| Playhouse West Students
At Work
We take pride in the fact that we are a serious acting school
that attracts serious people, and that many of our students
are referred to us by directors, producers, casting directors,
agents, managers and other industry professionals. The following
is a partial list of the actors, actresses, writers, directors
and producers either currently studying at Playhouse West,
or who have worked with us in the past. Many working actors
continue to renew their studies with us between jobs.
Click on names to see their information on the Internet
Movie Database.
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JEFF
GOLDBLUM, a founding member and teacher at Playhouse
West, and star of dozens of pictures including Jurassic Park,
The Lost World: Jurassic Park II, Independence Day, The Big
Chill, The Fly, and Annie Hall, etc. Latest films include Man
of the Year for Barry Levinson and the TV movie Raines for Frank
Darabont.
ASHLEY
JUDD, star of numerous films: The Women, Bug, Come
Early Morning, Twisted, De-Lovely, Frida, Divine Secrets of
the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, High Crimes, Double Jeopardy, Kiss The
Girls, Eye of the Beholder, Where the Heart Is, A Time To Kill,
Frida, Heat, and Smoke, etc.
JAMES
FRANCO, Golden Globe Winner (Best Actor) for starring
in TNT’s James Dean, star of numerous features including
Spiderman (1,2 & 3), Flyboys, The Dead Girl, Annapolis,
The Great Raid, Tristan & Isolde, Good Time Max,, Paint,
The Company, Sonny, Blind Spot, City By The Sea (with Robert
DeNiro), etc., and star of TV series, Freaks and Geeks.
JIM
CARREY, star of Bruce Almighty, The Number 23,
Fun With Dick & Jane, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
The Majestic, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Man On The Moon,
The Truman Show, Me, Myself & Irene, The Mask, Dumber &
Dumber, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, etc.
MICHELLE
PFIEFFER, star of I Could Never Be Your Woman,
White Oleander, I Am Sam, What Lies Beneath, The Deep End of
the Ocean, Batman Returns, Frankie and Johnny, Tequila Sunrise,
The Fabulous Baker Boys, Scarface, etc.
SEAN
ASTIN, star of numerous features, including, Lord
of the Rings (all three movies), Slipstream, 50 First Dates,
Rudy, The Last Producer, The Sky Is Falling, Icebreaker, Bulworth,
Courage Under Fire, Encino Man, Toy Soldiers, Memphis Belle,
Kimberly, etc.
HEATHER
GRAHAM, star/co-star of features, Hope Springs,
Anger Management, Sidewalks of New York, Say It Isn’t
So, Committed, Bowfinger, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged
Me, Boogie Nights, Two Girls and a Guy, Nowhere, Swingers, Diggstown,
Drugstore Cowboy, etc.
MARK
PELLEGRINO, star and co-star of numerous feature
including The Number 23 (with Jim Carrey), Capote, National
Treasure, Twisted, Elle Parker, Moving Allan, The Hunted, Mulholland
Drive, A Murder of Crows, Say It Isn’t So, Drowning Mona,
The Big Lebowski, Lethal Weapon 3, HBO's The Cherokee Kid, Clubland,
etc. Numerous TV credits including “C.S.I.”, “Without
A Trace”, “N.Y.P.D. Blue”, “X-Files”,
“Northern Exposure”, “Hunter”, “The
Commish”, “ER”, etc.
SCOTT
CAAN, feature films: Ocean’s Thirteen, The
Dog Problem, Broken Rules, Lonely Hearts, Friends With Money,
Ocean’s Twelve, Into the Blue, In Enemy Hands, Dallas
362, Sonny, Ocean’s Eleven, Novacaine, American Outlaws,
Gone In Sixty Seconds, Enemy of the State, Varsity Blues, Boiler
Room, etc.
KATHRYN
MORRIS, star of TV series, “Cold Case”.
Star/Co-Star of features, Paycheck, Mindhunters, Minority Report,
Role of a Lifetime, Artificial Intelligence: AI, As Good As
It Gets, The Contender, etc., and numerous TV Movies.
