Alex Emanuel

Alex Emanuel
New York, New York
United States

General information
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I'm a card carryin' member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA, I've been acting full-time (is there such a thing for that lower 99th percentile of actors like myself who aren't Leonardo DeCaprio?) for 10 years in NYC and Chicago. Before then (and concurrently the first 7 years) I was been pursuing Rock and Roll and Fine Art at a breakneck pace ever since college. I've worked onstage in both places, including some extensive work in Chi at the much heralded Steppenwolf Theatre.

As for my TV and film work, I've worked on soaps (One Life to Live, All My Children, As The World Turns, etc...), in primetime (Law and Order, Rescue Me, Law and order: Criminal Intent, Sex and the City, Hack, Third Watch, Deadline, Queens Supreme, Ed, Life on Mars etc...) on cable (MTV, HBO, VH1, Fuse), as a host (In Tune, MNY, Government TV, Indigo TV), done more than my share of cool leads in low-budget indie features (a few of which have gone to festivals, and a couple others that should've gone to festivals), and worked on a slew of big budget mooooovies in a lesser than lead acting capacity (though I've been told that there's a little yeller statue named Oscar waitin' for me in some plush closet in LA somewhere).

I've also done my time in litterally zillions upon zillions of short films (some quality, some... well, not), booked a plethara of print work, v/o jobs, and recorded/toured with many indie rock bands (my present band is called PERMISSION... see below). I was born in Little Italy, NYC (that's right yo-I'm an original), grew up here and in Western Mass, studied painting and sculpture at Skidmore College, spent two years in Chicago (where I was one of 17 actors chosen from over 500 nationwide to participate in the Steppenwolf Ensemble project, that which begat the School at Steppenwolf) and presently, when I'm not acting, playing music and ripping out chunks of my full head of hair trying to make my high rent, I am a relentless hobby photographer, superb ping pong player and frisbee thrower, uniquely gifted caricature artist and... a baseball aficionado.

Socially, I've got great friends up the ying yang, I adore women (and, thankfully, they seem to tolerate me as well) and there isn't a food or drink I don't like.

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Reviews de me:
"Alex Emanuel's unassuming good looks recall the gruff soulfulness of Harrison Ford"-Backstage
"the excellent Alex Emanuel"-Chicago Tribune
"the charismatic Alex Emanuel"-blogcritics
"Alex Emanuel is hillarious"-nytheatre
"nicely rendered by Alex Emanuel"-oobr
"Alex Emanuel plays (the lead role) w/ a cold, hard soul that slowly warms & melts"-nytheatre.com
"Alex Emanuel performs with conviction, believability, gusto"-theatreonline
"intensely played by Alex Emanuel"-nytheatrewire
"Alex Emanuel hits it right on the head"-hybrid
"Alex Emanuel is cool"-storyline
"Alex Emanuel's unique, raspy snarl perfectly fits the mood"-splendidezine
"Alex Emanuel's delivery adds to the charm"-gildthelily
"the wonderful Alex Emanuel"-Chicago Sun Times
"Alex Emanuel as the protagonist, is perfect"-theasy.com
"Alex Emanuel's hard boiled performance suits the play"-NY Times

Experience
Level of Experience: Very Experienced

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I try to stay busy, busy, busy always, and whenever I get an audition, I get a call back (if I don't in fact book the dang thing). The situation of course in this, dare I say it, semi-corrupt biz, is getting the bloody audition in the first place... Anyway, like any good actor, I've been looking into generating my own work. I started my own production company, and presently, we're developing some cool stuff (sorry, gotta keep that info on the down-low y'know, the hush hush n' stuff) and have our hands on a few super-fine feature film scripts... so... feel free to contact me, either via email at alexemanuel@gmail.com or by phone at 646-325-8719 if you do or don't want to see/cast me, as you might want to invest in me in other ways. Either way, it would be a pleasure to meet with you, and at your scheduled convenience (I could also swing by on the fly and deliver an outrageously good monologue, or cold read for ya like there's no tomorrow).

As is the case of so many talented folks in this biz, I'm forever seeking the max-utmost in quality agency representation/good p.r.. I want someone, some group, entity and/or some thing by my side who gets me, pushes for me and sees that undeniable Sam Rockwellian (Orwellian?) Han Solo quality I have that makes me the acting double threat that I am (I'm pretty modest, I know, have to be). Hey, perhaps we could also hang socially and shoot the shinola over a drink or a coffee sometime too...

