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Kristoffer Polaha was born in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Shift (2023), Jurassic World Dominion (2022) and A Work of Art (2021). He has been married to Julianne Morris since 7 June 2003. They have three children.- Actor
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Tall and imposing, Nevada native Chris Browning initially intended to be a screenwriter but enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles without realizing it was a school for actors only. Taking to the craft, Browning received one of his first parts in a Dr. Pepper commercial before spending the 1990s working in television. While continuously battling substance abuse, Browning's roles included a regular part in the short-lived baseball sitcom Hardball (1994) and a seven-episode guest appearance on LL Cool J's first show In the House (1995). Browning's problems with addiction led to a period of homelessness before finding sobriety in Taos, New Mexico. Five years of inactivity ended when Browning responded to a call for extras for the Western mini-series Into the West (2005). During his comeback, Browning moved away from televised comedy and into big-screen action. A small part as a deputy sheriff in 3:10 to Yuma (2007) helped raise Browning's profile, as well as pairing him for the first time with popular actor Christian Bale. The two teamed up again for the fourth installment in the "Terminator" science-fiction series, Terminator Salvation (2009). Browning has continued working steadily, playing small parts in major action films like Cowboys & Aliens (2011) while displaying his versatility in independent productions including Felon (2008), in which he played a Neo-Nazi prisoner.- Actress
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A wholesome beauty with comedic appeal, Dawn Elberta Wells was born on October 18, 1938 in Reno, Nevada. Wells' childhood was a happy and healthy one. She and her mother grew their own fruits and vegetables in their gardens and Dawn rode horses. In her high school years, she was the class treasurer, President of the debate team and an honor roll student. Dawn was on her way to becoming a ballerina, but bad knees prevented her from realizing the dream. She was Miss Nevada in 1959 and went on to the 1960 Miss America Pageant. Dawn had wanted to be a doctor, and enrolled in the elite Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri to study medicine, but then she discovered the Drama Club. She then transferred to the University of Washington, which was known for their Theatre Department, and she graduated with a Degree in Theatre.
Dawn moved to Hollywood and was cast as Mary Ann Summers on CBS's Gilligan's Island (1964). The rest is history. However, there was much more to Dawn than her simple Mary Ann character. Wells refused to be an unemployed actor after the show ended and was never out of work since the show decades ago. She performed in over 66 theatrical productions, including the National Touring Company of "They're Playing Our Song!" She did countless voice-overs, commercials and talk shows. She worked for the Australian news show "Midday" and interviewed such talents as Julia Roberts, Eddie Murphy and Tom Hanks, to name a few. Dawn has also had great success as a producer and has a number of television movies to her credit. After years of touring and performing in dramas, comedies, and musical theatre, Dawn slowed down a little. In 1998, she founded the Dawn Wells' Film Actors Boot Camp in Driggs, Idaho. The camp is for the already trained actor looking to make the transition from the amateur to the professional actor.
Wells managed the camp for many years. She has been in a popular commercial for Western Union, capitalizing on her character Mary Ann Summers. In 2003, Dawn did tours of the plays "Love Letters" with Adam West and Eve Ensler's Award Winning "The Vagina Monologues." In early 2004, Dawn established and founded The Spud Film Institute in Idaho and Wyoming, and held the first ever Spud Drive in Film and Music Festival in the summer of 2004. She was also the artistic director of the festival. If that is not enough, Ms. Wells also had her own clothing line for the physically challenged called "Wishing Wells Collections" and she recently launched her own skin care line, Classic Beauty. Dawn Wells continued to contribute to the business she loved so much and constantly gave back to the acting community. She mentored young actors and traveled to colleges all across the United States to teach Master Classes. She served as Artist in Residence at several Universities. Dawn was in constant demand for personal appearances and speaking engagements, yet never forgot to give back to the Artistic community. She will surely be remembered for all her good work. Wells passed away on December 30, 2020 at age 82. You can get information about all of Dawn's organizations at her website, dawn-wells.com.- Actor
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Gabriel was born in Reno, Nevada to Anne & David. From a young age Gabriel was surrounded by music and the performing arts and at the age of three his familly moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career for him in acting.
Gabriel got work quickly, landing a coveted role in the 1984 TV series Call to Glory (1984) , and by the age of 13 had worked with some of the worlds most renowned actors and directors. After 20 years in the business, Gabriel decided to pursue a career in post-production. He also has future plans to continue his acting career.- CJ Hoff was born December 1st in Reno, Nevada and began acting and auditioning at age twelve. CJ is known for Outcast, Chemical Hearts and Teen Wolf. CJ has recently guest starred on shows such as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as well as The Rookie: Feds. He will be portraying Louis Weichmann in the upcoming Apple series Manhunt.
- Jaylen Barron is an American actress known for playing the lead role "Zoe" on the Netflix original series Free Rein. She started her career as a model for the tween store Justice and moved over to acting full time with guest and recurring roles on hit Disney and Nicolodeon shows and eventually recurring on the critically acclaimed Shameless on Showtime.
Her acting range is shown through the variety of characters she has played and continues to strive for diversity in her craft.