REED
DIAMOND, in features Good Night & Good Luck,
Faceless, Darkroom, star of TV series "Homecide - Life
on the Streets.," numerous episodic TV credits, including
recurring on “Judging Amy”, “The Shield”,
“Law and Order”, “Presidio Med”, etc.,
and MOW’s, Scared Silent, Path to War, High Noon, etc.,
numerous guest star roles, “C.S.I.”, “Law
& Order”, “Numb3rs”, “Medium”,
“The West Wing”, etc.
MARIA
PITILLO, star of TV series “House Rules”,
“Partners”, “In The Loop”, numerous
TV guest stars, “Providence”, “Friends”,
“Will & Grace”, etc., features, Dirk & Betty,
After Sex, Godzilla, Bye, Bye Love, Natural Born Killers, I’ll
Do Anything, etc.
JORDANA
BREWSTER, star of features Annapolis, The Fast
and the Furious, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
, D.E.B.S., Nearing Grace, The Invisible Circus, etc., Daytime
TV’s “All My Children”, “As The Word
Turns.”
NIA
PEEPLES, star of numerous TV series and MOWs, including
“Walker Texas Ranger”, “Fame”, “Crisis
Center”, “Return To Lonesome Dove”, etc. Star
of films, The Riff, Half Past Dead, Blues Brothers 2000, I Don't
Buy Kisses Anymore, North Shore, etc.
MICHAEL
DELORENZO, star of the TV series New York Undercover,
Resurrection Blvd., Head of the Class. Numerous feature films,
including Contradictions of the Heart, Nice Guys, A Few Good
Men, Gun Shy, Mi Familia, Count On Me, Diggstown, Judgment Night,
Alive, etc.
SCOTT
WOLF, star of TV series Everwood, Party of Five,
Spin City; also starred in feature films, Go, White Squall,
Lady and the Tramp II, Scamps Adventure (voice of Scamp), Double
Dragon, All I Want For Christmas, Love Thy Neighbor, Emmett’s
Mark, etc.
MATTHEW
RHODES, President of Persistent Entertainment,
and producer/executive producer of features Passengers, The
Beautiful Ordinary, Southland Tales, The Sisters, An Unfinished
Life, The Freediver, September Tapes, Home of Phobia, Silver
Man, Shafted, Auggie Rose, and Conversations In Limbo. Fade
In and Variety magazines ranked him in the “Top 100 People
To Know in Hollywood” list.
DAMON
WAYANS, star of TV series “My Wife and Kids”,
“Damon”, “In Living Color”, star of
numerous features, including Homey the Clown, Marci X, Bamboozled,
Bulletproof, The Great White Hype, Blankman, Last Action Hero,
Mo’ Money, The Last Boy Scout, Punchline, etc.
SHAWNEE
SMITH, star of several TV series, including “Becker”,
“The Tom Show”, “Arsenio”, “A
Brand New Life”; numerous feature credits, including,
Saw, Saw II, Saw III, The Almost Guys, The Island, Breakfast
of Champions, Twice Upon A Time, The Party Crashers, Armageddon,
Men, Bombshell, Leaving Las Vegas”, etc.
JOSH
COOKE, star of NBC sitcoms “Four Kings”,
“Committed”, features Farewell Bender, Myopia, Partners,
A Day In The Life (TV), guest star on episodics, “Without
A Trace”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Dragnet”,
etc.
CHUCK
RUSSELL, director of The Scorpion King, Eraser
(also exec. prod.), The Mask (also exec. prod.), Piranha, Point
Thunder, The Blob, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, executive producer
of Collateral, Black Cat Run (TV), producer of Back To School,
Girls Just Want to Have Fun, etc.
GREGORY
NAVA, director of Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Selena,
My Family (Mi Familia), El Norte, etc., TV’s “American
Family” (also executive producer), screenwriter of Frida,
My Family, Selena, A Time of Destiny, El Norte, etc. Producer
of Killing Pablo, etc.
NESTER
CARBONELL, star of TV series "Suddenly Susan",
“Century City”, “Strong Medicine, etc. numerous
guest star roles, “Scrubs”, “Monk”,
“The Division”, “Alley McBeal”, “Veronica’s
Closet”, The John Larroquette Show”, etc., and star
of features, Smokin’ Aces, The Lost City, Manhood, The
Laramie Project, Agua Dulce, etc.
