Budiey
Desperate Housewives Season Finale di 8TV
Tarikh siaran: 20 Mac 2012
Hari: Selasa
Masa: 10.30malam
Durasi: 60 minit
Episod: 23 episod
Panggil sahaja mereka dengan segala gelaran namun kemunculan suri rumah dari Wisteria Lane sentiasa dinantikan. kembali dengan musim terbaru dengan plot drama yang lebih menarik dan dramatik daripada musim yang sebelumnya.
Setiap permulaan pasti ada pengakhirannya. akan melabuhkan tirainya dengan musim terakhir yang akan mula bersiaran 20 Mac 2012, 10.30 malam di 8TV. Musim ke-8 ini pasti membuat para penonton teruja untuk mengetahui kesudahan drama bersiri popular ini.
Musim terakhir ini menjanjikan penceritaan yang dramatis, puitis, skandal dan misteri. Drama bersiri yang menjadi bualan ramai ini memaparkan kehidupan dan nasib Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp dan Gabrielle Solis. Aksi dan drama yang memenuhi siri ini pasti membuatkan anda terus melekat di kaca televisyen masing-masing.
Setiap musim, penonton didedahkan dengan kehidupan di Wisteria Lane yang hidup dalam sebuah komuniti yang aman. Penonton setia siri ini juga semestinya dapat merasai suka duka dan segala cabaran yang terpaksa dihadapi oleh wanita-wanita hebat ini. Penceraian, perkahwinan, kesengsaraan, kelahiran baru, kematian serta kegembiraan segalanya diisi dengan kemas selama tujuh musim drama ini bersiaran. Kini, saat yang ditunggu-tunggu, kesudahan cerita mereka dalam musim terakhir.
Musim ini dimulakan dengan kemunculan Susan, Gaby, Bree, Lynette dan Carlos yang cuba menyemadikan mayat bapa tiri Gaby secara rahsia. Bapa Tiri Gaby itu telah dibunuh oleh Carlos kerana ingin melindungi isterinya akan tetapi perasaan bersalah pasti menyelubungi setiap individu dengan cara yang berbeza.
Susan mula mengasingkan diri dari kawan-kawan dan keluarganya sementara Gaby mencuba menenangkan Carlos yang dihantui perasaan bersalah. Pada masa yang sama, Lynette dan Tom menghadapi kesukaran melayari bahtera perkahwinan mereka manakal Bree pula menemui jejaka idaman – Detektif Chuck Vance.
Musim terbaru ini menampilkan Ben Faulkner yang bakal menyerikan lagi kehidupan mereka di Wisteria Lane. Tambahan pula, dari perspektif yang berbeza, Mary Alice melihat dirinya lebih bernilai kerana berkongsi rahsia dan membongkar rahsia di sebalik kehidupan setiap suri rumah ini.
“Bersediakah anda untuk menyaksikan penamat sebuah karya yang mengasyikkan ini? Sudahkah kita bersedia untuk mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada mereka? Apakah kesudahan drama bersiri hebat ini? Segala persoalan akan terjawab dalam musim terakhir hanya di saluran hip 8TV,” ujar Cik Airin Zainul, Pengurus Besar 8TV dam ntv7.
Kepada peminat setia ini merupakan panggilan terakhir untuk anda. Tandakan calendar anda, akan menemui anda setiap Selasa, jam 10.30 malam secara eksklusif di 8TV,” tambah Airin.
dibintangi Teri Hatcher sebagai Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman sebagai Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross sebagai Bree Hodge, Eva Longoria sebagai Gabrielle Solis, Vanessa Williams sebagai Renee Perry, Ricardo Antonio Chavira sebagai Carlos Solis, Doug Savant sebagai Tom Scavo, Jonathan Cake sebagai Det. Chuck Vance, Charles Mesure sebagai Ben Faulkner dan Madison de la Garza sebagai Juanita Solis, Brenda Strong sebagai Mary Alice Young dan James Denton sebagai Mike Delfino.
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Cast Bios – Season 8
TERI HATCHER
Susan Mayer
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Sunnyvale, CA
BIRTHDATE December 8
Teri Hatcher has delivered memorable performances in movies, television and on stage since 1990. Her wildly successful portrayal of Susan Mayer in the award-winning ABC comedy “Desperate Housewives” earned her a 2005 Golden Globe Award (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Musical or Comedy, Television), a 2005 Screen Actors Guild Award (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series), a 2006 Golden Globe Award nomination, a 2005 Television Critics Award nomination and a 2005 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy. The role of the single mom searching for love in the sometimes sordid, always intriguing world of Wisteria Lane has vaulted Hatcher to the pinnacle of today’s hottest comic actresses.
