Cast Bios

Cara Seymour (Sarah)

Cara Seymour has appeared in several acclaimed films, including Dancer in the Dark, American Psycho and Mary Harron’s new film The Ballad of Betty Page. In 2003, she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture, for the film Adaptation. This year, she appeared in Evergreen, which was developed by the Sundance Institute and screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Other recent films include Hotel Rwanda, Birth, and Gangs of New York. Cara Seymour resides in New York City.

Danny Alexander (Jake)

15-year-old Danny Alexander makes his feature film debut in Steal Me. He began acting as a child in community theater in Northern California. After performing in The Wizard of Oz and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, he went on to tour the Midwest - under the auspices of ABC - -Radio Disney performance, where he sang in his distinctive R&B style.

Currently in the studio finishing an album, he credits his mother as the main musical inspiration in his life. As a concert pianist, she exposed him to all kinds of music from a very young age. Danny Alexander is currently a high school junior in Southern California, and plans on continuing to pursue film acting. Of Steal Me, Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times writes that Danny makes a "notable screen debut" as  "Jake"  -  "a masterful portrayal."

Hunter Parrish (Tucker)

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Hunter Parrish grew up in Texas, where his family owned a pet store. Mostly home-schooled, the 17-year-old actor got his start doing theater as a young teen, doing plays like Kiss Me Kate, and even tackling Moliere in Imaginary Invalid.

He made his feature debut playing Lance in Joe Nussbaum’s comedy Sleepover, and soon will appear in Down In The Valley with Edward Norton. Steal Me is his third film, and his most challenging role to date. He is currently starring in the Showtime series Weeds  with Mary Louise Parker. Hunter Parrish currently resides in Los Angeles.

John Terry (John)

John Terry, a native Floridian, discovered acting through a series of fortunate events while building custom log homes in North Carolina. After performing in a few local theater productions, he moved to Alaska and helped start a river rafting company. On his thirtieth birthday, he moved to New York and tried his hand at full time acting.

He has lived in New York, London, Los Angeles and currently resides in Park City, Utah. Along the way he has worked with Stanley Kubrick in Full Metal Jacket, Norman Jewison in In Country, Gary Sinise in Of Mice and Men and most recently with Melissa Painter in Steal Me. His TV work includes Against the Grain, ER, 24 and is currently playing Matthew Fox's father in a recurring role on Lost. Later this year he can be seen in the Steven Spielberg produced TNT show Into the West.

Paz de la Huerta (Lily Rose)

Paz de la Huerta has been acting since the age of four. She made her screen debut in Good Machine’s Luminous Motion and gained notice for her role in the Cider House Rules. Since then she has appeared in fourteen films, including Ethan Hawke’s Chelsea Walls, A Walk to Remember, Bringing Rain, and Homework.

Steal Me is her second film with Melissa Painter and the role of Lily Rose was written especially for her. Aside from acting, she is a skilled artist, designer, and writer who also enjoys listening to punk rock. She just completed Henry Jaglom’s Hollywood Dreams with Karen Black and Justin Kirk, and Lions Gate’s Fierce People which will be released in the fall. Paz de la Huerta resides in Tribeca, New York, with her mother and sister.

Toby Poser (Grace)

Toby Poser appeared in Maria Maggenti’s The Incredible Adventure of Two Girls in Love (Sundance ’95) and was a series regular on Guiding Light (as Amanda Spaulding). More recently, she has appeared in Loren-Paul Caplin’s The Lucky Ones, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, and Bad Liver & Broken Heart, directed by Terry Stacey.

In addition to various off-Broadway credits and extensive voice-over work, other notable television projects include Sex in the City, Law and Order, and The Street. She and Cara Seymour (Sarah) shared the stage in Mike Leigh’s play Naked in New York. Prior to their collaboration on Steal Me, she made two short films with Melissa Painter (Private Residence and California). The role of Grace was written especially for her.