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Brian Earl Thompson was born on August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington. Raised on the Columbia River in Longview, he learned the value of academics and athletics, as the son of two teachers and the second of six siblings. His interest in acting was first sparked during his senior year of high school with the role of the Russian ballet instructor, Boris Kolenkhov, in the comedy "You Can't Take it With You". Under the pretense of attending Central Washington University to play football and study business management, he quietly auditioned for every available play, treading the boards for a dozen school productions, from musicals and operas to the more lighthearted fare of Neil Simon.
Earning a scholarship to the University of California-Irvine, he sailed through a three-year Master of Fine Arts program, learning from such theatrical luminaries as playwright Edward Albee, Robert Cohen and Jerzy Grotoswski, and supplementing his education through work with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He began to audition theatrically before graduation, and by that time, he had his SAG card, an agent and five professional credits, including James Cameron's The Terminator (1984), where he and Bill Paxton's clothes were forcibly removed by a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger. About a year after Arnold took Brian's clothes, Sylvester Stallone wanted a hack at Brian as well. After seven auditions and a screen test, Brian earned the right to get impaled on a meat hook, then burned alive, Stallone's Cobra (1986). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and most projects.
Brian has tackled two superhero roles as well: first, Conan the Librarian (1999), starring red in the title role, a PBS special to encourage kids to read. He also earned critical acclaim playing the larger-than-life role of Hercules in Jason and the Argonauts (2000). Probably the first role that demanded use of his classical background as well as his 6' 3" muscled frame. Brian says that no gym can claim him as a member, and that his physique is kept honed by years of windsurfing and kitesurfing. Taking a curiously "musical" approach to his craft, the actor continually seeks fresh rhythms for each new role. Brian verifies his well-rounded nature with a resume that lists such special skills as martial arts (black belt Hapkido), piano and sushi rolling. He currently resides at home with his son Jordan and daughter Daphne.- Actor
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In October 2012, Ric was awarded the Joe Gold Lifetime Achievement Award in Las Vegas at the World Gym convention. Ric was the first and only person ever to receive this award for his contributions to Bodybuilding, creating the famous Gold's Gym and World Gym logo and his talk show Ric's Corner which goes back to the history of the Golden Era of Bodybuilding.- Additional Crew
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Halfbreed Billy Gram developed a cult following and fan base based upon his work in various entertainment genres. He was the singer/frontman for Philadelphia punk/metal band Saints in Hell, whose other members included Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham who later rose to stardom in the band Cinderella. Gram also had a successful Indy solo CD/album in 1991. The project and band were called Ghostdance Tribe. Gram sang, played guitar and wrote the material for GDT. The mixed blooded entertainer became a very visible activist for Native Sovereignty and treaty rights, particularly in the struggle of the Iroqouis people. He also was for many years a traditional dancer and pow wow singer and drummer. Billy also had a run as a personal appearance manager for dozens of celebrities, most of them horror genre actors, booking their appearances at various horror conventions and autograph shows. The venture that brought Gram the most public notoriety has probably been his years as a professional wrestling manager for various independent promotions in the US. He created and leads a faction known as Cult Fiction,with Gram portraying a Charles Manson-esque character who leads a group of the most feared and brutal wrestlers on the Indy scene. Known for his talking/promo skills, Billy developed a reputation among the fans as the most hardcore, non-wrestler manager in the history of that business, due to his willingness to be physically abused in violent and shocking manners, taking beatings and being assaulted and maimed with various implements including steel chairs, barbwire, thumbtacks, tables, fluorescent light tubes, trashcans and staple guns (including the only known use of an electric one in professional wrestling).- Murder Clown is known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), AAA Fusion (2012) and El Señor de los Cielos (2013).
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Thin, intense, antsy, and often unnerving character actor Frank Doubleday usually portrayed creepy villains in both movies and TV shows alike from the mid-1970's up until the early 1990's. Frank was born on January 28, 1945 in Norwich, Connecticut and came with his family to Los Angeles, California at age six. Doubleday made his film debut as an aggressive switchblade-wielding punk thug in the hilariously raunchy comedy The First Nudie Musical (1976). Doubleday's lean, hollow-eyed, sunken-cheeked face, closely cropped light blonde hair, skinny limbs, and slim build gave him a striking and potent screen presence that was put to especially effective use in two pictures for director John Carpenter: He's genuinely scary as the vicious street gang leader who kills little girl Kim Richards in cold blood in the terrific urban action classic Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and was likewise memorably freaky as Isaac Hayes' ghoulish flunky "Romero" in the excellent futuristic science fiction cult favorite Escape from New York (1981). Doubleday's other noteworthy parts are a mob kingpin's conceited jerk son in Avenging Angel (1985), a fidgety prison inmate in the nifty science fiction item Space Rage (1985), a ferocious member of a roving murderous band of supernatural Eskimo spirits in the spooky Nomads (1986), a mercenary in Broadcast News (1987), and a sweaty, twitchy hoodlum who holds a bunch of fat ladies hostage in a laundromat in the funky urban science fiction hoot Dollman (1991). Among the TV shows Doubleday did guest appearances on are Amazing Stories (1985), Sledge Hammer! (1986), Stingray (1986), T.J. Hooker (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981), CHiPs (1977), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Charlie's Angels (1976), Wonder Woman (1975) and Starsky and Hutch (1975). Outside of acting, Frank also directed stage plays and taught acting at the Hollywood Court Theater. Doubleday died at age 73 from esophageal cancer on March 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.- My name is BLACKF1R3. I am from Nashville, TN, USA. I live/reside in the Orlando, Florida, USA area. I was born on Friday, October 13th, 1995. I am a libra to the core.
I am an Independent Hard Rock & Metal Lead and Rhythm Guitarist, IATSE local union 835 employee & Stagehand. I help build concert stages for stadiums, arenas, convention centers, and concert halls. (The Stadium Tour 06.19.2022 Camping World Stadium, 08.26.2022 Daddy Yankee Tour-Amway Center Orlando, Florida USA, Red Hot Chili Peppers-09.14-15.2022 Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida, USA.
Developing artist of BMI (through : Music Headquarters - Will be getting back with them soon). Aspiring Actor for all rolls. Open for all opportunities given.
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Brimstone has had a successful and rewarding career spanning well over four decades; participating in numerous entertainment fields boasting a list of titles including professional wrestler, radio host/professional podcaster, actor, voice actor, author, musician, philanthropist, food critic, horror model, and comic book/animated/children's book/video game hero. He's been called a Renaissance man by many, but more accurately described as a well seasoned entertainer and serial entertainment entrepreneur.
