January 5, 2011

The Man with the Iron Fists

Should’ve said this awhile ago, but BOOKED! I have a nice supporting role and will be here for a month and a half until early February. Not a bad way to spend Christmas, New Year’s, my birthday and Chinese New Year’s.

The cast and crew put together for this film is simply amazing. I don’t want to name names, but you can do your googling or just check out IMDB now (as long as you’re not in China). Maybe they’ll update IMDB soon for you all cause it’s only a minute percentage of who’s involved.

Incredible international crew working together – what language barrier? Production People = Good People.

I’m excited to see this film and we haven’t even finished filming yet!Pictures? Well…you’ll have to wait…

August 29, 2008

Producing First Play

I can now add Producer to my list of hyphenates! I am now an Actor/Writer/Director/Producer.

I have been producing my first play, Tennessee Williams’”Suddenly, Last Summer” with the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble. It was directed by Chil Kong and had an amazing cast. The show ran August, 2 – 24, 2008. Here is a link to the show on Lodestone’s website:

http://www.lodestonetheatre.org/2007_Suddenly.html

Now that the show’s over, there’s still a lot of stuff to do with closing the books. We are alsoholding a Poker/Karaoke Fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. If you live in LA and want to go, we’d love to have you there! Here’s the link to the event on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23521613023

With acting, I just finished a Commercial class with Stuart K. Robinson. It was a great class! Stuart has a lot of knowledge to impart due to his experience as an actor and commercial castingdirector. He’s one of the most well-known instructors and arguably the best commercial instructor.

I also just signed with Brady, Brannon & Rich Talent for Commercial Print representation! I can’t wait to start going out on go-see’s and booking some print work. It’ll be good to get some print work again. I miss seeing my mug on Cingular’s website hehe.

July 16, 2008

Busy, Busy, Busy

So much has been going on lately!

I signed with a New Commercial Agent! I am now with Laura Bowman and Wendy Morrison over at Diverse Talent Group.

I started taking classes with Amy Lyndon when I got back from Atlanta.  She’s amazing!

I just finished up the Cricket Feet Showcase and my scene won “Best Scene!” So we won a bag of goodies worth well over $1000. Not too shabby.

The showcase was two days on July 9th and 10th. On the 2nd day of the showcase, one hour before the showcase started…I found out I had booked “House!” My role is of an EMT. It’s a nice role that’s throughout the teaser of the episode with a good number of lines. I’ve definitely been really blessed this last month!

June 9, 2008

A Little Hosting!

I just did a little hosting for Virtual Channel Network. I did a preview of their shows for the week on www.virtualchannelnetwork.com. 

If you go to www.actorsaccess.com, you can watch my hosting talents. Scroll down a little and under the “Today’s Video” section, there’s a box for Virtual Channel Network. Play that and you’ll see me! 

Headshot Session with Vandiveer Photography

Just did a headshot session with Jonathan Vandiveer. It was really a great experience. I enjoyed shooting with Jonathan. We did well over 400 shots. I wasn’t rushed at all and we looked at the shots after each look to make sure we got everything we wanted as well before we moved on to the next look. Probably the most enjoyable shoot I’ve ever had! Well…one that I didn’t get paid for at least heh ;)  

Check out the photos here:

http://shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0CZNmjRm2YsnEg

Here’s how to contact Jonathan Vandiveer if anyone’s interested:

Vandiveer Photography
http://www.stunningheadshots.com
323.630.0344 

June 26, 2007

New Traditions

hereandnow Theatre Company

So this is the new show that I’m in running throughout the Summer, June 30th – Sept. 1st. It’s every Saturday at 8pm. Come check out the show. I’ve been with the group for 2 years now and this is sort of a collection of our best pieces. We’ve had our theater space in Pasadena for over a year now at the Armory Northwest, but the City of Pasadena has decided to tear down the Armory Northwest. So for our last summer at Armory Northwest, we are making an all-out effor to sell out every show to help hereandnow continue our efforts to create exciting, new work and to be a voice for our communities.

You can get more information and buy tickets from our Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/hereandnowtheater

If you want to purchase:

In the right-column of the page is an image promoting the “New Traditions” Show on Saturdays at 8pm. Click on that image and then you’ll see the PayPal purchase links for the different days. Make sure that when you’re paying, you’re getting the “New Traditions” Show at 8pm.

May 15, 2007

Mastercard Commercial

My Mastercard Commercial I shot last year is playing again! It’s showing through the NBA Playoffs. So watch out for it as you watch some basketball. It’s also playing a lot during other sporting events on tv. It’s also on ESPN a lot. I’m spinning in a chair at the beginning of the commercial…so don’t blink or you’ll miss me!

You can also watch it right now here:

http://www.yoyao.com/files/mc.mov

April 24, 2007

Hey…I Saw your Commercial!

I’ve been taking this Commercial class the last couple weeks. It’s taught by Mike Pointer. I just have to say that he’s great. He’s completely honest and is not afraid to speak his mind. He won’t sugercoat anything. And he doesn’t do it in a negative way either. That’s the great thing, in an industry that’s full of sex and violence, he’s a breath of fresh air. I’ve gotten motivated again to push my Acting career forward.