Peace, love, and understanding. My family. My friends. Art of all kinds, Meaningful conversations, Los Angeles, and New York. Acting, as no acting, and being a better person. Listening to music. Writing music. Playing music. Watching movies. Writing movies. Playing in movies. How moving one note changes the whole feeling of a chord. How moving one person changes the whole feeling of a relationship. Trust and loyalty. Honesty, but not tactlessness. Confidence, but not arrogance. Diminished fifth, Major seventh, Audrey Munson, strong screenplays, The future, The present, Good stories, Good listeners, Grace, Life in general.
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken! ..............Oh yeah, and don't lie or exaggerate on your resume'. People check.
Music
Rests, percussion, and the twelve tones of the western scale.
Movies
Too many to list.
All time favorite classic: "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE", the perfect screenplay.
In the works: "DESCENDING NIGHT, THE LEGEND OF AUDREY MUNSON"
Television
Yes, I do TV. Please click on the IMDb icon to the right, for my film/tv resume'.
Welcome.
About me? I am an actor/writer/musician. A New Yorker, married, father of four, living in L.A. Been a performer for 44 years, married for almost 30, and a father for 25
A little personal history, only if you are interested:
After my first appearance onstage at the New York World's Fair in 1964, a series of garage bands brought me to New York bar bands and recording studios in the 70s and 80s. You could say these were the best of times and the worst of times. I grew up in Valley Stream, Long Island (Valley Stream turned out a number of notable actors; Steve Buscemi, Ed Burns, and Larry Miller, to name a few). Got my ass kicked by nuns for being the class clown in Catholic Grammer school, and started playing rock and roll. I met my wife, fell in love, and got married. In the 1980s, I became a published songwriter. I also became a Dad four times over and cut the umbillacle cords. Had the pleasure of playing onstage, writing, or recording with the likes of (name-dropping is always good for some google hits) Brian Setzer (Stray Cats), Richie Cannata (Billy Joel, Beach Boys), Tommy Burns (Billy Joel), Tommy Finn (The Left Banke), Tommy Shaw (Styx, Damn Yankees, Kevin Shaw, Freddy Frogs, Boz Skaggs, Rock Roll, Gene Cornish (Young Rascals), Barry Sallows, Lex Marchesi (Fotomaker), Paul Schaeffer, and my good friend, Eddie Hilton (RIP), among others. After a rock and roll life in NYC in the 80s and all that comes in that little package, I had to get away and raise my kids!
In Florida, auditioned for a local Theatre, where I landed the role of "The Beadle" in "Sweeney Todd". I was hooked. The first in a long list of live theatre gigs, including a couple of World premieres written by Eugene O'Neal playwright, Bill Leavengood. Somewhere in there I realized I was an actor, and began studying the Eric Morris method of acting under Kathy Laughlin. Eventually I got an agent, got my SAG card, did a little tv, and a bunch of commercials. I was given my much appreciated first break by my friend, Steve Buscemi, when I was still pretty green. Steve used to hang with my brother, Kevin (can't thank you enough, Steve). He put me in "Animal Factory", which he was directing at the time. In one scene, I was nose to nose with film great, Willem DaFoe! I soon quit my day job and we moved west.
The 21st century finds me acting in film and television. In 2002, we moved to Los Angeles. Since then, I've threatened Dennis Franz, arrested Michael Chicklis, saved Sandra Bullock from a collapsed mine, sold a car to Tim Allen, and switched dice for Al Pacino. Well, their characters, anyway! I like to keep working on my craft and . . .well, to just keep working. And ahead, there's the future.
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Though I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king, my most important roles are that of Husband and Father.
Thanks for visiting.
Jim
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Heyyy Jim! How are you my friend? I just wanted to stop by and say hello..it's been awhile. I hope you and your family are well! Have a great weekend! xo T.
hey J-Kells, great to see ya and play the old tunes we used to do! Kev, Bill and my friend Len all said we sound great together and that we have good 'chemistry'. Yep, it works! Anyhoooo, I hope we can meet up again. keep up your great acting work, I'm friggin proud of ya!
Hey Jim we saw W friday!You were awesome , i wish you could have gotten more screen but still you did a respectable job ! I thought the movie was pretty funny . I almost actually felt sorry for our present President . I was entertained tho . I would have commented Friday but I have had loads going on this weekend and this is the first chance I had .
hey bro, can't wait to see you in the movie. i was talking about you the other day with a friend of mine and telling him about your shreveport/W. experience. you da man! also, let's talk about you possibly coming to shreveport next month for something involving a lil film called Innocent's Way...:) congrats!
Oh snap! I don't know why but I didn't realise you were in the movie ! What role? I will pimp the film out in a bulletine for sure since I know you are in it .
WOW let me know how that movie is . I don't go to theaters much anymore . I usually wait till everything hits video or pay per view. If you get to meet Ollie let me know ! :)
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