Supporting Cast, part one
Full Name: Kevin Katsuro Kochi
Nickname: Katz
Race: Japanese-American
Age: 29 (April 10th, 1978)
Eye Color: brown
Glasses or contacts? Glasses (Just slightly farsighted)
Hair color length and style: brown, short and ungelled
Weight and height: 5'6", 140 lbs
Occupation: Fingerprint specialist
Relationship Status: single
Family Background: Mother: Akemi Kochi (stay-at-home mom); Father: Ichiro Kochi (engineer); Sister: Mallory Manami Kochi (Stanford student majoring in psychology). Katz and Mallory are a fourth generation Japanese Americans (Yonsei). His father's side of the family was interned at one of the Japanese internment camps in California. (His mother's side of the family lived in New York and were not interned.) Grandparents live in Salem, OR, parents live in August, GA.
Work Background: Went to Mercer University in Georgia because they offered him a four-year scholarship in criminal justice. Interned at the crime lab in Macon, GA for a year after graduation. Got a job in Atlanta and then transferred to New Orleans a year later.
Random Facts: Was fascinated by fingerprints at an early age. Only wears glasses when in the lab, looking at prints. Plays bass guitar in a band in his spare time. Has a crush on Jessica.
(Katz is played by Teppei Teranishi.)
Full Name: Caesar Alano Cochrane
Nickname: responds to Caesar, Alano and Alan
Race: Greek/Spanish-American
Age: 32 (June 20th, 1974)
Eye Color: brown
Glasses or contacts? contacts
Hair color length and style: shaggy dark brown
Weight and height: 5'8", 149 lbs
Occupation: AV specialist
Relationship Status: Engaged
Family Background: Mother: Macaria Cochrane (college professor); Father: Francisco Cochrane (prosecutor); Brother: Markus Basilio Cochrane (surgeon); Fiancée: Angelica LeBeouf (psychic). Parents met in NYU, where reside now. Caesar met Angelica in New Orleans, when he came down for a conference. He went out for a drink with friends and they all wanted to see a psychic. Caesar was so infatuated with Angelica, he asked if she saw him in her future. She mysteriously avoided the question. After moving to NO, he accidentally bumped into Angelica at work and have been together ever since. Asked Angelica to marry him after two years. They now live together, but have made no future plans for the wedding.
Work Background: Went to New York Film Academy for a year before transferring to NYU and getting his criminal justice degree. Did two years of freelance work in both New York and New Jersey before craving warmer weather and moving down to Phoenix, AZ. Worked with the Phoenix police for three and a half years before transferring down to New Orleans.
Random Facts: Self-proclaimed video game nerd. Owns both a PC and a Mac, because games are better on the PC, but movies are better on Macs. Makes short films in his spare time. Likes to tape and/or take pictures of Angelica. Claims electronics are his second love.
(Caesar is played by Justin Long.)
Full Name: Anthony Sebastien Lacey
Nickname: Tony
Race: Cajun
Age: Looks 30; real age is probably 300.
Eye Color: blue-ish grey
Glasses or contacts? wears contacts to make eyes look more brown
Hair color length and style: black, short and gelled to be messy
Weight and height: 6'4", 162 lbs
Occupation: DNA specialist
Relationship Status: Widowed
Family Background: Mother: Frances Maybell Lacey (deceased); Father: Reynard Joseph Lacey (deceased); Maker: Charles David Bouvier (unknown if dead or alive). On a trip to Paris to celebrate his 30th birthday, Anthony and his wife Marianne were attacked by Charles. After killing Marianne, Charles turned Anthony into a vampire. Anthony, who despised Charles for killing his wife, fled back to Mississippi, but his mother and father had heard news that he and Marianne had died in Paris and, consumed with grief, lived the rest of their lives secluded on their plantation.
Work Background: After leaving MS for New Orleans, Anthony worked various night jobs. By the 1990's, Anthony had stashed a lot of money in his house outside of New Orleans. He started going to night school, eventually getting a degrees in chemistry, biology and human physiology. He got the job in the NO crimelab right after getting his last degree.
Random Facts: Is a vampire and therefore only works the nightshift. When Yvet, impressed by Tony's resume, hired him, he was so happy, that he confided in her about his vampirism. So far, she is the only one he has ever told. On his nights off, he goes to the NO vampire bars, where volunteers give blood to vampires who need it. Has a brand from CDB on the left side of his ribcage; tells everyone who sees it that it was a stupid college prank.
(Tony is played by Jared Leto.)
Full Name: Jessica Comeau
Nickname: Jess, Jessie
Race: Cajun
Age: 31 (October 26th, 1975)
Eye Color: green
Glasses or contacts? none
Hair color length and style: dark brown hair with light brown highlights, just past the shoulders
Weight and height: 5'7", 133 lbs
Occupation: Trace specialist
Relationship Status: divorced single mom
Family Background: Daughter: Diana Comeau (in preschool); Ex-Husband: Thomas Comeau (jazz musician); Mother: Claudia Desrosiers (artist); Father: Roger Desrosiers (businessman); Sister: Megan Lefebvre (club owner and bartender). Met Thomas while in UNO. Married after a year after graduating. Had Diana after trying for two years. Divorced Thomas recently, but they are still on friendly terms. (Reason for divorce was mutual.) Jess gets Diana three days, while Thomas gets her three days, and they spend Sunday together with Jess's parents.
Work Background: Graduated from University of New Orleans with a four year degree in both Chemistry and Forensic Science. Worked with NOPD right out of college, after interning there.
Random Facts: Loves her daughter more than anything else in the world and spends most of her free time with her. Still has feelings for Thomas, but agrees that splitting was for the best. Has not started dating yet.