As a child actor, he made appearances on iconic pop culture shows such as Sesame Street and Romper Room. He later became best known for his career in professional wrestling where he has made countless appearances worldwide for the leaders in sports entertainment and throughout the Independents. Brimstone has had a long history appearing in various films, television programming, short films, documentaries, video game voice acting, and cameos in music videos. Notable nationally televised appearances include WWF Superstars, MTV's TRL, 106 and Park and The Ricki Lake Show as well as countless appearances on national and local affiliates including NBC, CBS, ABC and The CW. He's been featured in documentaries including Wrestling Then & Now and Standing in the Stars: The Peter Mayhew Story as well as music videos like, Touch & Go by rapper Joe Budden, Dawn Monroe's Get it Poppin, Bethany Davis' Lose Control and multiple videos by Frank Lucas, Jr. (Street Star and Let's Go). He's also been credited with background vocals on guitarist Bumblefoot's 2015 release, Little Brother is Watching. Video game voice-over credits include, Seduce Me 2: The Demon War, Sorim Story: Race World (Brimstone is a playable character, available skin and voice of multiple characters), Triagat as the character Idium, Brimstone's own Forza Infernis (on Android, Apple & XBox One), Wasteland Wars & GHR: The Great Airspace Chase; is voicing the character Yolo in the game, Liquid Metal and was announced as voicing the lead character, Terror T in the upcoming 2D video game Cereal Killaz. In VR - Brim voices the lead character, Wyatt in the Western based shooting game Finger Gun for the Oculus Quest 2. His first foray into motion and performance capture will be in the video game, Blue Jacket & Red Coat going into production early 2021 playing and voicing the role of Slade Stone. Brim's voice can also be heard in a variety of Q&E Productions' animated shorts, as Game Day in The Weeklings animated series, Santa Claws for viral YouTube channel, eLL Cartoons, as well as a surprise character in the viral, God's School. He will be voicing characters including Commander Frosting in Donut Baby for Noise Nest Animation Network (Viacom) and the character Felix the Fennic Fox in the upcoming network television, children's animated series and interactive educational website, Wobworld. Brim has a cameo on a celebrity stacked, narrative fantasy podcast, Children of Sperea where he voices the role of Private Rarla. He can be heard on the Kikkoman Corporation's national radio ads that he not only voiced; but collaborated in the conception and production thereof. He played the killer in the 2010 horror film, Killer Hoo-Ha! as well as roles in independent films like, Preacher Six, Mott Haven: Cash for Keys, Bloodline, The Roadhouse and many more. Brim can be found in the series, Seymour the Unfortunate Vampire and making cameo's in Troma Entertainment's 2017 Virtual Reality film, Sgt. Ka-Spooky-Man's Cray-Cray VR Halloween Extravaganza, Kabukiman's Cocktail Corner and Shakespeare's Sh!tstorm in 2019.
As the co-founder, President, and CEO of Hound Comics, Inc. (Hound Entertainment Group), Brimstone and his team of creators launched his comic book series, Brimstone and The Borderhounds on October 31, 2010 at Borders Books and as of January 11, 2011 went nation and worldwide via Barnes & Noble, B.Dalton, BN.com, ComiXology and Amazon. The Borderhounds brand has since then expanded with a variety of Brimstone branded products including (but not limited to) the "Border-Pups" children's book series, coloring books, video games, plush toys, vinyl toys (featured for multiple seasons on The Big Bang Theory) and the Animated Series. Furthermore, under the leadership of Brimstone, Hound Entertainment has also expanded tremendously and aggressively over the years with the addition of publishing over forty different creator-owned projects between the brands Hound Comics, Hound Publishing, Co-Exist Publishing, and Hound Kids. The most recent of his endeavors has been becoming the host of The Grindhouse Radio, a pop culture talk-based podcast and series that is syndicated on over twenty-five digital & terrestrial radio networks (including iHeartRadio, iTunes, Spotify & Google Play Radio) with a listenership of between 3.5 - 4 million weekly worldwide. The Grindhouse Radio, also known as GHR - has achieved ranking in the Top 20 Best Comedic Podcasts (as high as #6) worldwide on iTunes, as well as #83 on their overall charts. In addition to GHR, Brim hosts his own personal companion podcast series, Within Brim's Skin which has independently ranked in the Top 100 on iTunes worldwide. He appears regularly as an expert speaker at libraries, schools and universities teaching podcast hopefuls, 'how to podcast' from nuts to bolts in Podcast 101, 201 & 301 courses along with his GHR partners. On social media, Brimstone and GHR branded GIFs have been used over 900 million times via their official Giphy account. Filming has begun on a televised sitcom spin-off of GHR entitled, Behind the Grind that will be available on Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV and Apple TV. Notably, The Grindhouse Radio was a topic of discussion at the European Planetary Science Congress 2018 - officially making them a citable source for scientific and collegiate papers. In 2018 - GHR released and distributed their first Holiday single, 'Baking Cookies' that was written by Brim and the main cast.
Brimstone is involved in licensing and partnerships with Eastsport Backpacks for Brimstone branded merchandise sold on WalMart.com and featured on The Big Bang Theory; Troll Lord Games for the Brimstone Role Playing Game, CaJohn's Fiery Foods (Brimstone line of multi-award winning gourmet sauces and seasonings), Torchbearer Sauces (Torched Stone Thai - Ultra Hot Sauce), The Jerky Connection (Brimstone Jerky), Demeter Fragrances (Cologne/Perfume), 3 Coconut Monkey (Vinyl/Plush Toys), SGN Gaming & Algocrunch (Brimstone video game apps), Pro Wrestling Tees (Brimstone T-Shirts), Dragon Song Forge (Brimstone Swords), Sweet Hollywood LA (Brimstone Chocolate Bars), Ruth's Mustard (Brimstone Mustard), East Coast Roast (Brimstone Coffee Line), Nifty Candy (Brimstone Candy Line), Serenity Custom Drums, and ButterWinks Cookies among countless others. Brimstone is sponsored by All Music Inc. and endorsed by Beyerdynamic, ZOOM North Amercia, Affliction Clothing, Rare Boutiques Jewelry, Transparent Sunglasses, The Beefer, Monster Energy, Yelp, CoKreeate, Yogibo, HoMedics, Love Sac, TechniSport USA, Blue Collar Blades, Chef Uniforms, Dart World USA and many more. Brimstone has been a celebrity brand ambassador for Loot Crate, WYLD Gear and Jerrick Media's 'Romper Zombie' brand; he's also a celebrity social media influencer for a wide variety of clientele including Kikkoman, 7 Eleven, Wendy's (IMDboat), Boss Hoss Motorcycles, Red Roof Inn, Pe'KANT and Mane 'N Tail Haircare Products; and has a Klear influencer rating of 82. He has been featured in Wall Street Journal Best Selling books The Bra Book and Worth Every Penny as well as internationally recognized magazines including Maxim.
Brimstone also starred as the host of Food Hound: Tidbits which was a web-based celebrity food show filmed while on tour making appearances at pop culture conventions around the country including events such as Wizard World, Stan Lee's LA Comic Con, San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con. As a result of the show, restaurants around the United States have added Brimstone-themed products to their existing menus including The Brimstone spiked milkshake at My Burger Bar in Buffalo, Dust from Hell Wings at Even Flow Bar & Grill and The Brimstone Pizza at Mulberry Street Restaurant on Long Island, The Brimstone Philly Grindhouse Burger at The Baroness Bar in LI City, and a variety of Brimstone-related dishes around the country.
Aside from accommodating promoters nationwide by hosting his own panels - Brimstone's charm, wit, and ability to engage large crowds has led him to adding the roles of celebrity host, judge, and moderator to his already massive resume. Brim has been entrusted with these duties at an array of different events and functions from pop culture to foodie based. He's had the pleasure of moderating talents including George Takei (Star Trek), Seth Gilliam (The Walking Dead), John DiMaggio (Adventure Time) for Awesome Con, Lincoln A. Castellanos (Fear the Walking Dead) for Walker Stalker Con and was reunited with Caroll (Big Bird) Spinney for the first time off-screen in well over three decades for a PBS panel at The Great Philadelphia Comic Con. In the foodie world, he's graced the Celebrity Chef stage at events such as Zest Fest Midwest, celebrity judged for Famous Food Festivals, Pig Island NYC, King of the Wing, Brisket King NYC and Rib King NYC, played the roles of head judge and host of the Long Island Wing Festival for four consecutive years, hosted the ultra hot pepper eating contest for Maxim Magazine, three time celebrity judge for the Annual Meatball Madness competition as well as countless other eating competitions around the country. In business, he has judged for the Stevie Awards among other notable award ceremonies. Brim's tough guy persona aside, he is a regular when it comes to providing PG entertainment, seminars and presentations at schools, libraries and kid's days nationwide.
