- Stu Stone
Infobox actor
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birthname = Stuart Eisenstein
birthdate =November 17 1980
birthplace =Thornhill, Ontario ,Canada
occupation =Actor ,comedian ,rapper Stuart "Stu" Stone (born 17 November 1980) is a Canadian film, television, and voice-over actor as well as a music producer and rapper.
Biography
Early life and acting career
Stone was born Stuart Eisenstein in
Thornhill, Ontario . He started his acting career at age 2, and appeared in some Canadian TV commercials as a child actor in Toronto. He made his major motion picture debut in "Heavenly Bodies" as Joey, Samantha Blair (played byCynthia Dale )'s son, in 1984. Since then, he has guest-starred in many TV series such as "Goosebumps " , "Boston Public ", and "Flash Forward ". He starred in animated features such as "" and "The Magic School Bus " as a voice-over actor. He has also done voice-over work for Care Bears, and voices both main characters in the Canadian cartoon "Carl Squared ". He also had a lead role in the cult films "Donnie Darko " and "The Boys Club". After graduating high school, he moved toLos Angeles, California to continue his career in acting.Music career
Stone's hidden talent for rapping was "discovered" at the Donnie Darko's first public screening at the
Sundance Film Festival in 2001. As the projector in a screening caused trouble, he jumped on the stage and started rapping and dancing to audience. He also created his own freestyle character "Stu the Jew" there. When his accidental rap debut was well received, he got an idea of starting a band to pursue a music career. That was the moment his local LA band "The Stone Movement" was born.On July 27, 2001, the band debuted on stage at the world-famous
Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood and had been playing to sold-out audiences on the California club scene ever since. Stone was a lead vocalist in the band and they mixed "a little rock and pop and hip-hop and underground" to create a whole new brand of music.Blowin' Up
In
2006 , Stone and actor/comedian (and also close friend)Jamie Kennedy starred together in the MTV reality show "Blowin' Up ", which showed the journey the two went through to create a hit rap album and "blow up". After the show aired its finale, the album Stone and Kennedy created was released, which was titled "Blowin' Up" to correspond with their reality series, and both also appeared on the MTV show "True Love". The album featured guest appearances from Houston rapperPaul Wall and Bay Area rapperE-40 , as well as actorsBob Saget andJason Biggs .Stone has been known to tour off and on with Kennedy on his stand up tours, performing songs from the "Blowin' Up" album, as well as the song "The Left One", featured on Kennedy's "" album. Shows on these variety are routinely opened by comedian
Bill Dawes , and at times have had guests, such as Saget at aNovember 17 ,2006 Las Vegas show.Stone recently completed a tour of Iraq and Kuwait with Kennedy, Dawes, B Boy Casper, DJ Joey Nicks and Paul Wall. "
Circle Circle Dot Dot " recently went to #1 onYouTube . TheLego -themed video sparked new life into the "Blowin' Up" project. As of summer 2008, it is the one of the most viewed videos ever on the site, with over 10 million views.olo projects
Stone is also working on his own album, as noted on his
MySpace page and his internet radio show, TSM (The Stone Movement) Radio. On both, it has been revealed the album is tentatively scheduled for a 2009 release, most probably through theWarner Brothers label, who also released "Blowin' Up" as a part of a three feature deal."The Sunday Nite Stu"
Stu hosts his own show, "The Sunday Nite Stu", which is only broadcast online through
Stickam webcasts. His show airs Sundays at 9 PM PST drawing in over 250 thousand viewers monthly. He brings along a variety of guest stars and anyone with a Stickam account can join his live room and watch or even get a chance to chat with him. The show was the first ever on the Stickam site and in June 2008, celebrated its 1 millionth viewer. Recent guests includedThe Last Goodnight , Paul Wall,Young Church ,Elliott Yamin ,Kaz James andAndy Milonakis . The show can be viewed at http://www.stickam.com/sundaynitestu"TSM Radio"
Stu Stone's TSM RADIO podcast continues to be one of the most listened to on the net. Stu's no holds barred interviews are hilarious and often give a chance for fans to hear their favorite artists and actors speak in a more "candid" fasion. Guests have included
Tila Tequila ,Perez Hilton ,Jason Wahler ,Talan Torriero ,Elliott Yamin ,Bonnie McKee , Everlast,Lucy Walsh ,Dennis Haskins ,Rohan Marley ,Edward Furlong ,Flower Tucci ,Chyna , Kendra Jade,Christy Hemme ,Diamond Dallas Page ,Bobby Lee ,Cisco Adler and many others. You can download new shows for free on iTunes (by searching TSM RADIO) and access all past shows in the archives of [http://www.tsmradio.com www.tsmradio.com]Filmography
ingles
KAZ JAMES(Sony/One Love) [from Kaz's debut solo album "If They Knew"]
*Breathe (released on April 28, 2008) - Written and Produced by Stu Stone and Kaz James
*Subwoofers in the Neighborhood - Written and Produced by Stu Stone and Kaz Jamesee also
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Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up Other works
*Commercial for
Maple Leaf Ham (at age 2) andKraft Dinner .External links
* [http://www.stickam.com/profile/sundaynitestu The Sunday Nite Stu]
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* [http://www.tsmland.com TSM Land] , home of TSM TV and TSM Radio
* [http://www.myspace.com/stustone Myspace profile]
* [http://www.stustone.co.nr Stu Stone Online] , the very first fansite for Stu Stone
* [http://www.myspace.com/loudawsonmusic Lou Dawson]
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