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Scott Levy (actor)
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Scott Levy, an American actor
born on February 13, 1971 in Westwood, New Jersey
, grew up in Longwood, Florida
, just outside of Orlando
. After graduating from Lake Brantley High School
in 1990, he served in the United States Marine Corps
as a FIM-92 Stinger
Missile
Gunner during the Persian Gulf War
, earning the National Defense Service Medal
.
In 1994 Scott attended Full Sail University, received degrees in Film production and Audio Engineering
and moved to Marin County, California
in 1996.
Scott began his film career working as an audio engineer for George Lucas
’ Skywalker Sound
, on the blockbuster films Titanic
and The Lost World: Jurassic Park
.
After relocating to Los Angeles
in 1998 to pursue a career in front of the camera, Scott began honing his acting skills on stage by studying and performing with various theater companies. He quickly became a member of the Screen Actors Guild
and began booking roles on feature films, The Attic Expeditions
and Demon Under Glass; commercials for Jeep
, Honda
and Bud Light; a television pilot, The Privateers and a public service announcement
shot by Laszlo Kovacs
(Easy Rider
, Ghostbusters
).
Scott can be seen playing the lead role in The Helix...Loaded
, a spoof
of The Matrix
co-starring Vanilla Ice
; Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon
, a kung fu, zombie
movie written and directed by Kenn Scott
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
); Fight or Die
(Discovery Channel
), executive produced by Randall Wallace
(Braveheart
), (We Were Soldiers
); Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (History Channel) as legendary Marine
sniper
, Chuck Mawhinney
and The Hell Patrol
, a zombie
apocalypse
film set in Northern California
.
Scott currently resides in Los Angeles
and loves working out, hiking, surfing, watching and making movies.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
born on February 13, 1971 in Westwood, New Jersey
Westwood, New Jersey
Westwood is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 10,908....
, grew up in Longwood, Florida
Longwood, Florida
Longwood is a city in Seminole County, Florida, USA. The population was 13,745 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 13,491. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, just outside of Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
. After graduating from Lake Brantley High School
Lake Brantley High School
Lake Brantley High School is located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, an urban community approximately 13 miles north of Orlando, Florida, USA. It is a public high school serving grade levels 9-12 in Seminole County, FL, operated by Seminole County Public Schools...
in 1990, he served in the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
as a FIM-92 Stinger
FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile , which can be adapted to fire from ground vehicles and helicopters , developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the U.S...
Missile
Missile
Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self-propelled guided weapon system.-Etymology:The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send"...
Gunner during the Persian Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
, earning the National Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
The National Defense Service Medal is a military service medal of the United States military originally commissioned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower...
.
In 1994 Scott attended Full Sail University, received degrees in Film production and Audio Engineering
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
and moved to Marin County, California
Marin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...
in 1996.
Scott began his film career working as an audio engineer for George Lucas
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
’ Skywalker Sound
Skywalker Sound
Skywalker Sound is the sound effects, sound editing, sound design, sound mixing and music recording division of George Lucas' Lucas Digital motion picture group. Its main facilities are located in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California...
, on the blockbuster films Titanic
Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...
and The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction thriller film, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was produced by Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen and Colin Wilson...
.
After relocating to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in 1998 to pursue a career in front of the camera, Scott began honing his acting skills on stage by studying and performing with various theater companies. He quickly became a member of the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
and began booking roles on feature films, The Attic Expeditions
The Attic Expeditions
The Attic Expeditions, aka Horror in the Attic, is a 2001 horror movie starring Andras Jones and Seth Green, and featuring Alice Cooper and Ted Raimi. The film has been criticized for being "random", "incoherent", "violently confusing", and lacking any plot whatsoever, at any point...
and Demon Under Glass; commercials for Jeep
Jeep
Jeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler . The first Willys Jeeps were produced in 1941 with the first civilian models in 1945, making it the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle brand. It inspired a number of other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover which is the second...
, Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
and Bud Light; a television pilot, The Privateers and a public service announcement
Public service announcement
A public service announcement or public service ad is a type of advertisement featured on television, radio, print or other media...
shot by Laszlo Kovacs
László Kovács (cinematographer)
László Kovács, A.S.C. was a Hungarian cinematographer who was influential in the development of American New Wave films. Most famous for his award-winning work on Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces, Kovács was the recipient of numerous awards, including three Lifetime Achievement Awards...
(Easy Rider
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
, Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis and follows three eccentric parapsychologists in New York City, who start a...
).
Scott can be seen playing the lead role in The Helix...Loaded
The Helix...Loaded
The Helix...Loaded is a parody of The Matrix and Fight Club, written and directed by A. Raven Cruz and starring Scott Levy and Vanilla Ice.-Plot:...
, a spoof
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
co-starring Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, extreme athlete and home improvement television personality...
; Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon
Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon
Adventures of Johnny Tao is a kung fu/ zombie movie, written and directed by former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Kenn Troum, under the name Kenn Scott....
