I have combined my 20 years experience as an actor with my university business education to create a success plan for artists in the entertainment industry.
The Actor Advantage Program is guaranteed 100%.
Four years ago my girlfriend came home from an audition and she was extremely upset. Exasperated, she screamed "I wish someone would just tell me what to do!"... Over the years I have encountered many actors with the same frustrations.
I have been an actor for over 18 years. Even though I have had 4 recurring roles on TV series and my average earnings are more than twice the industry standard BUT my acting income was still below the poverty line AND therefore I became a frustrated and angry actor.
I wish there would have been someone who could have guided me. So I did some research, combined my university education (marketing) with my experience as an actor and created the Actor Advantage Program. Taking care of your show-business will make you a better artist. (check out the testimonials)
The definition of insanity to keep on doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result. The average income earned by union members in the US & Canada is less than $6000 per year. Far below the poverty level. It has been this way for years.
As actors, if we want this to change, we need to take a different perspective. The "Actor Advantage Program" helps actors do this.
Unique traits: Author of the 6P's of Success for Actors
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
(
Film
(Drama)
Actor An American movie star finds his correspondence with an 11-year-old actor exposed, prompting assumptions that begin to destroy his life and career.
21 Thunder
(
Television
(Drama)
Actor In the cutthroat world of pro soccer, a club lives and dies by the stars on its under-21 team. They are the future and lifeblood of any franchise, but most will never make it. 21 THUNDER is the story of the Montreal Thunder U21 team, following the team's star players on and off the field. A story of love, crime, race, sex and athletic glory, at its core the series is about how a group of players and coaches unite as family in the whirlwind of life, one step away from the pros.
Incorporated
(
Television
(Sci-Fi and Thriller)
Actor A man attempts to thwart a giant corporation that seem to have unlimited power.
Hacker
(
Film
by Akan Satayev (Crime, Drama and Thriller)
Actor Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. He learns to rip off credit cards, ATMs, break into banks and eventually the stock market. He engages a network of service staff to help collect information, and partners with a guy named Sye, and a girl named Kira, to help sell the online-bought merchandise. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, when his mother is fired from her job at the bank. Inspired by true events. Written by Anonymous
Taxi 22
(
TV Movie
by Rob Greenberg (Comedy)
Actor An irascible New York cab driver working and surviving in modern Manhattan.
Bluebird
(
Film
by Matthew Hardstaff (Drama, Romance and Thriller)
Actor, Producer A missing woman returns with no memory of her ordeal and little memory of her life before. She struggles for answers and, in reconstituting who she was, Kate reinvents herself in a most unexpected way.
Antisocial 2
(
Film
by Cody Calahan (Horror)
Actor Years after having her newborn child stolen from her, Sam searches a world infested with infected users from the Social Redroom website. After befriending a young girl named Bean, Sam is captured and locked in a facility dedicated to finding a cure for the Redroom Virus. Trapped and tortured, Sam tries to escape the facility before an impending update on the Redroom site hits 100% and unleashed its final phase of attack. Written by unknown
Edit > Undo
(
Film (short)
by Daniel Clements (Comedy, Drama and Romance)
Actor A random online stranger lures Bill to a dating website in an attempt to be flirtatious. However, Bill finds his girlfriend's profile on the same website. She's searching for other men behind his back. Enraged, he creates his own dating profile and wages a vengeful, internet, cold war on his relationship. Written by Anonymous
El Lobo
(
Film
(Short and Drama)
Actor Two drunken med students meet up with an alluring storyteller.
I Think I'll Stay
(
Film (short)
by Cameron Veitch (Drama)
Actor A man being hunted for his crimes struggles to secure his life while balancing the fate of his partner and long time friend.
Anomie
(
Film
by Mazdak Taebi (Drama and Family)
Actor Mitra, a fragile young Iranian/Canadian woman living in Toronto, inhabits the traditional roles by tending to her abusive father and capricious older brother. Her family's constant betrayals eventually push her deeper into a radical alternate personality, allowing her to break free. Written by Anonymous
Bully Fighters
(
Film (short)
by Jupiter J. Makins (Drama)
Actor A passionate attorney takes three teens to court for bullying on manslaughter charges after they bullied a girl into committing suicide.
Blackbox Shadow
(
Film (short)
by Jonathan Dubsky (Drama)
Actor One rainy evening, while the flute player Jai (Bobby Brown), who is blind and partially deaf, is scheduled to play his transcending melodies on the flute, five people (Nahanni Johnstone, Danya Nearon, Grant Roll, Randy Thomas & Eileen Li) from different walks of life stumble into Samadhi Tea House. The lovely server Sita (Fenulla Jiwani) provides Ayurvedic tea relief from their relationship issues and they are unexpectedly transported into a space of pure peace and clarity that their hearts long for. Written by FenStar Productions
A Tiny Prophecy
(
Film (short)
by Jennifer Liao (Comedy)
Actor Best friends Casey and Andrea are thrown for a loop when Casey has a startling premonition about Andrea. Originally produced for the Celebrate the Web 7-Day Challenge.
