HOPE STEPHENS - NON-UNION

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COVID-19 | FULLY VACCINATED & BOOSTED

FILM

* Awarded "Best Leading Actor"

WHERE THE SHADOWS WAIT

Lead

Dir. Riley Robbins

THE PART WHERE I CRY

Lead

Dir. Chris Luna

SHIPS IN THE NIGHT *

Lead

Dir. Elliot Wilks

HUNCH

Lead

Dir. Jonathan C. Stephens

FELON LOVE *

Lead

Dir. Nicolas Lemaster

THE DEVIL'S VEST

Lead

Dir. Vin Dormani

WHERE IS HAPPY?

Lead

Dir. Atiba Jeffers

SLIP SLOPS

Lead

Dir. Jonathan C. Stephens

THE KING'S PINE

Lead

Dir. Quincy Kern-Johnson

ANTICIPATING THE GREAT UNKNOWABLE

Lead

Dir. Robert Seth

GRACETOWN

Lead

Dir. Todd Kreiser

INTERROGATION

Lead

Dir. James Carson

LIES WE BELIEVE

Lead

Dir. Todd Kreiser

THE GAZELLE

Lead

Dir. Thaddeus W Jones Jr.

SLOW THE HELL DOWN

Lead

Dir. Chandler Mitchell

THE OFFER

Lead

Dir. Daniel Lynch

OPEN CASKET

Lead

Dir. Vin Dormani

MASTERPIECE

Lead

Dir. Carson Fox

BREAKING

Lead

Dir. Brenton Bent

POP!

Lead

Dir. Milan Italia

HIT & RUN

Lead

Dir. Lahoucine Boussaber

STOP WAITING TO SEE

Lead

Dir. Andrew Bentley

NOT EVERY DAY

Lead

Dir. Ryan Persaud

PLEASURE TRIPPING

Lead

Dir. Elrich BJ Mabry

TIME PIECE

Lead

Dir. Rob Jamison

BATGIRL: SCALES OF JUSTICE

Supporting

Dir. Kendall Felix

LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

Supporting

Dir. Jerod Wood

SHOOTS AND LADDERS

Supporting

Dir. Keira Reneau

BUS FARE

Supporting

Dir. Janice Baker

SONGBIRD

Supporting

Dir. Jonathan Horton

PALETTE CLEANSER

Supporting

Dir. Christian Olsen

SECOND LEASE ON LIFE

Supporting

Dir. Kaya Caouki

BOOK WORM

Supporting

Dir. Malakiy Lopes

THE GREAT GRAPE HEIST

Supporting

Dir. Lana Victoria

UNREQUITED FEAR

Supporting

Dir. Mackensie McDonough

ONE LAST DRINK

Supporting

Dir. Colby Ballard

AMERICAN WOMAN

Supporting

Dir. Ashley Wehrs | Matison Le

DYING! TO ESCAPE

Supporting

Dir. Dylan Christopher

STOMPING GROUNDS

Supporting

Dir. Silvia Massey

IS GOD THE SAME HERE?

Supporting

Dir. Jerod Wood

UNSEEN

Supporting

Dir. Jonathan C. Stephens

SWEET SOMETHINGS

Supporting

Dir. Zoe Mathewson

WHY ME?

Supporting

Dir. Emmett Blount

OUT OF TIME

Supporting

Dir. William Whitehurst

THE STORY OF SEA BASS

Supporting

Dir. Paul Duncan

THE MAN FROM SOL

Supporting

Dir. Aaron Parker

MILILA

Supporting

Dir. Andrew Gajadhar

MORGAN'S APPLE TREE

Supporting

Dir. Jessica Baptiste

TV

LEXICON

Recurring

Dir. Kyra Arendt

ROUGH SEAS

Recurring

Dir. Dara Brewton

IT'S SUPERNATURAL

Co-star

TBN

NEW MEDIA

EL CATRACHO

Lead

Dir. Jay Heath

COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL / VOICEOVER

Conflicts available upon request.

THEATRE

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Lord Wessex

Central Piedmont College

ROMEO AND JULIET

Capulet

Free Reign Theatre

OSLO

Jan Egeland

Three Bone Theatre

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Rogers

Theatre Charlotte

OUR TOWN *

Simon Stimson

Central Piedmont College

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

John Dashwood

Central Piedmont College

TILL DEATH

Hitman (Lead)

Abbey Players

ORDER UP

Richard & Rick (Lead)

Abbey Players

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Inspector Forman/Judson (Supporting)

Central Piedmont College

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Man #3

Rock Hill Theatre

* Nominated "Best Newcomer"

TRAINING

Stanislavski (ongoing)

Lon Bumgarner

Film Actor's Studio

Meisner

Jessica Houde Morris

Houde School of Acting

Meisner

Kelley Hinman

Charlotte Meisner Teacher

Accent

Pamela K Ryder

Speak The Speech, UK

Commercial Improv

Mike Pointer

Hey, I Saw Your Commercial!

Improvisation (Levels 1,2,3)

Kevin Shimko & Abigail Head

CATCh Theatre

Voice (feminine)

Gretchen McGinty

New Leaf Voice

Acting (camera, theatre)

Marilyn Carter, Tom Hollis

Central Piedmont College

Voice (singing)

Beau Stroupe

Beau Stroupe Studio

Masters of Fine Arts

Creative Writing: Fiction

CA State University Long Beach

English Literature Teacher

13 years in Public Education

WORKSHOPS

Bringing Yourself

Gil Junger

The Breakthru Co.

Access to Emotion Working on Camera

Cindy Hogan

The ACTING Coach

Firearms Choreography for Films

Paula Tamayo

Argon Core

Muay Thai for Camera

Paula Tamayo

Argon Core

Cold Reads

Dalex Miller

Dalex Casting

Perfect Submission

Clifton Guterman

Big Picture Casting

Accent: Queen's English & Cockney

Jill Bloede

SPECIAL SKILLS

Sports:

Horse (Western), football, baseball,

basketball, archery, golf

Accents:

Neutral Standard UK, Northeast US,

Southern US, femme/nonbinary

Nonbinary:

Voice, heels, makeup, wigs

Weapons:

Pistol, rifle, skeet/trap

Driver:

Car, Motorcycle

I show up on-time & prepared. I take redirection. I am easy to get along with. No attitude, humble, I collaborate & just do the work. In 2020, I won Best Actor in the 48-Hour Film Project. In 2023, I won Best Actor in the Stranger Days Independent Film Festival. After a career teaching English, I founded and am CEO of a teaching curriculum business. I hold a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in Fiction and have written four novels. Current US Passport exp 2025.

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 218 lbs

Catch Objects in Mouth, Female Voice Trained, Smoking Cigars, Teaching, Walking in High Heels, Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Body Surfing, Bowling, Cycling, Equestrian - General, Equestrian - Western, Football, Golf, Jet Skier, Motorcycle Riding - General, Running - General, Running - Long Distance, Shooting - Revolver/Automatic, Shooting - Skeet/Trap, Snorkeling, Softball, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - freestyle, Volleyball, Firearms, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Singer, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Bari-Tenor, Vocal Range: Baritone, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, French Accent