CALIFORNICATION stars David Duchovny in his Golden Globe®-winning role as hedonistic novelist Hank Moody who struggles to raise his teenage daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin), while still carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen (Natascha McElhone). For the 4th season, Hank will have to deal with the fall-out from his one-night stand with the then-underage Mia (Madeline Zima) going public. His epic legal troubles force him to enlist the aid of hot, high-powered defense attorney Abby (guest star Carla Gugino) to keep him out of the big house, but can he keep his hands off her? The good news is that they’re turning his hit novel (Fu**ing & Punching) into a film with mega movie star Eddie Nero (guest star Rob Lowe) signing on to play the fictional version of Hank alongside sizzling teen star Sasha Bingham (guest star Addison Timlin) as Mia.
Meanwhile, Charlie (Evan Handler) leverages Hank to get his career back on track, but shocking news from Marcy (Pamela Adlon) may (or may not) turn his world upside down. And Becca joins a motley crew of hellions as guitarist in an all-girl band headed by Pearl (guest star Zoe Kravitz), while Karen finds solace in an unlikely place with a hot artist named Ben (guest star Michael Ealy). Additional guest stars include Stephen Tobolowsky (Glee), Callie Thorne (Rescue Me), and a cameo by rocker Tommy Lee.
Cast Bios
DAVID DUCHOVNY - Hank Moody / Executive Producer
DAVID DUCHOVNY was born and raised in New York City. He was on the road to earning his Ph.D. in English Literature when, to his family's eternal disappointment, he began acting. Subsequently, Duchovny emerged to become one of the most highly acclaimed actors in Hollywood. Duchovny recently starred alongside Demi Moore in the film The Joneses. For his work on CALIFORNICATION, Duchovny won the Golden Globe in 2008 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. From 1993-2002, he starred in Fox Television's monster hit The X-Files, which earned him a Golden Globe® Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and two Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. Feature film credits include The X-Files and its highly anticipated follow-up, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Things We Lost in the Fire, The TV Set, Trust the Man, Full Frontal, Zoolander, Evolution, Return to Me, Playing God, Kalifornia, Chaplin, Beethoven, The Rapture and Julia Has Two Lovers.
PAMELA ADLON – Marcy Runkle
PAMELA ADLON's diverse career spans the gamut of film and television projects and includes an Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" for her work as awkward middle schooler 'Bobby Hill' on the hit animated series King of the Hill. She is currently voicing the role of 'Vidia' in the Tinker Bell movies. She starred opposite Louis C.K. on the comedy series Lucky Louie. Adlon has had recurring and guest starring roles on Boston Legal, The Wedding Bells, Head Case, Monk, Star Trek: TNG; and the Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney series Unscripted. Adlon has been acting since age 12, making her film debut in Grease 2 with Michelle Pfeiffer. Additional feature credits include Say Anything..., Bed of Roses, Sgt. Bilko, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Eat Your Heart Out, Plump Fiction and Some Girl. Adlon's extensive voice work includes the animated features The Animatrix, Vampire Hunter D, Kiki's Delivery Service, Recess: School's Out, Trumpet of the Swan and Brother Bear and numerous animated children's television shows, including Squirrel Boy, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Recess, All Grown Up, Pepper Ann, Wild Thornberries, Zevo 3, Pound Puppies and 101 Dalmatians: The Series, as well as adult animated series The Oblongs, The Drinky Crow Show and MWA. Adlon has a recurring role in Louie, the new series on FX re-uniting her with Louis CK. She also serves as Consulting Producer on the show, which has been a critical success and earned a second season for 2011.
MADELEINE MARTIN - Becca Moody
MADELEINE MARTIN captured Broadway's attention when, at age seven, she starred in the Broadway National Tour of The Sound of Music, with Richard Chamberlain. At the age of ten, she received rave reviews for her performance in the title role of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Her performance was so heartbreakingly stunning that she was invited to be the youngest presenter in its history at the 2003 Tony® Awards. Next, Martin starred in Martin McDonough's The Pillowman. The New York Times Arts & Leisure section profiled her at the age of 12. In 2008, Martin won the National Youth Theater Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Jean Fordham” in the Tony®- and Pulitzer® Prize-winning play August: Osage County. This fall, Martin appeared in WWE’s first feature, Legendary, opposite Patricia Clarkson and wrestling phenom, John Cena. She is currently in production on The Discoverers, an indie comedy about a damaged family that finds healing in the course of a reenactment of Lewis and Clark’s trek. In her leading role, Martin plays opposite Griffin Dunne as his daughter who masks her innocence with sarcasm. Martin spent four seasons as the voice of “JoJo” on Disney's animated television series JoJo's Circus. She has guest starred on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hope & Faith and Saturday Night Live. An accomplished dancer, she has performed with the world-renowned New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center in Christopher Wheeldon's Scenes de Ballet, as well as Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Nutcracker. She studied at the School of American Ballet.
