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I was born in Owatonna, MN on June 26.  I grew up in Faribault, MN and attended Jefferson Elementary School.  My first acting experience came in first grade in "The Little Red Hen."  I was one of three leaping frogs and did I ever leap high.    While in third grade my childhood home was featured in Better Homes and Gardens' Country Home Magazine.  That was exciting for me because it got me a lot of attention from other students in my third grade class.  I had another play experience in fifth grade when I was Bob Cratchit in "A Christmas Carol."  It was fun for me to be able to be a part of this play and I was nervous but that went away shortly.  After that I did not act for many years until just recently.  I was somewhat shy in high school and although I had always dreamed of pursuing a career in acting, I never did anything about it.  Thankfully that all changed last year when a friend of mine at work, on his last day, told me to check out Craigslist.com if I wanted to find acting gigs.  I went home and to my surprise found a listing for an independent horror film that was looking for actors.  I e-mailed the company, Haunted Autumn Productions, and they responded the next day.  I met with them for an audition in October of 2006 and landed my first acting role of Vince Prize in their production of "Tales of the Dead."  I started filming on weekends in February and March of this year.  This film has five segments and is still in production.  I am very excited to see this film since it is my first film and holds special memories for me.  After that I auditioned for "Uppercut Cafe."  I landed this audition and played the role of Torsten in this film.  I got this part because I was number 1 in German in high school.  I used my German accent and won the director RJ Judalena over.  After that I played a guy in a club who gets rejected by a girl he buys a drink for in "Necessary Lubrication."  I worked with a lot of fun people on this set and enjoyed the experience, which went until 2:30 in the morning.  I then landed a part in NY director Marc Andreottola's "Suzy's Party."  I played a number of different characters in this film and have become closest to several of the actors in the film including Mysnikol, Paul Andrew House, and Christine Winkler.  We have worked together on numerous projects after this one and have enjoyed each others' friendship.