WENTWORTH
MILLER, star of FOX series “Prison Break”,
numerous guest stars, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Joan
of Arcadia”, “E.R.”, etc.; features The Human
Stain, Room 302, etc.
GRANT
SHAUD, best known as Miles in long-running TV series
"Murphy Brown", star of numerous TV series, “Oliver
Beene”, “Madigan Men”, the mini-series “From
the Earth to the Moon”, and co-star of features The Crow:
Salvation, Men Seeking Women, January Man, Wall Street, Waltzing
Ana, etc. Guest starred on numerous TV series, and was also
the voice of Forman in the hit animated feature Antz.
MARSHALL
ALLMAN, star of FOX series “Prison Break”,
features, Sweet Pea, Starcrossed, Hostage, Little Black Book,
etc; numerous TV guest stars, “The Practice”, “Malcolm
In The Middle”, “Boston Public”, etc.
NAOMI
JUDD, Grammy Award-winning Country music star (and
mother of Ashley and Wynnona Judd), starred in feature Family
Tree, and MOWs “A Holiday Romance”, Rio Diablo”,
has also guest starred on numerous TV series including “Fraser”,
“Touched By An Angel”, etc.
OLEG
TAKTAROV, co-star of features, National Treasure,
Bad Boys II, Red Serpent, 15 Minutes, Rollerball, Absolute Force,
Air Force One, Counter Measures, Total Force, etc. Star of TV
movie 44 Minutes, The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, TV guest star
on “Alias”, “24”, “JAG”,
etc.
DUANE
CLARK, film and television director, including
MOW Gilda Radner: It’s Always Something, episodic TV series,
“C.S.I”, “C.S.I – Miami”, “C.S.I.
– New York”, “One Tree Hill”, “Boston
Public”, “The Guardian”, “Providence”,
“The Practice”, etc, and features Family Tree, Bitter
Harvest, Shaking The Tree.
CHARISMA CARPENTER, star of TV series “Veronica
Mars”, “Charmed”, “Buffy, the Vampire
Slayer”, “Angel” and “Malibu Shores”,
star of MOW See Jane Date, and the feature The Groomsmen. Has
guest starred on numerous series including “LAX”,
“Miss Match”, “Boy Meets World”, and
“Baywatch.”
SHEENA
EASTON, GrammyAward-winning recording artist and
Broadway star, has numerous TV and Film credits, including the
voice of Sasha in the popular All Dogs Go To Heaven features
and TV series; has guest starred on numerous episodic TV series.
JAMES
LEGROS, star/co-star of features, November, Lovely
& Amazing, Scotland, Pa., Trust The Man, Jump, Borderline,
Enemy of the State, Living In Oblivion, Drugstore Cowboy, etc.,
numerous TV credits, star of “Sleeper Cell”, Mark
Albert on “Ally McBeal”, “Friends”,
“E.R.”, etc.
DEDEE
PFEIFFER, star of features Radical Jack, The Sky
Is Falling, Shoot, A Kiss So Deadly, Up Close & Personal,
Deadly Past, Red Surf, etc., co-star of Falling Down, My Family
(Mi Familia, Double Exposure, Providence; co-star of TV series
“For Your Love,” “Cybil.”
TESSA
THOMPSON, star of TV series “Veronica Mars”,
guest star on “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Cold
Case”, features Initiation of Sarah, When a Stranger Calls,
etc.
LARRY
WILMORE, executive producer of TV series “Whoopi”,
executive producer/writer of “The Bernie Mac Show”,
creator/writer/executive producer of “The PJs”,
writer for TV series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
and “In Living Color”.
HOLLY
GAGNIER, star of TV series “Baywatch”,
“One Life To Live”, “Days of Our Lives”,
“E.R.” (The Pilot), features Free Enterprise, The
Undertakers Wedding, Breakout, Girls Just Want To Have Fun,
etc., numerous MOWs and guest star on over 40 TV series such
as “Friends”, “Wings”, “To Have
& to Hold”, “Renegade”, “Murder
She Wrote”, “Valerie”, etc., plus over 60
national TV commercials.