EVAN HANDLER - Charlie Runkle
EVAN HANDLER is an actor, author, screenwriter, and journalist with over thirty years of stage, film, and TV roles behind him. Prior to his four seasons on Californication, Handler was one of the stars of the hit TV franchise Sex and the City, playing Harry Goldenblatt. Additional leading film and TV roles include both Sex and the City feature films; Ransom; Taps; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; The Three Stooges (ABC TV movie) and It’s Like, You Know…. Memorable guest and recurring appearances include Lost, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Shark, and Friends. In 2011, Handler will appear as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in an all-star adaptation of Too Big to Fail, directed by Curtis Hanson. Prior to his screen work, Handler played leading roles in seven Broadway productions, among them the world premiere production of Six Degrees of Separation, I Hate Hamlet, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound and Master Harold…and the Boys. Handler’s critically acclaimed first memoir, "Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors," chronicling his astonishing recovery from acute leukemia over 25 years ago, was published in 1996. His second book, "It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive," was published in 2008. He continues to write for national magazines, and to write opinion pieces for Huffington Post. You can learn more at EvanHandler.com.
Guest Star Bio
CARLA GUGINO – Abby Rhoads
CARLA GUGINO has had a memorable and provocative acting career which continues to showcase her many talents and considerable beauty. She is currently filming Mr. Poppers Penguins alongside Jim Carrey and Angela Lansbury. She can next be seen in Faster starring alongside Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton and will soon star in the drama Suckerpunch where she will reunite with Zack Snyder, who also directed her in Watchmen. She was seen recently in Electra Luxx, and in Every Day with Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt. Additional film credits include Race to Witch Mountain, American Gangster, The Lookout, Spy Kids, Sin City and Night at the Museum. On television, Gugino recently revisited her role as ‘Amanda’ on the hit series Entourage and was critically acclaimed for her performance on the CBS series Threshold. She also headlined the series Karen Sisco and has had memorable roles on Chicago Hope and Spin City. On Broadway, Gugino appeared in Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms, where she received incredible reviews for her stellar performance. Gugino completed a critically lauded performance as 'Catherine Holly' opposite Blythe Danner in a Roundabout Theater Company production of the Tennessee Williams classic Suddenly, Last Summer. She made her Broadway debut in Roundabout's 2004 revival of Arthur Miller's After the Fall. For her performance, she received many accolades, including an Outer Critics' Circle Award nomination and a Theater World award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.
Executive Producer Bio
TOM KAPINOS - Creator/Executive Producer
TOM KAPINOS began (and nearly ended) his career in television as a writer for the seminal teen drama Dawson's Creek. Toiling in the trenches of the WB Network's flagship show was a lucrative learning experience for Kapinos, who was eventually promoted to Executive Producer and ran the show in its final two seasons. After the demise of Dawson's Creek, he became a virtual shut-in, staying home with his wife and kids and penning a slew of unproduced pilots and screenplays for all of the major networks and studios. Exhausted and disillusioned by much of his mainstream development experience, Kapinos wrote a screenplay solely for his own amusement. It was a dark comedy about a writer who couldn't write. His name was Hank Moody. Hating himself and wanting to die, Kapinos threw the sloppy first draft into the trash can and went right back to writing unproduced pilots for network television. Some time later, his wife reminded him of the screenplay about the writer who couldn't write and how the first half was maybe something special. Loathe to waste even the tiniest morsel of decent writing, Kapinos rescued the dirty life and times of one Hank Moody from the trash can, refashioned the pages into a script for a down and dirty cable pilot, and in doing so, rescued himself from the evil clutches of mainstream television. Much to his surprise, dismay and eventual delight, the script attracted the attention of SHOWTIME, Stephen Hopkins and David Duchovny. It remains the experience of a lifetime.
