Cameron Dye (born April 9, 1959) is an American actor and singer.
He played "Fred" in the movie ''
Valley Girl
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'' (1983), and also had roles in ''
The Last Starfighter
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'' (1984), ''
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex
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Plot
Lesli ...
'' (1984), ''
Body Rock'' (1984), ''
Fraternity Vacation
''Fraternity Vacation'' is a 1985 American sex comedy teen movie starring Stephen Geoffreys as a nerdy pledge to the Theta Pi Gamma fraternity at Iowa State, with Tim Robbins and Cameron Dye as Theta Pi Gamma frat boys (or, as they are known to ...
'' (1985), ''
Scenes from the Goldmine'' (1987), ''
Out of the Dark'' (1989), ''
Men at Work
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'' (1990), and The Tavern (1999).
Dye was born in
. Dye's family moved around the United States and in the mid-1970s he attended Sylvania High School in Sylvania, Ohio. Later, Dye moved to California and attended
Mills High School
Mills High School is a public high school in Millbrae, California, one of seven in the San Mateo Union High School District.
Mills was established in 1958. Mills High School has been named a California Distinguished School three times (1988, 199 ...
in
Millbrae, California
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and UCLA. He was married to actress
Laura San Giacomo
Laura San Giacomo (born November 14, 1962) is an American actress. She played Cynthia in the film ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Kit De Luca in the film ''Pretty Woman ...
from 1990–1998, with whom he has a son named Mason. He also has a son, Calvin, with actress
Tracy Middendorf
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.
Dye is a founding member of
The Actors' Gang
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theatre troupe and has performed in plays for the company.
Filmography
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
American male film actors
American male singers
American male stage actors
Male actors from New Orleans
People from Millbrae, California
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
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