(Jess is played by Amerie.)
Nickname: Katz
Race: Japanese-American
Age: 29 (April 10th, 1978)
Eye Color: brown
Glasses or contacts? Glasses (Just slightly farsighted)
Hair color length and style: brown, short and ungelled
Weight and height: 5'6", 140 lbs
Occupation: Fingerprint specialist
Relationship Status: single
Family Background: Mother: Akemi Kochi (stay-at-home mom); Father: Ichiro Kochi (engineer); Sister: Mallory Manami Kochi (Stanford student majoring in psychology). Katz and Mallory are a fourth generation Japanese Americans (Yonsei). His father's side of the family was interned at one of the Japanese internment camps in California. (His mother's side of the family lived in New York and were not interned.) Grandparents live in Salem, OR, parents live in August, GA.
Work Background: Went to Mercer University in Georgia because they offered him a four-year scholarship in criminal justice. Interned at the crime lab in Macon, GA for a year after graduation. Got a job in Atlanta and then transferred to New Orleans a year later.
Random Facts: Was fascinated by fingerprints at an early age. Only wears glasses when in the lab, looking at prints. Plays bass guitar in a band in his spare time. Has a crush on Jessica.
(Katz is played by Teppei Teranishi.)
Full Name: Caesar Alano Cochrane
Nickname: responds to Caesar, Alano and Alan
Race: Greek/Spanish-American
Age: 32 (June 20th, 1974)
Eye Color: brown
Glasses or contacts? contacts
Hair color length and style: shaggy dark brown
Weight and height: 5'8", 149 lbs
Occupation: AV specialist
Relationship Status: Engaged
Family Background: Mother: Macaria Cochrane (college professor); Father: Francisco Cochrane (prosecutor); Brother: Markus Basilio Cochrane (surgeon); Fiancée: Angelica LeBeouf (psychic). Parents met in NYU, where reside now. Caesar met Angelica in New Orleans, when he came down for a conference. He went out for a drink with friends and they all wanted to see a psychic. Caesar was so infatuated with Angelica, he asked if she saw him in her future. She mysteriously avoided the question. After moving to NO, he accidentally bumped into Angelica at work and have been together ever since. Asked Angelica to marry him after two years. They now live together, but have made no future plans for the wedding.
Work Background: Went to New York Film Academy for a year before transferring to NYU and getting his criminal justice degree. Did two years of freelance work in both New York and New Jersey before craving warmer weather and moving down to Phoenix, AZ. Worked with the Phoenix police for three and a half years before transferring down to New Orleans.
Random Facts: Self-proclaimed video game nerd. Owns both a PC and a Mac, because games are better on the PC, but movies are better on Macs. Makes short films in his spare time. Likes to tape and/or take pictures of Angelica. Claims electronics are his second love.
(Caesar is played by Justin Long.)
Full Name: Anthony Sebastien Lacey
Nickname: Tony
Race: Cajun
Age: Looks 30; real age is probably 300.
Eye Color: blue-ish grey
Glasses or contacts? wears contacts to make eyes look more brown
Hair color length and style: black, short and gelled to be messy
Weight and height: 6'4", 162 lbs
Occupation: DNA specialist
Relationship Status: Widowed
Family Background: Mother: Frances Maybell Lacey (deceased); Father: Reynard Joseph Lacey (deceased); Maker: Charles David Bouvier (unknown if dead or alive). On a trip to Paris to celebrate his 30th birthday, Anthony and his wife Marianne were attacked by Charles. After killing Marianne, Charles turned Anthony into a vampire. Anthony, who despised Charles for killing his wife, fled back to Mississippi, but his mother and father had heard news that he and Marianne had died in Paris and, consumed with grief, lived the rest of their lives secluded on their plantation.
Work Background: After leaving MS for New Orleans, Anthony worked various night jobs. By the 1990's, Anthony had stashed a lot of money in his house outside of New Orleans. He started going to night school, eventually getting a degrees in chemistry, biology and human physiology. He got the job in the NO crimelab right after getting his last degree.
Random Facts: Is a vampire and therefore only works the nightshift. When Yvet, impressed by Tony's resume, hired him, he was so happy, that he confided in her about his vampirism. So far, she is the only one he has ever told. On his nights off, he goes to the NO vampire bars, where volunteers give blood to vampires who need it. Has a brand from CDB on the left side of his ribcage; tells everyone who sees it that it was a stupid college prank.
(Tony is played by Jared Leto.)
Full Name: Jessica Comeau
Nickname: Jess, Jessie
Race: Cajun
Age: 31 (October 26th, 1975)
Eye Color: green
Glasses or contacts? none
Hair color length and style: dark brown hair with light brown highlights, just past the shoulders
Weight and height: 5'7", 133 lbs
Occupation: Trace specialist
Relationship Status: divorced single mom
Family Background: Daughter: Diana Comeau (in preschool); Ex-Husband: Thomas Comeau (jazz musician); Mother: Claudia Desrosiers (artist); Father: Roger Desrosiers (businessman); Sister: Megan Lefebvre (club owner and bartender). Met Thomas while in UNO. Married after a year after graduating. Had Diana after trying for two years. Divorced Thomas recently, but they are still on friendly terms. (Reason for divorce was mutual.) Jess gets Diana three days, while Thomas gets her three days, and they spend Sunday together with Jess's parents.
Work Background: Graduated from University of New Orleans with a four year degree in both Chemistry and Forensic Science. Worked with NOPD right out of college, after interning there.
Random Facts: Loves her daughter more than anything else in the world and spends most of her free time with her. Still has feelings for Thomas, but agrees that splitting was for the best. Has not started dating yet.
(Jess is played by Amerie.)