User:MikellGregory

Mini Biography Gregory Mikell was born in Statesboro Georgia where he grew up on his grandparents farm in the formative years, then spent most of his youth in Florida. He went to undergrad at JSU of Alabama after which he was accepted to train at The National Shakespeare Conservatory in NYC and summer training with John Kane of the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as some graduate work at the Actors Studio Drama School.

His most recent stage performance was with New Century theatre in the award winning playwright, Lynne Nottage's Intimate Apparel and Quantum Theatre's 'Breakfast With Mugabe'by British writer, Frazier Grace.'' Other work includes Othello and Macbeth as part of New Perspective Theatre's Shakespeare's Villains series, New Jersey Repertory's Theatre Brute Series of which he remains a member, All For Love with Boomerang Theatre at NY Center Stage, The Exonerated at Florida Studio Theatre, Gentleman caller in a Creative Artist Lab adaptation of The Glass Menagerie as well as The Seagull. Other work includes Wings Theatre Company's "Richard The Lionheart while rehearsing with Stage East ensemble for a production of Lee Blessing's 'A Walk In The Woods, in the role of John Honeyman. Soon after, he played the role of Kulygin in Chekhov's Three Sisters with the Prospect Theatre Company and subsequently the renowned Ensemble Studios Theatre with fellow actor Keith David, The Memory Orchestra at HERE Art Center, Welcome To Our City by Thomas Wolfe at The Mint Theatre, toured with Theatre Works USA's The Color of Justice by: Cheryl Davis.

Other favorite roles include Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, Cloten in Cymbeline, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Hoke in Driving Miss Daisy. Recent feature film credits in production as of summer 2009, The Guiding Hand (AKA 7E) and and Blood Run Free. Prior films include the lead role in the Indie The New Movie an action thriller: Heart Attack a romantic comedy, Buddy Hampton a jazz short biopic and Hitler's Strawberries, a dark comedy, as well as being a voice-over artist, having recorded for TV and film such as ABC's 20/20, National Geographic and film / documentaries.

Trivia Is a distant cousin of Ray Charles who also hails from Georgia.

Stage roles that he longs to perform are: Walter in A Raisin In The Sun, Albert in "Clybourne" Park"Henry in Race by Mamet, Christian in Ruined by Lynn Nottage and Aaron the Moor in Shakespeare's Titus.Andronicus.

Gregory is a published poet: is included in a poet's publication of the best poets of 2002. He has written since the age of 15. His hobbies are photography, painting, writing both screen and stage as well as song writing, horseback riding and hiking.

Made his living as a professional cook for more than 10 years. He first learned to cook for the navy and was in fact offered the opportunity to become a chef and has cooked in four star hotels.

Was the lead singer of a band as well as dabbling in keyboards and percussion in his youth. In fact, his band went into the studio and laid down tracks. He has also made his living as a sound engineer apprentice by studio editing and live concert recordings. All of the above have proven an asset to his production company, Acclaim Theatricals, which is not only an entertainment production company of film, theatre and web content, but also a media services entity based in Manhattan.

In high school, he was voted most likely to succeed.

Gregory picked up his first instrument at the age of five years old, a keyboard. Later took piano and violin lessons, owned drums and acoustic guitar

IMDb Mini Biography By: Gregory Mikell

Mini Biography Gregory Mikell is a proud member of (AEA SAG-AFTRA:) Formed his own production company many years ago with the intention of laying the foundation for his vision for Acclaim Theatricals LLC  As of 2012 Gregory's dream takes flight as he fulfills his intention of creating opportunities for independent artists to help make their dreams come true. In addition to his short film, "Impetus" that is in pre-production, Gregory has a podcast, "Being Social", that premiers in May, 2013 as well as two web series in production, '[ [|The Shakespeare Series']] and [|'On The Town'], a monthly online entertainment talk-show that is preparing to expand to global markets.

He has written a one-man stage-play on the African American male that premiers in 2014 as well as his upcoming short film, "Impetus" which takes on the challenges of racial profiling to be shot in late 2013. In addition he currently has a podcast, "Being Social", that premiers in May, 2013 as well as two web series currently in production, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvaYWFssFSE&feature=share&list=PL1C3E933E153A3B77 "The Shakespeare Series"] and "On The Town". He also has three feature film scripts in development, one completed.

Recent film credits include Imogene (AKA, The Girl Most Likely) with Kristen Wiig best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, Choke with Sam Rockwell, Every Day with Helen Hunt & Brian Dennehey, the upcoming 2012 indie feature, 7E (AKA The Guiding Hand) where he shares the screen with actor Brendon Saxton III, who also appears in the TV series The Killing. You'll also see Gregory in the trailer for the pending indie feature Blood Run Free. Prior films include the lead role in the Indie web series, The New Movie an action thriller: Heart Attack a romantic comedy, Buddy Hampton a jazz short biopic, The Warrior Class by Alan Hruska and Hitler's Strawberries, a comedy, as well as being a voice-over artist, having recorded for TV and film such as ABC's 20/20, National Geographic.

Books published regarding Gregory Mikell

Theatre World: 2005-2006 - [|Volume 62; Volumes 2005-2006 - Page 221]

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Complete Guide to the Movie Trivia ...

Theatre World 2001-2002 - [|Volume 58; Volumes 2001-2002 - Page 258]]

--- IMDb Mini Biography By: Gregory Mikell

Trivia Is a distant cousin of Ray Charles who also hails from Georgia.

Stage roles that he longs to perform are: Walter in A Raisin In The Sun, Henry in Race by Mamet, Christian in Ruined by Lynn Nottage and Aaron the Moor in Shakespeare's Titus.Andronicus.

He is a published poet and has written since the age of 15. His hobbies are photography, painting, horseback riding and hiking.

Made his living as a professional cook for more than 10 years. He first learned to cook for the navy and was in fact offered the opportunity to become a chef. He still enjoys cooking for friends and family on special occasion.

Was the lead singer of a band as well as dabbling in keyboards and percussion while in Florida. In fact, his band went into the studio to lay down some tracks. He has also made his living as a sound man working in the studio editing.

In high school, he was voted most likely to succeed.

Gregory picked up his first instrument at the age of five years old, a keyboard. Later took piano and violin lessons, owned drums and acoustic guitar.

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