Having also starred as Lois in the ABC series “Lois and Clark,” Hatcher often finds herself a role model to young women in journalism and carries a Superman fan base that is nothing short of global. Coming full circle, she recently guest starred as Lois Lane’s mother, Ella Lane, on an episode of “Smallville.” “Her first movie role in Christopher Guest’s “The Big Picture” remains one of her career highlights, along with movie roles in “Soapdish,” “Spy Kids,” “Tomorrow Never Dies” and, most recently, when she voiced ALL THREE mothers in Henry Selick’s Oscar-nominated animated film, “Coraline.”
Hatcher’s fearless desire to challenge herself and experience the world led her to star as Sally Bowels in the Sam Mendes-directed touring company of “Cabaret” in 1999, for which she received critical acclaim and standing ovations from Los Angeles to Boston. Her comedic expertise was wildly noted when she hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 1995, landing at least two of her sketches in the “Best of SNL” highlights series.
In 2006 Hatcher wrote her first book, a funny and inspiring look at a woman finding balance between family, career and self, entitled Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life. It remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for four weeks.
Hatcher is currently filing her eighth season of “Desperate Housewives.”
FELICITY HUFFMAN
Lynette Scavo
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Bedford, NY
BIRTHDATE December 9
Felicity Huffman has proven herself an exceptional actress in both dramatic and comedic roles. She earned an Academy Award nomination for her stunning performance in “Transamerica,” as well as a Golden Globe Award and Independent Spirit Award for the same role. She has also been honored with an Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on “Desperate Housewives.”
Huffman can currently be seen starring as Lynette Scavo on the ABC hit “Desperate Housewives.” The cast won the 2004 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, and also won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series — Comedy or Musical. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Television Comedy for her role in the show.
Huffman’s recent feature, THINKFilm’s “Phoebe in Wonderland,” was released in 2009 and starred Elle Fanning and Patricia Clarkson. In 2007 she appeared in Universal Pictures’ “Georgia Rule,” directed by Garry Marshall and co-starring Jane Fonda and Lindsay Lohan. In 2006 she starred in the critically acclaimed Weinstein Company film, “Transamerica,” which was written and directed by Duncan Tucker and was the first ever acquisition for the company. In addition to an Oscar nomination, Huffman won a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for the role. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, was awarded Best Actress by the National Board of Review, and received a nomination for Best Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Awards. Multiple film festivals screened the film, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Huffman received Best Actress awards from the Tribeca Film Festival, the San Diego Film Festival, the Aspen Film Festival, the Florida International Film Festival, and was honored by the Palm Springs International Film Festival. She was also honored by Movieline’s Hollywood Life with their Breakthrough Performance Award. In 2004 she appeared in the feature film “Christmas with the Cranks,” which starred Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. She also appeared in “Raising Helen,” with Kate Hudson and John Corbett.
On the small screen Huffman was seen in 2004 in the television movie “Reversible Errors,” with William H. Macy, Tom Selleck and Monica Potter. Among her television movie credits are “Out of Order,” the critically acclaimed “Door to Door,” starring William H. Macy, “Path to War,” starring Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland, “The Heart Department,” “Harrison, Cry of the City,” “Quicksand,” “Heart of Justice,” “The Water Engine” and Underworld.” Other television credits include “Chicago Hope,” “The X-Files,” “Law & Order,” “Bedtime Stories” and appearances as a series regular on “The Human Factor,” the ABC series “Sports Night,” “Thunder Alley,” “Early Edition,” “Jules” and “The Golden Years.”
Huffman is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company, an off-Broadway theater company where she has been featured in numerous plays, including “Dangerous Corner,” “Shaker Heights” and “The Joy of Definitely Going Somewhere.” Among her other stage credits are “Oh Hell,” directed by Greg Mosher at the Lincoln Center Theatre, “Boy’s Life,” directed by William H. Macy, “The Loop” and “Grotesque Love Songs.” Huffman also appeared in David Mamet’s “Speed the Plow.” She received an OBIE Award for her portrayal of Donnie in Mamet’s “Cryptogram.” Huffman resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor/director William H. Macy.
