Ted started his career as a radio DJ more than two decades ago. Since then, he has used his talents as a radio announcer to lend his voice talent to multiple projects. He has been an acting instructor for several years and appeared in national print ads such as the U.S. Army. He has also appeared in national commercials for Sears. Ted has also added screenwriter to his resume’, worked with Forest Whitaker and Isaiah Washington on the feature film “Hurricane Season”, Jim Carey’s “I Love You Phillip Morris” and “Bad Lieutenant” starring Nicholas Cage. Having gone full circle, Ted has appeared on the stage in a production of “Money Can’t Buy You Love”. Ted's most recently feature films are “Causalities of the State” , "Easy Plains: Get Out", and "Belleville". Ted has appeared in the long running series “FBI FILES” along with numerous TV commercials and a myriad of industrial films such as Purdue/Cigna, and has lent his voice talents to such projects as TD Ameritrade and many others. In 2014 Ted finished production of his stage play of "The PIMP That Stole Christmas" and in 2015 film the television pilot for "The SINISTER Truth" series and started development of action adventure feature file "The Restorer".
Unique traits: Acting, writing, producing, directing
The Calling of Lizzy McBride
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TV Series
Actor
The SINISTER Truth
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TV Series
Actor
East Plains: Get Out!
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Film
by Steve Richard (Comedy)
Actor
Belleville
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Film
by Dan Steadman (Drama, Family and Fantasy)
Actor Reclusive farmer Willie (Tim O'Leary) was depressed for years after the tragic death of his young wife Jana (Kate Barton), until a stranger named Neila (Ted Trent) appears on his farm from far, far away.
Casualties of the State
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Film
by Jeremy Cropf (Action, Crime and Drama)
Actor A procedural drama in which the FBI and NSA are investigating the deaths of officials who turn out to be part of a cabal to incite and profit from a war between U.S.A. and Iran.
Hurricane Season
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Film
by Tim Story (Drama and Sport)
Miscellaneous Crew A year after Hurricane Katrina, Al Collins, a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles a team of players who had previously attended five different schools before the disaster and leads them on the path to the state championships. Written by IMDb Editors
I Love You Phillip Morris
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Film
by John Requa (Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama and 1 More)
Miscellaneous Crew Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. Written by The Film Catalogue
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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Film
by Werner Herzog (Crime and Drama)
Actor After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, his alcoholic father's dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence's job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>