KRISTEN
MINTER, star/co-star of numerous films including
Friends With Money, Pissed, There Goes My Baby, Cool As Ice,
Home Alone, Myopia, The Bread, My Sweet, Tick Tock, Diamond
Men, American Virgin, etc. Number TV credits, including regular
(Randi) on TV series "ER."
KIMBERLY
FOSTER, star of TV series “Dallas”,
“Cover Up” and the soap, “All My Children”;
features Broken Trust, Love Bites, It Takes Two, You Can’t
Hurry Love, Dragnet, etc.; guest star on numerous TV series
including “Quantum Leap”, “thirtysomething”,
“Hotel”, etc.
MARK
THOMPSON, one-half of popular “Mark &
Brian” radio program, wrote/starred in Mother Ghost, also
appeared in S1m0ne, The Princess Diaries, Deterrence, etc.,
numerous TV guest star roles include “24”, “Reba”,
“X-Files”, “Dharma & Greg”, etc.
JAMIE
BROWN, guest star on dozens of TV series including
“Threat Matrix”, “Cold Case”, “The
Shield”, “C.S.I.: Miami”, “The Guardian”,
“The Practice”, “NYPD Blue”, “Family
Law”, “Six Feet Under”, “Boston Public”,
etc. Features include The Notebook, It Is What It Is, etc.
BURR
STEERS, director/writer of feature Igby Goes Down,
writer of How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, as an actor his credits
include The Last Days of Disco, Fix, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir
Dogs, Naked In New York, Intruder, etc.
PAMELA
GIDLEY, star of the TV series “Skin”,
“The Pretender”, “Strange Luck” and
“Angel Street”, star of numerous features including,
Landspeed, Luster, Puzzled, True Blue, Goodbye Casanova, The
Little Vampire, Liar’s Poker, etc., numerous TV guest
stars, including “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation”,
“Tour of Duty”, “Crime Story”, MacGyver”,
etc.
SEAN
WHALEN, co-star of numerous feature films including
Twister, Jury Duty, Batman Returns, Charlie’s Angels,
Deep Shock, Never Been Kissed, Suicide Kings, Men In Black,
That Thing You Do, The Cable Guys, Waterworld, The People Under
The Stairs, etc.
KIM
MURPHY, star of features Houseguest, Burning Annie,
City of Angels, The In Crowd, etc, TV series “E.D.N.Y.”,
“Level 9”, MOW “David and Lisa”, and
numerous TV guest stars, “Boomtown”, “24”,
“Snoops”, “L.A. Doctors”, “Party
of Five”, “Touched By An Angel”, etc.
BYRON
ALLEN, well known TV personality, star of TV series
“The Byron Allen Show”, “Jammin’”,
and “Real People”, and MOW Case Closed, appeared
as himself in numerous TV shows and several features, including
America’s Sweetheart, and “Battle of the Network
Stars.”
KEITH
DIAMOND, features include The Maxwell Bright Civilization,
Biker Boyz, Desert Saints, Awakenings, co-star of TV series
“Secret Service Guy”, “Men In Black: The Series”,
guest star on “Criminal Minds”, “Prison Break”,
“C.S.I.”, “Navy NCIS”, “Family
Law”, “Charmed”, “ER”, “City
of Angels”, etc.
KAREN
MONCRIEFF, director/writer of feature Blue Car,
director of TV series “Six Feet Under”, credits
as an actress include TV’s “Days Of Our Lives”,
“The Guiding Light”, “The Bold and the Beautiful”,
“Santa Barbara”, “Perry Mason”, Murder
Between Friends, etc.
DON
“THE DRAGON” WILSON, star of martial
arts films Bloodfist, Future Kick, etc., other features, Batman
Forever, Redemption, etc.
HINTON
BATTLE, veteran dancer, singer and star of Broadway;
star of many MOWs, including “Child Star: The Shirley
Temple Story”, “These Old Broads”, “The
Switch”, “Red Dwarf”, “Alamo: Thirteen
Days to Glory”, etc., feature credits include the Scarecrow
in The Wiz.
