Tim Daly

Tim Daly stars as straitlaced good-guy "Joe Hackett," a pilot and part owner of fledgling Nantucket-based commuter airline Sandpiper Air.

Daly grew up in Suffern, New York, the son of actors James (Medical Center) and Hope Daly. Both Tim and his sister Tyne (Cagney and Lacy) caught the acting bug at an early age, and after performing in numerous high school plays, Tim majored in Drama at Bennington College. He won his first professional role while still in school in a summer stock production of Equus, and headed for New York after graduation to study acting and singing. Only a year and a half later, in 1982, he was cast as Billy in Diner.

On television, Daly's first role was a recurring role as "Dr. Gillian" on the 1983 medical drama Ryan's Four. His other television credits include the miniseries I'll Take Manhattan, a portrayal of David Koresh in In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco, the voice of Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Animated Series, roles in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon and in the ABC miniseries Stephen King's Storm of the Century, and the role of "Dr. Richard Kimble" in the CBS revival of The Fugitive.

Steven Weber

Steven Weber stars as "Brian Hackett," Joe's appealingly mischievous younger brother, fellow pilot, and co-owner of Sandpiper Air.

Born in Queens, New York to a nightclub singer and a manager of Borscht Belt comedians, Weber grew up with plenty of exposure to show business. After graduating from New York's High School of the Performing Arts, he attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where he was a Drama/Theater Arts major. Two weeks short of graduation, however, he took off to star in the American Playhouse adaptation of the Mark Twain novel Pudd'nhead Wilson for PBS.

Weber met his wife, actress Finn Carter, on the set of the daytime drama As The World Turns. His other television credits include roles in the miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (in which he portrayed John F. Kennedy) and in Stephen King's The Shining, the voice of Hercules in Disney's animated series Hercules, the starring role on NBC's The Weber Show (a.k.a. Cursed), and a role on ABC's Once and Again. Weber's film credits include Single White Female, The Temp, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.

Crystal Bernard

Crystal Bernard stars as Helen Chappel, the sharp and attractive young woman who runs the airport lunch counter at the Sandpiper Air terminal and moonlights as a cello teacher.

A native of Houston, Texas, and the daughter of an evangelical Baptist minister, Bernard had the opportunity to travel and sing with her family starting at a very young age. She studied acting at Houston's Alley Theater, and enrolled in Baylor University at the age of 16. She majored in Drama and minored in International Relations, spending the summer after her freshman year as an exchange student in London and Paris.

One of Crystal's three sisters is also an actress, but Crystal was the first to try her luck in Hollywood, where she met with immediate good fortune. She quickly landed a national commercial, and soon after won her first major role, as a roller-skating hooker in Garry Marshall's< 1983 motion picture comedy Young Doctors In Love. Later that same year, she was cast as Richie Cunningham's cousin "K.C." during the final season of Happy Days.

Bernard's additional television credits include starring roles in the TV movie High School USA (oppiste Michael J. Fox) and in the USA Original Movie A Face to Kill For, as well as numerous episodic guest appearances on shows including Gimmie A Break and My Two Dads.

David Schramm

A Kentucky native, Schramm attended Bowling Green University and majored in English while also becoming intensely involved in theater. At the urging of his college acting teacher, he applied for and won a four-year graduate scholarship to Juilliard's newly formed drama school in New York.

During the summer of 1988, Schramm traveled to California to co-star with Rebecca De Mornay in Born Yesterday at the Pasadena Playhouse. This highly acclaimed and popular production brought Schramm to the attention of Hollywood, and he has worked steadily in television and film ever since.

David Schramm plays "Roy Biggins," the brash and overbearing owner of Joe's rival Nantucket commuter airline, Aeromass.

Thomas Haden Church

This tall, blond actor who went from playing the lovable yet intellectually clueless Lowell Mather on the NBC sitcom "Wings" to portraying bright young executive who makes a marriage of convenience on the Fox sitcom "Ned and Stacey".

Thomas Haden Church moved to California after stints as a radio disc jockey and commercial voice-over actor for in Texas. He played a sociopath in the independent feature film "Stolen Moments" and then guested on "Cheers" as a skating penguin. The latter role led to his being cast on "Wings" in 1989.

Thomas most recently showcased his comedic talents in the independent film The Specials*, directed by Craig Mazin. He also starred opposite Brendan Fraser in the hit comedy George of the Jungle* and opposite Marlon Brando in Free Money*.