Jaylen lives at home with her family and fur babies when she is not out of the country filming. - Director
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After small films like The Bedroom Window (1987) and Sweet Kill (1972), Curtis Hanson went on to direct major features including The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The River Wild (1994) and the Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential (1997). Setting his sights on another city, Hanson was critically acclaimed for directing Eminem in Universal Pictures' 8 Mile (2002), which co-starred Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer and many Detroit-based actors.- Actor
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Actor, Producer, and Podcaster Bryce Johnson is always looking for his next adventure, whether acting in film and television, voicing characters, pod-casting or hunting down the elusive creature known as Bigfoot, Bryce Johnson is forging new paths in the entertainment industry.
Although born in Reno, Nevada Bryce spent his schooling days in Denver where he caught the acting bug after seeing his older brother Brendon perform in his high school musical, South Pacific. After a brief move to Iowa with his mom and younger brother Brett, he packed his car and headed to Hollywood to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Once in Hollywood, his big break came in 1999 when he was cast in Ryan Murphy's freshman creation Popular as sensitive jock Josh Ford. The show endeared itself to fans and critics alike. After only two short years it amassed a cult following and won multiple awards, including 'Choice Breakout Show' at the Teen Choice Awards.
Bryce went on to guest star in a number of television's top shows, including Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, and seasoned dramas like Nip/Tuck, Without A Trace, The Mentalist, C.S.I., N.C.I.S., Code Black, The Good Doctor, and many, many more.
Drawn to challenging roles and unconventional stories, Bryce starred in the Sundance hits Harry and Max, written and directed by Sundance veteran Chris Munch, and Sleeping Dogs Lie by Sundance newcomer Bobcat Goldthwait. Bryce and Bobcat have continued working together with Bryce starring in two more of Goldthwait's films, Gob Bless America and Willow Creek. Other memorable roles include Officer Billy Pierce in MTV's Death Valley, Voicing the title character of 'Doctor Strange' in Marvels fully animated Feature of the same name, and Detective Darren Wilden in ABC Family's smash hit Pretty Little Liars.
Outside of acting Bryce is the co-creator of the podcast Bigfoot Collectors Club, a weekly paranormal podcast in which amazing guests discuss their personal paranormal histories, followed by a story of high strangeness.
Bryce also produced and starred in Travel channel's hit NEW show Expedition Bigfoot, in which he put together a team of scientists, experts and researchers in the quest for definitive proof of Bigfoot.
Most recently, along with some of his closest friends Bryce created and launched a NEW adult party game called Dirty Picture Cover Up or DPCU for short. An adult game for childish people.- Actor
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With his slicked back hair and thin moustache Erik Rhodes arrived in Hollywood to recreate his stage role of Rudolfo Tonetti (which he had performed first on Broadway and then in London, 1932-1933) for the filming of The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Contrary to his screen image, Erik was born in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma where he won a scholarship to study acting in New York. He made his theatrical debut, delivering eight lines, in the 1928 play 'A Most Immoral Lady', under his birth name Ernest (sometimes spelled Earnest) Sharpe. Because of his good baritone voice, he was next cast in two musicals. An expert mimicker of accents and dialects, he came to specialise in films as the perennial hyperactive continental charmer. In his second notable screen outing, Top Hat (1935), he played flamboyant dressmaker Alberto Beddini, famously declaring to Ginger Rogers "All my life I have promised my dresses I'd take them to Italy...and you must be in them". There were other good parts, particularly in the comedy A Night at the Ritz (1935) as would-be master chef Leopold Jaynos. Andre Sennwald's review in The New York Times (May 16,1935) commented on Erik's performance "as the psychopath with a yearning for culinary immortality, he gives 'A Night at the Ritz' its air of polite lunacy and helps to wring laughter out of a featherweight enterprise".
Erik Rhodes made films at RKO until 1937, more often than not as excitable Europeans (Henri Saffron in Woman Chases Man (1937), Frank Rochet in Old Man Rhythm (1935), Tony Bandini in Criminal Lawyer (1937) and, not forgetting, Spaghetti Nadzio in Music for Madame (1937)). By the end of the decade, his screen career had run its course. After his wartime service with U.S. Air Force Intelligence, he went back to Broadway for a lengthy spell in 'Can Can' as a Parisian bon vivant.- Actor
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Ron Thomas was born on 15 November 1961 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor, known for Cobra Kai (2018), The Karate Kid (1984) and The Big Bet (1987).- Actor
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Chase Ellison was born on 22 September 1993 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor, known for Tooth Fairy (2010), Mysterious Skin (2004) and That's What I Am (2011).- Actress
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Sarah Nevada has been nominated as Best Actress by the German Film Critics' Association for her lead role in "Grand Jeté" from director Isabelle Stever, which premiered at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival and has played in cinemas worldwide. "Grand Jeté" is available on VOD by the US distributor Altered Innocence.
Sarah Nevada is U.S.American, fluent in German and based in Berlin, New York and Los Angeles. She received her dance education in California, USA, and the National Ballet School in Hamburg, Germany under the direction of John Neumeier.
