Stephen Sean Ford (''
né
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth reg ...
'' Lunsford; born November 25, 1989) is an American
actor and internet content producer. He played the titular character in
The CW's ''
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''.
Early life
Ford was born in
Sacramento, California.
His parents sent him to acting class in elementary school to keep him out of trouble.
Career
Ford participated in ''Looking Ahead'', a youth program sponsored by the
Actors Fund of America
The Entertainment Community Fund, formerly The Actors Fund, is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports performers and behind-the-scenes workers in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 17,000 people directly each year. Ser ...
, as a teen. He was a member of the Leadership Council from 2006 to 2007.
He began producing his own independent videos on
YouTube in 2006. His content consisted of parodies of blockbuster films such as ''
Inception'', ''
Twilight'', and ''
The Hangover''.
Ford's early roles included minor characters in ''
Zoey 101'', ''
Bratz'', and ''
Victorious''. In 2009, he was cast in the main role for the kids' TV show ''
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''.
Ford co-starred in the horror films ''
Maneater'' and ''
Beneath the Darkness
''Beneath the Darkness'' is a 2011 American teen thriller black comedy film directed by Martin Guigui and starring Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller and Aimee Teegarden.
Plot
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''.
In 2012, he was cast as Matt Daehler in a recurring role on ''
Teen Wolf
''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...
''.
Ford appeared in the psychological thriller film ''Homecoming'', released on December 31, 2013.
In 2014, shortly after his role on ''
Switched at Birth'', he took a hiatus from acting. In 2016, he started working for YouTube gaming channel
Machinima
Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''ma ...
as a host, editor, and producer for a variety of content. This sub-channel, Ascender, focused on live action adaptations of video games, starting with SIXERS, based on Ubisoft's
Rainbow Six: Siege. Ford parted ways with the company, taking the Ascender channel with him, using it to rebrand his own production company.
Filmography
References
External links
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1989 births
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Sacramento, California
American male film actors
21st-century American male actors