, a kung fu, zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
movie written and directed by Kenn Scott
Kenn Troum
Kenn Troum, also known as Kenn Scott, is an American actor, screenwriter and director.Kenneth Scott Troum was born in New York and presently lives in Los Angeles. A martial artist and former stuntman, he is most well known as an actor...
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
); Fight or Die
Fight or Die
Fight or Die is a television show produced for the Discovery Channel.-Plot summary:The first episode, Valley of Death, tells the real-life story of a group of American soldiers whose lives were made famous in Randall Wallace's motion picture We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson...
(Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
), executive produced by Randall Wallace
Randall Wallace
Randall Wallace is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and songwriter who came to prominence by writing the screenplay for the 1995 film Braveheart. His work on the film earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay and a Writers Guild of America award for Best...
(Braveheart
Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace...
), (We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film that dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965. The film was directed by Randall Wallace and stars Mel Gibson. It is based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… And Young by Lieutenant General Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L...
); Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (History Channel) as legendary Marine
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
sniper
Sniper
A sniper is a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high-precision rifles....
, Chuck Mawhinney
Chuck Mawhinney
Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney is an Oregon-born American who served in the United States Marine Corps as a sniper during the Vietnam War...
and The Hell Patrol
The Hell Patrol
The Hell Patrol is an American horror film, dealing with the zombie apocalypse and its survivors. It was released in September 2009, premiering at the Revenant Film Festival in Seattle, Washington. It has garnered other selections to festivals including The Big Bear Horror Film Festival, The...
, a zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
apocalypse
Apocalypse
An Apocalypse is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception, i.e. the veil to be lifted. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament...
film set in Northern California
Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
.
Scott currently resides in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and loves working out, hiking, surfing, watching and making movies.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | USAF Tech Sergeant Allen | |
| 2011 | Reactionary | Boz | |
| 2010 | Sniper: Deadliest Missions | Chuck Mawhinney Chuck Mawhinney Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney is an Oregon-born American who served in the United States Marine Corps as a sniper during the Vietnam War... |
|
| 2010 | Perspective | Detective Davis | |
| 2010 | The Duty of Living | Hunter Eaton | |
| 2010 | Wingman Class | Officer McCoy | |
| 2010 | Sedona's Rule | Dirk | |
| 2009 | Crisis: New York Under Water | Alpha Team Leader | |
| 2009 | Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs | Chuck Mawhinney Chuck Mawhinney Charles Benjamin "Chuck" Mawhinney is an Oregon-born American who served in the United States Marine Corps as a sniper during the Vietnam War... |
|
| 2009 | The Hell Patrol The Hell Patrol The Hell Patrol is an American horror film, dealing with the zombie apocalypse and its survivors. It was released in September 2009, premiering at the Revenant Film Festival in Seattle, Washington. It has garnered other selections to festivals including The Big Bear Horror Film Festival, The... |
Sgt. Mark Daniels | |
| 2008 | Metal Man | Leon | |
| 2008 | Fight or Die Fight or Die Fight or Die is a television show produced for the Discovery Channel.-Plot summary:The first episode, Valley of Death, tells the real-life story of a group of American soldiers whose lives were made famous in Randall Wallace's motion picture We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson... |
Capt. Tony Nadal | |
| 2007 | Dear Mom | Bruno | |
| 2007 | Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon Adventures of Johnny Tao is a kung fu/ zombie movie, written and directed by former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Kenn Troum, under the name Kenn Scott.... |
Warlock | |
| 2005 | The Helix...Loaded The Helix...Loaded The Helix...Loaded is a parody of The Matrix and Fight Club, written and directed by A. Raven Cruz and starring Scott Levy and Vanilla Ice.-Plot:... |
Nuvo | |
| 2002 | Demon Under Glass | Capt. Charles Stuebbins | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor (film) Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American action drama war film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Randall Wallace, who wrote the screenplay... |
Sergeant | |
| 2001 | The Attic Expeditions The Attic Expeditions The Attic Expeditions, aka Horror in the Attic, is a 2001 horror movie starring Andras Jones and Seth Green, and featuring Alice Cooper and Ted Raimi. The film has been criticized for being "random", "incoherent", "violently confusing", and lacking any plot whatsoever, at any point... |
Orderly | |
| 2000 | The Privateers | Heimdahl | |
| 1999 | Better Never Than Late | Bartender | |
| 1999 | Storm Catcher Storm Catcher Storm Catcher is a 1999 thriller movie. It was directed by Anthony Hickox and stars Dolph Lundgren and Mystro Clark. It tells the story of a renegade general who plans to bomb Washington with a new jet called the Storm Catcher.-Plot:... |
Commando | |
| 1999 | That Was Then | Frankie Sandberg | |
| 1999 | One-Hit Wonder | Tattoo Artist |