DENNIS
KLEIN, TV writer, producer and director; credits
include “The Larry Sanders Show” (creator/writer),
“The Chris Isaak Show”, “If Not For You”,
“Bakersfield, P.D.”, “Buffalo Bill”
(writer/director), “The Odd Couple”, “Laverne
& Shirley” (director), “Cosby” (producer),
etc.
E.G.
DAILY, star of numerous animated series, “Rugrats”
(Tommy), “Powerpuff Girls” (Buttercup), “Quack
Pack”, “Aladdin”, “Problem Child”,
etc., numerous feature credits, The Country Bears, Babe: Pig
in the City, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Dutch, Lorenzo’s
Oil, etc.
KAREN
WITTER, star of TV series, “Bedtime”,
daytimes “One Life To Live”, and numerous guest
stars including “Malcolm in the Middle”, “Dharma
& Greg”, “NYPD Blue”, “Malibu, CA”,
“Pacific Blue”, features include The Lovemaster,
Popcorn, Buried Alive, etc.
CYNTHIA
PRESTON, star of TV series and movies, “The
Thin Blue Lie”, “Total Recall 2070”, “Picture
Windows”, “To Catch A Killer”, etc., features,
The Event, Facing The Enemy, Living In Fear, etc., TV guest
star, “CSI”, “X-Files”, “Falcone”,
etc.
CHRISTINE
CAVANAUGH, starred as the voice of Babe. Co-starred
of films, Jerry Maguire, Soulmates, etc., guest star on TV series,
"”E.R”, “Friends”, “Cheers",
"X-Files", "Bob Newhart", "Wings",
"Empty Nest," etc. Voice over star of many Emmy-winning
cartoons and movies for Disney and Nickelodeon, such as "Chucky"
in "Rug Rats”, “Dark-Winged Duck”, “Dexter",
etc.
KENNY
MOSKOW, TV guest star on “Mad About You”,
“Providence”, “Dave’s World”,
“High Incident”, etc., star of pilot “Veronica’s
Video.” Features include The Day After Tomorrow, Heartland,
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, Sliver, Men, and The Lost World, Jurassic
Park 2; over 150 commercials, most notable campaigns include,
“Got Milk”, Polaroid, Michelob, American Express,
McDonalds, Toyota and DiGorno Pizza.
ADAM
SMALL, writer of Malibu’s Most Wanted (also
producer), TV series “The Jamie Kennedy Experiment”
(also executive producer), In The Army Now, Son In Law, Another
State of Mind (also producer); executive producer of TV series
“Gary and Mike.”
TUESDAY
KNIGHT, star of films The Theory of the Leisure
Class, Mistress, Nightmare on Elm Street 4, co-star of Icemaker,
Daddy and Them, Brother, The Perfect Mother (TV), The Cottonwood,
Hindsight, The Fan, Cover Story, etc., star of TV series "2000
Malibu Road", etc.
KIKO
ELLSWORTH, star of daytime dramas “Port Charles”
and “General Hospital”, star of features, All or
Nothing, The Diplomat, and Betrayal; other feature credits include
Bad Boys II.
PAULETTE
BRAXTON, star of TV series “The Parkers”
and “In The House”; guest star on numerous episodic
TV including, “C.S.I.; Miami”, “Las Vegas”,
“Smart Guy”, “Ellen”, “New York
Undercover”, etc. Her features include Lockdown, Double
Blind, A Man Is Mostly Water.
REBEKAH
JOHNSON, star of Barry Levinson’s Liberty
Heights, the HBO feature Tyson, and MOW Ruby Jean and Joe (as
Ruby Jean) with Tom Selleck. Other credits include features
Latter Days, As Good As It Gets, guest star on TVs “Gideon’s
Crossing”, “My So-Called Life”, etc.
DALTON
JAMES, starred with Robert Urich on TV series “Crossroads”,
recurring co-star on TV series “Beverly Hills: 90210”
and“Passions”, along with other MOWs and episodics.
Star of feature films Are You a Serial Killer, My Father The
Hero, Held Up, Beach House, etc.
PAMELA
DILLMAN, co-star of Bye, Bye Love, Going Under,
Early Bird Special, Simon Says, TV series "Psych 101",
guest star on “Seinfeld", “Sabrina”,
“The Nanny”, etc. Broadway shows include Aren’t
We All (Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert), and Two Into One (Tony
Randall).
