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[SHOWREEL] Character Lead (UK Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Featured: Haven Hollow (Ethereal/Poignant), Inside Studio A (Mockumentary/Grounded), Melody Next Door (Drama/Magic). See below for high-intensity US Accent tapes.
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[ROM-COM] The Confident Romantic: Empathetic/Assured (UK Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Kauss is Hugh Grant through a modern queer lens. Scene: An expat supports his partner through the complexities of identity during a whirlwind 24-hour trip to LA. From the short, That Sunny Day in LA. Tone: Notting Hill/Looking
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[DRAMA] Webcam Confession: Intimate/Lethal (US Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Scene: Calculated direct-to-camera monologue exploring guilt + the void after a partner's murder. Sharp, rhythmic.
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[COMEDY] The Privileged Heir (Satirical) - Commercial (UK Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Crash the Super Bowl finalist entry. Scene: Entitled brat at a will reading.
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[DRAMA] Troubled Student: Secretive/Internal (US Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Scene: Troubled student speaks to his church after so called 'conversation therapy'. Tone: Big Little Lies/Severance. Character age range: 15-25.
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[DRAMA] Psych Patient: Vulnerable/Volatile (US Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Scene: A psych patient starts to open up in group therapy. Tone: The Sopranos/Succession. Sensational CD feedback.
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[CLASSICAL] Enigmatic/Satirical (UK Accent) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Trinculo from The Tempest (Act 2, Scene 2). Showcases high-stakes physical comedy and AEA/Classical training.
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[VO] Character: NY/Brooklyn (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
Legit Credit: Secret Cinema Presents - Stranger Things. Tone: Grounded/Character-driven
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[VO] Character: Eastern European [General] (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
Legit Credit: Secret Cinema Presents - Stranger Things. Tone: Intense/Character-driven
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[VO] Character: Southern US (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
Legit Credit: Secret Cinema Presents - Stranger Things. Tone: Character-driven/Comedic
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[VOCAL] Vulnerable/Invisible — Amos from Chicago (The "Character" Skill) (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
Character Study: "Mister Cellophane" from Chicago. AEA/Vocal range
Résumé Print Résumé
UPCOMING | ||
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The Miss (Short) |
LEAD |
Josh LaCount |
Mango 2 (Audio Drama - Feature) |
SUPPORTING |
Hard 90 Productions |
Coldemere (Feature Film) |
SUPPORTING-LEAD |
ATTACHED |
FILM | ||
That Sunny Day in LA (Short) |
LEAD |
Juan Sebastián Valencia/BowTV |
Dreams Work LLC (Short) |
LEAD |
Chris Begley/Film Gearz |
Haven Hollow (Short) |
LEAD |
Dir. Josh LaCount |
The Last Story on Earth (Short) |
LEAD ALIEN |
Dir. Aaron Immediato |
Melody Next Door (Feature) |
LEAD |
Dir. Josh LaCount |
Compulsion (Short) |
LEAD |
Dir. Colin Turcotte |
Inside Studio A (Short) |
LEAD |
Dir. Teresa Felix |
Poltergeist (Short) |
TITLE ROLE |
Dir. Gary Cook |
Imaginary (Web Series) |
FEATURED |
Dir. Molly Gazay |
Little Things (Grad) |
LEAD |
Dir. Francesca Savoy |
TV | ||
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story |
SPECTATOR |
Netflix/Ryan Murphy |
A Brief History of the Future |
BRITISH VO |
PBS/UNTOLD |
COMMERCIAL | ||
Doritos (Super Bowl Comp) |
LEAD |
Dir. Daniel Catton |
HelloFresh UK (Online) |
HERO |
First Media/HelloFresh UK |
NHS: Sexual Health (PSA) |
HOST |
Creativ Studios/NHS |
Paul McCartney at Madison Square Garden |
FEATURED MODEL |
Theatre Mama/MSG |
THEATRE | ||
Temp Cupid! |
LEAD |
Prod. Immersive Art Collective |
Arsenic is Too Weak (workshop) |
LEAD |
Prod. Sonder Creative Company |
Secret Cinema Presents: Stranger Things |
IMMERSED ACTOR |
Prod. Secret Group |
Secret Cinema Presents: Casino Royale |
IMMERSED ACTOR |
Prod. Secret Group |
Hood (Reading) |
NARRATOR |
Dir. Douglas Carter Beane |
Me & The Girls (w/ Alan Cumming) |
BRIAN |
Dir. Douglas Carter Beane |
CRH (Reading) |
FEATURED |
Dir. Adam Fitzgerald |
A Sketch of New York (Off-Broadway) |
LEAD |
Dir. Jo DiNozzi |
Pronoun |
KYLE |
Dir. Susan Pilar |
Our Country’s Good |
SIDEWAY/TENCH |
Dir. George C. Heslin |
Avenue Q |
FEATURED |
Prod. Greasepaint Productions |
The Hired Man |
HARRY TALLENTIRE |
Dir. Shane Perry |
VOICEOVER | ||
Secret Cinema Presents: Stranger Things |
VO (multiple characters/dialects) |
Prod. Secret Group |
TRAINING | ||
The Groundlings: Improv (Core Track) | ||
ACE Studio: Casting Director Workshops (various) | ||
Margie Haber Studio: Advanced (Acting) with Jim Nieb | ||
Dialect Coaching 1:1: Scott Alan Moffitt | ||
UCB (LA): Improv | ||
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NY): Acting | ||
*TOP MERIT SCHOLARSHIP* | ||
The Shadow Box |
MARK |
AADA (NY) |
Macbeth |
MACBETH |
AADA (NY) |
Romeo & Juliet |
ROMEO |
AADA (NY) |
Bury The Dead |
LEVY |
AADA (NY) |
Dylan |
FEATURED |
AADA (NY) |
The Cashier |
FRED |
AADA (NY) |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brody |
SUPPORTING |
AADA (NY) |
Hind Leys College (Specialist Arts): A Level & GCSE: | ||
Performance Studies |
Business Studies |
Media Studies |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 6'1" |
Weight: 155 lbs |
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Running - General, Yoga, Host, Improvisation, Modeling, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Baritone, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, British - Yorkshire Accent, Eastern European Accent, German Accent, Scandinavian Accent
LA based, UK born actor + US Green Card holder (AEA/Equity). Leads the new queer rom-com, THAT SUNNY DAY IN LA on Youtube. Further credits include lead roles in the auteur-driven indie HAVEN HOLLOW and the festival hit THE LAST STORY ON EARTH (Outfest, Frameline).