Brim prides himself in acting as a spokesperson for the Stan Lee Foundation, Jaime Isaacs Foundation, RADD (Rockers Actors and Athletes against Driving Drunk), and an annual guest speaker for Celebrity Sports Night and LILTA's Men's Conferences aimed at paving educational paths for young men. Whether it be poking fun at himself by shucking clams, or visiting the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation to give out stuffed animals and spend time with the kids - Brim has a heart of gold and will do just about anything to support a good cause. As a small business expert - he officially became a Mentor with SCORE Mentors in 2018 in order to give back to entrepreneurs in need of guidance. In 2015, he partnered with the Empire Saber Guild (An Official Lucas Film, Star Wars Costuming Group) to create an exclusive trading card for St. Mary's portraying Brimstone as a Sith Lord for charity. The Grindhouse Radio was awarded the 2020 New York State Senate Empire Business Award in recognition of their repeated contributions to the community and New York State. An avid philanthropist at heart, Brimstone subjected himself to be roasted for charity in 2010, participated in the comedic, Roast of Brian O'Halloran, and has been featured on NBC's Cause Celeb twice concerning his efforts. Furthermore, he's worked directly with Build-A-Bear Workshop, whom was a sponsor of his international children's initiative. In 2020, aiming to be a continued source of encouragement through the COVID-19 pandemic - Brim released his book, Brim-isms - a small book of his inspirational and motivational quotes with a Forward by Charles Martinet.
Brim claims that the cherry on top of his successes is the signature drink "The Brimstone Red" created for him by the Jack Daniel's Distillery, the use of Brimstone related product on The Big Bang Theory - seasons 7 through 12, his hand in wax on display at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Wax Museum in San Antonio Texas, recognition of his philanthropy on MSNBC, his brand partnership with Giphy.com, being drafted as a Special Forces Commander for the Zombie Survival Crew alongside Michael Rooker & Norman Reedus, and the spotlight on himself and Hound via the legendary Stan Lee's official website. Other notable accomplishments include a 2008 Award from the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, a 2014 Rule Breaker Award for Best Manufacturer with revenue under $1M for Hound Comics, Inc., 'Best Long Island Personality 2018 & 2019', 'Best Twitter Account from Long Island 2018 & 2019' and The Grindhouse Radio being voted and awarded, 'Best Radio Station on Long Island 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020' in the 12th through 15th Annual Best of Long Island Awards, a 2021 Gold AVA Digital Award for Audio Production / Radio Podcast, as well as GHR being named a 2018 SCORE American Small Business Champion and National Grand Champion.- Actor
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Udo Dirkschneider is rock musician, vocalist and one of the founders of the heavy metal band Accept. After leaving Accept in 1987, he formed his own group U.D.O. He was born 1952 in Wuppertal in Western Germany. His family owned a factory for the production of various parts and tools. By the time Udo started school, the family moved to Solingen. Udo's love for music began with a parental gift: The Beatles records "I'm down" and a portable tape recorder donated in 1964. Somewhere around the same time, he heard the Rolling Stones and began to prefer them to The Beatles. Udo, like many teenagers, decided to try himself in music, preferring keyboards. In 1966, he had a modest model of the instrument, and learned to play using his own self-instruction manual. He rehearsed with Michael Wagener, a classmate, the future guitarist of Accept and the future famous producer and sound engineer. For the slightest group, one way or another, was needed a singer. Udo had to sing, and the result was quite impressive. Moreover, Udo liked to sing. In the end, the guys created the Band X group, the forerunner of Accept. Udo's parents objected to his music lessons, considering in him the successor of the family business. By the age of 17, Udo was considered to be already a qualified worker and left the parent company only after the release of the third studio album "Accept", "Breaker". In 1971, the Accept group was created. By 1986, Udo had gained worldwide fame as part of the Accept group, but was forced to leave the group, because the rest of the group decided to focus on the American market and exploit commercial music, and Udo, in turn, was convinced that Accept play uncompromising heavy metal. After leaving the group, Udo created his team, "U.D.O.". Udo Dirkschneider has a unique powerful tenor, which is difficult to define.- Composer
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Peter Schickele is a renowned American composer. Inspired by the music of Spike Jones, as a young teenager, he also studied composition and music history at Juilliard. After graduating from Juilliard he asked himself what in the world he was going to do with a PhD in music history, and proceeded to rewrite it (history, that is) by discovering works by Johann Sebastian Bach's heretofore unknown 21st child, "last and by far the least", "a pimple on the face of music", P.D.Q. Bach. PDQ's music had its first public performance in 1965, and lectures by "Professor Schickele" (of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, or "U of SND at H" for short) have delighted audiences ever since. Although the first ten PDQ Bach albums on Vanguard hold his most inspired work, only his latest five albums (on Telarc) have earned him proper recognition, with four of the five winning Grammy Awards in comedy. In 1993 he stopped touring with PDQ Bach to devote himself more fully to 'real' composing (which he's done all along, in spite of the spectre of PDQ Bach which often resulted in even his most serious work eliciting laughter) and his radio show "Schickele Mix". His weekly show (of which there have been 168 episodes) features an eclectic mix of music from many cultures and centuries; he's perfectly happy to illustrate a musical point using a "suite" that combines music of seeming opposites: Bach and the Beatles; Heavy Metal bands and Classical string quartets. You can find him on the radio or in New York City every week after Christmas performing P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center.- Born in Australia and now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Bridie Mayfield is primarily a dancer and choreographer with Brutal Ballet, doing ballet to heavy metal music. She branched into acting in 2014 and has appeared in many of the productions filmed in Northern Ireland including Line of Duty, Krypton, Game of Thrones, The Northman and Dungeons and Dragons, Honour Among Thieves. She regularly performs in Sweden under the name Brutal Ballet at the various dark culture festivals.
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Kai Kaldro is a heavy metal singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker from New York City. Musically, he embodies a dark industrial sound with a sensuous horror-themed shock rock presence and lyrics that demonically satirize film noir and Golden Age Hollywood, particularly Alfred Hitchcock's films. As a performer, Kaldro is often noted for the androgynous duality of soft feminine features and physicality (frequently emphasized by cross dressing) versus murky metallic baritone-bass vocals, akin to that of Rob Zombie.
Kaldro's debut single Post Coital, Pre Mortem went live in 2023 with an insatiable music video to boot, and is also soon to be heard in the soundtrack Desert Fiends. An ensemble slasher starring Bai Ling, Eric Roberts, Tom Arnold, Lorelei Linklater, Scout Taylor Compton, Spencer Breslin, amongst many others. Post Coital, Pre Mortem is title track from the shock rock newcomers' eponymous upcoming LP, which was followed by a sophomore single Redial For Remnants, further compounded by His Girl Friday The 13th.
Cinematically, Kaldro was mentored by his late great production sound mixer M Wolf Snyder (1985-2021), known for running sound on 2021 best picture winner Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand. Kaldro's dark sci-fi action short Dissolved Girl was one of Wolf's final pictures, who was then honored by McDormand and director Chloe Zhao at the 2021 Oscars. At age 19, Kaldro was solidified as one of, if not the youngest film director to have a best picture winning crew member enlisted on his own production.