From 2001-2006 she was engaged as a solo/group dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet, working with directors such as John Neumeier, Christian Spuck, Hans von Mannen and Wayne McGregor. She is the founder of "wake-shops", a curriculum combining dance, yoga and physical theater. She works internationally as a freelance actress, dancer and choreographer, since 2008 landing lead roles such as Lilly in the feature film, "The Lost" by film director Reynold Reynolds. Throughout her career she has further worked alongside prestigious dance, theater and film directors such as Isabelle Stever, Marco Carniti, Patrick King, Michel Comte, Reynold Reynolds, Constanza Macras, Rolando Villazón, Claus Guth and more. She played out her comical skills in Marlene Melchior's web series "Bigheads" as the lead character, Debbie Adams. In 2020, she danced and acted in celebrated multimedia artist Jeremy Shaw's work,"Phase Shifting Index," which premiered in the world-famous "Centre Pompidou", in Paris. Furthermore, she's a founding artist and co-creator of the immersive lifestyle theater company, "Salon K Experience" implemented in Berlin in 2011.
Sarah Nevada has choreographed and directed her own dance and interactive theater work in multiple venues worldwide, as well curated performance acts for festivals, music videos and solo stage performances.- Actor
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Sean Palmer was born on 23 January 1973 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor, known for Chicago (2002), Easy Virtue (2008) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).- Kevin Geer's celebrated acting career includes appearances in feature film, on television, Broadway, Off-Broadway and London's West End. He recently completed one of the lead roles in the independent feature film Bunker Hill, from director Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States of America). Geer appears alongside James McDaniel (NYPD Blue) and Saeed Jaffrey (Gandhi).
His many film credits include The Pelican Brief, Arrowshot (Sundance Film Festival), Walter Foote's The Tavern and Rod Luries' The Contender opposite Joan Allen. Kevin's extensive stage career includes celebrated performances on London's West End, where he most recently played Jonesey in Side Man, the 1999 Tony Award winner for Best Play. On Broadway, he co-starred in a highly acclaimed staging of Twelve Angry Men and A Streetcar Named Desire. His Off-Broadway credits include The Foreigner at the Astor Place Theatre and Found A Peanut at The Public.
On television, Kevin has appeared on Oz, Law & Order, Homicide, China Beach, M.A.S.H., Macgyver and the TV film Sweet Bird Of Youth opposite Elizabeth Taylor. - Actress
- Producer
Frances Raines was a lovely and shapely brunette actress who popped up in some enjoyably trashy low budget exploitation pictures made throughout the 80s. Originally from Reno, NV She's a step-grand niece of legendary actor Claude Rains. After 'dying for a living' for several years, she discovered life after death in Ryder, PI which was Howard Stern's film debut. Frances appeared Off-Broadway and regionally in plays into the 2018 under her married name, Frances Sherman . After becoming a parent, she took smaller roles in larger films, and commercial work that made less demands on her being away from her family. Still happily married, and empty nesting, Frances now lives in Florida and paints/draws commissioned art when not working as an actor.- Actor
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Born and raised on a goat farm in Reno, Nevada, Chris is a former world and national champion Jet Ski racer, who has been working as an actor for over 15 years. After graduating from Cal state Sacramento with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Chris moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and had absolutely zero short term success.
But after a few years Gann was given a break when he was cast by director Rob Cohen in Sony studios blockbuster xXx with Vin Diesel and Samuel Jackson. He reunited with Diesel while working on Disney's $50 million comedy, The Pacifier. Since his breakout roles, Chris has over 25 guest stars on TV, has been in over 30 films, and over 50 national commercials. As a stunt man Chris earned a screen actors guild nomination for his work in "Transformers Dark Side of the Moon" (2011)
His roles have given him the opportunity to work with such directors as Adam Shankman, Eriq La Salle, and Michael Bey.- Ashleigh Kizer was born on 6 June 1983 in Reno, Nevada, USA. She is an actress, known for Deadwood (2004) and Dead & Nowhere (2008). She has been married to Mark Kemper since 16 September 2006. They have two children.
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Kevan "K-von" Moezzi (born on August 1, 1985 Reno, Nevada) is an internationally touring standup comedian / actor / host best known for his work on MTV's "Disaster Date", "Last Comic Standing" (NBC) to name a few. He has appeared in movies, television shows, and on the talk show circuit and has built a popular channel on youtube.com/KvonComedy as well.- Actress
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Laura Betti was born on 1 May 1927 in Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for 1900 (1976), La Dolce Vita (1960) and Teorema (1968). She died on 31 July 2004 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Pert blonde actress Marjorie Steele was in films for a very short time, making only four in all. She was born in Reno, Nevada on August 27, 1930 in a log cabin built by her father, a contractor. Her mother was part Russian and Swedish while her father came from German and Sioux Indian parentage. Marjorie's family moved to San Francisco when she was 9. It was here that she took an interest in acting while still young. She started with acting lessons and eventually won a scholarship to the Actors Lab in Hollywood.
To support herself in the early days, she worked as a cigarette girl at Ciro's, L.A.'s top nightclub. In what was to become a Cinderella story, the working teenager attracted the attention of multimillionaire Huntington Hartford. Smitten, Hartford not only signed her to a contract with a motion picture company he owned, he married her in 1949--shortly after her nineteenth birthday. She built up her reputation on stage and appeared in two films produced by her husband: Hello Out There (1949) and Face to Face (1952).