I Kill Monsters
(
Television
(Comedy and Horror)
Actor Legitimate to some, frauds to a growing many and social outcasts to everyone but themselves, the team at G&B Monster Agency (Go, Piper and Voice-Box), a low rent monster hunting business, are what you might call a dysfunctional "family". Although filled with constant bickering, G&B Monster Agency runs like a well-oiled machine. Positions are understood and Go's leadership is almost always filtered by Voice-Box and questioned by Piper. It's clockwork, childish and bizarre clockwork, but clockwork none-the-less. But when Luke, a 25-year-old orphan joins the trio's ranks in hopes of avenging his monster-murdered father, the team's chemistry is quickly thrown out of whack and their faltering creditability takes a steep nose-dive. To make matters worse, the team must also deal with Police Chief Frank Sargeant, a man hell bent on discrediting the team and having them exiled from their hometown of Bith County. Yet, in the face of their personal predicaments and the seemingly endless hordes ... Written by Neil Huber
Express
(
Film (short)
by Daniel Clements (Drama, Music and Romance)
Actor Two strangers have a chance encounter on a highway late at night. While driving side by side in their separate vehicles, they find a new way to communicate to each other through their car windows.
Textuality
(
Film
by Warren P. Sonoda (Comedy and Romance)
Actor Two people attempt to get into a relationship, while exiting the multiple relationships they were each managing through their Blackberries before they met.
Connor Undercover
(
Television
by John May (Family)
Actor Connor Heath always dreamed of a spy career. When his parents take in the mysterious Gisela, who turns out to be a politician's daughter, Connor gets opportunities to taste the spy life. He seizes those eagerly, and soon proves his worth while learning on the job. Written by KGF Vissers
The Santa Suit
(
TV Movie
by Robert Vaughn (Comedy and Fantasy)
Actor Hunter Toys CEO Drake Hunter turned his father's company from a cozy quality manufacturer into a ruthless, profitable business. After denying his staff any festive generosity again, the scrooge is suddenly and magically transformed into Kris Krandall. That forces him to work as a Santa in Norm Dobson's toy store, with weird would be-actor Sebastian. Drake reassesses his values and priorities in life. Written by KGF Vissers
The Last Stop
(
Film (short)
by Tyler Cowan (Comedy and Drama)
Actor When Damon finds himself trapped in an abandoned subway station, a mysterious drifter (with an affinity for the literary work of Dante) attempts to take advantage of the situation.
Life on Earth
(
Film (short)
by Daisy MacLean (Drama)
Actor Fourteen year-old Sydney is traveling with her parents (Anne and David) to a rural camping retreat where a group of "other-world" advocates are gathering together in a field to share beliefs and ideas. Sydney is struggling to understand her mother's obsession with celestial life, and questions her father's willingness to support her mother in her convictions. We begin to find answers to the puzzle as we are gradually drawn in to David's efforts to deal with his wife's depression, both with pills (which Anne ultimately rejects) and with gentle understanding (which goes unheeded). As the weekend gets underway, Sydney's disappointment with her parents, and frustration with the camp's activities build. She feels lost and helpless. Then she meets Sam, and finds that she is not the only non-believer at the camp. Compellingly conveyed, this is a film about not letting go, even when confronted with the disconnection and breakdown which sometimes occur within a loving unit. Daisy MacLean's ... Written by chris holdham and daisy maclean
Patient
(
Film (short)
by Daniel Clements (Action, Crime, Drama, Horror and 2 More)
Actor A man and a woman meet at a coffee shop for the first time. As if on an awkward date, they exchange timid pleasantries, however as their conversation unfolds the horrifying truth behind their meeting is revealed.
