AL THOMPSON (Derrick)

Urged by a couple of buddies to try acting, Al got his first taste of production doing student films for New York University. His first TV job was a guest spot on “100 Centre Street” for famed director Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon), which he earned after leveling Lumet during the audition. Soon after, he was cast as Danny Glover’s son in the Academy Award nominated film, The Royal Tenenbaums. Al was cast two weeks later in the Warner Brothers teen love story, A Walk To Remember, where he co-starred opposite Shane West and Mandy Moore. Al found himself flying back and forth from New York and North Carolina to shoot the two projects simultaneously. He followed those two movies with the critically acclaimed made for TV movie, “A Season on the Brink: The Bobby Knight Story,” which was the first original movie made for the ESPN network. Next he landed a supporting role in the Warner Brothers feature film, Love Don’t Cost A Thing, starring opposite Nick Cannon and Steve Harvey.

When Al is not acting he keeps his basketball skills tuned by playing in the NBA Entertainment League, an entertainment celebrity charity league made up of players like Justin Timberlake, Ethan Hawke, and Ice Cube to name a few.


KAREEM SAVIÑON (Tico)

Kareem Saviñon was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York. At a young age he would commute each morning by train into the city so he could attend an elementary school that offered him a better education and creative enrichment. While attending this school, Kareem performed in numerous plays and discovered his passion for acting. He landed his first commercial at the age of 14, for Fao Schwartz, and continued performing until he went to college. He attended the University at Buffalo with hopes of becoming an Attorney and received his undergraduate degree in Political Science. After graduation, he realized that his passion still lay in acting, so instead of attending law school, he returned to New York City to pursue his dream of becoming an established actor.

Kareem’s ultimate goal is to bring forth change in the entertainment community by presenting a line of work that represents his Latin culture and upbringing, and becoming a new voice of the Latino community.