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BIO:

 Derrick is a talented and rising star in the making.   With the lead in the futuristic thriller Emotional State, and his latest film Indictment which is already creating a buzz, has just been released on Seraph Films YouTube channel.  Click this link to go straight to the film.  youtu.be/J_ILgt43n_0

Studying with the likes of Marjorie Ballentine, Jon Homa, and at the prestigious Playhouse West.  Derrick spends his free time with his family or mentoring young kids!  His first project  as a writer "Skeletons" is close to pre-production.  "A diamond in the rough"-Jhan Harper-  "Keep your eyes on this one"-Robert Terry "He draws me in with his eyes"-Gene Blalock

 

2010 - present
FILM/TV

EMOTIONAL STATE                      ALVARO CATES(LEAD)             DEDI FELDMAN-DIR

INDICTMENT                                 NICO(LEAD)                               GENE BLALOCK-SERAPHIM FILMS

ILLICIT                                           Uber Driver(SUP)                        COREY GRANT– NEW BREED ENT

ARMYNEL                                     CHIP(SUP)                                  LANCE DUMAIS – VALHALLA PROD.

PARANORMAL INCIDENT            DANIEL(LEAD)                           MATHEW BOLTON-SPLASHDOWN PROD.

2010:MOBY DICK                          PIP(SUP)                                    TREY STOKES-ASYLUM ENT

WITHOUT SANCTUARY               HOWARD(LEAD)                        ROBERT TERRY-MAGIC EYE PROD

WHAT TO BRING TO AMERICA    ETHIOPAN DRIVER                  CHRISTOFF NASSIF-USC FILM SCHOOL

IMITATION LIFE                             MAX(SUP)                                  MARK BOOKER-INDEPENDENT PROD
 

LOCK-UP                                        CO-STAR                                    TRU TELEVISION

1000 WAYS TO DIE                        CO-STAR                                    SPIKE TV

2010 - present
Theater

3 DAYS                                      THOMAS       STAGE 52 PRODUCTIONS

BEFORE SEX..AFTER SEX     JACK              HOLLYWOOD FIGHT CLUB THEATRE

TAPE                                         JON                HASTINGS COLLEGE THEATRE

CLOSER                                    LARRY           INTERNATIONAL THEATRE COMP

HURLY BURLY                          EDDIE            LINCOLN COMMUNITY THEATRE

RABBIT HOLE                           HOWIE           OFF BROADWAY GROUP THEATRE

SUMMER BRAVE                      HAL                HASTINGS COLLEGE THEATRE

 

Training & Workshops

MASTER SCENE STUDY-MARJORIE BALLENTINE

MEISNER/SCENE STUDY/SHAKESPEARE/IMPROV-PLAYHOUSE WEST

SCENE STUDY/IMPROV-BOBBIE CHANCE

VOICE TRAINING-JEFF COHEN

EMOTIONAL TECHNIQUE-SUZANNE MORRIS

SCRIPT ANALYSIS/COLD READING/BUSINESS OF ACTING-JON HOMA

COMMERCIAL WORKSHOPS-KILLIAN MCHUGH

 

 


 


 

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