Upon turning 22 years old in 2023, Kaldro deemed it his rite-of-passage after a confusing start to his adult life and career during the covid-pandemic to reinvent himself artistically, physically, and spiritually. Once a soft spoken mild-mannered kid who stayed behind the camera, he is now a loud lewd and crude walking vision board for all things horror, gothic, and rock n roll, with the subtly of a sledgehammer and zero compunction, taking similar cues from Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson. A transformation that quickly earned his debut single a spot on the Desert Fiends soundtracks and led to his being cast in several upcoming promising indie slasher films Skate To Hell, The Farmhouse Murders, and Final Summer 2, where his music will also be heard prominently. A win-win, sin-sin.
Whilst recording the album, shooting music videos, a full-length upgrade of Kaldro's 2019 short Sinner's Lullaby is now in production. Attached as composers are Kim & Kathryn Kluge, the master maestros behind Martin Scorsese's religious epic Silence (2016), solidifying Kaldro's musically hellbent gothic neo-noir as his feature debut.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Marc Asselin is a naturalized American originally from Québec, Canada. He studied arts and cinematography at University of Montréal but left school in 1998 to pursue a career as an acrobatic rigger with Cirque Du Soleil working around the world. Many adventures followed.
Marc continued filmmaking while with Cirque by making shorts. Many of his videos can be found on his "Poutine Action Films" Youtube page.
After migrating to the USA in 2009, Marc started crewing for the all-girl tribute band "The Iron Maidens". Since the job often entailed a lot of traveling, he came up with the idea of making a documentary about it called "Heavy Metal Road Dog" (2016) Plus, it was cheap. He could work for the band and film it at the same time.
He later created a music video of the song "The Wicker Man" (2022) performed by The Iron Maidens. Asselin has a variety of skills including musicianship, editing, stunt rigging, drone cinematography, creature and motion design.
Today, Marc is based in Southern California and continues working with Cirque Du Soleil around the world and can be found working on various TV series in Los Angeles as an actor.- Composer
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Eicca Toppinen (born 1975) is a Finnish composer, cellist and producer. He studied classical cello at Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki, Finland. He is most known for his revolutionary cello-metal band APOCALYPTICA which he formed 1993. Apocalyptica has released 9 studio albums which have sold over 6 million copies and been touring over 50 countries with almost 2000 shows.
Eicca scored movies "Black Ice" (2007) by Petri Kotwica (Making Movies) for which he won Jussi-award for the best score and "Aquarela" (2019) by Victor Kossakovsky (Sony Pictures Classic) which gave him nominations at Critic's Choice Documentary Awards (Best Score) and Cinema Eye Honors (Outstanding Achievement in Original Score).
Many of his songs have reached top positions on single-, radio- and album charts around the world and ending on movie soundtracks like "Bad Boys" (2003), "Vidocq" (2001), "Addiction" (2004), game "Death Stranding" (Hideo Kojima 2020) and tv-series like "Dollhouse" (2010) and "Smallville" (2009). He has collaborated as song writer with Max Martin, Guy Sighsworth, Diane Warren, Martin Hansen etc... and done arrangements for artists like Metallica, Rammstein, Slipknot, Three Days Grace and many more.
His other composing works include f.ex. music for theatre (Finnish National Theatre 2000), opera "Indigo" for Finnish National Opera (2016 together with Perttu Kivilaakso) and 2012 he composed and produced "Wagner Reloaded" dance/stage-performance by Gregor Seyffert for Apocalyptica, MDR symphony orchestra and choir (c.Kristjan Järvi) and 120 dancers (in Leipzig Arena). His music has been used in countless documentaries, dance- and theater productions and commercials around the world.- Soundtrack
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Donnie Marhefka is a heavy metal vocalist, musician and actor who hails from Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. Now based in Hollywood, California, Marhefka is best known for his appearance on the Adult Swim television series Music (2016) in which Marhefka performed as an actor and as the lead vocalist with his former band, Ancient Spell. Marhefka most recently appeared in the dark, independent feature film Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story (2020) in the role of "Candy Man" and in the leading role of "Sterling" in the feature film Girls on Film (2023).- Actor
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Jack McEvoy is an actor and a frontman of an Irish rock band 5 Dollar Shakes. Jack's film and TV appearances include The Rhythm Section (2020), Vikings (2017), and South of Hope Street among others.
McEvoy has gained wider recognition as an actor and loyal following after his appearance in the History Channel's hit TV series Vikings. Most recently, Jack has completed his work in several films appearing on the screen next to Michael Madsen, Kimberly Wyatt, and Rafferty Law.- Actor
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Carl McCoy was born in Lambeth, London, and grew up in nearby Brixton.
He is a co founder of Gothic Rock band, Fields of the Nephilim. He was lead singer, lyric writer, co composer and artist from 1984 to 1991. In 1992, he left Fields of the Nephilim to form a new band called "The Nefilim"; meanwhile, the rest of the band hired a new lead singer and became "Rubicon". "The Nefilim" released one album and one single in 1996, before Carl fell out with the record label "Beggars Banquet" over tour plans and band presentation. "Rubicon" released two albums and some singles. Carl briefly resurrected the original line up of Fields of the Nephilim for an ill-fated reunion between 1997 to 1998, before musical differences once again divided the band. From 2003 to present, Carl McCoy has been recording and performing as Fields of the Nephilim, accompanied by a new band line up. To date, Fields of the Nephilim have released two EPs, several albums, a live album, a best of album, several singles, a collection of their promo videos, two VHS concert videos, and a DVD. A new live DVD and CD was in the pipeline in August 2010.
Alongside his long time partner, Lynn, Carl works as Sheerfaith. Sheerfaith produce artwork, graphic design, animation, sound production and related creative services. Sheerfaith have also been responsible for a number of different pieces of artwork and graphic design for FOTN and Nefilim releases, as well as for band merchandise and the official FOTN web site.
Carl McCoy had a cameo role in the 1990 horror film "Hardware", written and directed by his friend Richard Stanley. Richard also directed the first two Fields of the Nephilim promo videos, Preacherman and Blue Water, as well as assisted with the bands distinctive western look. More recently, Richard has recorded numerous Fields of the Nephilim concerts for a proposed DVD entitled "Ceremonies".
Carl also assisted on the 2000 film "The 13th Sign", by voicing the villain (Dravel), operating the second assistant camera (as Sheerfaith), and by providing the closing credits music (Darkcell AD).
Having shown an interest in the occult from a young age, Carl has his own occult order known as the Order of the 24th Moment.
Carl McCoy has a partner called Lynn, and two daughters, Scarlett and Eden.
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Mr. Lordi was born on 15 February 1974 in Rovaniemi, Finland. He is an actor and composer, known for Dark Floors (2008), Spy Games (1999) and LORDI: Borderline (2021).- A 7 foot tall extremely muscular and fit Australian of English/German ancestry, Conan is possibly the only Professional Wrestling Champion title holder to concurrently work in the Ballet, in Graeme Murphy's "Berlin" with Sydney Dance Company for not only the full season but also an additional five return seasons at the prestigious Sydney Opera House.
Prior to his film career Conan not only did improv stunt theatre (also called professional wrestling) but also worked with camp UK comedian Julian Cleary in his stage show as he toured Australia.
Following a small amount of film work in Australia, including Marvel Comics "Manthing", a debilitating nerve injury (Guillain-Barre syndrome) sidelined his promising Wrestling career.
This prompted him to start a laptop repair and business IT support center where he worked for several years while waiting for his body to heal.
