Stephen T. Blackehart (born December 1, 1967) is an American character actor, author, and producer.

Education

Blackehart began his artistic education at the

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under BAFTA-winning character actor Paul Massie, before moving overseas to attend the

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. While at LAMDA, in addition to the normal study-and-performance curriculum, Blackehart studied swordsmanship under renowned fight masters Rodney Cottier and John Waller, and went on to attain an advanced certification from the Society of British Fight Directors (now called the BASSC). Upon returning to the U.S., he became an active member of Manhattan's Westside

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Theatre (at the time the oldest classical theater company in the city), and by day studied at

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under

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and with character actor William Hickey.

Career

Blackehart first became known for playing Benny Que in the

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film ''

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'', though he has since acted in a mixture of B-movies ('' Retro Puppet Master'', '' The Land That Time Forgot'') and mainstream films, many of which are associated with

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('' The Belko Experiment'', ''Super'', ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', '' The Suicide Squad''), whom he met while working on ''Tromeo''. In addition to his film work, Blackehart has acted in TV series including ''

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'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and ''

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''. He was a regular on the

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's '' The Tromaville Cafe'', where he originated the role of Felix, the French Trickster. In 2004, Blackehart produced Jenna Fischer's

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film '' LolliLove''. It was subsequently picked up for distribution by

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and garnered

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's distinction as a "Collector's Series" disc immediately upon its video release. It was also voted #2 by the editors of

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in their list of ''Best DVDs of the Year - Comedy'', and completely sold out of all copies within the first day of release. In 2008 and 2009, he produced the comedy web series '' PG Porn'' and ''Humanzee!'' for filmmaker

. In November 2014, he published a collection of novellas entitled ''A Stranger to the Darklands and Other Tales''.

Personal life

Blackehart is from

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. It has been reported that Blackehart was born as Stefano Brando and is the son of late actor

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, though Blackehart denies that he is related.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

* Shared the 2005

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Independent Soul Award with Jenna Fischer for their film, '' LolliLove''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackehart, Stephen American male television actors American male film actors Living people Male actors from New York City Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Place of birth missing (living people) University of South Florida alumni 1967 births