John Lief Nelson

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John Lief Nelson is a screen actor with experience in film, TV, and commercial work. Born in California with the associated U.S. West Coast accent, he is based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Some career highlights include a supporting role in the American TV show ‘Joe Vs Carole’, supporting and lead roles in various Australian short films: ‘Funny Business’ – (Winner Cannes World Film Festival ‘Best Family/Children Film’) ‘Breakin’ Silence’ – (Winner Rome Indie Film Festival ‘Best Inspirational Short Film’, and at EdiPlay International Film Festival (France) ‘Best Short Film’) John has been dedicated to pursuing actor training for screen at various acting studios on an ongoing basis. His goal is to bring natural, character-focused performance and be flexible and collaborative on set. Some of John’s skills include: Singing, playing acoustic guitar and electric bass guitar, various accents, British RP, German, Irish, Russian, American Midwestern, and Southern. When not on set, John enjoys music, movies, hiking, pizza, and losing golf balls in trees and lakes. JOHN NELSON No Tattoos Gender: Male, Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 53 Artist type: Actor, Commercial face. Eye colour: Hazel Hair colour: Salt and Pepper Hair length: Bald/shaved Height: 175 cm / 5ft 9in Chest: 104 cm / 41 in Weight: 84 kg / 185 Lbs Waist: 101 cm / 40 in (although I wear a 36W x 30L in pants / jeans) Hips: 101 cm / 40 in Clothing size: Large (Average size) Shoe size: 11 (UK) 10 ½ (US) Accent: California / Western Canadian (Vancouver) Place of birth: San Francisco, California Contact: Email: [email protected] Mob: 0423 800 308 Training: Attending Intermediate screen acting classes at “The Warehouse Acting Studio” Skills/experience (Artistic): performing with rock bands (Bass guitar and backing vocal) Leading music (Acoustic guitar and lead vocal) in Churches, Kids camps and Retreats. Acting in skits at Camps / Retreats Skills Trade/construction: (Can provide pictures of many jobs/projects) Can do/have done: • Carpentry, framing and finishing • Install timber flooring, engineered floating, nail down, glue down, vinyl plank, hybrid vinyl, laminate (I currently sub-contract my services to a flooring store) • plank, sheet linoleum, industrial carpet squares. • Qualified tiler/waterproofer • Install kitchens and bathrooms • Install windows and doors • Build house extensions, carports, formwork, fences, sheds • Plastering • Some concrete finishing • 2 years of frameless glass installation experience, (working for two different companies) pool fences, pool windows, shower screens, splashbacks, stair and balcony balustrade, mirrors, robe doors • 20 years of landscaping/commercial and residential landscape maintenance (13 of those years operating my own business) • Installation and maintenance of sprinkler systems • Operation of lawnmowers, whipper snippers, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, trenchers, stump grinders, chainsaws. 2 years of warehousing experience: can operate forklifts, pallet jacks. Countries lived in: USA, Canada, Australia (I have citizenship in these three as well) Travel/Countries visited, • Mexico • New Zealand • Papua New Guinea • England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland • Ireland • France • Germany • Austria • Italy • Slovakia Countries I have set foot in but didn’t visit properly, • Japan • Taiwan • Fiji • Cech Republic • United Arab Emirates Random facts about me: • I am divorced with four adult children • I am the eldest of eight children • I am learning to speak German • I grew up in California • I have gone sky diving • I have gone hot air ballooning • I successfully learned to sail by reading a book about sailing and hiring a sailboat • I once bought a hang glider at a garage sale and crashed it on my first go (guess I should have read a book about it or had lessons!) • My parents were odd, nomadic people and as a result, I grew up living in cars, campgrounds, trailer parks, log cabins, motels, abandoned houses, and occasionally functional houses. • Other than grades 1-2 my parents did not send me to school, at 19 I went to an adult education centre to take the G.E.D. (high school equivalency test) I purchased a prep book, studied it for a week, and passed! (But just barely on the math) (Kudos to Mrs. Sylvas and Ms. Kates for teaching me to read in 1st grade!) Some of my interests: • Acting (Of course!) • Music • Watching movies • Travel • Hiking • Playing golf • Playing board games with family and friends • Reading (History, biographies, business) • Dabbling in business/marketing, online marketing (My ex-wife is a children’s author and I have built and maintained her websites and online stores as well as selling her books into Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian libraries through email campaigns) www.pjmouse.com www.gwynethjanepage.com Dislikes: • Liver and onions (Yuck!) • Horror movies Some movies I like: • The Shawshank redemption • Forest Gump • Pride and Prejudice (BBC version with Jennifer Ehle and Collin Firth. Also most movies based on Jane Austen novels, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park ) • The Impossible • Moulin Rouge! • The Grande Budapest Hotel • O Brother where art thou? • Harry Potter franchise • Star wars franchise (Before Disney ruined it) • Oceans franchise • The Bourne franchise • Bridgett Jones franchise • The Martin • Love Actually • Jerry Maguire • The Imitation Game • The Finest Hours • Notting Hill • The Castle • Goodwill Hunting • The Blind Side • The Jerk • The Big Short • Crazy Stupid Love • Bad Moms • A Good Year • Joy • The Help TV shows I like: (I don’t really watch much TV) • Lost! • Star Trek The Next Generation