If you'd like to see/read more, you can find me at www.alexemanuel.com, on imdb (www.imdb.me/alexemanuel), on facebook and even still on myspace . Now if you're still jonesing for an Al-fix, you can see me (yes, actually see me, as I do a monologue) at the fledgling www.sceneinteractive.com (just punch in my name and I'll spring right up, though I have not updated that thing since it's inception), as well as see me flex my improv comedic hosting backbone w/ mediocre new york (we have many clips on you tube). I also have a plethara of other clips scattered around the web and that I can send you. Lastly, you can always find me at Actors Access.com (and even within the indiewire network)...

Finally, you are highly encouraged to brave my volatile blog (speaking of not updating, sheesh!) I mean why not? It may be excavated for your reading pleasure (or displeasure)at www.rollomanhattan.blogspot.com.

Below is a more descriptive bio of me for your files, one that doesn't beat around the bush so much (damn I wish we'd beaten Bush so much... glad he's gone):

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Alex Emanuel is a professional New York-based theater, film and TV actor, as well as indie rock musician, writer and fine artist. As an actor, Alex is a member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA, and has worked on all three coasts. His feature film roles include roles in the films Howl, Archeology of a Woman, Grand Slammed, Trooper, Buster (True West, Moondance, Atlanta Film Festivals), Together, Therapy, Reality Lost, 2 Wks 1 Yr (Los Angeles Film Festival), Brother 2, Land of False Clocks and Monotony among other films.

Alex's TV credits include roles on Rescue Me, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hack, Sex and the City, As the World Turns, All My Children, the HBO movie Everyday People, and in The Whitest Kids You Know among other shows.

Alex has also appeared in music videos for Laura Cantrell, Amber Rhodes, Elaine Lachica, The Dambuilders, and American Music Club.

For good measure, Alex has done more than his share of short films as well, including The Sketch Artist, Conquest, Morning Light, SR Stories, 1000 Years of Science, The Perfect Time (Stella Artois contest winner, American Way, Aural Fixation, Talking Richard Wilson Blues (Tribeca Film Fest), Some Mournful Bird, McCabe, Red Lightning, The Rock of Jacob, Killing Killian, Haunt, Tarpaulin, The Seagulls and Shall We Dance among many other titles.

Alex's New York stage credits include, among other plays, the premieres of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Open the Dark Door, To Barcelona, Shekinah, Count Down and Live Coverage and Broken Shadows, plus productions of Secrets of Freud and Jung, The Years, Three Days of Rain and other plays. His regional theater credits include premieres of Possible Worlds, Eagle River and Disappeared(Steppenwolf) and productions The Killing Game and The Dreamer Examines His Pillow in Chicago.

When not acting, Alex devotes a good portion of his time writing and looking for projects for his start-up production company Starna Productions, as well as for his improv/sketch group Mediocre New York (MNY). Alex has also worked as a published illustrator and professional musician, gigging, touring and writing and recording on guitar, bass and vocals with numerous indie rock bands, including his own former bands Permission, Rollo, Transit Belle, Hygiene, Lucan, Rodan and Rang, plus The Navigators, Edison Woods, The Swedes, Brilliantine, Pen Pal, Chavez, Sammy, The Subway Sun, Under Nation and The Gallenas.

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There have been many performers I've been compared to or told I look like, for whatever it's worth. A meaningless "skill" to have to be sure, but here goes (this is a partial list only, as the full one is too long to mention... I sh*t you not!):

George Clooney (I've auditioned to play his brother), Harrison Ford (and Han Solo), Jeff Bridges, Dennis Quaid, Alec Baldwin, Russel Crowe (I've auditioned to play his brother too), Clark Gable, Norm McDonald, Liev Screiber, David Duchovny, Tom Selleck, Pierce Brosnan, a "young" Che Guevera, a "young, sexy" Andy Griffith, a young Lee Marvin, a young Ronald Reagan (help), a young Walter Matthou, a young Seymour Cassel, a young Ralph Waite, a Sam Rockwell type, an Alan Ruck type (?), Fred Macmurray, Ryan O'Neal, Jerry O'Connell, Jason Bateman, Nick Chinlund, Steve Martin, Tom Waits, John Fogerty, the older brother on the Wonder Years, "Zoolander", Dylan McDermot, Dermot Mulroney, the Isuzu Car Salesman, Chris Isaak, a Cory, Mickey Rourke, Steve McQueen, Timothy Hutton, Kurt Loder, Tommy Lee Jones, David Lynch, Treat Williams, Sherrif Lobo, Robin Thicke, Glenn Frey, Mike Lowell, Colin Farrell, Rick Astley, Johnathan Buffalo Mailer...

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