Ray admits that he always knew he could make his friends laugh, but he never really gave standup comedy any serious thought until one fateful open-mike night at a New York comedy club in 1984. He did well, the bug bit hard and Romano was smitten. After several odd jobs including futon mattress delivery boy by day and comedian by night, he decided to pursue comedy full time, eventually winning a stand-up comedy competition that same year. Following that success, Romano's regular appearances at comedy clubs throughout the country led to guest spots on The Tonight Show Staring Johnny Carson, then with Jay Leno, and finally on The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS where Letterman recognized his talent and offered him a development deal with his production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. From that association, Everybody Loves Raymond evolved. Romano has since performed at the White House Correspondents Dinner, headlined the Toyota Comedy Festival at New York's Carnegie Hall, guest hosted Saturday Night Live, appeared on (and won $125,000 for charity) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and appeared on The Grammy Awards. In 2005 and 2003 as executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, he won two Emmys when the show was awarded Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2002 he won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor In a Comedy Series. In 1999 he was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series at The Golden Globe Awards. In 2000 he was nominated in for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series by the Screen Actors Guild, for the TV Guide Favorite Actor in a Comedy Award, and for the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male TV Performer. He won the Funniest Male Lead in a TV Series Award at the 14th Annual American Comedy Awards, and the 1999 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Comedy. Romano, who is originally from Forest Hills, NY, now lives with his wife and four children in Los Angeles.

 

Tom was born in New Jersey. He graduated from New York University with a degree in Finance and Management and began doing stand-up in New York City in 1989. He appeared on NBC's Friday Night and HBO Comedy Showcase. For nine years he was a writer on Everybody Loves Raymond, and as co-executive producer he won two Emmys when the show was awarded Outstanding Comedy Series in 2003 and 2005. During that period he also guest hosted The Late Late Show on CBS, and wrote for Ray when he twice-hosted Saturday Night Live. As a photographer, Caltabiano took over 25,000 behind-the-scenes photos of Raymond. A book of these photos, Everybody Loves Raymond: Our Family Album, was published by Simon & Schuster in May 2004. His photos have also appeared in TV Guide, The Los Angeles Times, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

 

Cheyenne, originally from New Jersey, was formally introduced to the film and television industry in New York City where, after high school, he began working as a production assistant on a number of productions including Someone Like You and Law & Order: SVU. Rather than paying for additional schooling, he used his college tuition to fund his move to Los Angeles where he would invest in a digital video camera and an editing system. Once there, he worked as a picture editor on a variety of cable access television shows while pursuing other crafts such as graphic design and creative writing. In 2002, while working as a production assistant on Everybody Loves Raymond, he was hired by Tom to edit 95 Miles to Go.

 

Roger studied film and television production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television and The Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood. In1998 he completed the USC / Universal Pictures Directing Program. He has directed commercials as well as music videos for some of Latin music's top new artists including Si Se–or and black:guayaba. In 2005 he produced the film adaptation of renowned science-fiction author Ray Bradbury's A Piece of Wood, and in 2008 he produced Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis.

 

Adam is a composer and a songwriter/producer. In addition to 95 Miles to Go, recent feature film credits include scoring the hit comedy Waiting for Lions Gate, Miramax's Sundance hit Blue Car, Saving Shiloh for Warner Bros., and Artisan Entertainment's Candyman III, among many others. He has also contributed songs to many feature soundtracks, including Universal's EDtv, Cruel Intentions 2, and Paramount's Dear God. He scored ABC's Sons and Daughters, and he has also scored shows for NBC, Disney, Discovery Channel, Bravo, and National Geographic Network, among others. Additionally, Gorgoni has written music for some of the biggest advertisers in the world, including AT&T, IBM, Toyota, Pontiac, Mastercard, Mattel, Kraft/General Foods. A native of New York City and the son of a studio musician, Gorgoni spent many of his earliest days in recording studios absorbing diverse styles and techniques of music making. He is a graduate of Harvard University and has also studied composition and orchestration at Manhattan School of Music and production/engineering at the Berklee College of Music. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

 

Nick wrote, produced, and directed the short film Jesus Tells A Joke which premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival and screened at festivals around the country and internationally. He has written and directed for the stage in New York and Los Angeles. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous films including Disclosure,Twister, Scent of a Woman and Mobsters. He has also participated in the Sundance Institute Filmmakers Lab and is a graduate of The Juilliard School. He and his wife GiGi, who is a writer, have one child, Cooper.