MARCIA CROSS
Bree Hodge
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Marlborough, MA
BIRTHDATE March 25
Marcia Cross stars in the smash hit television series “Desperate Housewives.” In 2005 and 2006 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Actress category. She was also nominated for an Emmy in the Best Actress in a Comedy Series category in 2005.
Cross recently completed filming the independent feature “Bringing Up Bobby,” alongside Milla Jovovich and Bill Pullman, written and directed by Famke Janssen. Previously she appeared in the feature film “Just Peck,” a comedy starring Adam Arkin, Camryn Manheim, Keir Gilchrist and Brie Larson. Prior to her role on “Desperate Housewives,” she starred as Dr. Linda Abbott on The WB’s critically-acclaimed series, “Everwood.” She is also well known for her role as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on the hit drama “Melrose Place.”
Born and raised in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Cross was determined to become an actress from the moment she performed in her first school play, “The Witch of Blackbird Pond,” in the sixth grade. At the age of 18 she was accepted at The Juilliard School.
On stage, Cross performed in “The Merchant of Venice” at the Folger Theatre, “La Ronde” at the Williamstown Theater Festival, “Twelfth Night” at the Hartford Stage Company, and in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.
Her first television job was on the daytime drama, “The Edge of Night.” Cross reluctantly left New York to try her luck in Los Angeles. She was soon landing roles in television movies such as “The Last Days of Frank and Jessie James,” co-starring with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. Her memorable role on “Melrose Place” began when she was hired for one episode. The producers were so impressed that they kept asking her back for additional appearances, eventually bringing her character back from the dead to continue on the hit show.
Cross also guest-starred on such series as “Seinfeld,” where she played Jerry’s dermatologist girlfriend, and “Cheers,” where she portrayed Susan, the younger sister to Kirstie Alley’s Rebecca. She has also appeared on the comedies “Ally McBeal,” “Spin City,” “The Garry Shandling Show” and “The King of Queens.” Her dramatic roles include appearances on “CSI,” “Profiler” and “Touched by an Angel,” and her film credits include “”Living in Fear,” “Always Say Goodbye,” “Dancing in September” and “Bad Influence.”
Aside from her successful career as an actress, Cross has also made time to continue her education, earning a master’s degree in psychology. She makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
EVA LONGORIA
Gabrielle Solis
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Corpus Christi, TX
BIRTHDATE March 15
Golden Globe-nominated, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning and ALMA Award-winning actress Eva Longoria currently stars as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC-megahit, “Desperate Housewives.” She has received numerous awards, including a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star, Teen Choice Award, TV Guide’s “TV’s Sexiest Star,” People’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” People’s “100 Most Beautiful People,” People En Español’s “50 Mas Bellos,” Rolling Stone’s “People of the Year,” and was ranked three years in a row in the prestigious Forbes Celebrity 100, as well as two years in a row as the “No. 1 Hottest Woman in the World” on Maxim’s annual “Hot 100” list.
On the film front, Longoria filmed “Baytown Disco” over the summer, starring with Billy Bob Thornton. Additionally, she is set to star in two upcoming feature films scheduled for a fall 2011 release — “Cristiada,” a period piece set in Mexico chronicling the historic Cristeros War, opposite Andy Garcia and Peter O’Toole, and “Without Men, co-starring Christian Slater, Oscar Nunez (the “Office”) and Kate del Castillo (“Weeds”). Longoria lends her voice, along with Charlie Sheen, Wayne Brady and Hilary Duff, to the upcoming Lionsgate animated feature “Foodfight!,” slated for release this year. She also starred in New Line/Gold Circle Films’ “Over Her Dead Body,” alongside Paul Rudd, Lake Bell and Jason Biggs, in Fox/Regency/Further Films’ “The Sentinel,” opposite Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Basinger, as well as alongside Christian Bale and Freddie
Rodriquez in the indie film ”Harsh Times,” written and directed by David Ayer. In addition, Longoria had a cameo in “The Heartbreak Kid,” directed by the Farrelly Brothers and starring Ben Stiller and Malin Akerman, and had a leading role opposite Rob Corddry, Monica Potter and Jason Biggs in the independent film “Lower Learning,” with writer/director Mark Lafferty.