Her other two "B" films were Tough Assignment (1949) and No Escape (1953). Marjorie scored well in theater assignments, notably as the title role in "Sabrina Fair" in 1954, which played in London, and on Broadway when she took over the role of Maggie the Cat from Barbara Bel Geddes in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Shortly after this, she suddenly lost interest in her career and decided to retire and raise a family.
She married British actor Dudley Sutton following her 1961 divorce to Hartford, with whom she had two children,, but the marriage lasted only a few years. Her daughter by this marriage predeceased her mother, dying of a drug overdose at age 28. Steele's third husband was American-born Irish author Major Constantine Robert Louis Lee-Dillon FitzGibbon, who wrote "When the Kissing Had to Stop" and "The Irish in Ireland," and was the biographer of friend Dylan Thomas. Together the couple wrote "Teddy in the Tree." He died in 1983 from cancer and she never remarried.
Living in Ireland, Marjorie occupied her later years with painting and sculpting and has been commissioned for her work. She died on January 19, 2018 in Dublin. - Actress
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Tara Alexandra Brown was born in Reno, Nevada and is an award winning actress, director, writer, and producer. During a visit to Los Angeles when she was 14, Brown was discovered by renowned casting director, Fern Champion, after performing in a casting workshop meant for adults. Champion was so impressed that she helped Tara land her first agent while still living in Nevada.
Bitten by the acting bug at an early age, Brown was performing in full length theater productions by the time she was 9 years old and starred as Alice in "Alice in Wonderland" with the Sierra School of Performing Arts. At 11, Brown became youngest performer to be selected for an official cameo performance with the Great Basin Chautauqua Program. By 2010, she was juggling high school productions and the professional theater scene, starring as Rizzo in "Grease," The Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet," and Dogberry in "Much Ado About Nothing." At 15, Brown became a member of the acclaimed Good Luck Macbeth Theater company, starring as Cecily in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and later originating the role of Maggie Moran in Stacey Spain's dramatic play, "Killarney Sabbatical."
She received a scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in 2013, but chose to attend the University of Nevada, Reno where she was subsequently awarded the Grace-Semenza Drama Scholarship as a Freshman. While attending the University of Nevada, Brown was selected to perform a piece from "Double Falsehood" (a play thought to be an unknown work of William Shakespeare) during the highly anticipated scholarly debate between Tiffany Stern (Oxford University) and Brean Hammond (The University of Nottingham.) She also had the opportunity to study with Tony Award Winner, Adam Cates (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder) during the university production of "A Christmas Carol: The Musical."
Brown moved to Los Angeles in 2015 where she quickly began working in film and television. She made her feature film debut in the horror film, "Evil in Her" and television debut in Discovery Channel's popular true crime series, "People Magazine Investigates." In 2016, Brown was diagnosed with a rare form of Type 1 Diabetes known as "LADA" and became insulin-dependent at 20. Intent on being a voice for performers with disabilities, Brown stars in the upcoming short film, "And Yet So Far" about Type 1 Diabetes, a project she also co-wrote and executive produced. Brown is known for portraying Danielle Skylar in the Emmy Award Winning series, "Bosch" on Amazon and as Paige on the Lesflicks drama series, "Every Day." Brown made her directorial debut in 2022 with the feature film version of the series, starring Vivica A. Fox, and was awarded Best Director at the 8&Halfilm Film Festival and Best Supporting Actress at the Morgana Film Festival.
A classically trained artist, she has received critical acclaim for her many performances on stage, having trained in voice, dance, and improvisation. Most recently Brown starred as Kathy in the world premiere of Jerry Mayer's (Mash, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, All in the Family) newest comedy, Jews R 2 Much Fun, which was nominated for Best New Play by Broadway World Los Angeles and ran for 7 months at the Santa Monica Playhouse.- Actor
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Connor Sullivan was born on 9 February 1992 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Jesus Freaks (2019), Thane of East County (2015) and Millennials (2021).- Actress
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Connie LoLan Woods is an American actress. She was cast as "The New Girl at One-Eyed Jack's" by director David Lynch in the television series Twin Peaks (1990). She has several television and film rolls to her credit. She played the roll of Janis, one of Elvis Presley's many lovers in the mini-series Elvis and Me (1988), played Lisa Ballard in the film Evil Altar (1988), had a guest starring in the film The Forbidden Dance (1990), and guest starred again in the hit HBO series, Dream On (1990). She also grabbed attention in Europe in the film Paps, Versprechen hält man! (2001), a German production in which she played a dreamy California girl. In 2010 she was cast in another guest-starring role as "The Mom" in the film Hero. Additionally, she is part of the cast of Spreading Darkness (2017).
Connie began modeling at the age of 5 in a runway show for Beeline Fashions. She was a top selling pin-up poster girl during the 90's. Posters of Miss Woods could be found in major chain stores throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. In 1989 Connie Woods became the first woman to have her own trading card set when she conceptualized, created and founded Bench Warmer Trading Cards. This six card set, produced solely by Miss Woods, was limited to a run of 10,000 sets. She holds the distinct honor of being "The Original Bench Warmer" and her silhouette in a softball uniform on a bench is the logo for Bench Warmer Trading Cards. In 1992 she released a second set of Bench Warmer trading cards featuring nearly 100 different up-and-coming models, actresses and starlets, many of which have gone on to enjoy a significant amount of fame. This time 20,000,000 cards were printed and distributed. Following the release of this larger set she produced Women Of The World Trading Cards. She has modeled for Norma Kamoli Swimwear and Fashion Gal, a chain of women's clothing stores. Connie Woods has been featured in various publications including New York Magazine, Sport Magazine, and Fit Magazine. She has also been the subject of articles on the Huffington Post.
