Brandon Routh joins Chuck!

IMTA alum Brandon Routh is joining NBC's hip action- comedy television show Chuck for a multi-episode arc! He is scheduled to join for the season’s fourth episode. According to EW Brandon will play: “Shaw, a mysterious new spy who takes control as the new leader of Operation Bartwoski, becoming a mentor to Chuck (Zachary Levi) and a rival in his affections for Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski).”

Brandon is working on filming three movies: Dead of Night, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Unthinkable. In Dead of Night, he plays Dylan Dog who is a detective with extraordinary talents. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, he plays Todd Ingram in a story about how he has to defeat his crushes ex love interests to gain her attention. In Unthinkable, his role is as Agent Jackson in this tale of espionage and nuclear weapons!

After competing at IMTA New York 1999, Brandon said to IMTA in an interview, "It's great being here and meeting all the agents." Brandon's latest film Fling (aka Lie to Me) won awards at several film festivals where it was previewed. Fling actually stars two IMTA alumni; Steve Sandvoss and Brandon Routh! Before Superman Returns, Brandon was best known for his soap work, including roles on One Life to Live and the MTV nighttime soap, Undressed. Brandon is in post-production on the films, Miss Nobody and Stuntman.

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Americus Abesamis on Hell's Kitchen!

Americus Abesamis was just featured on Hell's Kitchen. He appeared on Season 5 Episode 4 and it can be seen on http://www.fox.com/. He appears on the last half of the episode. He also recently appeared as a security guard on the hit TV show Chuck! You can catch an encore viewing of his role on the Disney channel favorite show Hannah Montana! On March 17, in an episode called " We are All on This Date Together" Americus acts alongside IMTA alum and series regular Moises Arias.

Americus competed at IMTA in 1999 and 2000 and has been working ever since! He just wrapped the movie Duel of Legend where he plays Zhang. This film is expected to be released in Septemeber of 2009. He has had guest roles on The Sarah Silverman Show, In Case of Emergency, Monk, Bald, Strong Medicine, Lets Make a Deal, The Mentalist and Richard III. He was in the movies 50 First Dates and Pirates of the Caribbean, in a national commercial for Subaru and in a promo for a video game called Civilization: Revolution. Americus was a contestant on another IMTA alum, Brooke Burns, tv show Hole in the Wall. He recently did a Blue Cross/Blue Shield commercial which is airing in the Alabama! He and fellow IMTA alum Dani Muira appeared in the iCarly: iGo to Japan television movie Dani plays a Japanese concert-goer and Americus has the part of the toupee guard in this hilarious movie about the iCarly cast going to Japan to do their webshow!