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Aimee Graham - Elizabeth
Having appeared in over thirty films, Aimee Graham is an established star in her own right. Why she agreed to do this film is beyond the producers, but, hey, she’s awesome and we’re thrilled to have her. Check out her impressive career at imdb.com.

Price Carson - Officer Banus
Price has appeared in over 20 films and television shows, including “Carnivale”, “The O.C.”, and “Bones.” In addition to the commercials and print work he can be seen in, he is also the only cast member of “Fellowship of the Dice” that has appeared in a Madonna video. Seriously.

Jon Collins - Larry / Executive Producer
Jon has been in L.A. since 1999. In fact, he and Writer/Producer Tom Hietter moved out here together. In fact, they do lots of things together, being that they’ve been an item since 1993. Now that we got that out of the way, Jon’s been acting for a very long time. He did tons of theater in Chicago and while in L.A. has appeared in several commercials, been featured on such TV shows as “Zoey 101” “Boston Public” and “Less Than Perfect.” He also starred in the indie-college-sex-comedy flick “Love 101” and will soon be seen in the slasher/horror film “The Morgue.”

Jeff Coatney - Jasper
Mr. Coatney’s origins are shrouded in mystery. What is known is that some time in the late sixties, a boy was found wandering in a meteor crater in Middlesboro, Kentucky. That boy soon died of dehydration and malnutrition. This has nothing to do with Jeff, but we thought it’d be good if you knew, all comfy and well fed on at your desk, surfing the web when you should be working. As for Jeff, he fell in love with acting in high school and continued his theatre arts education in college, where he acted in plays and student films, some of which he also directed. After 7 years pursuing work in the Florida film industry, Jeff finally made the move to Los Angeles, where we are proud to have him in our movie.

Jon Dabach - Kevin
Psst! Jon is actually a writer. He claims to loathe acting, but truth be told, this guy literally pulled a DeNiro in “The Untouchables” for this role. He gained 40 pounds and then turned around and shed it all in less than a year. What a stud! When he’s not working out, he’s working on something from the extensive pantheon of his online animated shows. In fact, he’s compiling a book of his work that will be in stores very soon. Go to jondabach.com and enjoy!

Joe Dammann - Gnats
As a child actor, Joe was featured in “The Adventures of McGee and Me”. As an adult actor, Joe can be seen in national commercials and this fine film.

Lucia Diaz - Gwen
Lucia has worked extensively in her native Colombia, in such projects as “Perder es cuestion de metodo”, "Bulletfighter”, "Une Ephemere”, and "Nocturno”. She has trained with the Lee Strasberg Studio in New York City, and is fluent in three languages. Tough Cookie is proud to have “Fellowship of the Dice” be Lucia’s American film debut.

Alastair Surprise - Sanford
Al was born on Groundhog Day in a small town called Oconto, Wisconsin. Growing up, he lived in different countries including Australia, Africa, Finland and the former U.S.S.R, and eventually ending up in Fairfax, Virgina. A graduate from George Mason University, Al worked full time in the D.C. and Baltimore areas while doing television and film work before arriving in Los Angeles in 1999. Since moving to Los Angeles he has worked in television, film and on stage. He has appeared on NBC's "3rd Rock from the Sun" and ABC's "General Hospital", in the films "Fellowship of the Dice" and "Mr. Tempest is Here", on stage in John Patrick Shanley's "Welcome to the Moon" and Farah Bunch's "Julia in the Skybar with Vipers" and numerous commercials.

Hunter Canning - Pizza Man
In addition to being very adept at playing a pizza delivery person, Hunter is also an excellent photographer. Please check out his behind the scenes photos at our MySpace page.

John Michael Scholl - Jack
John Michael wants you all to know he kicks butt at poker. He’s appeared as various roles in play “Julia in the Skybar With Vipers” as well in the films “Succubus”, “Destiny” and the acclaimed short film “Cult Life”.

Tom Hietter - Writer / Executive Producer
Tom’s been out in L.A. since 1999. Before that he lived in Chicago for 6 years where he honed his writing skills with a small non-for-profit theater company. After enduring years working in crappy jobs by day and doing crappy theater by night, Tom decided he actually wanted to have a go making money writing, so, he came out to L.A. and after 5 years of putzing around, decided to make this movie. He’s been working hard with his writing partner Director/Writer/Producer Ron Krauss and the team recently signed their script “Shoot” with Maverick.

Matt Ross - Director / Producer
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Musician. Matt Ross is a one person powerhouse of talent. His credits include the award winning short “Food for Thought” which he wrote, directed and edited. He has recently released his debut CD entitled “The One Thing.” It features two songs used in the movie, “Different Worlds” and “Thunderworld.” Check it out at myspace.com/matthewrossband.

Matthew Mishory - Producer
Matthew Mishory studied film theory and screenwriting at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a Golden Reel Award recipient.  He worked for several years as a freelance producer, collaborating on "Fellowship," before his first short film as a director, Nick and Kate, screened in competition at Filminute 2008, one of twenty-five official jury selections culled from a field of two thousand by Oscar winner Paul Haggis and German critic Andrea Dittgen.  In 2009 Matthew helmed the experimental biopic, Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman.  The project was filmed in Los Angeles, across London, and at legendary artist Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent.  It began its festival run in the fall with premieres at the Raindance Film Festival in London, the Reykjavik International Film Festival in Iceland, and the 22nd MIX Film Festival in New York City, among others.  Matthew is an alum of the RIFF Transatlantic Talent Laboratory in Reykjavik and is currently prepping the forthcoming feature, Portland, starring Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) and Erin Daniels ("The L Word").

Jenie Clark - Web Designer
Having recently returned from Paris, where she was taking photographs and writing a book for young children, Jenie is pleased to be a part of the FOTD wave by building the website. She knows next to nothing about web design and even less about making movies, but she makes a mean martini straight up, shaken, not stirred. She has also been known to toss the dice now and again, but draws the line at LARPing. Not that there's anything wrong with that.