Earlier in her career, Connie was featured in music videos for Phil Collins, Tom Petty, Ted Nuggent, and Herb Alpert.
Connie's daughter Blue LoLan, is a model and film maker who completed her first film project, at the age of 14.
Throughout her career Miss Woods has enjoyed working in front of and behind the camera. In addition to her varied talents (including art and design), Connie is also a software developer, course creator and digital entrepreneur.- Actor
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In some ways, the seemingly impossible dream of acting was made for someone as tenacious as Dee Christian, a.k.a. "Deke" Anderson. In high school, at a mere 138 pounds, he was an All State Center for the Reno High Huskies. And at only 19, he owned and operated the largest bodybuilding gym in northern Nevada, where he trained to become a 4 time State Champion body builder and also happened to employ Kane Hodder, a.k.a. "Jason" of "Friday the 13th" fame. Deke's love for acting was born at the Nevada Opera Guild, where he performed in many musicals. Not long after he threw Kevin Costner's character off of a bridge in Reno in the feature "Stacy's Knights," he headed to Hollywood. It was 1982; in Westwood, he founded, owned and operated Deke's Muscled Cabs, a pedi-cab business which paid his bills in the beginning. He was Taft-Hartlied into SAG on his first L.A. job. For 40 plus years following that timely Taft Hartley, Deke has had a wonderful career both in front of and behind the camera. Deke directed and field produced 63 episodes of "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol" across and throughout 8 of our great states. He thus developed a deep "nuts and bolts" sense of production needs, and is therefore as reliable as they come as an actor. And Deke is also incredibly nuanced in his acting range, and his reels show it - they reflect a wonderfully diverse cast of characters over many years - Dads, Executives, psychos, Satan, goofballs and more! Deke has also been privileged to be a part of truly iconic TV/Film moments. He is a Tiny Ash tormenting good friend Bruce Campbell in Sam Raimi's cult classic "Army of Darkness," as well as Lilith's bachelor party beefcake stripper love interest "Randy" on "Cheers," and the spoiled arrogant rich suitor striking out with Madonna in her "Material Girl" music video. And he was cast as a Series Regular in what was reportedly then the most expensive CBS TV pilot ever shot! His wealth of experience makes Deke not only an amazing actor, but perhaps more importantly, an amazing acting instructor. Deke has loved mentoring his students in one of the most prominent acting havens in Hollywood and the Southeast region, Next Level Acting Studios. Deke resides in Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia, depending on where he is currently shooting, but Texas with his wife, daughter and Schnauzer is where he calls home.- Ben Erway was born on 25 April 1892 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bishop's Wife (1947), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Mountain Rhythm (1943). He was married to Gladys George. He died on 6 February 1981 in Sun City, California, USA.
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Noelle Balfour was born on 11 December 1984 in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was an actress and casting director, known for The Rite (2011), Exit Strategy (2012) and Banking on Love (2008). She died on 11 October 2017 in Escondido, California, USA.- Music Department
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Chris is a multiple Grammy and Emmy-winning recording engineer and mixer based in Los Angeles, California. He has recorded and mixed the scores and soundtracks to over 300 major motion pictures and television shows, including the Oscar-winning scores to Oppenheimer and Black Panther and the Emmy-winning scores to The Mandalorian and Severance. Others include Mission Impossible 7 - Dead Reckoning, Venom, Blue Beetle, Tenet, Tropic Thunder, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Superbad and many more. He has also worked with dozens of major recording artists, including Alanis Morissette, Justin Timberlake, U2, Childish Gambino, Sheryl Crow, Aerosmith, St Vincent, Jose Gonzalez and Robbie Robertson.
Chris has four Grammy nominations (won in 2019 and 2024), eleven Cinema Audio Society nominations (won in 2012, 2020 and 2024) and three Emmy nominations (won in 2020 and 2021).- Actor
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Jed is a child of the 80's. He grew up in suburban Puyallup, WA to a nurse Mother and a Boeing airplane engineer Father. He spent his childhood riding bikes and playing in the woods. His family moved 13 times before he was 12 years old. He attributes his sense of humor and love of comedy to his grandpa, whom he admires most. Jed moved off to California for college to pursue Electrical Engineering, and took an improv class in school since there was no homework. That's when the acting bug bit, and his teacher strong armed him into pursuing acting endeavors in Hollywood, to the dismay of his parents. In college Jed would skip class to audition and found quick success booking commercials and a Guest Star on the CBS show "Close To Home".
He has trained all over Los Angeles having been heavily involved in the Groundlings theatre, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Improv Olympic. His scene study and technique skills are attributed to Ivana Chubbuck to which he worked with for over 5 years and assisted her, as well as with Margie Haber and Lesly Kahn. He has acted in over 50+ commercials, and numerous TV appearances, as well as film roles.
