The Current Team
Some have been here from the start, others are brand new.
Scroll below to see all recurring cast and crew from 2018-2023
Jon is the script writer, director, and video editor for our science videos. He is a graduate student studying effective field theories.
Noah is an actor who made his premiere performance as the antagonist in the 2023 tv-episode-length Christmas Special. He is a graduate student studying observational astronomy.
Dave made a special acting role playing the department chair in our 2023 "The Physics Department" Christmas Special. He is the outreach director at the Purdue Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Ethan is an actor, playing the lead in our tv-episode-length 2023 Christmas special, "That Good Night". He is a graduate student studying particle physics.
Tess has edited scripts starting in 2022 and made her acting depute in the 2023 Christmas special. She is a graduate student studying astrophysics.
Parker, while under 10 has had feature roles acting in 4 videos appearing in 2 more in supporting roles. She is an aspiring astronaut and astronomer.
Peyton, under 10, has had feature acting roles in 2 Christmas Specials and has appeared in 2 other videos. She is an aspiring paleontologist.
The Next Phase
Expanded Talent Joining 2021-2023
Justin is an actor playing supporting roles in "The Physics Department" series of videos. He is a graduate student studying AMO Physics.
Cecilia has the distinction of being the first member with actual theater and stage acting experience, she starred in our most popular short film, Sign. She is a graduate student studying astrophysics and instrumentation.
Ash scripted edited videos and acted in a video throughout 2023. She is a graduate student studying astrophysics and cosmology.
Hunter provided his skills as an actor "Sign". As a graduate student he studied nanofabrication technologies and their applications for x-ray astronomy before becoming the lab coordinator at Arizona State University.
Chase provided skills both as an actor and special effects director. He is a graduate student studying high energy astrophysics.
New Heroes Rise
Like any great team, our membership grew 2018-2020
Amber got involved soon after our first episode filming and/or script editing the subsequent Heroic Physics episodes. Amber is a high school physics teacher!
You know who the unsung heroes of any movie or tv show are? The extras willing to be the thugs, redshirts, random body doubles, and non-speaking roles to complete any empty scene. And we have all of that in our man, Harold: always up to the task of filling in any vacant part. Just wait until he becomes Robin! Harold is a graduate student studying astrophysics!
Andrew has more to say than any of our cast and crew. In fact, if he was writing this, this page would never end. Andrew, to give a short description, gives the crew energy when we feel shot. Andrew is the Batman. Andrew is a undergraduate majoring in physics.
What more can we say about Colton than what has already been said? He's the most popular recurring guest star, oh and he's a high school physics teacher!
Dom is perhaps coolest member. He plays the student, Green Lantern, and Nightwing. He is a middle school science teacher!
While not appearing in any video perse, his voice has left quite an impression on Heroic Science. Josh, has provided Heroic Science with comedic narration and an unforgettable epic space voice! He teaches high school physics!
Hannah provides the voice of Felicity in our videos that feature elements from the Green Arrow universe and narrates our professor profiles. She's a high school physics teacher!
The Team: The Original Three
The Team that Launch the Channel in 2018 with "Flash Physics"!
Jon created the Heroic Science channel. He writes all the scripts not about history, directs and video edits all videos, and presents the flagship show, Heroic Physics. Jon is a graduate student studying computational Physics.
Matt is the heart and humor of Heroic Science. It was his idea to infuse comedy to the core of Heroic Physics. To those who watch our videos, Matt is known as the Flash as well as the weird guy who talks about history. Matt is a high school history teacher (what a guy!).
Alex is often the unsung hero of our group. He has made minor to major edits on most of the scripts and has filmed many videos. In addition to his technical assistance, Alex is Heroic Science's (not) Green Arrow. Alex is a graduate student studying Mechanical Engineering.
One Hit Wonders & Cameos too: Our attempt to credit all the amazing people who have lent their time to help share the wonders of physics.
Michael Gildersleeve created original music for "That Good Night"
August Bliese played Andrew in "That Good Night"
Alaina Watson played a Physics Teacher in "That Good Night"
Thomas Slamecka, Danielle Dickenson, and Allison Loper played Students 1, 2, and 3 in "That Good Night"
Zain Abdin, Santosh Bhandari, Chole Fanning, Michael Gildersleeve, Anirudh Kumar, Hilary Pobanz, and Mohan Birkram Nepane were extras in "That Good Night"
Matthew Summers played Josh in "The Ides of March"
Dr. Rainer Grobe and Dr. Epaminondas Rosa of Illinois State University for Cameos in "Heroic Physics 7.5"
David Fehr as background parts in "Scarlet Night" and "Heroic Physics 7.5" https://physics.uiowa.edu/people/david-fehr
Jacob Fruchtman and Ian Masson as background students in "Heroic Physics 7.5"
Ni'Gere Epps as the News Reporter in our Holiday Specials https://nigereepps.me/
Dylan Blend as himself in "Scarlet Night" https://physics.uiowa.edu/people/dylan-blend
Kevin Hall minor roles in "Scarlet Night" and voice overs in 2022 Trailer https://physics.uiowa.edu/people/kevin-hall
Dr. Dan Holland, professor and chair of the Illinois State Department of Physics as Alfred https://physics.illinoisstate.edu/faculty-staff/profile.php?ulid=dlholla
Hunter Kisandi as the Riddler: Check out his channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rSuqHsYL80qKiaWfmALhg
Zoryana Smozhanyk as the Problem Solving Voice in "To Solve a Physics Problem"
Professor Raymond Zich as the Teacher in "To Solve a Physics Problem" https://www.phy.ilstu.edu/~zich/
Tom Sturino as Tom in "Tom and the Terrible, Horrible, Non-Solvable Physics Problem"
Justin Hayward as Captain America in "It's the Holiday Season... Already?"
Brighton Coe as self in "It's the Holiday Season... Already?"
Tori Edelman script edited "Newton & the Flash"
Cory Hicks as Goon #2 in "Nightfall"
Ellie Cruse, Francesca Trigillo, and Aidan Maguire as PHY 108 students in "Forces of the Knight"