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Summary: Male 39 from New South Wales, Australia
Star Now URL: http://www.StarNow.co.uk/ValAthanassiou
Homepage:www.au.castingcallpro.com/cv/val.athanassiou
Physical details
Chest:111 cm / 44 in  Waist:86 cm / 34 in  Hips:91 cm / 36 in
Height:180 cm / 5ft 11in  Weight:79 kg / 174lbs
Shoe size:11.0 UK / 12.0 US / 45.5 Euro 
Hair colour:Brown  Hair length:Short
Eye colour:Brown  Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
About me:
My reason for being, My need, My want, My sole desire in fact, Oh man...all I want to do is ACT!!
Unions:
Equity
Agent:
Ken Shepherd Management/Extras Agency Suite 16/104 Bathurst Street Sydney NSW 2000 61 2 9267 2577
Achievements

Casting calls:
 "Jury Duty" a student mockumentary needs actors aged 18-80 in Sydney (2008)
 "Tech savvy" TV pilot in Sydney casting for a presenter aged 18-50 (2008)

Training / Education

2008
  • SCREENWISE : Audition and Screentesting Techniques (Keiran Darcy-Smith), Sydney, Aus


  • 2007
  • NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) : Screen Acting/Character Development/Audition Process/Stanislavsky (James Mitchell), Sydney, Aus


  • 1990
  • GRAHAM CORRY SCHOOL OF DRAMA : Voice Projection/Movement/Shakespeare (Graham Corry), Sydney, Aus

  • Modeling experience & availability
     Fashion
     Print/Editorial
     Sport/Fitness
     Swimwear
     Artists Model
     Underwear
     Runway
     Hair/Makeup
     Casual
     Parts Modeling
     Art
     Glamour

    Photographers I have worked for

    Andreas Bommert (MBF Welcome Pack)

    Serge Kozak (Office Concepts)

    Acting experience

    ACTORS EQUITY AUSTRALIA MEMBERSHIP #2008856

    THEATRE
    *"The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other" by Peter Handke - Multiple Roles - NIDA - Jennifer Hagan Director
    *"Birds" by Aristophanes - Multiple Roles - Graham Corry Scool of Drama - Graham Corry Director

    FILM
    *BAZ! - Steve Randal/Lead - Skot Fri Productions/Scott Herford Director
    *AUSTRALIS - Egon Kisch/Featured - Shahn Christopher Devendran/Producer/Director
    *A Puzzle for The Ages - Craig/Featured - Guilt On Ice Productions/Dave Mason Director
    *Bachna Ae Haseeno - Partygoer/Featured - Yash Raj Films/Siddharth Anand Director
    *Three Blind Mice - Restaurant Patron/Background - Dirty Rat - Odins Eye/Ben Davis Producer/Matthew Newton Director
    *Intolerable - Suicidal Man/Featured - Brad Lennon Productions - Brad Lennon Director

    Television experience

    *False Witness - Bar Patron/Background - Screentime - Peter Andrikidis Director
    *Informant - Bar Patron/Background - Screentime - Peter Andrikidis Director
    *This is Your Life - Paparazzi - Regular - Nine Network
    *Home and Away - Fireman/Prison Officer/Bar Patron/Funeral Guest - Seven Network
    *All Saints - Paramedic/Nurse - Seven Network

    COMMERCIALS
    *Telstra - Banker/Background - S O&M Productions
    *Gatorade - Assistant Coach/Featured - Film Construction
    *Jetstar - Partygoer/Background - Plush Productions
    *Al-Arabiya “Oneworld” News Network - Restaurant Patron/Featured - Spinifex Interactive/Kimble Rendall Director
    *KAUST (King Abdullah University) Student/Background - Spinifex Interactive
    *Canon Film - Amusement Park Patron/Background - Leo Burnett
    *Codral Cold and Flu - Sick Man/Background - Cam Pal

    Presenting experience

    *Tech Savvy - Presenter - Troy Robertson Producer/Aaron Fowler Director
    *The Corrs in Australia - Host - Warner Music Australia - Andrew Hodgson Director
    *WRHE Year in Review - Presenter - WRHE - Jeremy Hinton Director

    CORPORATE/PROMOTIONAL
    *Simple Life of Ops - Manager and Supervisor/Featured - 20th Century Fox - Joseph Zoppi Director
    *In The Wild - Lead - 20th Century Fox - Val Athanassiou Director
    *Woolworths OH&S - Shopper/Background - BE Productions
    *DSE Corporate Year in Review - Dancer/Lead - DSE Productions

    OTHER EXPERIENCE

    STAND UP COMEDY
    *I'm Austen...not - Lead - Val Athanassiou Writer/Director

    DANCE
    *DSE Year in Review - Dancer/Lead - DSE Productions

    MUSIC
    *Ritorna un po da me (Return to me) - Single - Vocalist - Fratelli D'Italia (Brothers of Italy) - Peter Paul Buhne

    VOICE OVER
    *WMA Year in Review - Multiple Voice Overs - Warner Music Australia - Greg Shaw Director

    THE REST

    LANGUAGES
    English, Greek, currently studying French and Italian.

    ACCENTS
    American (General), Australian, British, Cockney, French, German, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, New Zealand, Scottish, South African, Spanish.

    PERFORMANCE SKILLS
    Firearms, Dancing, Impressionist, Stage Combat, Comedian, Improvisation, Singing, Guitar, Piano, Voiceover, Host, Martial Arts

    ATHLETIC SKILLS
    Swimming, Cycling, Bowling, Martial Arts, Baseball, Soccer

    AWARDS
    *Sydney Opera House Italian Festival of Song - Finalist - Vocalist - Fratelli D'Italia (Brothers of Italy) - Peter Paul Buhne

    VISIT ME
    www.StarNow.com/ValAthanassiou
    www.quietonset.com.au/actors/ValAthanassiou
    www.imdb.com/name/nm2906927

    NETWORK ME
    www.showcast.com.au
    www.screenwise.com.au
    www.sydneyactor.com
    www.thebiz.variety.com/people/valathanassiou
    www.myspace.com/ValAthanassiou
    www.facebook.com

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    © JOM  PHOTOGRAPHY 2007

    ANDREAS BOMMERT 2008

    © JOM  PHOTOGRAPHY 2007

    The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other - Peer Gynt

    © JOM  PHOTOGRAPHY 2007

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