After years of slow recovery Conan packed up and moved to Thailand on the promise of a meeting with a local Assistant Director for a possible 3 days stunts working on "Powerkids", a kids action movie, which funnily enough received an 'R' rating for violence for the US DVD release.
Not only did Conan secure this introductory role in the Thai movie industry but also demonstrated why he'd be the ideal villain for the upcoming "Muay Thai Giant", 2 days later he secured a TVC, a week later auditioned for the French movie L'Ile Au(x) Tresors" and was chosen as a featured stuntman for 6 weeks of filming followed by another TVC 2 weeks after that finished filming.
Conan, encouraged by these initial successes decided to stay and work in Thailand only to be confronted with the first Miliarty coup of his stay there. So with tanks in the streets it is hard for films to get insurance, this led to a dearth of work for a year but ended up positive with Conan based out of Thailand, and the very active Thai film industry, for the next 7 years.
The highlight of this time was writing the screenplay for and starring in "Bangkok Adrenaline" which Conan's blogging and internet marketing experience brought him some much needed international attention in the form of Hong Kong based Producer/Casting Director Mike Leeder and a role in the biggest budget Chinese movie of the year Yuan Woo Ping's "True Legend".
Besides working in SE Asian and East Asian cinema, Conan also manage to work in 2 large budget Indian cinema releases, "Drona" a very large budget movie special effects driven movie released in 2008, and also Warner Bros first foray into Hindi language films "Chandni Chowk To China" cinema released worldwide for N.R.I. (Indian expat) audiences.
The accumulated experience at this point and the culmination of a 3.5 year online marketing effort, much helped by the fans of the ASOIAF books, led to the breakout of Asia role of Ser Gregor "The Mountain That Rides" Clegane in HBO's soon to be smash hit "Game of Thrones" Conan then used this successful role to approach Sir Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit", originally asking about the role of Beorn, or possibly one of the mountain trolls as a backup plan, he was instead asked to read for the Orc king Azog, several trips to New Zealand later and Peter Jackson made the official announcement.
Jumping on this publicity Conan approached the Casting Director for the second season of the Starz TV series "Spartacus", turned down a recurring role as The Egyptian due to filming commitments in The Hobbit but was able to take a guest star role as the German Sedullus by going to the nearest Backpackers Hostel and paying a young traveler to teach him a correct German accent and language for his audition so that the Producers though he was fluent in German.
These combined credits opened the way to the lead role of Thor in "Vikingdom", the Scandinavian saga filmed in tropical Malaysia with a lot of CGI, portable air-con and careful location scouting to create the frozen and snowy illusion from the very hot and humid environment.
From there he has worked in Romania, in India in "Brothers" the licensed remake of "Warrior", again in Thailand twice with Tony Jaa and Dolph Lundgren, Morocco as Goliath in "The Bible" for history channel, and most recently (2016) become a major celebrity in The Philippines working in the #1 TV series for over a year "Encantadia" as well as entering the Indonesian market with "Dead Squad" in Bali and a major Indonesian/Singapore production slated for 3rd quarter 2017 near Jakata.
Conan now (2017) bases out of L.A. though his various overseas film contacts keep him busy globally. - Stunts
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Allan Poppleton was born on 14 July 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Avatar (2009), Killer Elite (2011) and The Hunger Games (2012).- Actor
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Influenced mainly by horror B-movies and campy macabre shows and movies, almost every song he's wrote is connected to some kind of movie some more obvious than others. Wednesday started with music in 1992 in the bands Psycho Opera and Maniac Spider Trash both of which were short lived. He then went on to form The Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 which lasted a total of 6 years along with a reunion which lasted for 1 year. His big breakthrough came when he formed The Murderdolls with Slipknot's Joey Jordison however the band was short lived with Joey focusing on Slipknot and Wednesday starting a solo career to which he is still active. The Murderdolls released a new album after an 8 year hiatus. Wednesday also plays in side projects such as Bourbon Crow and Gunfire 76. He starred in a straight to DVD short entitled Weirdo a Go-Go which he showed B-movie trailers in the form of a Saturday morning cartoon show with puppets.- Writer
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Singaporean Chinese writer/director Pearry Reginald Teo established himself with the short film Liberata Me, winning Best Short at the New York International Film Festival, which garnered the attention of U.S. producers. He soon made history as the first from his native country to direct a Hollywood feature film with The Gene Generation (Lionsgate), based on a comic book series with a cult following, starring Bai Ling and Academy Award® winner Faye Dunaway.
Additional directorial credits include the medieval action/fantasy Witchville (Universal) filmed on location in China, Dracula: The Dark Prince (Lionsgate) with Academy Award® winner Jon Voight, the Clive Barker-inspired horror festival hit Necromentia (Image Entertainment), and The Curse of Sleeping Beauty starring Ethan Peck, India Eisley, and Natalie Hall.
Teo served as an Executive Producer on The Wachowski / Tom Tykwer film Cloud Atlas (Warner Bros) starring Oscar® winners Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. He also co-produced George Romero's Day of the Dead with Millennium Films while simultaneously directing Hellboy VR, the Virtual Reality experience for the 2019 movie starring David Harbour and Milla Jovovich.
Teo's films have won several awards including Best Horror Feature for Dead Inside at the Women's International Film Festival, and Best Feature for The Gene Generation at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Teo's movie The Assent, starring Academy Award Winner Tatum O'Neal, opened to a sold-out show at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, followed by the sold-out US premiere at the Shockfest Film Festival in Las Vegas, where Teo won for Best Director. Teo was hired to write and direct Fast Vengeance (2021), starring DMX in his last movie, and D.Y. Sao.
Teo died on March 9, 2023, in North Hollywood, California, aged 44, of unknown causes.- Character actress Florence Schauffler was born Florence Cornelia Brown on November 22, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio. The first born of paternal twins, Florence attended the Hathaway Brown School for Girls and, following graduation from high school, the Erskine School in Boston, Massachusetts where her studies focused on the theatrical arts. After completing her studies in college Schauffler did summer stock at North Shore Players in Marblehead, Massachusetts. However, Florence's theatre career was temporarily put on hold due to the offset of World War II; she spent those years working in the War Department for Military Intelligence in Washington, D.C. In the late 1940's Schauffler moved to New York City and worked for the production company Theatre Inc. as well as for noted production designer Jo Mielziner. Moreover, Florence met her husband Allen Field Schauffler while living in New York City; the couple got married in 1949 and moved to rural John Day, Oregon where they worked on a ranch owned by her husband's family. Schauffler and her husband moved to Pullman, Washington where her husband attended veterinary school while Schauffler worked as a secretary. The couple opened The Verde Veterinary Hospital in the Verde Valley/ Sedona area in Arizona.
Moreover, Florence was an accomplished horsewoman, an early member of the Verde Valley Roverettes (she became their first drill captain), and helped found the Verde Valley Guidance Clinic (she also served as a board member). Schauffler and her husband parted ways in 1978, but remained friends. Florence subsequently moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and took courses in theatre arts at Scottsdale Community College. Schauffler then moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career in stage, film, and television; she's especially memorable as creepy old witch Haggis in the horror cult favorite Pumpkinhead (1988). Florence returned to Verde Valley at age 75 and lived with her daughter Jennifer and a son-in-law in Clarkdale, Arizona. In addition, Schauffler did volunteer work for Meals on Wheels through the Verde Valley Senior Center until the age of 86. Florence in her senior years also lent her talent to three film projects and a dance theatre production whose development and performance phases spanned two years. Schauffler died at age 97 on December 24, 2017 in Clarkdale, Arizona. She was survived by her daughter Jennifer, son Dana, grandchildren Antonia, Allen, and Clinton, and daughter-in-law Michel. - Lou David was a hulking and intimidating actor who was usually cast as menacing bad guys in a handful of movies made in the 70s and 80s. He made his film debut as an Italian mobster in the funky blaxploitation outing "Come Back, Charleston Blue." David had a funny bit part as a mugger in the delightful cross country car race romp "The Gumball Rally." Lou achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity as Cropsy, a mean, vicious and grotesquely disfigured summer camp caretaker who exacts a harsh revenge on a handful of obnoxious kids in the pleasingly gory and nasty slasher horror picture "The Burning." Following his memorable turn in "The Burning," Lou David appeared in two more features: he's Mr. T in "Over the Brooklyn Bridge" and the Headline Killer in the hugely enjoyable martial arts action/comedy blast "The Last Dragon."