This September marks Longoria’s return as both host and executive-producer of the National Council of La Raza ALMA Awards, which honors Latino artistic achievement in the television, film and music industry. She created UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, her own production company, which develops films and television shows. She is also working as an executive producer in collaboration with Academy Award-nominated Shine Global, a non-profit film production company that is dedicated to the elimination of child exploitation and abuse through the production of films to raise social awareness and effect political change, for the documentary film, “Harvest.” (www.ShineGlobal.org). Longoria combines the pride of her Latin heritage with her strong support of the 2010 Census by partnering with Pepsi to direct and produce a documentary film for the “Yo Sumo” Campaign (www.PepsiYoSumo.com), which encourages Latinos to go beyond being counted and begin “to count” by sharing experiences that have helped shape the landscape of this great country. This also marks Longoria’s directorial debut.
Longoria partnered with Celebrity Chef Todd English and opened Beso Hollywood (www.BesoHollywood.com) in March 2008. In December 2009, she brought her world-renowned and famed restaurant to the gorgeous 8.5 billion-dollar CityCenter in Las Vegas (www.BesoLasVegas.com).
Longoria launched her first fragrance, EVA by Eva Longoria, in April 2010. In addition she represents L’Oreal Paris as an international spokesperson, is the face of Bebe Sport, and was the spokesperson for Heineken Light in a very popular worldwide campaign.
Longoria released her first New York Times best selling cookbook, Eva’s Kitchen: Cooking with Love for Family and Friends, on April 5, 2011. This flavor-packed cookbook of recipes reflects her passion for cooking and her fascinating life story, from her Texan roots and Mexican heritage to her close family ties and incredibly successful career.
Longoria’s dedication to a better earth has lead to her becoming an investor in the eco-friendly development firm The GreenVille Project (www.TheGreenVilleProject.com), which is committed to designing, building and maintaining community-based, sustainably-built and energy-neutral retail marketplaces. She also has her own charities and organizations that are very close to her heart, and pours her free time, energy and love into philanthropic missions that make a difference in the Latino community. She serves as the national spokesperson for PADRES Contra El Cáncer (Parents Against Cancer) (iamhope.org), a nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life for Latino children with cancer and their families. She was also the honorary chair for “Rally for Kids with Cancer,” where all money raised benefited PADRES and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In addition to PADRES, she works with the Special Olympics and founded the non-profit organization “Eva’s Heroes” (www.EvasHeroes.org), which is dedicated to enriching the lives of those with developmental challenges. She has taken an active role in Make-A-Wish France (www.MakeAWishFrance.org), an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
In addition to her work with her own charities, Longoria has donated a new home to a victim of Hurricane Katrina through the Oprah’s Angel Network. She was recently selected as one of 12 female celebrities, including Sienna Miller, Milla Jovovich, Emily Blunt, Susan Sarandon, Helen Hunt and Mira Sorvino, to take part in the “Montblanc Signature for Good” charity initiative to benefit UNICEF’s battle against illiteracy. When the earthquake hit the people of Haiti, Longoria was one of the first celebrities to step up and lend a hand, volunteering her time to her friend George Lopez’s “Help Haiti” fundraiser. She has since remained active and has become an ambassador for “aHomeInHaiti” (www.aHomeInHaiti.org). Longoria participated in the first EVER celebrity Twitter auction called “TwitChange”- in which celebrities auction off “tweets” and “mentions” for charity. Longoria raised over a half a million dollars to benefit Haiti. Celebrities taking part include Zachary Levi, Jewel, Victoria Beckham, Jessica Alba, the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber, Demi Moore, Kelly Clarkson, Kim Kardashian, Shaquille O’Neil, and many more. In her second round of TwitChange, she plans to raise money to benefit CARE. CARE is dedicated to helping disenfranchised and marginalized people around the world – namely the millions of girls and women who are struggling to lift themselves and their families out of poverty and create lasting change in their communities.
Amongst Longoria’s many philanthropic awards are the Horizon Award from the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (2005), Latina Visionary and Community Empowerment Award from the Women’s Corporation (2006), Mujer/Chair Award from the National Hispania Leadership Institute (2006), Corazones Unidos Award from the Larry King Cardiac Foundation in partnership with the American Heart Association (2006), Hope of Los Angeles Award (2008), Cesar Chavez Legacy Award (2009), Community Service Award by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) (2009), the Premio de Oro—Distinguished Business Leadership Award (2010), the “Medallion of Excellence Award” by CHCI (2010) and the National Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum (2010).
Longoria currently works closely with the United Farm Workers, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the National Council of La Raza. In addition, she was recently selected by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as an appointee to the National Museum of the American Latino Commission. The National Museum will create a home for the historical artifacts, images and personal stories documenting more than 500 years of American Latino contributions to the United States.