After working in Commercials, TV, and Film Jed learned the skills of filmmaking and started a production company with his business partner John Kubin called Pretty Nifty Productions. Jed is an award winning director having written, produced, and directed over 100+ commercials for major brands such as Star Wars, McDonalds, Fiat, Bud Light, Virgin America, Miller Lite, etc. and the #2 Digital commercial for Super Bowl 50 for Walmart. Jed and John are also developing a series for Crackle.
Jed is happily married to actress and singer Calico Cooper of the band Beasto Blanco. His father-in-law is legendary rockstar Alice Cooper.- Producer
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Andy Mingo is a Pacific Northwest-based writer, director, and producer whose work has gained recognition at national and international film festivals and screenings. Andy holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State University and is a squad member of Corporeal Writing LLC located in Oregon, where he teaches screenwriting.- Actor
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Christopher Emerson was born on 10 October 1981 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for What Women Want (2000), Resident Evil 6 (2012) and Miami Medical (2010).- Amelia M. Gotham is a performance artist living in the Los Angeles area. She studied theater, dance and singing techniques at The Pacific Conservatory of The Performing Arts in Central California before moving south in 2008. Since then, she's acted in numerous plays, commercials and films as well as written a full-length theatrical production called, SHUDDER, which premiered in 2010 at Zombie Joe's Underground Theater. She has directed several major stage shows starting with, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, at the Brewary Arts Center in Northern Nevada at the age of 17. Currently, she is continuing her education in photography and film studies at the Academy of Art University. She also has two feature films being written entitled, NURSE KELLY, and, THIRST (working title)
- Jennifer Harman was born on 29 November 1964 in Reno, Nevada, USA. She is an actress, known for Lucky You (2007), The Big Blind (1999) and Full Tilt Million Dollar Cash Game (2006).
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Eric Whitacre is a conductor, broadcaster and public speaker.
The first piece he ever performed - Mozart's Requiem - changed his life. Inspired to compose, his first piece Go, Lovely Rose, was completed at the age of 21. He went on to the Juilliard School (New York), earning his Master of Music degree studying with Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning composer, John Corigliano.
His first album as both composer and conductor on Decca/Universal, Light & Gold, won a Grammy® in 2012, reaped unanimous five star reviews and became the no. 1 classical album in the US and UK charts within a week of release. His second album, Water Night, was released on Decca in April 2012 and debuted at no. 1 in the iTunes and Billboard classical chart on the day of release. It features seven world premiere recordings and includes performances from his professional choir, the Eric Whitacre Singers, the London Symphony Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber and Hila Plitmann. His compositions also feature on multiple other recordings made in Europe, North America and Australasia.
His ground-breaking Virtual Choir, Lux Aurumque, received over a million views on YouTube in just 2 months (now 3 million), featuring 185 singers from 12 different countries. Virtual Choir 2.0, Sleep, was released in April 2011 and involved over 2,000 voices from 58 countries. Virtual Choir 3, Water Night, received 3,746 submissions from 73 counties and launched at Lincoln Center, New York and revealed online in April 2012. The latest, Virtual Choir 4: Fly to Paradise, released in July 2013, received over 8,400 submissions from 101 countries and launched at the Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace/BBC 1.
Eric has written for The Tallis Scholars, BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Chanticleer, Julian Lloyd Webber and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Rundfunkchor and The King's Singers among others. His musical, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, won both the ASCAP Harold Arlen award and the Richard Rodgers Award, and earned 10 nominations at the Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. A versatile musician, he has also worked with legendary film composer, Hans Zimmer, co-writing the Mermaid Theme for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. In 2011, Eric was one of the judges and conducted the winning entries of the Abbey Road 80th Anniversary Anthem Competition, recording the London Symphony Orchestra and his professional choir, the Eric Whitacre Singers, in Abbey Road Studio 1. In May 2013, Eric and his choir performed at a ceremony honoring Archbishop Desmond Tutu at London's Guildhall as he was presented with the 2013 Templeton Prize Laureate and came together with fellow performers, world-renowned vocal artist Annie Lennox and the vibrant London African Gospel Choir, in a rousing performance of Lean on Me to close the ceremony.
His latest initiative, Soaring Leap, is a series of workshops and festivals. Guest speakers, composers and artists, make regular appearances at Soaring Leap events around the world.
Eric was honoured to address the U.N. Leaders programme and the revered TED conference in Long Beach CA where he earned the first full standing ovation of the conference. He has addressed audiences worldwide, including leading Universities, The Economist and Seoul Digital Forum. In October 2012, Eric presented his Virtual Choir at the F.ounders conference, an annual private gathering for 150 of the world's leading technology company founders, alongside a discussion with Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube. Eric addressed the World Economic Forum, Davos in January 2013, leading a discussion on the role of arts in society and the impact of technology on the arts, and will return to Davos by invitation in 2014. On 1 March 2013, he presented the first 'live' Virtual Choir at TED (Long Beach, CA) performing 'Cloudburst'.