- Charles Brown Middleton was born 7th October 1879. His father was a military man with a strong sense of discipline which conflicted with Charles' own outlook on how to live his life so when 12 he ran away to join a circus and looked after the elephants before moving into performing in dramatic vignettes between traditional acts. At 18 he'd formed his own stock company which toured the South performing Shakespeare and self penned melodramas. He worked his way onto the Vaudeville circuit earning a reputation as a good actor which is how he met Stan Laurel. He appeared in some silent films in the 20's but his career took off with sound as stage actors were in demand due to their experience of vocal performance. He had a very distinctive voice which marked him out from the competition.He appeared with 3 great film comedy teams - Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges. He was often cast as a 'Heavy' and appeared in a lot of serials - Di ck Tracy, Batman, and Black Raven but is probably best remembered as Ming the Merciless in 3 Flash Gordon serials of the 30's. He was never under contract which allowed him to choose his own roles but a succession of unwise career choices led to less work in his later years so for every good role there were some bad ones. In his final years he took to the stage touring theatres showing clips from his films and talking about his work. On 19th April 1949 he was admitted to hospital and had an operation for gangrene on his right foot and died on the 22nd with cause of death being given as arteriosclerotic heart disease which he'd been suffering from for 20 years.
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Brian Ware is known for Dance of the Dead (2008), Outrage: Born in Terror (2009) and The Birds of Anger (2011).- Stunts
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Patrick Kerton was born on 2 August 1964 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is an actor and producer, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Source Code (2011) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).- Actor
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Kita is known for Dark Floors (2008), In the Nick of Time (2005) and Lordi: Hard Rock Hallelujah (2006).- Actor
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Bill Weeden is a multi-award-winning actor/writer/composer/performer who has appeared in a host of films, notably the Troma cult classic "Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.," the acclaimed rock opera "The Lives of Hamilton Fish," and the award-winning comedy-horror film "Psycho Ape!" Weeden has won multiple international awards as Best Actor for his role in the short film "RedSin." For the digital series "Mr. Student Body President" he won a "Best Ensemble" Streamy award. He is known for his performances in genre films, like"Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV," "Are We Not Cats," "Ramekins: Ramekin II," and the upcoming "The Once and Future Smash.". For his performance as the head villain in "Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D." critic Thelma Adams dubbed him "the Troma Olivier." Weeden portrayed The Boy's Father in the final cast of "The Fantasticks" at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City's Greenwich Village. He has also appeared frequently with the comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. As a comedy writer, he created material for Carol Channing, Lily Tomlin, Dick Shawn, and Stiller and Meara. As one-third of the music-and-comedy trio Weeden, Finkle & Fay, he won awards and critical acclaim for his cabaret performances and was featured and pictured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and profiled on the NBC "Today" show. Weeden's acting has been singled out for praise by many online sites, periodicals, and newspapers, notably The New York Times.- American female professional wrestler from Houston, Texas. She debuted in 2018 and competed primarily in Colorado independent promotions, including RESPECT Women's Wrestling, Lucha Libre and Laughs, and Rocky Mountain Pro. She has also competed for All Elite Wrestling and for Women of Wrestling as Wrecking Ball. She is a former RMP Lockettes Champion, a former LLL Women's Champion, a former FEST Wrestling (Jacksonville, Florida) Tag Team Champion with Leon Ravage as The Wasteland War Party, and a former New South Tag Team Champion (Alabama) with Max The Impaler as The Wasteland War Party.
As Heidi, she is billed from "A future with an endless war between babes and robots." As Wrecking Ball, she is billed from "The Wasteland."
Her nicknames as Heidi are "The Broad Warrior" and "The Rad Warrior." The Heidi gimmick is based on The Road Warriors (Hawk (Mike Hegstrand) and Animal (Joe Laurinaitis)), complete with unusual hairstyle, face paint and shoulder pads.
She is married in real life to wrestler Austin Reddick.
As Heidi, her entrance music is Blue Öyster Cult's "Godzilla."
She had been a competitive bodybuilder before getting into wrestling. - Actor
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R. David Smith is known for Predator 2 (1990), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991).- Editor
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Tom Asakawa is known for Russell Peters: Notorious (2013), Larry the Cable Guy: Tailgate Party (2010) and Do You Trust This Computer? (2018).- Actor
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Sharad Kelkar is an Indian actor who has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi films and several television serials. He is also known for lending his voice to dub Hollywood and South Indian films.
Kelkar completed his degree in physical education and MBA from the Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Gwalior.
After being one of the Grasim Mr India finalists, he made his television debut with the show Aakrosh (2004) on Doordarshan, playing the role of Inspector Sachin Kulkarni. The same year, he made his Bollywood debut with a small role as Dr. "Sattu" Satyendra Mishra in the movie Hulchul (2004).
Kelkar met Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar on the Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka (2007) set. The couple married in 2005 and went on to participate in the dance reality show Nach Baliye 2 in 2006.
He has hosted multiple TV shows like Rock-N-Roll family (2007) and Pati Patni Aur Woh(2009). He then got a major role, playing Thakur Digvijay Singh Bhadoria/Ranveer in Bairi Piya (2009). He won the Gold Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Critics) for this role in 2010.
Kelkar appeared as a contestant in Comedy Circus Mahasangram (2010) along with Bharti Singh and Paresh Ganatra. In 2012, he was seen in Sony's Kuch Toh Log Kahenge (2011), in which he played the role of Dr Ashutosh, replacing Mohnish Behl. He also hosted Shaitaan - A Criminal Mind (2012), a crime show, from 2010 to 2013.
In 2012, he played the main lead in the Marathi movie, Chinu. He got another Bollywood offer in 2013, playing the role of Deepika Padukone's elder brother in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela (2013). His next project was Lai Bhaari (2014), a Marathi film in which he played the role of Sangram, an antagonist. It was received positively, becoming one of the highest-grossing Marathi films at the time.
Kelkar then played the role of Agent Raghav Sinha in Agent Raghav (2015), a mystery thriller, which aired on &TV from 2015-2016. In 2016, he appeared as Raja Bhairon Singh in his Telugu debut Sardaar Gabbar Singh (2016). He was nominated for the SIIMA Award for his role.
In 2017, he played the role of Dhauli, an antagonist, in the film Bhoomi (2017), which also starred Sanjay Dutt. The same year, he acted in the biopic Sangharsh Yatra (2017), based on the Late Gopinath Munde, a renowned BJP politician in Maharashtra.
In 2019, Kelkar delivered memorable performances in movies like Housefull 4 (2019), where he played the role of Suryabhan/Micheal Bhai with Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon. He also played Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in [ink=tt8108274]. He essayed on the role of Laxman Sharma in Laxmii (2020) and Military Officer Ram Karan "RK" Nair in Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021), both of which were released on Disney+Hotstar. In 2022, he appeared as Baji Prabhu Deshpande in Har Har Mahadev in Marathi Har Har Mahadev (2022); the film was released in five languages.
