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Erik Jensen is an American film, television and theatre actor born and raised in northern Minnesota. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992. He is also a playwright who co-wrote the play The Exonerated with Jessica Blank.
Erik Jensen has had many roles in TV series most notably in the role of legendary Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees in The Bronx Is Burning.
In addition to his work as a performer, Erik co-wrote the multi-award-winning, critically acclaimed play The Exonerated with his wife Jessica Blank. It ran Off-Broadway in New York City for nearly 2 years and starred Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Aidan Quinn, and Delroy Lindo. The play is based on interviews they conducted with more than 40 exonerated death row inmates. In Spring 2002, it was staged at The Actors' Gang Theater. It was nominated for five Ovation Awards and three NAACP Awards, winning the Ovation for "Best World Premiere Play". Bob Balaban's production of The Exonerated ran for more than 600 performances off-Broadway; toured nationally. It was made into a movie for Court TV starring Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn, and Susan Sarandon; and was produced internationally in Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Japan, Mexico, and Italy. The Exonerated won the 2003 Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Fringe First, and Herald Angel Awards. It has also received awards from Amnesty International, the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Death Penalty Focus. The Exonerated has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.
Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is an Indian-American actor.
Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Evanston Township High School. He trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University.
His first professional acting job was the film Touch and Go(released in 1986) which he won from an open call. He starred in the TV-movie, Lady Blue (1985) as "Paquito". This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Special episode, "No Greater Gift" (1985), where he played "Nick Santana", a 12-year old boy with a terminal illness. He then appeared in the "MacGyver" TV series' first season episode, "To Be a Man" in 1986.
Other film credits when younger include Where the River Runs Black (1986) and Vice Versa (1988). Between 1988 and 1995 he worked extensively in classical theatre.
He returned to film acting in SubUrbia (1996), where he was praised for his role as the convenience store owner, "Nazeer Choudhury" and for which he was nominated for an independent spirit award for best supporting actor.
William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor who works in film and television. His television and motion picture roles have included Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, and—perhaps most notably—the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as the villainous Colonel Stuart alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2.
Sadler was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Jane and William Sadler. From an early age, he took to performing in front of an audience. Armed with a variety of stringed instruments, Sadler found hometown success during his high school years at Orchard Park High School. He took on the persona as Banjo Bill Sadler, a banjo wielding singer who could crack jokes while playing. Both students and teachers enjoyed his performances immensely, which led Sadler to audition for the senior play under English teacher Dan Larkin's persuasion. He won the role, which brought about his personal discovery of wanting to become an actor. After graduating high school, he enrolled in SUNY Geneseo. Following that, he spent two years at Cornell University where he earned his Master's degree in Acting with a minor in Speech Communications. He is a certified speech teacher and particularly skilled at accents. When his studies were done, Sadler began his auditions.
Actors: Maria Olsen (actress), Tai Urban (actor), Brighid Fleming (director), Brighid Fleming (writer), Brighid Fleming (actress), Brighid Fleming (producer), Angie Light (actress), Ray Chao (producer), Angie Light (miscellaneous crew), Christian Levatino (miscellaneous crew), Courtney Robinson (actress), Laura Ann Tull (actress), Lashawn McGhee (editor), Yesenia Juarez (actress), Caon Mortenson (actor),
Plot: This is a short horror film that will follow young Ester as she enters the murky waters of middle school. Grace, a perky cheerleader, tries to be nice to her, but Ester has a secret that makes it difficult for her to accept Grace's kindness. Eventually, they are thrown together and as they struggle to overcome the obstacles to their friendship, things really get messy. Some secrets are simply too dark to stay hidden.
Genres: Drama, Horror, Short,Actors: Lewis Macleod (actor), Clint Dyer (actor), Avshalom Caspi (composer), Valerie Edmond (actress), Alex Norris (editor), Alex Norris (producer), Alex Norris (director), Peter Milligan (writer), Maggie Saunders (actress), Niamh Webb (actress), Rick Palmer (producer),
Genres: Animation, Crime, Sci-Fi,