then, both she and Samantha have left the group but continue to write and sing together. When she was 15, her concerned parents gave her an ultimatum--either make something out of her acting career in six months, or focus on her studies. Majandra made something out of her career, she landed an agent and won the role of Kathleen Quinlan's daughter in the movie "Zeus and Roxanne." Soon after this she was cast as the oldest daughter of Tony Danza in the short-lived ABC show The Tony Danza Show. Despite the failure of this show, Majandra went on to other roles, winning the part of Maria in Roswell. Her upcoming features include the movie "I Know What You Screamed Last Summer," a spoof on horror films, "The Secret of Girls" with Linda Hamilton, and the independent film "The Learning Curve." As the youngest member of the cast, she recently graduated from High School.

JASON BEHR

BIRTHDATE: Dec. 30, 1973 (Capricorn, Year of the Buffalo)
BIRTHPLACE: Minneapolis, MN.
HAIR: dark brown EYES: brown
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MARITAL STATUS: Single, although said to be engaged to Katherine Heigl (Isabel)
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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jason is the oldest of the teenagers on Roswell. He became interested in acting at a young age, and began acting on stage at 5 years old. He continued acting through school and moved to L.A. after graduating from High School. He appeared in over 75 commercials and has made several guest-appearances on television shows such as Jag, Buffy (as Buffy's old "friend" Ford who wanted to be a vampire), and NBC's Profiler. Jason won a lead role in the ABC drama Push as a middle-distance runner on steroids, but the show was short-lived. He played a reoccurring role as one of Jen Lindley's boyfriends, Chris Wolfe, on Dawson's Creek. When he isn't filming Roswell Jason enjoys basketball and golf. He currently lives in L.A.

SHIRI APPELBY

BIRTHDATE: December 9, 1978 (Sagittarius, Year of the Horse)
BIRTHPLACE: L.A., C.A.
HAIR: dark brown EYES: brown
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Shiri grew up in the San Fernando Valley, just outside of L.A. and began acting at the tender age of 4. She appeared in several commercials, including ones for Taco Bell and M&M's. Some of her first roles include roles on thirtysomething, ER, Xena: The Warrior Princess , and Doogie Howser, MD.. She also appeared in the movie "I Love You to Death" with Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, and River Phoenix. In her off-time, Shiri attends classes at the University of Southern California where she majors in English.

COLIN HANKS

BIRTHDATE: Nov. 24, 1977 (Sagittarius, Year of the Snake)
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HAIR: dark brown EYES: brown
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Colin is the son of actor Tom Hanks and his first wife. Raised in Sacramento, it wasn't until he attended the liberal arts Loyola Marymont University in Westchester, CA. that he began acting. Roswell marks his professional acting debut. He plays the character Cosmo in the soon-to-be-released movie "I'll Be You," an updated version of the story "Cyrano de Bergerac." Like many of his co-stars, Colin currently resides in L.A.

KATHERINE HEIGL

BIRTHDATE: Nov. 24, 1978 (Sagittarius, Year of the Horse)
BIRTHPLACE: New Caanan, CT.
HAIR: Blonde EYES: brown
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MARITAL STATUS: Single, although rumored to be engaged to Jason Behr (Max)
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Katherine was born in Washington D.C. but raised in New Caanan, Connecticut. Like her co-star Brendan, Katherine began her career as a model, starting when she was 9 years old. At 12 years old she made her feature film debut in a movie called "That Night" with Juliette Lewis. She continued to act in movies, playing Gerard Depardieu's rebellious teenage daughter in "My Father the Hero," "Under Siege 2" playing Steve Segal's kidnapped niece, and "The Bride of Chucky" with Jennifer Tilly. She also had a lead role in the TV movie "Wish Upon a Star" as a spoiled, snobbish teenager who accidentally switches bodies with her less popular younger sister. Katherine appeared in the NBC updated version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," playing Peter Fonda's daughter. She currently lives in L.A.

NICK WECHSLER

BIRTHDATE: Sept. 3, 1978 (Leo, Year of the Horse)
BIRTHPLACE: Albuquerque, N.M.
HAIR: dark brown EYES: brown
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Born the 5th in a brood of 8 sons to mother Janet, a U.S. Forest Service Secretary, and Joseph, a sheet-metal worker, Nick began his acting career in high school. He graduated from Highland High School in 1996 and promptly moved to L.A. to break into acting. He soon landed a small role in the TV-movie "Full Circle." Soon after this he was cast in the syndicated show Team Knight Rider as Kevin "Trek" Sanders, a child prodigy. After this show was canceled, he continued making guest appearances on shows such as Silk Stockings, and Lazarus Man, as well as a small role in the feature film, "The Perfect Game," before being cast as Kyle Valenti in Roswell. Nick currently resides in L.A. and enjoys volleyball, wrestling, and swimming.

WILLIAM SADLER

BIRTHDATE: April 13, 1950 (Aries, Year of the Tiger)
BIRTHPLACE: Buffalo, N.Y.
HAIR: dark brown EYES: Blue
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MARITAL STATUS: Married to Marni Bakst
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Born and raised in New York, William is a very familiar face to viewers; in his 30 year acting career he has appeared in numerous movies and television shows. He began his acting career on the stage in New York, where he appeared in a variety of productions. His film credits include "The Shawshank Redemption," "Die Hard 2," "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," "Rush," "Disturbing Behavior" and the recently released "The Green Mile." He has also appeared in television shows such as Roseanne, Murphy Brown, Newhart, and Tales of the Crypt for which he was nominated for a Cable ACE award. He had a reoccurring role on Star Trek: Deep Space 9. When Roswell is not in production, he and his wife Marni Bakst live in upstate New York, in their 1790 farmhouse.

R O S W E L L B A C K G R O U N D

Based on the young adult book series "Roswell High" by Melinda Letz, this new show was originally set to debut on FOX, but internal indecision at FOX led to it's debut on the WB network. Developed by David Nutter (of The X-Files fame) and Jason Katims (from My So-Called Life) and produced by Star Trek: The Next Generation's Jonathon Frakes, Roswell's pedigree is one of the finest around.

"Most importantly, [Roswell]'s a love story." David Nutter.

Debuting on October 6, 1999, the show has already paid off for the WB, and has quickly become a hit, building on it's lead-in Dawson's Creek. Whatever the reason for the FOX network to turn this hit away, their loss has most definitely been the WB's gain!