Michael B. Jordan & Aimee Teegarden
Back for a Fifth and Final Season
Talk with these Two Hot Young Stars About their Many New Projects, and the Final Season of their Acclaimed Show!
You Can Also Catch Michael on NBCs hit show, Parenthood and Hell Star in a New George Lucas Film about the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII Scheduled for Release Next Year.
Aimee is Starring in Two Highly Anticipated Films, Disneys Prom and Wes Cravens Scream 4. Both are due out Next Year. Plus, She Recently Produces Her First Feature Film, Beautiful Wave.
Expanding on the hit feature film and best-selling book, Friday Night Lights, the award-winning show centers on life in Dillon, Texas, where high school football brings the community together — and the drama of small town life threatens to tear it apart.
Emmy nominated actors Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton lead the cast on its final fifth season that will also feature the return of several characters from past seasons. Series regulars Michael B. Jordan and Aimee Teegarden are excited to see where their characters will go next and how their story lines will end. Although theyre sad to leave the show after calling it home for five seasons, theyre excited to see what the future holds.
Talk to Michael and Aimee about what its like to work on a show with a talented ensemble cast and find about their exciting new projects.
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Michael B. Jordan – biography
Michael B. Jordan is best known for his coveting role on the critically-acclaimed TV series Friday Night Lights. Playing Vince Howard, Michael is proving to the shows diehard fans why he is inarguably one of the hottest leading young men on television. Set to air on DirecTV, the show will be premiering its fifth and final season October 27th on Directv’s The 101 Network, followed with an NBC airing this coming spring. Additionally, you can see Michael as Peter Krauses daughter, Haddie Bravermans (played by Sarah Ramos) love interest on NBCs Parenthood (also starring Lauren Graham and Craig T. Nelson) which is currently airing its second season.
Graced with the opportunity to begin a professional acting career relatively early in his life, after a successful modeling career, Michael soon segued into film and television acting. At thirteen, he caught the eye of Dr. Bill Cosby and was cast in the recurring role of Michael for the CBS sitcom series Cosby in 1999. Almost simultaneously, he appeared on the HBO series The Sopranos. The following year, his career took a mammoth step forward when he was selected from hundreds of hopefuls, to play Jamal, in the Paramount Pictures feature film, Hardball starring Keanu Reeves. Later, Michael received critical acclaim for his portrayal of the hard-shelled, softhearted young urbanite Wallace in HBOs dramatic hit series The Wire.
In 2003, he became the youngest African American actor to be contracted with the ABC network daytime drama series, All My Children, in the role of Reggie, Susan Luccis adopted son. Michael later moved to LA to further his successful acting career where he soon landed a lead role in the independent film Blackout, starring Melvin Van Peebles, Jeffrey Wright, and Zoe Saldana. In the fall of 2007, Michael was cast to The N networks sitcom The Assistants. Not to mention, director/producer Rockmond Dunbar was especially excited to know that Michaels working schedule would allow him to star alongside of a stellar veteran ensemble in his first feature film Pastor Brown which premiered in the American Black Film Festival summer 2009. He has also done guest appearance roles for CSI, Cold Case, Without A Trace and coming up, he will be seen on Law & Order.
Michael has been lucky enough to receive acknowledgement for his talent as well. The NJ Moviemakers network took notice of his dramatic artistry in 2003 and awarded him the Prime Award For Excellence and Support in Movies and Television. The 2005, 2006 & 2007 NAACP Image Award selection committee nominated him for Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Daytime Drama Series, and in 2008, Michael submitted a collaborative literary series called Homeroom Heroes, which was nominated for Outstanding Literary Work-Debut Author.
All of these great acting opportunities have led him to his most rewarding supporting role to date in George Lucas Redtails, the story of the first African American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during WW II aka The Tuskegee Airmen. Michael proudly portrays escort fighter pilot, Maurice Bumps Wilson, under the skillful direction of Anthony Hemmingway. The movie does not have an official release date but is said to premiere summer 2011.
Aimee Teegarden biography
Born and raised in Southern California, Aimee Teegarden began modeling and acting at the age of ten. Best known for playing Julie Taylor on NBC/DIRECTVs critically acclaimed drama Friday Night Lights., she has modeled for campaigns including Old Navy, Tommy Hilfiger, Alltel, and the national print campaign for Hollister. Aimee’s television appearances include the recurring role of Rhonda Kimble on 90210, as well as guest appearances on Cold Case, Nickelodeon’sNed’s Declassified Survival Guide and Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana.
This past summer, Aimee produced her first feature film, Beautiful Wave, a coming of age film set in the surf community of Southern California. She also has roles in two highly anticipated feature films, Disneys Prom and Wes Cravens Scream 4, both of which are due out in 2011. Past films include For Sale By Owner, with Skeet Ulrich and Rachel Nichols, the family drama Call of the Wild, with Christopher Lloyd, and The Perfect Age for Rock N Roll produced by Spike Lee and Mike Ellis.
THE LIGHTS SHINE ON THE FIFTH SEASON OF FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ON DIRECTVS THE 101 NETWORK
The Final Season of the Critically Acclaimed, Emmy-Winning Drama Will Air Commercial-free Every Wednesday at 9 p.m.
El Segundo, CA, August 12, 2010 Friday Night Lights will return to DIRECTVs The 101 Network for its the fifth and final season on Wednesday, October 27 at 9 p.m. Lead by recent Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress Emmy nominees Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, the season five cast will feature series regulars Aimee Teegarden, Michael B. Jordan, Matt Lauria, Jurnee Smollett, Madison Burge and newcomer Grey Damon (90210, True Blood). Former cast members Jesse Plemmons, Taylor Kitsch, Scott Porter, Adrianne Palicki and Zach Gilford will return throughout the course of the final season.
“Going into season five, knowing it would likely be the final season, everyone involved with the show turned our focus to trying to make the best possible thirteen episodes we could, said executive producer Jason Katims. It was moving to watch the writers, cast, producers, directors and everyone on the team pull together like that. We wanted a great ending. We wanted to leave it all on the field.”
Friday Night Lights has been integral to The 101 Networks programming strategy and it has been an honor to be able to provide our viewers with a show of its caliber these past two seasons, said Derek Chang, EVP Content, Strategy and Development DIRECTV. As sad as it is to say good-bye to our friends in Dillon, we look forward to this upcoming season and the incredible stories that remain to be told.
Expanding on the hit feature film and best-selling book Friday Night Lights, the award-winning show centers on life in Dillon, Texas, where high school football brings the community together — and the drama of small town