Amy Yasbeck

Amy Yasbeck plays "Casey Chappel Davenport," the older sister and rival of Helen Chappel.

Yasbeck was born and raised in Cincinnati, the daughter of a grocery store proprietor and a homemaker. After moving to New York City, she was discovered by an agent who spied her working as a hostess in a restaurant. He began sending her on auditions, and eventually convinced her to move to Los Angeles.

Yasbeck made her television debut on the revival of Love, American Style as part of the comedy troupe that performed sketches on the show. Her additional TV credits include playing "Olivia," the villain-turned-heroine on NBC's daytime drama Days of Our Lives, and numerous guest-starring roles on series including Dallas, Magnum, P.I. (in a recurring role), China Beach, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, The Cosby Show, Designing Women, Quantum Leap, and It's Like, You Know... She also had a starrring role in the USA Original Movie Dead Husbands.

Yasbeck's film credits include Pretty Woman, Problem Child, Problem Child II, The Mask, Mel Brooks's Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and The Odd Couple II.

Rebecca Schull

Rebecca Schull stars as "Fay Evelyn Cochran," the relentlessly cheerful ex-stewardess who runs Sandpiper Air's ticket counter.

Schull was a full-time wife and mother raising three children until her husband's work took the family to Dublin, Ireland. In 1975, after studying at Dublin's Stanislavsky Studio, she performed in her first plays at the Dublin Focus Theater, including John Gabriel Borkman and A Delicate Balance. For the latter production, she won Best Performance in 1975 for her portrayal of "Agnes." That same year, Schull and her husband moved back to New York, where she continued to pursue acting.

Schull has guest-starred on numerous television series, including St. Elsewhere, Newhart, Roseanne, Frasier, and Law and Order. Other television credits include the acclaimed TV movie Stone Pillow with Lucille Ball, ABC's One Life to Live and Yulya for PBS.

On the big screen, Schull has appeared in The Odd Couple II and Analyze This.

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub plays Italian-immigrant cab driver "Antonio Scarpacci" on Wings. He also stars as "Adrian Monk" in the USA Network Original Series Monk.

Shalhoub has established himself as one of the most talented character actors working today. His numerous feature film credits include roles in Spy Kids, Galaxy Quest, The Siege, A Civil Action, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Impostors, Primary Colors, Gattaca, Men in Black, Big Night, Barton Fink, Honeymoon in Vegas, Quick Change, Longtime Companion, 13 Ghosts, and Life or Something Like It. He will be reprising two of his roles in the upcoming sequels Men in Black II and Spy Kids II.

Shalhoub had an especially memorable role in the USA Films release The Man Who Wasn't There (Winner for Best Director at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival), from Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand. Shalhoub recently finished filming Against the Ropes, opposite Meg Ryan and directed by Charles Dutton, and has completed production on his feature directorial debut, the independent film Made Up, in which he costars with his wife Brooke Adams and Gary Sinise.

Shalhoub's television credits include starring in the telefilm remakes of Gypsy and That Championship Season. He was also a series regular on the sitcom Stark Raving Mad.

Shalhoub's New York theater work includes stagings of "Waiting for Godot," "Conversations with My Father," "The Heidi Chronicles" and "The Odd Couple;" as well as New York Shakespeare Festival productions of "Henry IV Part 1" and "Richard III."

Farrah Forke

Farrah Forke is best known to television audiences as the smart mouth former Desert Storm helicopter pilot Alex Lambert on NBC's Wings. Forke stars as Nikki Harkin, the smart and beautiful guidance counselor at Harkin Academy in MR. RHODES.

Forke is a native of Corpus Christi, TX, but moved throughout Texas during her childhood. The name Farrah was bestowed upon Forke by way of another Corpus Christi native - Farrah Fawcett. Forke attended the prestigious Hockaday School with fellow classmate Carolyn Perot (daughter of Ross Perot). She attended the Del Mar College in Corpus Christi before moving to Dallas where she began her theater career. Forke's theater credits include The Rocky Horror Show; Barnum; The Odd Couple; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. In 1989, during a trip to New York City, Forke's parents encouraged her to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. For the next few years, she acted in commercials, on stage and in independent films.

Forke's television credits include a starring role in Dweebs and guest-starring roles in A Whole New Ball Game and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. She also starred in the telefilm Nurses on the Line. Her feature film credits include Heat, Disclosure and Whispers in the Dark.