Derek Long

Derek Long

Historia

Derek is a Los Angeles-based actor/instructor/director, who’s accomplishments span stage, film, and voiceover. Growing up in farmland Wisconsin, Derek was interested in theatre at an early age, and has explored it’s various forms of expression ever since. He majored in theatre at UW-Whitewater, a small college, which gave him a chance to play many lead roles in productions on the stage, including CABARET, OEDIPUS, and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. After college, he continued his stage experience in Chicago theatres, and started exploring roles in film projects. He continued exploring film in Los Angeles, where he has landed roles in many independent films such as SOCKET, 3-DAY WEEKEND, and MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY, which won him The People’s Choice Award at San Diego Film Fest. He continues to take on stage roles in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Long Beach, including such productions as HAMLET, CLOUD 9, and CATCHING THE BUTCHER. He also serves as a panel judge for submissions to the national “PANNDORA’S BOX Annual New Works Festival” in Southern California. Derek has recently started work as a director and an acting instructor, teaching classes in both Santa Monica and Long Beach, California. Derek believes in a global philosophy about theatre: staying open to opportunity and community, wherever the location is. Derek is happily married with two cats and a dog, and when he’s not working, you’ll find him in the garden pulling weeds and watching things grow.

Perfil

Derek Long

Películas

Soul to Keep
Toby
Unos hermanos invitan a sus amigos a su casa de campo heredada pero ya abandonada sólo para convertirlos en víctimas de un ritual demoníaco.
The Crooked Mind
Kyle Carson is diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, also known as DID. He despises his community after doing a background search on everyone who he believes has committed a crime without punishment. When one of his multiple personalities, Jonah, comes forth; he trains Kyle to kill and not be seen. Detective Amon Barracks leads the charge
The Day That She Died
Sometimes, we allow our fear to consume us and we make choices based on the fear. For Bailey, that decision is one she cannot come back from. Afraid to come out to her family, she takes her own life, leaving her girlfriend, Sam devastated, desperately trying to hold on to their love.
Role/Play
Interviewer (voice)
Cuando el actor de telenovelas Graham Windsor es marginado como consecuencia de un escándalo sexual sobre una cinta gay, se refugia en un exclusivo resort de Palm Springs, California. Pero su tranquilo anonimato se le escapa cuando el guapo activista de la igualdad de matrimonio Trey Reed se interna para escapar de las consecuencias de la amargura de su propio divorcio. Como una gran pasión empieza a surgir entre Graham y Trey, obligan a los demás para hacer frente a sus caídas profesional - y la tormenta de fuego que cada uno ha creado en la prensa gay.
Make the Yuletide Gay
Sven Gunnunderson
Canadá /// Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, un estudiante abiertamente gay, vuelve al armario para sobrevivir a las vacaciones de navidad con su familia. Pero cuando su novio, Nathan, aparece en su casa, Gunn deberá arreglárselas para mantener la relación en secreto. Con la presión constante que supone la situación, ¿saldrá del armario Gunn antes de que se descubra la verdad?
Bio-Dead
Benson
After a devastating biological disaster kills twelve million people, a hazmat team searches the contaminated wasteland for survivors. But what they find is a vicious predator hungry for human flesh.
3-Day Weekend
Cooper
Long-term couple Simon and Jason, along with daddy-ish Cooper and his boy du jour, escape to a mountain cabin for a three-day weekend away from their hectic city lives. Looking to spice up this long-standing tradition, they add a special twist to this years retreat - each of them must invite one attractive single friend to their mountain getaway.
Socket
Bill Matthews
El doctor Bill Matthews, después de haber sufrido un accidente donde casi queda electrocutado, recibe la invitación de un estudiante en prácticas de su hospital para asistir a una reunión de gente que sufrió el mismo percance. Cuando acude, se da cuenta de que la gente tiene un extraño comportamiento de adicción a la electricidad. Allí entrará en un extraño y macabro juego relacionado con terribles descargas eléctricas.
Golpe al amanecer
Security Guard
Ante la sorpresa de la CIA, Jonathan Cold, un ex agente que había sido dado por muerto, reaparece para colaborar con una banda de terroristas que intentan obtener un arma nuclear para atacar a los Estados Unidos. Nadie entiende su repentina aparición ni por qué está ayudando a los terroristas y, aunque les siguen la pista, éstos logran su objetivo y se hacen con el arma, dejando al país indefenso.
Daydream Obsession 2: Infidelities
Bart
In this sequel to the ever-so-campy, wanna-be gay soft porn, Daydream Obsession, the naked-body-obsessed Clayton (Joseph Dain), whose previous demented daydreams turned to kidnapping and bondage nearly destroyed his friendship in the last film with his straight roommate Brian, now turns his fixated attentions upon his boyfriend Luke, who he suspects is cheating on him. Will the relationship survive Clayton's delusional fantasies? Written by Joe Fowler
From Here to Hell's Kitchen
Ollie, Yeats, and Remy are three unlikely friends who found each other while searching for success, a new start, love, and a place to call home in New York City in 2019.