Tegan Summer

Infobox actor
name = Tegan Summer

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birthdate = 1972
location =London, England
occupation = Actor, Producer, Screenwriter

Tegan Summer (born 1972) is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.

Early life

Born and raised in London to Barbadian parents, [cite web
title = Tegan Summer, SAG, AEA, AFTRA
publisher = Official Tegan Summer site
url = http://tegansummer.com/
accessdate =2008-03-28 ] Summer's first screen roles were in "Prime Suspect" with Helen Mirren and "EastEnders" for the BBC.imdb name|1083129|name=Tegan Summer. Retrieved March 25 2008] He was hired by Action Time Television and worked on television shows for Granada Television, Carlton Television, and the BBC including "Catchphrase" and "Wipeout".

United States

Summer was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts [cite web
title = SPOTLIGHT 2007-08
publisher = American Academy of Dramatic Arts
url = http://www.aada.org/html/spotlight/index.html
accessdate =2008-03-25 ] in New York.He moved to Los Angeles and played CCH Pounder's son in an episode of Lifetime Television's courtroom drama, "For The People". After other roles on network television and independent film, Summer was cast as a regular on the Sci-Fi Channel pilot, "Saurian", Lieutenant Ganzais on NBC's "E-Ring" , Anna Nicole Smith's Bahamian doctor in the biopic based on her life and a British professor in "Days of our Lives".

Recognition

With his fellow cast members, Summer was an Ovation Award Best Ensemble nominee , NAACP best supporting nomineecite web
last = Warfield
first = Polly
title = Back Stage West
publisher = Theatre 68
date = 2003-07-17
url = http://www.68centcrew.com/press.html
accessdate =2008-03-25 ] and ensemble award winner for his roles with Danny Glover and Ben Guilllory’s Robey Theatre Company, in the Haitian slave trilogy "For The Love Of Freedom", playing Moyse, Toussaint Louverture’s nephew, and as alleged paedophile and rapist Jim Conley in the southern race drama, "The Knights Of Mary Phagan". [cite web
title = The Knights of Mary Phagan
publisher = Showmag.com
date = 1998
url = http://www.showmag.com/theater/theater457.html
accessdate =2008-03-25 ]

Tegan Summer Productions

Tegan Summer Productions debuted with television shows for Fox Sports ("Extra Time",cite web
title = Projects
publisher = Tegan Summer Productions
url = http://tegansummerproductions.com/
accessdate =2008-03-25 ] set for a Summer 2008 premiere) and talk show "On The Bench" for Setanta Sports, hosted by Sabra Williams.imdb company|0166730|Tegan Summer Productions. Retrieved March 25 2008] Summer wrote and is the executive producer of "Sixteen", [cite web
title = Sixteen With Blair Underwood
publisher = Tegan Summer Productions
url = http://tegansummerproductions.com/sixteenvideo.html
accessdate =2008-03-25 ] a television backdoor pilot featuring Blair Underwood and Harry Lennix that follows the lives of female teens and juvenile offenders in crisis and helps them re-integrate into society.

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