Andres Londono plays the lead role of Steve in "The Journey." Although he plays an American slacker who's in denial of his Latino heritage in the film, Andres does in fact hail from Bogota, Colombia. The lead role of Steve was a unique challenge for Andres who had to forgo speaking his native tongue for months during the shoot in order to master his characterization of an "OC" surfer dude.

Andres is a dedicated, brilliant, young perfomer who has already acheived remarkable success in film and television before bringing the lead role of "The Journey" to life. His professional credits include:

THE SEEKER (pre-prod) Thomas Stone (lead), and the Robert DeNiro produced DIRTY HANDS (pre-prod) where he portrays Sgt. Levi Sedgwick. Andres can also be seen in SPIN Paolo D/ Dan Neira (FOX), WASSUP' ROCKERS, CONSTANTINE where he portrayed Head Of Demons (Warner Bros.) CONSIDER THE RAIN Carlos (Lead), THE DAY LABORERS Laguna Films, THE NEWBIES Tatiana Semenova, BONES Antonio Ramos (FOX) THE COMEBACK starring Lisa Kudrow (HBO), PASSIONS (CBS), RESURRECTION BLVD (SHOWTIME), and JESUS WALKS (MTV).

His THEATRE CREDITS include: Midsummer's Night Dream by The Curan Rep.Theatre, Los Muertos by the Francisco Elephant Group, The Zoo Story (Josefina Lopez), True West by Lee Strasberg's Studio N.Y., and Malinche by the Frida Kahlo/Sinergia Co.

Andres was TRAINED AT: The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute NYC (Robert Castle, Irma Sandrey) Stella Adler Academy L.A. (Tim McNeil, Charles Waxberg) and Theatre Of Arts L.A. (Will Jude, Gwen Somers/Singing/), Current Coach: Patrick Pankhurst

 

Kazandra Santana plays the co-starring role of "Rhona" Steve's long suffering ex-girlfriend and soulmate. In addition to her wonderful performance in "The Journey," Kassandra has appeared in the films:

SWEET LULLABY SISTER Dir: JC Gallego, Sony, BEAUTIFUL LIES Dir. Michael Livingston, COMIC MURDER Dir. Heiko Nemmert, SHORTY LOVE Dir. Mark Nadir, DREAMWEAVER Dir. David Chocron CAN I GET A TIMEOUT Dir. Jared Smith

Her THEATRE credits include: Madama Fortuna Ensemble Dixon Place, NY Blue Surge Sandy Tallahassee Theatre, Fl Glass Menagerie Laura LA Acting Ensemble, Fl

Kazandra was TRAINED AT theLesly Kahn Studios(LA) Comedic Intensive John Rosenfeld Creative Acting (NY) Soap Opera Intensive Bob Lambert Comedy Improv Don Puglisi School of Film and TV (NY) Commercial Course Ray Ianncelli HB Studio (NY) and Advanced Scene Study Austin Pendleton Technique I, II Michael Beckett.

Sebastian Hinton portrays Steve's best friend and foil "Larry."

Unlike his suburban character, who refuses to leave "The OC," Sebastian is a man of the world who grew up in Pakistan and various countries in Central America. After graduating from Emerson College in Boston, he came to Hollywood to pursue his dream.

His recent film credits include "Jorge" in Cineville's G.I. JESUS, "Insecure Thaddaeas" in Soreento Pictures' THE LAST SUPPER, "Troy" in Kokie Hassim's THE SCROLL as well as Beyond Borders' award-winning short film, GIRLS NIGHT OUT.

His stage credits include playing "Hal" in David Auburn's PROOF and "Eddie" in Steve Tesich's THE SPEED OF DARKNESS. He served as Assistant Director of Actors Circle Theatre's production of Terrence McNally's FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE. A committed, intelligent and brilliantly versatile actor, he is equally at home on stage or on camera. Sebastian is proud of his association with Arthur Mendoza and Actors Circle Theatre.

Director Scott Marcano is a native of Southern California. His roots, however, run through the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Deciding early in life that his calling was to be a storyteller, Scott completed his undergraduate film degree at the world renown New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and also attended the Graduate film program at the University of Southern California where he focused on professional motion picture directing.

Scott left USC after selling his first screenplay "BioDome" starring Pauly Shore and Steven Baldwin.

Scott is a member of the WGA and has sold several screenplays to major studios and production companies, including the comedies "Paved New World," "Sea Slugs" to the Walt Disney Company and "The Santa Brothers" to Radar Pictures.

"The Journey" is inspired by his own true life adventures in Mexico and South America, and marks his feature directorial debut.

Scott Marcano

Manny plays the irrascible brothel owner "Harry" in "The Journey." A proud member of the world famous Beverly Hills Playhouse, Manny's other credits include:

"The West Wing" - Ninety Miles Away (2005), "Six Feet Under" - I'm Sorry, I'm Lost (2003), "Everyone Leaves" (2003), "Robbery Homicide Division," "The Agency," and "Thieves."

His film credits include: The Elephant's Egg (2004), Collateral (2004), Irish Eyes (2004)

Richard M. Dumont was born and raised in Toronto and attended UCLA. After three years of sun and surf (…and a nasty infection that he still doesn't like to talk about), Richard returned to the frozen tundra of Canada.

Richard is an Award-Winning Voice Director. His credits include: "Wimzie's House", "Splinter Cell", "Iron Nose", "Prince of Persia - Warrior Within."

Along with his two years of on-stage experience with improv comedy icon Second City, and his numerous on-camera acting credits include: "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "Barnum", and "Million Dollar Babies"

Isaac Klotz has been shooting film, commercial and music video projects in los angeles for the past 5 years.

He enjoys working on collaborative projects which speak with a unique voice. "The Journey" proved to be a tremendous opportunity for the filmmakers involved, growing as artists and enjoying an incredible adventure.

Other recent projects include commercial spots for sony playstation and nissan, as well as "Habanero," a short film set in east LA.