Mary Lynn Rajskub (sometimes credited as Marylynn Rajskub) (pronounced “RICE-cub” or in IPA: [’raɪskʌb]) (b. June 22, 1971, Trenton, Michigan) is an American actress, artist, and comedian of Czech descent.

Born and raised in Trenton, Michigan, Rajskub later moved to Los Angeles where she became one of the original cast members of Mr. Show, and also had roles on The Larry Sanders Show, Shasta McNasty, and Veronica’s Closet.

In her time on Mr. Show, she was the real-life girlfriend of David Cross, leaving the show after the second season when they broke up.

She has since appeared in more dramatic roles, most notably her role as CTU tech analyst Chloe O’Brian on 24, which she joined in 2003 at the start of the show’s third season.

Her character was a hit with viewers and critics and was one of the few cast members to return in the show’s fourth season. After being a regular guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main cast member in the show’s fifth season. She is now lead female, with top billing second only to Kiefer Sutherland.

She also appeared in Kelsey Grammer’s The Sketch Show on Fox Television and numerous films including Serial Slayer (aka Claustrophobia), Mysterious Skin, Legally Blonde 2, Sweet Home Alabama, Dude, Where’s My Car?, Man on the Moon, Punch-Drunk Love, The Anniversary Party, Firewall, Little Miss Sunshine, Weezer’s music video for their song The Good Life, as well as portraying a blind girl in the film Road Trip.

She is also a skilled guitar player, and was part of a comic duo (with Karen Kilgariff) called Girls Guitar Club. In 2006, she made a cameo appearance in an episode of Gilmore Girls where she played a troubadour looking for her big break. (Rajskub had previously appeared on Gilmore Girls as the female lead in A Film by Kirk, a short film made by the character Kirk Gleason).

Rajskub has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program. She has an educational backgound as a painter, having attended the San Francisco Art Institute.

Selected filmography

• American Fork (2007) …. Peggy Orbison
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006) …. Pageant Assistant Pam
• Firewall (2006) …. Janet Stone
• Mysterious Skin (2004) …. Avalyn Friesen
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) …. Reena Giuliani
• Sweet Home Alabama (2002) …. Dorothea
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002) …. Elizabeth
• The Anniversary Party (2001) …. Mary-Lynn
• Storytelling (2001) …. Melinda (’Fiction’)
• Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) …. Zelmina - Cult Member
• Road Trip (2000) …. Blind Brenda
• Man on the Moon (1999) …. Friday’s Mary
• Magnolia (1999) (voice) …. Janet, Frank’s Assistant

CTU LA maintains a team of forensics specialists and have agents performing undercover assignments. The CTU seems to have basic powers of arrest, but many of its operatives show more leeway in how they arrest and question their subjects than other law enforcement agencies, both in the real world and the world of the show.

The liberties taken by CTU agents, particularly Jack Bauer, routinely violate established chains of command and would present incredible legal problems if attempted in the real world. CTU is described as working closely with the National Security Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office.

Seasons 4 and 5 of 24 indicated that the Director of CTU reports first to the US Secretary of Defense and ultimately to the President of the United States. During extreme crises the President takes direct control, often with a specific CTU branch (the one handling the crisis), in order to personally monitor an operation’s progress. The Director of the office managing the crisis is allowed to bypass the chain of command entirely and communicate directly with the President. CTU represent some combination of the powers vested in the FBI, CIA, NSA, and DHS.

The Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) is a fictional elite branch of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created after the 1993 World Trade Center Attack. Its headquarters are in Washington D.C. with satellite operations in major cities where threats are likely. CTU’s primary mission is to disrupt and destroy foreign and domestic terror cells hostile to the United States, as well as protect the U.S. from terror attacks. With an office in nearly every major city of the U.S., CTU also has a role in creating security policy and fighting groups of organized crime that fund terrorism.^[1]

CTU offices are run by a Director, also called the Special Agent in Charge, to whom the Director of Field Operations and the Chief of Staff report. The CTU offices report to a District Office, overseen by the District Director. District offices cover a larger amount of territory in their jurisdiction. Finally, the District office and all other offices report to a Division Headquarters, overseen by a Regional Director. This title implies that each Division Headquarters has jurisdiction over an entire region of the United States. It is likely that the Division Headquarters, run first by Ryan Chappelle and then Bill Buchanan, were responsible for the Pacific Coast, with other Divisions taking responsibility for other parts of the country.

CTU is also mentioned in the 2004 production of The Punisher as a previous place of employment for Frank Castle, probably an homage to 24.

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966 in London, England) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, best known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series 24. Sutherland also owns a recording studio and record label, called Ironworks.

