HOPE STEPHENS
- NON-UNION
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DRAMA | Businesswoman defends girl getting robbed (Performance Video) Quicktime
Supporting role / short film (drama)
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COMEDY | Bar patron responds to detective's interrogation (Performance Video) Quicktime
Supporting role / short film (comedy)
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DRAMA | Drag Queen celebrates w/ other queens (Performance Video) Quicktime
Supporting role in STOMPING GROUNDS
Résumé Print Résumé
COVID-19 | FULLY VACCINATED & BOOSTED | ||
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FILM | ||
* Awarded "Best Leading Actor" |
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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 |
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 |
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. |
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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" |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Weapons: |
Pistol, rifle, skeet/trap |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 6'1" |
Weight: 218 lbs |
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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
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.