Some of Kelkar's OTT series include The Family Man (2019), which was released on Amazon Prime. He also played the role of Yatin Mehrotra in Black Widows (2020), which was released on Zee5.
As a voice artist, one of his prominent voiceovers was for the movies Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) for Prabhas in Hindi. He was also the narrator and voice of The Legend of Hanuman (2021) in Hindi.- Producer
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Tia is a wearer of many hats. Her most prominent is that of CEO & owner of Black Rose Dagger Films, LLC, a small independent film production and visual effects company based in the Washington DC area. At Black Rose Dagger Films, Tia functions in many roles including film director, screenwriter, producer, VFX generalist, cinematographer, editor, actor, costumer and prop maker.
Tia has been involved in some form of creative arts for many years, but it wasn't until 2008 that things formally began taking shape. During 2008, Tia received a certificate in 3D Animation and Visual Effects from the 3D Training Institute. Also in 2008 Tia began performing as a costumed stage combat performer for the Guardians Performance Group (formerly the Jedi Guardians) where she performed and later choreographed Kenjutsu routines dressed as a Star Wars character using a stunt light-sabers. During her time with the GPG, Tia performed in a dozen live charitable events and conventions. She was elected CEO of the GPG in 2011 and served in that role until retiring from stage combat in 2013. Although Tia was no longer an active stunt performer she continued to dress up in various costumes and attend conventions as a "Cosplayer" and began using the moniker "MzTiyah Cosplay". Tia began making some of her own props and costumes to use in her cosplay.
In 2011, Tia began blending her various talents and interests together and began her foray into film-making by acting, writing and producing several independent short films, including an entry in the 2012 Washington DC 48 Hour Film Project called "To Wrong A Right". In 2015 Tia entered into directing via the Star Wars inspired film "Dark Awakening", which also wrote and acted. The film also served as her first as a visual effects artist and editor. Tia followed up in 2016 with the release of the short films "The Interrogation" and "The Journey of Tia", both of which successfully screened at a variety of film festivals. She kicks off 2017 with the release of her latest short film "Age of the Warrior", a grind-house throwback to the Shaw Brothers martial arts films of the 60's and 70's.
Tia is completing post-production work on the sequel to "Dark Awakening" called "Dark Awakening II: Battle of Krotanna" and is in the development stage of several short films, including "Age of the Warrior II" and her first full-length film, the action adventure thriller "Syn".- Special Effects
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Through his UK based special effects company, Mind Magic Studios, Steve Braund offers a full custom design service for silicone masks, resin masks, rubber cowls and costume parts, prosthetics and props. He can work with clients each step of the way from design to finished item including initial brainstorming to explore ideas through to sketching, concept art, prototype and finished piece.
Steve recently designed and made the lead character creature mask, a humanoid amphibian, for horror rom-com Manfish (directed by Marc Coleman). Steve also supplied his own design masks for Fluxx, a psychological thriller (directed by Brendan Gabriel Murphy).
Steve is also designing a growing range of off the peg masks, costumes and props. These are available through his Mind Magic Studios website and are regularly purchased by independent productions. Steve is particularly known for his hyper-realistic silicone masks and he has built an outstanding reputation for creativity, attention to detail and craftmanship.
Steve established Mind Magic Studios in 2014 to share his fascination with creatures and masks. Steve has trained with some of Hollywood and the UK's best sculptors at Gorton Studios in England, including completing the prestigious creature sculpting course taught by Don Lanning.
Steve's experience on set with productions and as a costumer himself means that he understands the exacting standards, quality and wearibility that you require. His knowledge of materials and industry-leading production techniques means that the result will always be breathtaking, whether it is his designs or your own.- Actor
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Lorin McCraley was born in Kingman, Arizona. As a child, he grew up in a myriad of locations across the American Southwest, before landing in Cottonwood, Arizona. While there, he was an All-Conference football and baseball player at Mingus Union High School. A football scholarship took him to Scottsdale Community College, where a fist fight and a resulting broken hand, forced him to miss his sophomore season, but indirectly led to his discovery of acting. He received his B.A. in Theatre from Ottawa University in Ottawa Kansas. At Ottawa he was a Captain on the football team and received All-KCAC honors. He left the M.F.A. professional acting program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City early to pursue a career in Los Angeles. In his first month in LA he received his SAG card after the impromptu stealing of a purse as an extra during a take of the television show "Double Rush". After being immediately fired by the 1st AD, he was invited back by the director, Michael Lembeck. Upon arriving on set the next morning, he was given his first line on television: "All right Rock-n-Roll!", and the coveted SAG card. Years of treading the boards on the stages of LA eventually led to Lorin carving out his own niche on screen as a Hollywood heavy. Arguably one of the few Little League baseball coaches in America whose day job consists of being a serial killer, a wanna-be vampire, and a homicidal cowboy. In addition to his flourishing career as an actor, Lorin, along with writing partner Edward Cieplinski, has three screenplays (Boone Helm Kentucky Cannibal, Jersey City German Shepherd, and Most Popular Corpse) in various levels of development.- Writer
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Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 1798 - 26 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Romanticism, he is one of Poland's "Three Bards" (Polish: Trzej Wieszcze) and is widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet. He is also considered one of the greatest Slavic and European poets and has been dubbed a "Slavic bard". A leading Romantic dramatist, he has been compared in Poland and Europe to Byron and Goethe.- Actor
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Among his best-known roles, Johnson portrays the mutant cab driver Benny in the 1990 hit science fiction film, Total Recall. He also starred in the Broadway musical, On the Twentieth Century and appeared in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" 2005 revival of Two Gentlemen of Verona. He was also in the musical The Rink.
Johnson is also well known to Star Trek fans for playing Broca, the Cardassian who becomes leader of the Cardassian Union in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's final two episodes, "The Dogs of War" and "What You Leave Behind". Johnson has also guest-starred in The Munsters Today, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Practice. His other motion picture credits include Off the Mark, American Blue Note, Murder By Numbers, Hideous!, Archibald the Rainbow Painter and In the Shadow of the Cobra.
Johnson's credits as producer include Ragdoll, The Horrible Dr. Bones and The Vault.- Director
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Born in Milan, Italy in 1957, Michele Soavi's parents separated when he was little and he lived with his mother who remarried a painter. Interested in his stepfather's interest in painting, Soavi began an interest in creative arts in his school. During his teenage years, he decided that the cinema was his true calling after attending several movie screenings and developing a taste for acting. After graduating from high school, Soavi took acting lessons at Fersen Studios in Milan. His first acting role was an extra in the movie Bambulè (1979) which was directed by Marco Modugno. During production, Modugno, impressed by Soavi's interest in the movies, offered him a job as an assistant director which Soavi accepted and learned more about a director's film making technique. After acting in small roles in Il giorno del Cobra (1980) and City of the Living Dead (1980), Soavi was given another chance as an assistant director by director Aristide Massaccesi (aka: Joe D'Amato). In their first film, Soavi acted in an uncredited part, and was the assistant director. Over four more films with Massaccesi, Soavi served as a bit part actor, screenwriter and personal assistant. Soavi first met writer/director Dario Argento in 1979 where the director took Soavi under his wing after learning of their same tastes with film making. Argento made Soavi the second assistant director for the movie Tenebrae (1982) with Lamberto Bava as the first assistant director.
