This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Scranton chapter.
Mandy Moore (Rebecca Pearson)
- Her birth name is Amanda Leigh Moore
- She was discovered by a UPS employee who overheard her singing and gave her demo to a friend at Epic Records
- She started a fashion line for tall women (she is 5’11)
- She toured with NSYNC
- Started her career as a singer, made her debut in acting in 2001 in the film Dr. Dolittle 2
Chrissy Mentz (Kate Pearson)
- She only had 81 cents in her bank account before she got the gig as Kate in This Is Us
- She majored in early childhood education at a community college in Gainesville Florida and aspired to be a teacher
- Lived in Japan for 8 years
- She sings in a band
- She was on American Horror Story
Milo Ventimiglia (Jack Pearson)
- He knew he wanted to be an actor when he was a teenager
- He became a theater major at the University of California
- He become famous from his character on Gilmore Girls
- He spends his free time working with vets through the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, his dad was a Vietnam Veteran
- He does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol
- He was born with a “crooked mouth” and had damaged nerves on the left side of his mouth, which caused the side of his mouth to become immobile.
- He is a vegetarian
Stearling K. Brown (Randall Pearson)
- He married his college sweetheart
- He went to both NYU and Stanford
- His celebrity crush is Sarah Paulson
- He has two sons (a five-year-old and an 11-month-old)
- He first studied economics in college before switching to acting
Chris Sullivan (Toby)
- He trained as a competitive tennis player for 13 years
- He initially gained fame for his role as Tom Cleary on the Steven Soderbergh-directed TV series The Knick
- He was born in Palm Springs, California
- He’s always wanted to be an actor and gave his first audition at 14
- His first filmed performance was in a pilot with Jason Isaacs, which didn’t get picked up
Justin Hartley (Kevin Pearson)
- Attended Southern Illinois University where he majored in theater and history
- Although Hartley only recently became well known for his role in This is Us, his net worth is $5 million.
- He loves yard work such as gardening
- He has a 12-year-old daughter, Isabella
Susan Kelechi Watson (Beth Pearson)
- Both of her parents were from Jamaica
- She trained as a dancer
- She was born in Brooklyn, New York
- She’s won a Screen Actors Guild Award
- She almost quit acting before accepting her role on This Is Us. She stated, “All of the sudden I just believed again, like, ‘I didn’t come this far for it not to happen. I’m going to enjoy this again.’ It’s the best thing I have to give. So I had to get my personal joy back, and then things started to change.”