Andras Jones (born August 12, 1968) is an American television and film

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, author, and musician. He has participated in the bands The Previous and Mr. Jones and The Previous, as well as under his own name. Jones is the creator and host of Radio8Ball, a musical divination show in which participants' questions are answered by picking songs at random and interpreting the randomly chosen songs as the answer to the question. In 1989 Jones was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Horror or Mystery Motion Picture for his role in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4'', but lost to Lukas Haas's performance in ''

Lady in White ''Lady in White'' is a 1988 American supernatural mystery film directed, produced, written and scored by Frank LaLoggia, and starring Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco and Katherine Helmond. The plot follows a schoolboy in 1962 upstate New ...

''. Jones is the author of ''Accidental Initiations: In The Kabbalistic Tree Of Olympia'' and contributed a chapter to ''The Sync Book - Volume 1'', both for Sync Book Press. His maternal grandfather was electrical engineer Louis Smullin.

Filmography

Films

* 1988 ''

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama ''Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' (also known as ''The Imp'') is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by David DeCoteau, loosely based on the classic short story ''The Monkey's Paw''. Notable for scream queens Linnea Quig ...

'' as Calvin * 1988 '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'' as Rick Johnson * 1989 '' Far From Home'' as Jimmy Reed * 1990 ''

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'' as Rick DeForest * 1992 ''The Prom'' as Marty * 1992 '' Averills Ankommon'' as Averill * 1994 ''Every Breath'' as Good Looking Man * 1995 ''

The Demolitionist ''The Demolitionist'' is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Robert Kurtzman. The film stars Nicole Eggert, Richard Grieco, Bruce Abbott, Heather Langenkamp, Susan Tyrrell and Tom Savini. Plot A murdered female police officer is brought ...

'' as Daniel Dupre * 1997 ''Hurricane Festival'' as Nick The Magician * 2001 ''

The Attic Expeditions ''The Attic Expeditions'' (also known as ''Horror in the Attic'') is a 2001 horror film directed by Jeremy Kasten and starring Andras Jones and Seth Green, with appearances by Alice Cooper and Ted Raimi. Plot :''Note: The story is explained her ...

'' as Trevor Blackburn * 2011 ''Every Day Is a Journey'' as Anthony "Antonious" Scrotner

Television

* 1989 ''

Good Morning, Miss Bliss ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (also retroactively known as ''Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years'') is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989 (and later in syndication as part of the ''Saved by the Bell'' ...

'' (1 episode) as Deke Simmons * 1990 ''

Alien Nation ''Alien Nation'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Rockne S. O'Bannon (later known for '' Farscape''), comprising film, television, and other media productions about alien refugees living on Earth. The series began with ...

'' (1 episode) as Noah Ramsey

Video games

* 1992 ''

Night Trap ''Night Trap'' is a 1992 interactive movie developed by Digital Pictures and published by Sega for the Sega CD. Presented primarily through full-motion video (FMV), ''Night Trap'' tasks the player to observe teenage girls having a sleepov ...

'' as Jeff Martin

Discography

As Andras Jones

;Albums *''A Curmudgeon For All Seasons'' (2000) *''All You Get'' (2019) ;EPs *''Cold '98'' (1998) *''Religious '99'' (2000) *''Complicated '00'' (2001)

With The Previous

;Albums *''The Wrong Side Of Town'' (1989) *''Porch Music'' (1990) *''UnPop…'' (1997) ;Singles *"Fast Forvard" (2017)

With the Boon

*''The Boon'' (1988)

Other albums

* ''Mr. Jones & The Hard Feelings'' (1995) * ''Mr. Jones & the Fascists: In Search of the Hundredth Monkey'' (1992) * ''The Transfused'' (2000) * ''Andy Shmushkin: Total F**cking Bullsh*t'' (2003) * ''Andy Dick: The Darkest Day of The Year'' (2009)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Andras 1968 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male songwriters Male actors from California Musicians from California Living people Songwriters from California