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The O.C.: Created by Josh Schwartz. With Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody. A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California.
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- 2003-08-05
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Dec 25, 2023 · Over the course of more than 300 episodes, 26 main cast members have appeared on the flagship series, forming 17 different groups of between five and seven stars.
Aug 5, 2023 · See how the rest of the cast, including Mischa Barton, Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson, have changed since their time spent in Orange County.
- Ben Mckenzie as Ryan Atwood
- Mischa Barton as Marissa Cooper
- Adam Brody as Seth Cohen
- Rachel Bilson as Summer Roberts
- Peter Gallagher as Sandy Cohen
- Kelly Rowan as Kirsten Cohen
- Tate Donovan as Jimmy Cooper
- Melinda Clarke as Julie Cooper
- Chris Carmack as Luke Ward
- Autumn Reeser as Taylor Townsend
Ben McKenzie played the broody central character Ryan Atwood for all four seasons of The O.C. The show begins with Ryan being arrested after a botched car robbery with his brother. Ryan meets his public defender, Sandy Cohen, who sees Ryan as a victim of his circumstances full of untapped potential. Soon Ryan finds himself living with Sandy and his...
This British-American actress began her career as a child but didn't become a household name until the 2003 release of The O.C. Almost overnight, Mischa Barton became a tabloid sensation, with publications seeming to graft the self-destructive party girl identity of Barton's character Marissa onto her off-screen life. Marissa goes from riches to ra...
At times during The O.C.'s run, it felt like Adam Brody's Seth Cohen was a California re-skin of his Gilmore Girls character Dave Rygalski.Seth's quick-talking pop culture references sometimes feel out of place in Newport, but that's for a reason. A lonely outcast until Ryan comes to live with his family, Seth blossoms with his new adoptive brother...
Bilson's Summer started the series as a recurring character before Bilson's magnetic portrayal upgraded her to regular status halfway through season one. Initially the epitome of the shallow, self-centered Southern California stereotype, Summer shows more vulnerability and depth as the series progresses. Through her devotion to her friendship with ...
Veteran actor Peter Gallagher played generous Cohen family patriarch Sandy across all four seasons of The O.C. Sandy, a public defender from a rough background in New York City, saw similarities with Ryan that led him to bring the troubled teen home. Through the show, Sandy advocates for what's right, never giving up on his idealistic mission to sa...
The men in her life somewhat define Kirsten's character—they quite literally surround her. She's Sandy's wife, Seth's mom, the daughter of a real estate magnate called "the Donald Trump of the West Coast" (remember this series came out before his presidential term), and she lives next door to her high school boyfriend, Jimmy Cooper (Tate Donovan). ...
Heavy hitter Tate Donovanplayed troubled investment banker Jimmy Cooper, the somewhat absent father of Marissa and Kaitlin Cooper. At the beginning of the show, the audience discovers that Jimmy's investments have not been as fruitful as he expected. He is being investigated by the government for embezzlement and his assets are frozen, thrusting th...
Melinda Clarke's Julie Cooper goes on quite the journey over the course of The O.C. Initially a gold-digger who is quick to leave husband Jimmy after his money dries up, Julie next sets her sights on her frenemy Kirsten's father Caleb Nichol (he's the "west coast Donald Trump" we mentioned earlier). Caleb passes shortly after marrying (and filing f...
Starting the series as an antagonist (the human obstacle between Ryan and Marissa getting together), Luke becomes a likable character by the time he leaves Newport. Luke starts the series as the king of young Newport society Marissa's long-term boyfriend, who is threatened by her budding connection with Ryan. After Ryan helps save his life, Luke wa...
Autumn Reeser's Taylor Townsend was never really given a chance to flourish on The O.C. Promoted to series regular to replace Mischa Barton's Marissa Cooper after that character's untimely demise, Taylor only appeared as a main character in the final season of the show. Taylor is involved in several storylines, from a problematic affair with the De...
Aug 5, 2023 · The teen drama starred Ben McKenzie, Mischa Barton, Adam Brody, and Rachel Bilson. Here's what the cast has been up to in the years since, from more acting jobs to writing books. Advertisement....
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Oct 21, 2024 · The cast of 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' (L to R): Gretchen Rossi, Lynne Curtin, Tamra Judge and Vicki Gunvalson