Pleased with his work, Bava hired Soavi as his assistant director for the mystery-thriller A Blade in the Dark (1983) with Soavi in a supporting role. Afterwards, Argento brought back Soavi to work as his assistant director in Phenomena (1985) with Soavi acting in a small role.
Argento rewarded Soavi by giving him his first assignment as director of a music video "The Valley" featuring music by Bill Wyman for the movie Phenomena, plus as director for a documentary on Argento's films. Soavi worked again for Lamberto Bava as assistant director in Demons (1985) in which Soavi also appeared. Soavi, wanting to get on his own, turned to his former mentor Aristide Massaccesi to show off his work where the director offered Soavi a chance to direct his first movie, StageFright (1987). Altough a box-office flop in Italy, it was a success abroad. Despite the low budget (equivalent to under $1 million U.S. dollars), low-production values, poor editing involving the soundtrack, Soavi began to look elsewhere for work where he was hired as an assistant director and cameraman for British actor/director Terry Gilliam with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). With new skills, Soavi returned to Argento as a supervisor for special effects in Opera (1987) where Argento offered him to direct another film, a horror flick called The Church (1989). With his first big film project, a budget three to four times the budget of Stagefright, with Argento as the producer and filmed on location in Budapest. The international success of The Church inspired Soavi to direct another film, The Sect (1991).
Soavi worked on a number of screenplays, and directed the horror-comedy Cemetery Man (1994) which was a huge hit in the USA. Afterwards, Soavi took a break from working to spend time with his wife and family. Recently, he returned to directing with two made-for-Italian-TV dramas. Despite his absence from the entertainment world in recent years, Michele Soavi is remembered to this day as one of the many masters of Italian horror cinema as a director, screenwriter, actor, and assistant director.- Actor
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Riley Wade Chase is an actor, tattoo artist, painter, producer and musician out of Cleveland, Ohio. Since prioritizing his acting career, he has entered the industry in a major way. In his very first audition, he landed a major role as "Azazel" in Matthew Mark Hunter's upcoming feature film "Nightmares Unleashed." Following that, in the span of just over a year, he has been in over 25 films and won Scene Magazine's Best Actor award, Best Tattoo Artist and Best Tattoo shop All at once for 2023!
Appearing in many different short films and competitions, Riley quickly caught the attention from out of state directors for feature films from New York, Louisiana, Nevada, and even California. The reception to his trial by fire career has been that of "He's a natural!", "The Kids got chops!", "He has it!" and "Refreshing to work with!" A affinity for character development, improve, on the spot writing, subtleties mannerisms and accents, stunts, art, and a love for helping other actors, it seems he not only falls into roles with ease but is also very helpful in other departments and on set in general and is a joy to work with.
Most notably, Riley portrayed "Ryan" in the L.A. based production "Pay to Die" by Shawn C. Phillips. He also plays the role of "Johnny" in the horror comedy "Desert Fiends", also directed by Shawn C. Phillips.
Riley also had the pleasure of working with Johnny Wu in his upcoming action film "Bullets, Brothers and Blood" where he had the opportunity to perform his own stunts and strengthen his skills in fight choreography.
At the same time, Riley also acted in Andrew William Chapman's upcoming feature-length zombie movie "Scavenged", the sequel to Dead Eye Productions' award-winning "Scavengers". In the movie, Riley plays the loud-mouthed Wade.
Joining the production after the script was originally written, Riley had the opportunity to completely write his character and all of his dialogue. As a result, he catapulted his character from nonexistent in the original screenplay to a major role, who's both lovable and witty. Alongside his humorous banter, Riley also helped write some of Wade's dramatic moments in the film.
Following his time on the set of "Scavenged", Riley returned to L.A., where he had the opportunity to act in The Mahaul Brothers' "Cursed Waters" on the recommendation of some of the movie's principle actors.
Playing the Irish-born, English-raised intellectual pirate "Francis" was a dream come true for him, getting the chance to use his accent skills and build upon his stunt work. However, the best part of his most recent outing to LA was the chance to take his wife and two boys on their first big family vacation to see many popular attractions in the city.
Riley will soon get the opportunity to travel out west again, scoring a lead role in Shawn C. Phillips' next feature film "Skate to Hell", being shot in Las Vegas.
Riley also just landed a destination Cleveland commercial as the street musician as well in 2023
Outside of acting, Riley is renowned for his accomplishments as both a tattoo artist and entrepreneur. Most notably, he opened his own tattoo shop that has expanded into a studio for other art forms, including photography, film, music, pod casting and more. He also has a live music hall, event center and art gallery, dubbed the "Warhal Factory."
The new big space was built to help host one of the things Riley is most proud of starting. His charity art collective, titled "Art Addicts Anonymous" is a group that rallies to raise awareness and funds for mental health and recovery and has auctioned off paintings in the Rock Hall for "My Sobriety Day". He has also partnered with events with N.A.M.I.
However, even with all of Riley's professional accomplishments, he is most proud of his real life role as a husband to his wife Angela and father to his two sons Caleb and Sawyer.
Riley Wade Chase portrays "Jeramiah" in "In the Hands of Fate" by Fronz Productions.
Jeramiah is a mentally unstable, yet charismatic cult leader who will go to any measure to keep his flock from abandoning him. A narcissistic deceiver at heart, Jeramiah masks his volatile ruthlessness behind the face of a silver-tongued devil.- Actor
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Mishaël Abia Lopes Cardozo (1972) is known for his roles in Game of Thrones and Vikings. Mishaël was born in a small town called Laren in North Holland. His parents are Jacques Lopes Cardozo (Dentist) and Annemarie van Leeuwen. He has two younger siblings Eva and Sharon Lopes Cardozo. Mishaël is an international swordmaster, a painter of fine arts, musician, coach and entrepreneur.
As a young kid he was blessed and cursed with many talents. For his education he had to choose between Art school or conservatorium. Mishaël ended up studying Art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the Hague, He made his living as an artist and jazz musician. (drums & guitar). His hobby was historical fencing, which over the years became his new profession. In 2002 he founded his historical fencing club AMEK, which he turned into a company (HEMA, Events & Film) He introduced HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) in the Netherlands, which led to a rich and thriving subculture, consisting of many HEMA clubs scattered throughout the Netherlands. In the HEMA scene he is considered one of the top promotor of this ancient art and an authority on 15th century German fighting arts. He teaches in over 22 countries worldwide under the name 'Cardozo Swordsport' and initiated and co-founded the HEFFAC, the first coalition uniting all existing HEMA clubs in the lowlands, which led to official unions for this 'new' martial art. In 2008 Mishaël was knighted in Holland for his contribution to the reconstruction of the historical European martial heritage in the lowlands and was elevated to the Dutch Hall of Fame for Martial Arts in 2014. Winning three times the international championships for Stage Combat in Italy and many gold medals during his career as a HEMA tournament fighter, opened the door for him to the movie industry, where he was discovered by director Stefano Milla, who gave him his first role as Wilhelm in the motion picture Richard the Lionheart Rebellion. Mishaël plays a ruthless killer Knight and the right hand of Henry IV. This first role stirred Mishaël's interest in acting and led to further roles in the hit series Game of Thrones and Vikings. Apart from Acting and HEMA, Mishaël does Motion Capture for computer games and organizes workshops and demonstrations for company events. He likes to ride horses, shoot bow and arrow, throw knives and swing swords. Mishaël is a true knight in heart and soul. His wish and goal is to become the first Dutch action hero and bring authentic historical fencing back to the silver screen, combining his acting talent and his exceptional fighting skill to promote HEMA worldwide.