NPA Success Stories
These actors started with National Performers Academy, and you can, too!
“If you can dream it, you can do it!”
Co-founder and Coach, Diana Horner
Dallas Dupree Young
Dallas Dupree Young is a rising American actor born on October 25, 2006, in Houston, Texas. He is best known for his recurring role in The Fosters, his starring role as Stuart in the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousins for Life, and for joining the cast of the hit Netflix series Cobra Kai in 2021.
Cobra Kai
Skyler Philpot
She began acting at the age of four and is best known for her recurring role as Steffi in Netflix's Raising Dion (2019–2022). She also starred in the title role of the feature film Where's Rose (2021) alongside Ty Simpkins and Anneliese Judge, appeared on NBC's Chicago Med, and won the Nova Star Award for her lead role in the Hallmark film Finding Love in Mountain View.
Raising Dion
The GatesTravis Caldwell
He began his career with an appearance on Zoey 101 in 2006 and went on to guest star on shows including Women's Murder Club, Without a Trace, and CSI: Miami. In 2010, he landed his most prominent role, starring as Charlie Monohan on ABC's supernatural drama The Gates, alongside Frank Grillo, Rhona Mitra, and Colton Haynes. Other TV credits include Parenthood, Wizards of Waverly Place, The Lying Game, The Neighbors, and Criminal Minds. He also contributed stunt work to the 2016 feature film The Magnificent Seven and has appeared in TV movies including Secrets in the Snow (2020) and NCIS: Los Angeles.
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The Cleaning LadyFaith Bryant
American actress and model from Houston, Texas, known for playing Jaz in Fox's crime drama The Cleaning Lady (2022–present) and Young Coretta in National Geographic's Emmy-winning Genius: MLK/X (2024). She also starred in the short film Piano Lessons, which won Best Short at the 23rd Taipei International Film Festival (2021).
Brandon James Roy
He first gained attention with roles in the 2018 projects Her Only Choice, where he played William, and the short film Dead Women Walking. That same year, he appeared in the popular NBC drama series Good Girls, playing an Elementary Student named Harry Hill — a role he reprised across two episodes spanning the show's run from 2018 to 2021.
Roy also appeared in the TV series All the Way Black in 2020, taking on the recurring role of Brandon, a son in the central family dynamic of the show.
Good Girls
Jarrod Bailey
He began acting at just eight years old, landing his first TV role in 2005. He is best known for his appearances in The Sessions (2012), Eleventh Hour, and Grey's Anatomy. His broader television credits include NCIS, Glee, Modern Family, Victorious, Criminal Minds, Kickin' It, Cold Case, and Lincoln Heights. On the film side, his credits include Boogeyman 2 (2007) and Chasing a Dream (2009)
Glee
Better Call SaulJeremiah Bitsui
Best known for his portrayal of Victor in the AMC series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Bitsui is of Navajo and Omaha descent. He started his career at the age of five as Mickey in the Japanese film Mickey's House. He is also known for his portrayal of Eagle Flies in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2. More recent work has been on Bosch and Yellowstone.
Movies Featuring our Talent
Tulsa KingGarrett Hedlund
Starred as the lead in Tron: Legacy (2010), played Dean Moriarty in the adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road (2012), appeared in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and starred in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken (2014). He later earned strong notices for Mudbound (2017) and appeared alongside Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac in Triple Frontier (2019). Showrunner in Tulsa King (2022-2025).
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Our Talent has been featured in:
Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer
Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl
Bedtime Stories
Blind Horizon
Boogeyman 2
Boston Legal
Breaking Bad
Country Strong
Cheaper by the Dozen I & II
Childrens Hospital
Criminal Minds
Cold Case
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
Death Sentence
Dexter
Desperate Housewives
Eragon
Everybody Hates Chris
Flash Forward
Four Brothers
Four Christmases
Georgia rule
Glee
Greys Anatomy
Hannah Montana
House M.D.
How I Met Your Mother
Lincoln Heights
MADtv
Marley & Me
Modern Family
Medium
Monk
Natural Born Killers
NCIS
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Parent Hood
Still Standing
The Cleveland Show
The Middle
The Lying Game
The Gates
The Switch
Tiger Eyes
Tron Legacy
Troy
Unbroken 2014
Valentines Day
Victorious
Without a Trace
Wizards of Waverly Place
Young and the Restless
Zoey 101