HENRY
BARRIAL, director/writer of features Heartland,
Some Body (2001 Sundance competition), and the award-winning
short The Lonelys (Best Short: Latino Film Festival, Cleveland
Film Festival), also numerous acting credits on TV and commercials.
MATT
CASADO, Showtime & Hispanic Film Festival award-winner,
writer/director/star of feature Monsters, writer and star of
Ronnie.
ZOE
CLARK-WILLIAMS, director of features New Best Friend,
When Autumn Leaves, and Men (also writer).
TERI
COPLEY, star of TV series “I Had Three Wives”,
“We Got It Made”, MOWs In the Line of Duty, The
Gambler Returns, I Married a Centerfold, Glitter, Fly Away Home,
etc., numerous other TV guest star and feature credits.
BRIAN
LALLY, star of feature Dunsmore, co-star/supporting
roles in numerous features including L.A. Confidential, My Family
(Mi Familia), Ronnie, Love and Loathing at the Ass Lamp Lounge,
You Can’t Buy Love, You’re Killing Me, King of the
Open Mic’s, Fashionably L.A., etc.
LEZLIE
DEANE, star of features To Protect and Serve, Freddy’s
Dead: The Final Nightmare, Midnight Ride, Movie Madness, etc.,
numerous guest star on TV series, including, “Pacific
Blue”, “Jake and the Fatman”, “Father
Dowling Mysteries”, “Dynasty”, “Hunter”,
etc.
PETER
PARROS, star of daytime dramas “One Life
To Live”, “As The World Turns”, TV series
“Adam 12”, and other MOWs and features.
SARA
TRIGGER, numerous TV, MOW and feature credits,
A.T.F, “Turks” (series), Too Close To Home, “EZ
Streets”, Things You Do In Denver When You’re Dead,
PCU, Pet Sematary II, Deadfall, Kid, Grand Canyon, etc.
GRAHAM
ELWOOD, comedian and host of TV’s “Cram”
and “Strip Poker”, feature credits include Some
Kinda Joke, Hey, Anthony, wrote/directed/starred award-winning
short Hello, Junkie! (Best Short, Lincolnshire Film Festival,
London).
BRADLEY
STRYKER, films, Bruce Almighty, Wolves of Wall
Street, Final Stab, etc., TV’s “The O.C.”,
“Crossing Jordan”, “Family Law”, etc.
JAMES
BLACK, features include Love and a Bullet, Unshackled,
Universal Soldier: The Return, Out of Sight, Godzilla, etc.,
TV guest stars on “Will & Grace”, “JAG”,
“Martial Law”, “Nash Bridges”, “V.I.P”,
“10-8: Officers on Duty”, “S Club 7 in Hollywood”,
etc.
VAL
LAUREN, features include Fighting Words, Dallas
362, The Gray In Between, Landspeed, Backflash, etc., numerous
TV guest stars include “24”, “Felicity”,
“The Huntress”, “Walker, Texas Ranger”,
“Jesse”, “The Huntress”, “Dangerous
Minds”, etc.
BRADY
SMITH, films include Letters to Lauren, TV guest
star on “Charmed”, “Presidio Med”, etc.,
numerous national TV commercials.
ROGER
RANNEY, numerous TV guest stars, “ER”,
“Miracle”, “Alias”, “JAG”,
“NYPD Blue”, “The West Wing”, “The
Huntress”, etc. films include The Eliminator, “From
the Earth to the Moon” (mini-series), etc.
ANGELA
WATSON, star of TV series "Step By Step”,
and recurring on TV series “Davis Rules”.
ERIC
EDWARDS, star of Stage Time, co-star of features
Sgt. Bilko with Steve Martin, Beverly Hillbillies, Senior Trip,
Blade, etc.
MOLLY
GROSS, star of MOW Deep Family Secrets, and feature
Slaves To The Underground, co-star of feature Scream 2.
RINA
FERNANDEZ, features include The Unknown Caller,
Bruce Almighty, etc., star of Hispanic TV series “El Chupacabra”.
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