How many miles willing to travel for work:50 Residence:San Jose, California, United States Also available for work in:San Jose, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Morgan Hill, Fremont Transportation Licenses:Car Ethnicity:White/Caucasian I am a look-alike of:Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck Unique Attributes:Scars Known Accents:American LA, German, French, English, Irish, American Southern
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Biography
I started taking acting seriously about 2 years ago when my friends began shooting independent films and they wanted me to act in a couple of them. I was 18 at the time and I played the character, "Jacket Boy," which was a lot of fun for me. It was then that I discovered that this was the kind of work that I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I was in love the camera the first time it saw me. The film was well liked and I made about $250 selling copies at $5 a piece. This was a lot at the time for me especially since I had been out of work for a long time and clueless at what I wanted to do with my life. I had always been kind of a bad kid ever since a traumatic experience that occurred and persisted from the age of 10 to 13. Acting helped me survive and gave me goals and dreams instead of just fighting with punks and worrying about tomorrow. As an actor I keep my eyes on the horizon and a smile on my face.
I've done some work as a child, but most of my resume consists of film and stage acting that I have accomplished in San Jose, where I grew up, and Sonoma State University, where I currently go to school. I plan on moving down to Southern California in less than a year.
I've been finishing at the top of the classes at Sonoma State and my education has always been important to me, especially now that it includes my acting training. Whenever someone may have a couple lines of a given piece memorized, I'll always have the whole piece memorized and ready to deliver, with beat changes and other helpful methods in giving speeches or dialogue. I love what the moment brings when I'm up on stage or being filmed.
Background
Here is a copy of my resume, but if you email me or send me a message, I can send you a much less choppy copy of it.
Stage
Sonoma State University
Damn Yankees Henry Anne Woodhead
Independent Film
Gear Grinder Studios, San Jose
Revolver Jacket Boy Aurauz Azima
Self-Produced
Crack Kills Gibbons Rich Nickson
Fun Dead Ben Rich Nickson
Training
Acting Fundamentals Paul Draper, Stephanie Hunt
Voice of the Actor Stephanie Hunt
Beginning Singing Lynne Morrow
Speech of the Actor Danielle Cain
Stagecraft Joel Eis, Anthony Bish
Technical Theatre Anthony Bish
Hobbies and Skills: CA Drivers License, weight lifting, swimming, triathlons, singing, amateur rock bands.
Personal interests
I love driving around with my friends and experiencing life because there's so much out there that I'd love to see. I weight train for about 2 hours a day and then I swim for an hour after that bringing the work out total to 3 hours a day. 2 years ago I was extremely dedicated to training for triathlons. I also get together with my friends on occasion and we play some songs we wrote together. I'm the lead singer in a couple amateur rock bands and singing is definitely another one of my passions.
Entertainment Goals
To show the world my talents and potential as a professional actor. I love making people smile and keeping them entertained with my work, whether it's drama, comedy, action, horror or any other genre I find myself working in. This is my dream job and I love every moment in the spotlight.