Longoria is invited to speak all over the country on issues pertaining to philanthropy, civil rights, labor issues, literacy, education, poverty and disabilities. Whether she is volunteering during a presidential campaign, fundraising, engaging Latino voters or spending time with her family, Longoria proves that ambition can be applied to philanthropic ventures, as well as a successful career that knows no boundaries, both in the United States and around the world. Additionally, Longoria is currently in grad school to get her master’s in Chicano studies/political science.
VANESSA WILLIAMS
Renee Perry
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN New York, NY
BIRTHDATE March 18
Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in entertainment today, conquering musical charts, Broadway, music videos, television and motion pictures. She has sold millions of albums worldwide and achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, film and TV.
Williams starred for four seasons as Wilhelmina Slater on ABC’s critically-acclaimed hit series, “Ugly Betty,” for which she won or was nominated for numerous individual and ensemble awards, including the Emmy, SAG Award, Golden Globe and NAACP Image Awards.
Her albums “The Right Stuff,” “The Comfort Zone and “The Sweetest Days” earned multiple Grammy nominations and have yielded such classic hits as “Save the Best for Last,” “Dreamin,” “Work to Do” and “Love Is,” and the Academy Award-winning single “Colors of the Wind,” from Disney’s “Pocahontas,” among many others. Her recordings also include two holiday albums, “Star Bright” and “Silver & Gold,” “Vanessa Williams Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years,” “Everlasting Love,” a romantic collection of love songs from the 1970s, and “The Real Thing.”
In 1994 Williams took Broadway by storm when she replaced Chita Rivera in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” winning the hearts of critics and becoming a box-office sensation. She garnered rave reviews and was nominated for a Tony Award for
the 2002 revival of “Into the Woods.” She also headlined a limited special engagement of the classic, “Carmen Jones,” at the Kennedy Center, and starred in the Encore! Series staged concert production of “St. Louis Woman.” She received a Drama League nomination for her recent run in Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine’s new original Broadway musical, “Sondheim on Sondheim.”
She made her film debut in 1986 in “Under the Gun,” and went on to star in “Eraser,” “Hoodlum,” “Soul Food,” “Dance With Me,” “Light It Up,” “Shaft” and “Johnson Family Vacation.” She also starred in the independent features “My Brother” and “Somebody Like You,” and co-starred in Disney’s “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” On television Williams has starred in such movies and miniseries as “Stompin’ at the Savoy,” “The Boy Who Loved Christmas,” “The Jacksons: An American Dream,” ABC’s revival of “Bye, Bye Birdie,” “Nothing Lasts Forever,” “The Odyssey,” “Don Quixote” and “Keep the Faith, Baby,” and she executive-produced and starred in Lifetime’s “The Courage to Love” and the VH1 Original Movie, “A Diva’s Christmas Carol.” In 2007 Williams achieved a career pinnacle with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her accomplishments as a performer. Her charitable endeavors are many and varied, embracing and supporting such organizations as Special Olympics and many others.
RICARDO ANTONIO CHAVIRA
Carlos Solis
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN San Antonio, TX
BIRTHDATE September 1
A native of South Texas, Ricardo Antonio Chavira was born in Austin and raised in San Antonio, where he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, now the Performing Arts School, and Incarnate Word College. He received his MFA from the highly regarded UC San Diego’s Professional Actor Training Program in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter. Since then he has worked consistently in all areas of the entertainment industry – film, television and theatre.
Chavira’s film credits include “Piranha 3D,” Touchstone’s “The Alamo” and several independent films. His television credits include a series regular role on “The Grubbs,” recurring roles on “Six Feet Under” and “The Division,” and guest starring roles on “Monk,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “Kingpin,” “24,” “George Lopez Show” and “JAG,” as well as “NYPD Blue” and two other Steven Bochco series, “Philly” and “City of Angels.” He also co-starred in the A&E film, “Kings of South Beach.”
Chavira starred in a production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” at The Guthrie Theater and also starred in “Tracers” at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. He has worked at some of the country’s top regional theatres, including the La Jolla Playhouse in “Dogeaters,” the San Diego Rep in “Bandido” and the Seattle Rep & Missouri Rep, where he starred in a co-production of “Living Out.”