Many of Eric Whitacre's works have entered the standard choral and symphonic repertories and have become the subject of scholarly works and doctoral dissertations. He has received composition awards from the Barlow International Composition Competition, the ACDA and the American Composers Forum. In 2001, Eric became the youngest recipient ever awarded the coveted Raymond C. Brock commission by the ACDA, despite coming to classical music relatively late in life when he joined his college choir in Las Vegas. Eric has received an Honorary Patronage from Trinity College Philosophical Society, Dublin and was awarded Alumnus of the Year 2012 by the University of Las Vegas.
Eric Whitacre is currently Composer in Residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, UK.- Dr. Buzz provides commentary for the television show CopyCat Killers which airs on the REELZ Channel. Prior to gaining his doctoral Buzz appeared in a string of slasher horror films in the late 1980s. Later as a psychologist working with a forensic population Buzz became known to the public as "Dr. Buzz". First appearing on New York City radio station WWRL, hosting his own show "Ask Dr. Buzz" and on numerous day and nighttime television shows.
- Amy Ecklund was born on 25 June 1970 in Reno, Nevada, USA. She is an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), The Accusation (2003) and The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998). She was previously married to Jon Ecklund.
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Jason Ganzel was born in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), Queen of the South (2016) and Graceland (2013).- American B-Western actress. Growing up in her native Reno, Nevada, she made her entree into films with small parts in films shooting on location in the Reno area. She travelled to Hollywood and got work as a trick rider and stuntwoman and eventually as a leading lady in low- budget Westerns for Monogram and Republic. She starred opposite Johnny Mack Brown in several films and married another cowboy star, Lash La Rue. She also had her own radio program in the 1940s, "Reno Rides the Range." She retired to her hometown of Reno and died there at the age of 70.
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Eric Ritter was born on 29 August 1976 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Coyote Ugly (2000), Scandal (2012) and Veronica Mars (2004). He has been married to Cindy Ritter since 18 September 2011. He was previously married to Michelle Obenrader.- Actor
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Chris Lerude was born on 24 August 1966 in Reno, Nevada, USA. He is an actor, known for Wie Feuer und Wasser (2014), Nikki & Sara Live (2013) and Nova (1974).- Producer
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Adam was born in Reno, Nevada on December 8th, 1986 and quickly moved to New York City, New York where he lived for two years until finally moving to Park Ridge, Illinois where he was raised. He attended Eugene Field Elementary School, Emerson Middle School, and then finally graduated from Maine South High School in 2005.
While attending Emerson Middle School he developed an interest in film directing. This interest carried on into high school. In 2002 he was assigned a directing project for an English class that ultimately was very well received by teachers and classmates alike. This was the incident that ultimately convinced him to pursue film as a career.
Adam moved out of Park Ridge and into Chicago in 2005 where he continues to live. He attended Columbia College Chicago as a directing major. Ultimately he graduated in 2009.- Music Department
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Harry Shannon was born Harry Siebert in Reno, Nevada in 1948. He grew up there and in Pomona, California. Shannon has been an actor, a singer, an Emmy-nominated songwriter, a recording artist in Europe, a music publisher, a film studio executive and worked as a free-lance Music Supervisor on films such as "Basic Instinct" and "Universal Soldier." He is currently a counselor in private practice. Shannon's `horror genre' books include "Night of the Beast," "Night of the Werewolf," and "Night of the Daemon." He's also author of the Mick Callahan suspense novels "Memorial Day" and "Eye of the Burning Man," and the thriller "The Pressure of Darkness," all from Five Star Mysteries. Shannon has been published in a number of genre magazines, including "Cemetery Dance," "Horror Garage," "City Slab," "Crime Spree," and "Gothic.net." His first horror script "Dead and Gone" was filmed by director and photographer Yossi Sasson. Shannon can be contacted via his web site, Harry Shannon.com.- Matthews is the co-creator and executive producer of VH1's hit real estate show, Love & Listings (2019), continuing to be one of Hollywood's youngest executive producers. Matthews is also known for producing The Busch Family Brewed (2020), Summer House (2017), Living with Funny (2016) and #TheWestbrooks (2015), Over the years, Matthews has produced more than 150 hours of television for networks such as NBC, BET, Oxygen, Bravo, WETV, etc.
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Joshua Anderson was born on 4 March 1981 in Reno, Nevada, USA. Joshua is known for Interview with the Vampire (2022), Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) and Greyhound (2020).- Producer
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Director JJ Rogers company statement is: independent studio helping independent filmmakers. This statement says it all. His clients make him their first call for any project from concept to distribution. JJ opened XVIII Entertainment LLC and has launched a film distribution branch of the company. With several film in development ,in 2017 will continue to concentrate on family fun action and adventure.- Director
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Chad Michael Ward is an American director, cinematographer and screenwriter living in Northern Sweden.
Through his evocative photography and thought-provoking films, Ward aims to foster a greater understanding and empathy for the intricacies of the human experience. By pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling, he invites viewers to embark on introspective journeys, where the complexities of the human condition are explored and the fragile beauty of our shared existence is revealed.- Producer
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Alison Semenza King grew up in Reno, Nevada, where she mastered the art of folding pizza boxes at her dad's pizza parlor while daydreaming about making movies. At the age of 18, she moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California, at the School of Cinema-Television. After graduation, she worked at Royal Oaks Entertainment in Post Production and worked her way up to Executive in Charge of Production for the Phoenician Films Division. Soon after, she joined Franchise Pictures as Vice President of Production, overseeing the Franchise Classic Division, where she produced many films including the Sundance favorite and Humanitas Prize Winner "The Green Dragon" with Forest Whitaker and Patrick Swayze.
