Justin Tolchuck (Dan Byrd) is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just tyring to make it through the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin, with the help of his well-meaning mom Franny (Amy Pietz), aspiring-entrepreneur dad Gary (Scott Patterson) and his beautiful and popular younger sister Claire (Lindsey Shaw).

When Franny signs up for the school's international exchange student program, she pictures an athletic, brilliant Nordic teen who will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son. However, when the Tolchuk's exchange student arrives, he turns out to be Raja Musharaff (Adhir Kalyan, "Fair City"), a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim.

Despite the cultural chasm between them, Justin and Raja quickly develop an unlikely friendship that just might allow them to navigate the minefield that is contemporary high school.

Meet The Cast Of "Aliens In America"

Dan Byrd, plays  Justin Tolchuck. Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Byrd began acting at the age of 8 , and went on to develop his craft with performances in numerous theatrical productions in Atlanta.

Byrd has starred along side Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray in the teen take on a classic talke in the hit film "A Cinderella Story."


Adhir Kalyan, plays Raja. Kalyan was born and raised in Durban, South Africa, where his mother, Sanday Kalyan, is a member of Parliament in the South African National Assembly. He began his career in the South African theater, performing in productions of "Macbeth," "Oliver," "A Christmas Carol" and "The Ground Beneath Her Feet."

Kalyan has an impressive commmand of languages. He speaks both Afrikaans and French, and has a wide range of accents, including British, South African, Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani, Scottish, French and Australian.