Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly, the first Pink Ranger from the first group)
Johnson's first role was also her most notable to date, as Kimberly Ann Hart, the Pink Ranger, in the 1993 series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Her gymnastics background was a clear advantage for her in fight scenes, and the Hart character was also an accomplished gynmast like herself. Her martial arts skills were taught to her by many choreographers in the studio. The series achieved unexpected success and Johnson had a fair share of media exposure, both as the character and as herself. After she left the series in 1995, Johnson went on to star in the made-for-TV Disney Channel film Susie Q in 1996. In 1997, she participated in NBC's adaptation of Lois Duncan's novel Killing Mr. Griffin and also played a bulimic gymnast in the movie Perfect Body. She also reprised her role as Kimberly Hart in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, a 1997 movie in which her character temporarily turned evil after being sacrified to Divatox's fiancee Maligore.
In 1998, Johnson played the part of a vampire in the cult indie movie Cold Hearts. Soon after, she was invited to play the second most notable role of her acting career: Julie Emrick, a college freshman who becomes the best friend of the lead actress of The WB series Felicity. She was in the series for two and a half years. Her character in the series was originally cast as a dancer, but Johnson managed to convince the producers to turn the role into that of a singer and guitarist, which eventually led Johnson to being able to play a song of her own composition, entitled "Puddle of Grace." The song was added to the show's official soundtrack. Her talent in music also led her to star in the movie Sweetwater: A True Rock Story, a biography about the life of singer Nansi Nevins, whose band Sweetwater opened the Woodstock festival.
Johnson then took roles in a number of indie movies, namely Interstate 60, Pursuit of Happiness (making her one of the few Power Ranger actors to have appeared nude on film) and Hard Ground. She also had a role in the final season of the television crime drama The Division.
As of 2001, Johnson has dedicated herself mostly to music after her fellow MMPR co-star Thuy Trang's untimely death. She released her debut album, titled The Trans-American Treatment, and performs live in the Los Angeles area alongside "The Amy Jo Johnson Band." She later dropped the band and limited the instrumental presence in her shows to her acoustic guitar and her voice. She released another album titled Imperfect on March 2005.
In 2006, Johnson co-starred in Magma: Volcanic Disaster, a Sci-Fi Channel original made for TV movie. She played a college student who begged to go on an expedition. Johnson has also taken roles on ABC Family's original show Wildfire as famous jockey Tina Sharp, and appeared in the pilot episode of What About Brian. Most recently took on roles from two new independent films, "Veritas, Prince of Truth" and "The Islander".
Thuy Trang (Trini, the first Yellow Ranger from the first group) appeard in Two movies The Crow: city of angels and Spy hard. she died in a car accident in 2001 near San Francisco.
Austin St. John (Jason, the first red ranger from the first group appeard in a cojuple of power ranges movies and specials but only a couple of "mainstream" movies, one called Footsteps and another called Expose. He has written a book on the martial arts and done martial arts videos.
Jason DAvid Frank (Tommy, Green ranger and White ranger from MMPR, Red Ranger in Power rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo, Black Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Thunder.)
Has subsequently appeared in several films including Fall Guy in 2006, Paris in 2003 groupies in 1997, and Burning Desires in 1994. He also ahs made numerous television appearances both associated with his Power ranged roles and some that had nothing to do with that what so ever.
Walter Emanuell Jones (Zack the first Balck Ranger from MMPR)
Jones had a major role in the independent movie, The Dogwalker. He has appeared in other well-known productions, including a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the episode "Fear, Itself" and the Disney Channel Original Movie, Brink!.
He also appeared as Harlan Band in the Nickelodeon series Space Cases, his second role as a main character and as a teenager. He guest starred in an episode of Family Matters as Kissel, and portrayed a supporting character in the first season of The Shield named Rondell Robinson.
Jones also had a major role in the backyard wrestling movie Backyard Dogs, which spent time as the lowest-rated movie on the Internet Movie Database. As of August 2006 it was sitting at #8.
David Yost (BIlly, the blue ranger from MMPR)
In 1995, David Yost had a minor role in the film Ladykiller. In 2000, he portrayed a Playboy photographer in the made for TV movie After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped. He also was an associate producer for another made for TV movie,"The Mary Kay Letourneau Story" that same year.
In 2001, he first tried his hand at producing, working on the series Alien Hunter and Temptation Island, but has not been seen in front of the camera in some four years. He worked as the director of production for Sci-Fi Lab, headed by the Sci-Fi Channel. Yost then was the manager of licensing for Pioneer Entertainment where he sold completed television shows and films to such networks as Showtime, Starz/Encore and Cartoon Network.
In 2002, Yost performed in a play called "Fallen Guardian Angels" at "the complex" located in Los Angeles for APLA (AIDS Project Los Angeles). The play was about six actors dealing with the AIDS virus in different various situations. The proceeds went to benefit The Children's Hospitals AIDS Center. The entire production raised over $25,000 and Yost himself raised $5,000 for the hospital and received good reviews from LA Weekly Theatre.
Most recently in 2004, he worked as a field producer for a UK documentary called You Are What You Eat. Yost plans on continuing his producing and eventually wants to act on screen again.
Steve Cardenas (Rocky, the second red ranger in MMPR, and the blue ranger in Power Rangers: Zeo) After the series he moved to San Antonio, Texas where he teaches martial arts.
Jhnny Yong Bosch (Adam, Second black ranger in MMPR, and black ranger in power rangers Turbo.
After the Power Rangers, Johnny became very active in voice work landing numerous lead roles. Bosch has most recently been working as an English voice actor for various Japanese anime television series, video games and movies. (See below in Notable Roles for a list of his voice work)
Johnny is also the lead singer and lead guitarist of his band Eyeshine. He has an active web site with AVI's, Video Spoofs and a bulletin board that cover his band, Power Rangers and a wide variety of subjects. In February of 2006 the band released their first album, "How About That".
Karan Ashley ( Aisha, Second Yellow ranger in MMPR)
Since then, Karan has made guest appearances in TV shows such as Hangin' With Mr. Cooper and The Parkers, just to name a few, and acted in a few minor films like Taylor's Wall. Her first big debut as director and executive producer was the independent film Devon's Ghost: The Curse of Bloody Boy, alongside fellow Power Ranger alumni Johnny Yong Bosch and executive producer Koichi Sakamoto for Gag
Katherine Sutherland (Kat, the second pink ranger in MMPR and in Zeo and Turbo seasons)
She played the onscreen victim of a deranged serial killer in the 2000 film The Cell and while in the theatrical cut her entire screentime consisted of her as just a dead body, the DVD release contains deleted scenes of her before her character's death. She got the role in the movie by appearing on the Australian reality show "Dream Factory." (Interviews from this show also support her shock at being released from Power Rangers.)
She is one of the few Power Ranger actors to have appeared nude on film after her role ended.
Paul Schrier - His character Bulk has appeared in several of the Power ranger incarnations (MMPR, Zeo,Turbo, In Space, Lost Galaxy, and Wild Force) has done some voice over Animae work in Daigunder, Eagle riders and Teknoman.
Jason Narvy (Skull in MMPR, Turbo, Zeo, and In Space) is now an acting coach at UCSB.
For the rest check out this link...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers
2006-10-28 15:24:58
·
answer #1
·
answered by kveldulfgondlir 5
·
1⤊
0⤋