Stephen Wozniak (actor)

Stephen Wozniak (born 22 January 1971) is an American film and television actor and producer. He is the founder of the Beverly Hills, California feature film production company Inevitable Film Group and the branded entertainment production company Hazmat Pictures.

Early Life

Stephen was born in Dover, New Hampshire to John Wozniak, an aeronautical and mechanical engineer, and Margaret Wozniak. He has an older brother and sister. He briefly moved with his family to Centerville, Virginia before settling in Columbia, Maryland, close to where his father worked for the The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Stephen graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. He also attended The Johns Hopkins University. Before and after graduating, he attended acting classes and soon afterwards began a professional theatre career in Metropolitan Washington, D.C., variously performing at The Studio Theatre, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Theatre Project and other performance venues. After spending some time New York City, Stephen subsequently moved to Los Angeles, California.

Noted Performances

Wozniak is noted for playing a leading role as wayward sociopath ‘Frankie,’ across from Kevin Gage (Michael Mann’s Heat, Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane) and Sage Stallone (Daylight, Rocky V), in the controversial 2005 brutal true-crime theatrical feature film, Chaos, a re-make of Wes Craven’s classic, The Last House on the Left. Variously lauded and denigrated by members of the U.S. national press, some Chaos reviews include: “I cannot ignore it, nor can I deny that it affected me strongly. The movie works.” – Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times; “Chaos is well-shot and convincingly acted.” – TV Guide; and “Chaos comes at us with unrestrained intensity and reacquaints us with our humanity.” – Chicago Daily Herald.

Stephen is also noted for starring as ‘Jesus Christ’ in the controversial, national, primetime, double-Emmy Award-nominated ® The History Channel special, , which challenged Dan Brown’s best-selling historical novel, The Da Vinci Code. The program was produced by Tom Quinn, directed by Will Ehbrecht and premiered in High-Definition Television format in January 2005.

Stephen played 1960’s legendary high-octane rock n’ roll singer ‘Mitch Ryder,’ of The Detroit Wheels, on the controversial season one finalé, “City On Fire,” of NBC’s acclaimed coming-of-age drama, American Dreams, starring Will Estes, Joey Lawrence and Brittany Snow, which also featured special guest star singer Kelly Rowland of the popular R&B singing trio, Destiny’s Child.

He also played 1970's rock music visionary singer David Bowie as his seminal stage character Ziggy Stardust in the live stageshow "And Ziggy Played Guitar" in Los Angeles during the early 2000's, backed by Oingo Boingo band member Mike Bacich and Mitchell Sigman of the band Berlin.

Other Works

Other credits include: The Discovery Channel-Animal Planet original feature film Hope Ranch, The Eliminator; the episode “Two Days And Two Nights” on UPN, directed by star Michael Dorn; the controversial 20th Century Fox historical feature film, Color Of The Cross; ABC’s late-night comedy talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!; and the CBS police drama, The District, amongst others.

Stephen’s professional theatre career includes roles in such plays as The Trip to Bountiful, The Nutcracker, In the Shadow of the Glen, Gerald Moon's Corpse!, Tour and Noon by Terrence McNally, Becket by Jean Anouilh, and Nothing Sacred by George F. Walker, among others.

Stephen has also done work as an actor in national commercial campaigns, music videos, industrials, voice-overs, performance art, museum films, live music shows, public television projects and as a radio host on Los Angeles public radio station KXLU. He is also an artist; a writer of fiction and screenplays, as well as a director of music videos.

Stephen works and lives in Los Angeles.

As Actor

Feature Film and Television

*"Frigid" (2008) .... Marty
*"Statistics" (2006) .... Steve Varner
*"Color Of The Cross" (2006) .... Avraham
*"" (2005) .... Jesus Christ
*"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2005) .... Jesus
*"Chaos" (2005).... Frankie
*"Hope Ranch" (2004) .... Waxie
*"The Eliminator" (2004) .... Rocker
*"Exorcism" (2004) .... Jack
*"The District" (2003) .... Stan Montrose
*"American Dreams" (2003) .... Mitch Ryder
*"Cold Harbor" (2003) .... Pastor Tompkins
*"My First Time" (2003) .... Candy, Russ
*"" (2002) .... Latia
*"Scarecrow" (2002) .... Ken
*"Psycho Beach Party" (2000) .... Johnny
*"The Art Of A Bullet" (1999) .... Officer Babbage

External links

*imdb|0941966|Stephen Wozniak
* [http://stephenwozniak.com/ Official Stephen Wozniak Website]
* [http://inevitablefilmgroup.com/ Official Inevitable Film Group Website]
* [http://hazmatpictures.com/ Official Hazmat Pictures Website]