One Whitefish High School graduate and his mom have an entertaining hobby staring as background actors in TV shows and movies.

Brian Cain, who is a 2006 graduate of Whitefish High School and U.S. Army Afghanistan veteran, and his mother Liz Cain recently completed background work in an episode of Greg Nicotero’s horror series “Creepshow.”

The show is among a long list on both their resumes of work they’ve done either as background actors or as crew members for TV and film.

“We’re not looking for fame and fortune,” Liz said. “It’s a fun hobby that pays, when most hobbies you have to pay for.”

Brian says horror is his favorite genre so getting a chance to be involved in “Creepshow” was exciting. They played a mother and son who know they’re about to die.

“The blood and the makeup and costumes is fun,” he said. “We’re stuck in a prison cell and it’s intense and bloody and gory.”

Nicotero is best known as the producer and director for “The Walking Dead” series and is now focusing his talents on “Creepshow,” which is a six-episode feature based on the 1982 cult classic film of the same name. The series plays on Shudder, a streaming service dedicated to horror.

Brian also worked with Nicotero in 2016 on season six of “The Walking Dead.” He says he enjoys Nicotero’s style that doesn’t rely on computer generated graphics, but practical effects like makeup, robots and animatronics.

“It’s fun to have been part of that,” he said. “People wonder when they watch film and TV how they do that, and I know exactly how they did it.”

Liz got her background role in “Creepshow,” because they were looking for a “Tammy Faye Bakker wannabe,” she said.

“I had a puffy hair do that they sprayed with hairspray until it was like concrete,” she said. “They asked me to try to save it for three days so they wouldn’t have to redo it everyday. I went home and wrapped it in toilet paper, but it had blood dripping from it — so that was pretty creepy.”

Both now live in Florida relocating to care for Liz’s mother, but they began their work as background actors while living in Flathead Valley for 10 years. Brian’s earliest acting was done on the stage with the Whitefish Theatre Co.

They did some work in films around Montana and their last job here was with John Walsh on “America’s Most Wanted” for the 2011 episode about fugitive David Burgert who shot at Missoula County Sheriff’s deputies before fleeing into the mountains and prior to that had a standoff with law enforcement west of Kalispell.

Liz says working on the “America’s Most Wanted” episode remains one of her favorite jobs. She got to be a driver, location scout, do makeup and was production assistant. She’s also worked in craft services on other productions.

She likes being a background actor, but says she enjoys the whole process.

“It’s the most fascinating seeing all the facets that go into it,” she said. “The crew that all has to be paid before it all gets started. All the research that has be done.”

Brian says he’s enjoyed meeting people on the set — those who are famous and those like him who serve as background actors.

Brian played Sgt. Morgan in “Godzilla: King of Monsters” released last year. He spent four months working on the set of the film, and had a speaking part, but that was cut in production. He also played one of the miners in Mine 9, a movie that was inspired by a crew of men working in an underground mine in Appalachia when an explosion leaves them trapped.

Having a military background, has landed Brian several parts since he has experience with weapons and is prepared to play military roles. He’s met several fellow veterans on set.

“You make a lot of friends and when you’re working long days you get to know everybody,” he said. “The friendships that I’ve made are the biggest part for me of being involved in the film industry.”