Chavira is a well known advocate in the fight against Breast Cancer, a cause that became highly personal to him at the age of 15 when he lost his own mother to breast and ovarian cancer. He has worked closely with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Cancer Support Community to raise awareness of the effects of the disease and importance of finding a cure. He was recently honored for his work by the Associates for Breast & Prostate Studies with the Excellence in the Arts Award at a benefit luncheon for the John Wayne Cancer Institute.
Chavira calls Texas home, where you can find him riding his motorcycle in the Texas Hill Country and with his son, Tomas Antonio, and daughter, Belen Elysabeth.
DOUG SAVANT
Tom Scavo
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Burbank, CA
BIRTHDATE June 21
Doug Savant is back for the eighth season of ABC’s television phenomenon “Desperate Housewives” as Tom Scavo. Savant is no stranger to “appointment television,” having gained his first major success on “Melrose Place” as Matt Fielding, one of television’s first openly gay characters. Like “Housewives,” the iconic 1990s series became a national fixation and sparked water cooler conversations week after week.
On the big screen Savant has starred in such films as “Masquerade,” opposite Rob Lowe, “Hanoi Hilton” and “Red Surf,” opposite George Clooney. Following “Melrose,” he took on a supporting role in the Dean Devlin/Roland Emmerich mega-production, “Godzilla,” starring Matthew Broderick.
His other television appearances include such hit shows as “24,” “According to Jim” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Savant is married to actress Laura Leighton, and they have four children.
JAMES DENTON
Mike Delfino
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Nashville, TN
BIRTHDATE January 20
Currently starring as Mike Delfino in the Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning “Desperate Housewives,” Nashville native James Denton, who originally attended college on a basketball scholarship, wasn’t bitten by the acting bug until he was 28. He landed the role of George Gibbs in a Nashville production of “Our Town,” got fine reviews, but thought there was a more solid career in selling advertising. He did that in Tennessee and then in North Carolina for four years before taking off for Chicago to risk everything to become a professional actor.
He soon was accepted as one of Chicago’s brightest stars. After earning a key casting when the “Untouchables” series came to town to film, Denton was drawn to Los Angeles, where his strong theatre reputation had preceded him, and he was locked in with choice turns in film, on TV and on the stage.
He started building his big screen profile with performances in such films as “Primary Colors,” “Face/Off” and “That Old Feeling,” but soon off-beat roles in adventurous TV series were claiming his time. In 1997 Denton landed the role of the eerily sociopathic Mr. Lyle on NBC’s hit drama, “The Pretender.” The series’ multi-year run was followed by “The Pretender” television films, “Pretender 2001” and “Pretender: The Island of The Haunted.” In 2001 Denton was cast by ABC to star opposite Kim Delaney in Steven Bochco’s “Philly,” which was critically acclaimed but short-lived. But Denton’s growing reputation quickly led to a new series casting him as a top player in this nation’s homeland security community, Special Agent Jon Kilmer on “Threat Matrix.” In addition to his series starring roles on TV, his guest appearances include “JAG,” “Slider,” “Dark Skies,” “Two Guys and a Girl,” “Ally McBeal” and “The West Wing.” In 2006 Denton hosted the prestigious Miss America Pageant on the CMT Network.
Acting obviously is serious work for the handsome and athletic star. His Chicago training with some of that area’s most excellent teachers pointed him in that direction. His first role there was as Stanley Kowalski in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” and his last was the terrorist in the French farce, “Lapin, Lapin.” He was a company member of the Griffin Theatre and at the Strawdog Theatre Ensemble. He added a steady string of roles and accolades to his quickly growing list, including one of the leads in the world premiere of “Flesh and Blood,” performing in and composing the music for “The Night Hank Williams Died,” and his portrayal of Kentucky preacher C.C. Showers in “The Diviners,” which gained him a coveted Joseph Jefferson Best Actor nomination. For these performances, Denton was listed as one of Chicago’s hottest actors by Screen Magazine. In Los Angeles, he appeared in the premieres of “Asylum” at the Court Theatre, “Locked Up Down Shorty’s” at the Powerhouse Theatre, and “In Walked Monk” at the Hudson Theatre.
Denton, who lives with his family in Los Angeles, became part owner of the Orange County Flyers baseball team in 2007. He also is part of Band from TV, formed by Greg Grunberg and including fellow television stars Jesse Spencer, Bob Guiney, Scott Grimes, Adrian Pasdar and Hugh Laurie. The band plays several shows around the country every year to raise money for charity.