Darkness Waits
(
Film
by Marc Trottier (Horror, Mystery and Thriller)
Actor Alone in the woods, a group of teenagers are stalked by a killer who escaped from the mental institution at Tremor Lake. After the horrific events, Cody is forced to spend a year in the institute himself. Upon his release, he returns to the secluded summer house where the murders took place, and is haunted by the memories of the night when his never-ending nightmare began. A party is thrown to celebrate his return to civilization, and since his parents are away, the college kids are free to run wild and get into trouble. Just as Cody thinks his life is returning to normal, the people closest to him begin to mysteriously disappear. The race is on to find out who is responsible for the killings, but it might be too late... Or perhaps Cody should look within himself to find the truth. Written by Anonymous
Air Emergency
(
Television
by Andre Barro (Documentary, Drama, History and Reality-TV)
Actor Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this TV series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts. Sometimes, interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster or even actual footage are featured. Written by Sergio Ortega
The Valley
(
Film (short)
by Kimi Webber (Drama)
Actor Helen, a young woman recently moved in with her fiancé, Gabriel. They live on a farm and share a common passion, raising horses. They met at a well-known bar in Montreal. It was love at first sight and they moved in together not long after. One day she begins to have visions that frighten her. That same night she invites her friends for a supper to celebrate her engagement but Gabriel does not show up. Written by Isabelle Champeau
UFOs Over Earth
(
Television
(Documentary)
Miscellaneous Crew
Rumours
(
Television
(Comedy and Drama)
Actor An unemployed sports journalist is hired by a struggling women's magazine, Rumours, alongside a strong-willed, slightly neurotic, dreamer. The tension between the two new co-editors builds and so does the attraction.
2 Strangers and a Foosball
(
Film (short)
by Eduardo Soto-Falcón (Comedy, Romance and Sport)
Actor An uptight couple, Julianne and Anthony, arrive at a foosball party by mistake. A snazzy fooser, Duke, feels attracted to Julianne and hopes to charm her. The resulting love triangle grows more intense throughout the night, forcing Julianne to loosen up, explore male competitiveness and score a few goals in the process. Written by Anonymous
Circle of Friends
(
TV Movie
by Stefan Pleszczynski (Drama, Mystery and Thriller)
Actor Maggie is a 30-year-old New York City career woman who returns to her hometown in update New York for a funeral of an old friend, and becomes reacquainted with three old high school friends, Joan, Susan, and Emily, as well as her old boyfriend Harry. When Maggie learns that other people whom she knew in school are dying mysterious deaths, she tries to convince her friends and the skeptic police that they were murders somehow connected to one another and linked to a mysterious death in school. When Maggie herself nearly becomes a victim of the unseen killer, she must dive into her past to uncover some terrible secrets that her friends may be hiding from her, which leads to one or more of them who may be the killer. Written by Anonymous
The Business
(
Television
by Phil Price (Comedy)
Actor Vic Morgenstein (formerly Vic Morgan) has been distributing gruesome Asian horror schlock and soft-core smut for years. His flagship video series, "Drunk Chicks" 1 through 6, consists entirely of inebriated young women exposing their breasts. These low rent titles have earned Vic a comfortable living, and a less-than savory reputation; everywhere he goes, young men recognize his face from the DVD cases and lift their shirts to him in salute. Vic was willing to accept his complete lack of respectability so long as the money kept rolling in. But that all changed when picked up a low budget, art-house movie called The Unreasonable Truth About Butterflies at a second rate film festival. Butterflies, directed by total unknown Rufus Marquez, went on to become something of darling on the indie festival circuit. Vic got hooked on respectability and came to realize his new dream: to produce and distribute "respectable" indie films. The only snag is Vic is bereft of things like taste and vision... Written by Phil Price & Myles Hainsworth
Now That We Know...
(
Film (short)
by Sébastien Girard (Drama)
Actor
Canada Russia '72
(
TV Movie
by T.W. Peacocke (Drama, History and Sport)
Actor In 1972, a historical ice hockey game tournament is arranged where the cream of Canada's professional stars of the National Hockey League would play against the best of the Soviet Union's. Although Canada and the USSR have faced off repeatedly on the amateur level before, most of Canada is smugly convinced that the Soviets will be no match for the pros. However, that assumption is forcefully shot down when Team Canada is soundly trounced in the first game by the skilled Soviet Union team. What follows is a bitter struggle as Team Canada fights to recover in a series that would change Canadian hockey's self-image and history forever. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Naked Josh
(
Television
by Alex Epstein (Comedy)
Actor A young, single anthropology professor at a Montreal university teaches his students about the social and sexual behavior of other cultures while struggling to understand the rapidly changing rules of the local dating scene.
Maurice Richard
(
Film
by Charles Binamé (Biography, Drama and Sport)
Actor In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as an ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his team and the fans. In the face of these doubts, Richard eventually shows the kind of aggressive and skillful play that would make him one of the greatest players of all time as "The Rocket." However for all his success, Richard and his fellow French Canadians face constant discrimination in a league dominated by the English speaking. Although a man of few words, Richard begins to speak his own mind about the injustice which creates a organizational conflict that would culminate in his infamous 1955 season suspension that sparks an ethnic riot in protest. In the face of these challenges, Richard must decide who exactly is he playing for. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Pure
(
Film
by Jim Donovan (Drama)
Actor A street-savvy teen tries to turn her life around but soon goes back to her old ways.