As of 2006, Kiefer Sutherland has appeared in over fifty films, most notably “The Lost Boys”, “A Few Good Men”, “Flatliners”, “Young Guns”, “The Vanishing”, “Dark City”, and “A Time To Kill”. But since 2001, Sutherland is most widely associated with the role of Jack Bauer, on the critically acclaimed television series 24. After being nominated four times for the “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series” Primetime Emmy Award, Sutherland finally won the award in 2006 for his role in 24′s fifth season. His father, Donald, was also an Emmy winner; he won an Emmy award for his role in Citizen X in 1996. In the opening skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Sutherland also made an appearance as his 24 character Jack Bauer. He was also nominated for Best actor in a Drama Television Series in the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for “24″.

In 2005, Sutherland was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame where both of his parents have also been inducted in Toronto. Also regarding his famous father, Sutherland was the first Inside the Actors Studio guest to be the child of a former guest; his father, Donald, appeared on the show in 1998.

Sutherland was featured on the cover of the April 2006 edition of Rolling Stone, in an article entitled “Alone in the Dark with Kiefer Sutherland”. The article opened up with Sutherland revealing his interest to be killed off in 24. However, he had also stated,”Don’t get me wrong. I love what I do.” It also revealed that he devotes 10 out of 12 months a year working on 24.^[2]

He has starred in Japanese commercials for Calorie Mate,^[3] performing a parody of his Jack Bauer character. Sutherland also provided voiceovers for the current ad campaign of Ford of Canada. They all happen to be of Comedy. In mid 2006, he voiced the Apple Computer advertisement announcing the inclusion of Intel chips in their Macintosh computer line.^[4] He also voices the introduction to NHL games on the Versus network in the U.S.

The 24 cast has varied every season. The changes have ranged from small to almost the full cast. The only actors who appear in each of the six seasons are the main star, Kiefer Sutherland, and Glenn Morshower (Aaron Pierce, Special Agent with the United States Secret Service; a relatively minor character until Season Five).

The show has always had many guest stars not billed as main cast members, as well as Special Guest Stars from time to time. Special Guest Stars are usually former cast members making a return appearance, which can last from a single episode to almost an entire season, as do some guest stars. However, some special guest stars have been new characters usually played by well known film and television actors.

Day 5 starts and ends at 7:00 a.m. Eighteen months after Day 4, Jack is living under a new alias, as Frank Flynn. He is currently living with Diane and Derek Huxley, a family near the Mojave Desert, California. Meanwhile, an unknown figure orders the assassination of the only four people who know Jack is alive — Tony Almeida, Michelle Dessler, Chloe O’Brian and former President David Palmer — as an attempt to frame him. He returns to L.A. to clear his name, when a hostage situation erupts. It is soon realized that this was only a diversion by a collaboration of conspirators and Russian separatists to obtain 20 canisters of Sentox VX nerve gas. The gas was originally to be used to attack Moscow, but the separatists begin to release it in L.A. in retaliation after they discover a U.S. agent has infiltrated their organization. Jack attempts to search for the remaining canisters and expose treachery that goes deep within the White House.

Day 6 starts (and will end at) at 6:00 a.m. Taking place twenty months after the events of Day 5, Jack is released from Chinese custody to CTU agents in Los Angeles under a deal brokered by the new President Wayne Palmer. Jack is then sent to Abu Fayed to be sacrificed, in exchange for information regarding the whereabouts of Hamri Al-Assad, who is thought to have been causing a wave of suicide bombings across America over the last 11 weeks. However, Jack discovers that CTU has bargained with Fayed to hand over the wrong man, leaving the real terrorist (Fayed himself) free to continue his reign of terror upon various U.S. locations. Americans are in a state of panic because of all the attacks, and Jack, with the help of Bill Buchanan, Chloe O’Brian and others at CTU as well as Karen Hayes, Thomas Lennox and President Wayne Palmer in the White House, must stop these terrorists from detonating three Soviet-designed suitcase nuclear weapons as well as provide damage control for one that has already exploded in Valencia and another that almost went off somewhere in middle LA.

24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. It is broadcast in the USA by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. The show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial thirteen episodes. After leading actor Kiefer Sutherland won a Golden Globe for his role in the first 10 episodes, the ratings were boosted, which prompted FOX to order the second half of the series. Five seasons of 24 have been produced, and the sixth began airing on January 14, 2007. A motion picture based on the show is scheduled to be filmed in 2008 and will likely be released in 2009. Since Season 3, all the seasons have been premiered on Sky One, in the United Kingdom.

24 is presented in real-time with each season following a 24-hour period in the life of federal agent Jack Bauer (Sutherland) as he tries to prevent terrorist attacks. Based in Los Angeles, the show also follows the actions of others associated with the attacks, including the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) as well as the President and his many advisors.

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