George Clooney. Mark Wahlberg. Ice Cube. None of these stars appear in The Big Tease. But plenty of other superstars do! Drew Carey , David Hasselhoff and Veronica Webb for instance. And then there's these fine thespians...

CRAIG FERGUSON
FRANCES FISHER
MARY McCORMACK
DAVID RASCHE
CHRIS LANGHAM

CRAIG FERGUSON (Crawford Mackenzie / Co-Writer / Executive Producer) is one of Scotland's most popular and acclaimed comedians. By 1994, Ferguson had created several BBC self-titled specials and series, starred for one year in the hit West End revival of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and toured nationally in Dario Fo's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist." At that year's Edinburgh Festival, Ferguson (against over a thousand different performance offerings) concurrently sold out two different runs at the Fringe Festival's largest venue (playing Oscar in matinee performances of "The Odd Couple" and performing evening shows of his stand-up show, "Love, Sex, Death and the Weather").

On the heels of that stellar success, the performer made the move to Hollywood. Since his January 1995 arrival, Ferguson has become a television fixture as Drew Carey's boss, Mr. Wick, on the hit series "The Drew Carey Show." Two of his scripts have been produced -- "The Big Tease" and "Saving Grace," in which he starred with double Oscar-nominee, Brenda Blethyn. "Saving Grace" is due for release in early 2000. Ferguson has also signed a two-picture writing/producing deal with Paramount Pictures, with the first film slated for production with Jagged Films and Mick Jagger set to star.

FRANCES FISHER's (Candy Harper) chameleon-like ability to adapt to a wide range of roles stems not only from her 14 years on the stage but from her upbringing, having been schooled on four continents. Fisher is perhaps best known for her recent starring role (as Ruth DeWitt Bukater) in the Oscar-winning mega blockbuster "Titanic" (for which Fisher received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble Cast). The actress has recently completed three projects: the ABC telefeature "The Audrey Hepburn Story" (as Audrey's mother); Tim Rice's feature, "The Rising Place" (also starring Laurel Holloman and Elyse Neal); and Jerry Bruckheimer's action thriller, "Gone in Sixty Seconds," which also stars Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi and Robert Duvall.

Fisher was born in Milford-On-Sea, England, the daughter of an international supervisor. Her family traveled the world (Columbia, Canada, France, Brazil, Turkey, Italy and the U.S.), and Fisher finished her schooling in Texas. Attracted to the theatre, she eventually moved to New York, which led to a 14-year stint in regional and Off-Broadway shows that included "Fool for Love," "Desire Under the Elms," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." During this time she began a 12-year relationship with the Actors Studio, studying with Lee Strasberg. She segued into television (while continuing to perform in theatre at night) with long-running roles on "The Edge of Night" and "The Guilding Light." Her additional television credits include the telefeatures "Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter" (in which she portrayed comic legend Lucille Ball), "Devlin," "Crime and Punishment" and "The Other Mother" and a series regular role in "Strange Luck."

Fisher's additional feature film credits include Clint Eastwood's "True Crime" and his Oscar-winning "Unforgiven," "Stars Fell on Henrietta," Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst," Henry Jaglom's "Babyfever," "Can She Bake a Cherry Pie" and "Tough Guys Don't Dance."

MARY McCORMACK (Monique) has been working steadily on the heels of her critically acclaimed role opposite Howard Stern in "Private Parts." Having just finished a successful run starring as Sally Bowles in the Roundabout Theater Company's Broadway revival of "Cabaret," opposite Alan Cumming, she will be seen starring in a succession of films. She can be seen opposite Russell Crowe in David E. Kelly's "Mystery, Alaska," directed by Jay Roach ("Austin Powers") and also starring Burt Reynolds, Hank Azaria and Ron Eldard. McCormack recently completed shooting "Gunshy," alongside Sandra Bullock and Liam Neeson, and the independent "Other Voices," starring opposite Stockard Channing and Campbell Scott.

Her additional feature film credits include Clint Eastwood's "True Crime," the blockbuster "Deep Impact," "Getting to Know You" (which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and also stars Heather Matarazzo and Bebe Neuwirth), "The Alarmist" (opposite Stanley Tucci and David Arquette), "Father's Day," "Colin Fitz," "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Backfire." McCormack received critical acclaim for her television series regular role on Steven Bochco's "Murder One."

Her additional state credits include the David Warren-directed productions of "My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine" and "A Fair Country."

DAVID RASCHE (Stig Ludwiggssen) is perhaps best known for his television role as "Sledge Hammer" in the 1986 series of the same name. A star of television, film and stage, he will be seen in the upcoming feature "The Settlement." His other feature film credits include "Friends and Lovers," "That Old Feeling," "An Innocent Man," "Native Son," "Pie in the Sky," "Made in Heaven," "Manhattan" and "An Unmarried Woman." Rasche was seen as a regular in the television series "Nurses" and "High Society," in the miniseries "Signs and Wonders" and in several telefeatures including TNT's "Hard Time Hostage Hotel," "Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester," "The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck," HBO's "Barbarians at the Gate" and "Columbo: A Trace of Murder."

Rashe's extensive stage credits include the Broadway productions of "Getting and Spending," "Speed the Plow," "Lunch Hour," "Loose Ends" and "Shadowbox." Off-Broadway and regional credits include "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday," "The Country Girl," "Beyond Therapy," "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Sexual Perversity in Chicago."

CHRIS LANGHAM (Martin) is an esteemed writer, director and performer in his native Great Britain, a regular presence on stage, television and radio. Langham is perhaps best known for his work (creator / co-writer / performer) of the BBC series "Kiss Me Kate" and the BBC radio (and recently, television) series "People Like Us" (four-time Best Radio Comedy Award-winner). His other extensive television credits include "Look at the State We're In" (writer), "Friday Night with Wogan" (co-host), "Smith & Jones '92" and "Smith & Jones '90" (writer / performer), "Bottom" (performer) and "Flip" (performer). Langham was also awarded an Emmy and a Writers Guild Award for his writing on "The Muppet Show." In addition to several one-man shows, Langham counts among his stage credits "Les Miserables," "Crazy for You" (for which he received an Olivier nomination), "The Way of the World," "The Nerd," "Blondel" and "Pirates of Penzance." Langham's American television credits include story consultant on "Max Headroom" and writer/performer on "Hollywood Dog."