Au nom de la loi
(
Television
(Thriller)
Actor
The Festival
(
Television
(Comedy)
Actor A verité-satire, The Festival is an ensemble comedy, told from the perspective of fictional IFC documentarian, Cookie. Cookie's subject: Rufus Marquez, a quixotic young director embarking on his virgin voyage to the prestigious Mountain United Film Festival (MUFF.) The Film is The Unreasonable Truth of Butterflies. The goal is a distribution deal. And the pressure is on. Rufus - unprepared for the excess of schmoozing activities - maneuvers an assortment of pretentious filmmakers, salivating distributors and smile-for-the-camera festival VIPs. The problem is, no one has seen his film - and the more no one sees it, the hotter the buzz becomes. As her bosses close in, Cookie loses her objectivity and Rufus loses his film - literally - as his masterpiece goes missing. Written by Anonymous
King's Ransom
(
Film
by Jeffrey W. Byrd (Comedy and Crime)
Actor Malcolm King is a wealthy and arrogant businessman whose ex-wife to be has plans to take him for everything he's worth in their divorce settlement. Determined to avoid losing his fortune to her, Malcolm plans his own kidnapping with the help of his dim-witted mistress and her ex-con brother. Unfortunately for Malcolm, he is not the only one with a kidnapping plot. Written by Sujit R. Varma
Gothika
(
Film
by Mathieu Kassovitz (Horror and Thriller)
Miscellaneous Crew Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently raped by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Monk
(
Television
by Andy Breckman (Comedy, Crime, Drama and Mystery)
Actor Former police detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) has suffered from intensified obsessive- compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the murder of his wife, Trudy, in 1997. Despite his photographic memory and his amazing ability to piece tiny clues together, he is now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department. Aided by his friend and practical nurse, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), Monk works as a freelance detective/consultant, hoping to convince his former boss, Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), to allow him to return to the force. Stottlemeyer wavers between admiration for Monk and annoyance at his eccentricities. Moreover, he harbors serious doubts about the wisdom of allowing Monk to carry a gun. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), also has his doubts about Monk but seems to be developing a reluctant admiration for the "defective detective." Written by CarolT
Au plus près du paradis
(
Film
by Tonie Marshall (Drama and Romance)
Actor People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension
(
Television
(Sci-Fi, Mystery, Action and Adventure)
Actor, Stunts On his birthday, Nick Bluetooth recieves some kind of map that takes him and his best friend, Allegra Zane, to a ship (which is shaped like an egg). A robot named Jens on the ship thinks they two teens have comes to save the Outer Dimension from an evil overlord. With the help of a power known as "glitching", which helps him to change his arms and legs into things he finds along his travels, Nick plans to find the pieces of the Key to Galidor to rescue the Outer Dimension. Written by M Vaughn
Summer
(
Film
by Phil Price (Comedy, Drama and Romance)
Actor Three childhood friends graduate from university and try, against steadily increasing odds, to enjoy one last summer of immaturity.
Further Tales of the City
(
Television
(Drama, Mystery and Romance)
Actor This third installment to "Tales of the City" finds Mary Ann Singleton struggling to advance in her new career as a TV personality, while Michael Tolliver is playing the field after his break-up with Jon Fielding. After her divorce, Prue Giroux finds comfort in a mysterious stranger she meets in the park. Brian Hawkins is struggling with his job and his new monogamous relationship with Mary Ann, and DeDe Halcyon Day returns with a dangerous revelation that could be the scoop Mary Ann has been waiting for. Written by Phil Fernando
Xchange
(
Film
by Allan Moyle (Sci-Fi and Thriller)
Actor In the near future, a company called Xchange owns a mind transference technology that enables instantaneous travel by swapping bodies with someone at the destination. A member of the privileged corporate class ("Corpie") Xchanging for the first time unwittingly switches bodies with a terrorist. Forced to hide in a limited life span cloned body with just 2 days remaining, he races against time to stop the terrorist and regain his body. Written by Geoffrey C. Wenger
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
(
Television
by Gavin Scott (Horror, Sci-Fi and Adventure)
Actor In this series, we see the adventures of the young Father of Science Fiction and his friends, Phileas and Rebecca Fogg and their servant, Passepartout. In an alternative Victorian era, which has taken that era's technology to fantastic levels, this intrepid quartet battles villians wherever they find them. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@home.com>
Misguided Angels
(
Television
by Kelly Senecal (Comedy, Drama and Fantasy)
Actor
See IMDb - extensive credits
Best Actor (Short) - Los Angeles Film Festival
(2010)
Saint Marys University
(1986-1991)