Under The Dome Cast Biography

Mike Vogel :

 

Michael James "Mike" Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. Vogel began acting in 2001, and has since appeared in several films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,Grind, Poseidon, Blue Valentine, The Help and Cloverfield.

Vogel was born in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and raised inWarminster Township, Pennsylvania, he is of German descent; both of his grandfathers fought in World War II, with one being a tank commander and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, and the other being a Seabee in the Navy. Vogel has two younger siblings: a brother, Daniel Aaron, and a sister, Kristin. Vogel attended William Tennent High School, the same high school as Sprint spokesman Brian Baker and boxer Kermit Cintron, where Vogel was on the Freshman wrestling team. During the early 2000s, he frequently traveled to New York City in order to audition for acting roles and modeling slots.

Vogel married Courtney, a former model in January 2003, and has two pugs, Orlando and Olivia. Mike and Courtney have two daughters: Cassy Renee Vogel, born 2007; Charlee B. Vogel, born 2009; the family resides in Austin, Texas.

Rachelle Lefevre :

Rachelle Lefevre (born February 1, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She has starred in the television series Big Wolf on Campus and had recurring roles in What About Brian, Boston Legal, and Swingtown. She played the vampire Victoria Sutherland in the first two films of the Twilight saga, before being replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard due to scheduling conflicts. She starred in the ABC medical drama Off the Map, followed by the CBS series A Gifted Man and Under the Dome.

Rachelle Lefevre was born on February 1, 1979 in Montreal and raised in Montreal,Quebec, to an English teacher father and a psychologist mother. Her father's family is originally from France and Northern Ireland, and her maternal grandparents are Jewish. Her stepfather is a rabbi. She has three sisters and speaks both English and French, though she grew up mostly speaking English. Lefevre attended Centennial Academy, a private high school, and later studied creative arts at Dawson College. She studied theater for two summers at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, and began a degree in education and literature at McGill University.

Lefevre lives in Los Angeles, California. As of June 2009, she was dating Jamie King, an actor who played Thomas Wyatt in theShowtime television series The Tudors. In 2009, Lefevre donated $100 to Susan G. Komen for The Cure, a breast cancer charity, for every 10,000 people who followed her on Twitter. She also launched an eBay auction for the charity School On Wheels in August 2009, which provides tutoring to homeless children in Southern California. Lefevre sold t-shirts and other merchandise signed by her fellow cast members from Twilight. She is also an active supporter of Best Friends Animal Society, appearing in a public service announcement on behalf of the organization in November 2009, urging the public to adopt their next pet. As of August 2013, she was dating Chris Crary, a contestant on the reality television series Top Chef.

Natalie Martinez :

Natalie Martinez (born July 12, 1984) is an American actress and model. Martinez is known as the spokesmodel for JLO by Jennifer Lopez, and for her supporting role in the 2008 feature film Death Race. She did a music video titled "Rain Over Me" by Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony. She has also appeared in several music videos and telenovelas. In 2010-11, she starred in the television crime drama Detroit 1-8-7 as Detective Ariana Sanchez.

Martinez was born in Miami, Florida on July 12, 1984. She is of Cuban ancestry and speaks Spanish. She is a 2002 graduate of St. Brendan High School.

Britt Robertson :

 

Brittany Leanna "Britt" Robertson (born April 18, 1990) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her film debut in The Ghost Club (2003) and her subsequent films include Keeping Up with the Steins (2006), Dan In Real Life (2007),The Tenth Circle (2008), Mother and Child (2009), Avalon High (2010) and Scream 4(2011). Her television series include Swingtown (2008), Life Unexpected (2010–11), The Secret Circle (2011–12) and Under the Dome (2013–present).

Robertson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, where she first aspired to act. She is the oldest of seven children with three brothers and three sisters and was homeschooled by her mother. She stayed in Chester with her grandparents for a couple of months to join the film The Ghost Club.

Alexander Koch :

Alexander Koch (born February 24, 1988) is an American actor. He plays the series regular role of Junior Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome based on the novel by Stephen King. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Koch was born in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, to German Americans Joseph and Joya Koch. Koch has two older sisters, Ashleigh and Michelle. His father is late Wayne County assistant prosecutor Joseph Koch, a talented attorney who took on some of Detroit’s most notorious criminals in court.“It was kind of my first introduction into acting, because I would go to the courtroom with him and watch him work,” recalls Koch of his dad, who passed away in 2001. ”When he was presenting cases and what-not, it was almost as if he was doing monologues.”

Koch graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School in 2006. Koch was heavily involved in both local community and high school theater productions.

He attended the Theatre School at DePaul University and immersed himself in productions such as “A Lie of the Mind,” “Hair,” “Intimate Apparel,” “Normal,” “Assassins” and “Reefer Madness: The Musical.” In 2012 he received his BFA in acting. Koch made his film debut as “Frank" in Eddie O’Keefe’s independent short film “The Ghosts.” Koch works with music and images when acting. "When I’m working, I like to work with a lot of music. The more I can think of what a character would listen to, the more I feel like I have a place to create from." [Alexander agrees that he’s using songs to give him insights into his character and not just to get him into an emotional space]. "I have a record player at home that I usually listen to, but since I’ve been in Wilmington [North Carolina, where the series is filming], I couldn’t bring it with me. When I’m on set, I’m listening through headphones on my computer, just trying to zone in and focus. Britt [Robertson] always makes fun of me about how I’m always in my chair listening to music." He also works with images. "When I’m working, I find images and kind of attach to them. It just makes the dialogue so much stronger if you have a distinct image in your mind."

In his off time, Koch enjoys writing, music, playing the guitar and collecting vinyl records.