After leaving Franchise, Alison became an Independent Executive Producer, Line Producer and UPM. Over the past 20 years, she has shot films and television in 9 different countries, and coast to coast within the US.
Alison is a member of the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America.- Actor
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Winner of Multiple Best Acting Awards, Dustin Ardine started acting at the young age of 6. Classically trained, he has played a vast array of character and leading roles from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams, in repertory theaters across the USA. He has also appeared in dozens of TV shows, Commercials, and Independent films.
Born, Dustin Anthony Serrano, on August 24th 1984, in Reno Nevada, to Richard Serrano, a postal worker and Tina Serrano, a Nurse. His grandfather, William Ardine, was a WWII veteran in the Air Force, who on his deathbed gave Dustin permission to use his last name in order to carry on his lineage. Ardine's recent ancestry includes Italian (where his grandfather was born in Abruzzi), & Romanian (one of Ardine's maternal great-grandmothers from Romania.)
Ardine's parents divorced in 1988 when he was only 4. He spent his early years moving back and forth between households, catching the acting bug early as a way to escape his home life. He started performing in musicals and theatre shows in school and with local acting companies. Ardine's thirst for knowledge and drive to be the very best actor he could be lead him to study all the greatest industry teachers. He studied at the renowned Academy of Art University under the tutelage of Hollywood leading lady Diane Baker, and at the famed New York Film Academy in Los Angeles.
At the age of 14 Dustin started training as a professional wrestler and stuntman. Being trained by the legendary Dory Funk Jr., as well as "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles. Ardine has wrestled all over the USA. At the young age of 23 Ardine opened his very own successful professional wrestling organization in Reno Nevada, called "Pro Wrestling Destination" which he ran for nearly a decade.
Ardine's first lead role in a feature film was at only 21 years of age, in the independent horror film "Day of the Axe". Ardine has recently been seen starring in the Award Winning feature film "Ariadne", as Rose in the well received Chinese feature film "Los Angeles Kidnapping" and as the male lead in the short horror film "Birth" which was screened at the world famous Cannes Film Festival in early 2018.
Ardine started his own film production company called "Dreamachine Productions" in 2018 and will next be seen starring in the T.V.show pilot "Angel of Mercy" and in the upcoming feature film entitled "Proving Ground" opposite famed Hollywood starlet Dominique Swain.- Actress
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Born in Nevada, Clare grew up in a small town in Wisconsin known for its extensive climate changes. Although she started out playing soccer, she quickly made her move to the stage in '98 in the play Star Struck as a cute little snail hunter. She then proceeded to spend her childhood on the stage of Zona Gale Theater. After playing the role of Queen Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, she quickly impressed Utah University drama professor Xan Johnson. It was Dr. Xan Johnson who gave her a taste of emotionally deep dramatic works by casting her as a Flunkie in the production of John Lennon & Me in the summer of 2000. It was also that summer that she started her extensive theater training with teachers who have studied all over the world. It was there that she found her deep love of William Shakespeare, and the ability to move a audience. In 2006 she left the director speechless during her audition for Juliet/Anabelle Stackpoole in the production of Romeo & Juliet, Together and Alive At Last. It would be the role that Clare would never forget playing. After graduating high school, Clare moved around the country for a few years before auditioning for the B.F.A program before the theater professors at University Of Stevens Point. She's currently attending the University of Wisconsin Green Bay to get her B.A in Theatre.- Actor
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Frosty Royce was born on 20 December 1910 in El Reno, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Littlest Hobo (1958), Oklahoma Renegades (1940) and Prairie Gunsmoke (1942). He died on 16 May 1965 in Studio City, California, USA.- Caroline Hedley-Ann Jennings was born September 29, 2012, in Reno, Nevada, USA, to Rebecca Ann Jennings and Aaron Hedley Jennings. Her mother was an executive general counsel for a public mining company (now retired) and her father is CEO for a cybersecurity company and technology investor. Caroline is of English, Irish, Scottish, Italian, and American Indian descent.
Prior to her debut into the cinematic world, Caroline did her own around the house acting - pretending to be a Disney princess and many other characters (a teacher, a chef, a nurse, a singer, etc.) on a consistent basis. Caroline presented with a big personality early and as an only child with professional parents was bound to carry on adult conversations at the age of 2. Her parents were constantly told, often by perfect strangers, that she was special! Caroline was submitted to several agencies and every agency responded immediately to sign her. Within a couple of weeks of accepting representation, Caroline landed her first major print work as a child model for the Swedish behemoth H&M.
Caroline quickly began auditioning for feature film roles requiring speaking lines and "nailed" her first SAG feature film speaking role at the age of 3. The executive producer was "thrilled" with Caroline's performance. The role was challenging requiring her to memorize multiple lines at the age of 3 and she managed to do it brilliantly. Those who have worked on set with Caroline have called "delightful to work with," "ethereal," "mannerly," "professional," "articulate," "wise beyond her years," and "amazing"! Caroline and her family split their time between Santa Monica, San Francisco, and Lake Tahoe.