I am a 27 year old classically trained actor. I got my start in this crazy business playing in a summer stock production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream when I was just a teenager. Since then I have been hooked. Though at times I have struggled as an actor, waiting tables to make ends meet like everyone else, I am now winning parts on a fairly regular basis. I am always on the lookout for casting calls
I live in the Chicago area and there are plenty of small theater venues for me to hone my chops while I am waiting for my big break. I just finished a run starring in a production of 12 Angry Men. That has always been one of my favorite plays and I am proud to have been a part of it. I have also played in a production of Death of a Salesman, though not a starring role.
I have been in many local television advertisements, mostly cheesy car dealer and law firm commercials. I used to see these ads on day time television growing up, I never thought I would be in one. Oh well, another day another dollar. Just another mile stone on my way to the top. If I wouldn’t have done these awful ads I wouldn’t have met my lovely wife. She worked at a car dealership where I was filming. We dated for a few months and then I used the money from the commercial to buy her an engagement ring.
All in all it has been a good career, and I have aspirations to make it to Hollywood. I know that isn’t the likeliest of all scenarios but it never hurts to dream, and when I dream I dream big. I can just picture it, me a hot shot Hollywood star. That would be the life.