Todd Stashwick
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 Stashwick at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of The Air I Breathe, 2007 |
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| Born | October 16, 1968  Chicago, Illinois |
Todd Stashwick (born October 16, 1968) is an American film and TV actor. He played the role of Dale Malloy on The Riches until its cancellation. Stashwick actually preempted the official announcement that the show was canceled when he announced the cancellation on his MySpace blog on September 25, 2008.[1] He has most recently played philanthropist Henry Malloy in ABC's Detroit 1-8-7 and heroin dealer Carmelo in USA Network's Burn Notice.
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[edit] Life and career
Stashwick was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in the suburbs right outside of the city. As a child he always had one eye on trying to make people laugh and working in Chicago at "The Second City". Soon after graduating from Illinois State University, he began performing at several local improvisational theaters and was quickly hired to tour with "The Second City" all over the country. Following productions at The Second City Detroit and The Second City Northwest, he moved to New York. Todd was up for Saturday Night Live the same year as fellow Second City Alumni David Koechner joined the cast. While in New York he formed a company of improvisers and began staging the underground critically acclaimed Burn Manhattan all over the city under the direction of Shira Piven. (Other performers occasionally included Kate Walsh, Jeremy Piven and Spencer Kayden) Quickly, work in television and film drew him to Los Angeles where he shot several pilots and series including recurring work on the series M.D.s, American Dreams, Rodney and Still Standing. Recently he completed roles in the features You, Me and Dupree and The Air I Breathe as well as the film Live!. Todd had a significant supporting role on The Riches playing Minnie Driver's nefarious cousin Dale until its cancellation in September 2008. In Summer 2008 he appeared as Matthew McConaughey's best friend in the comedy Surfer, Dude, which went on to earn a dismal $69,497.[2] Stashwick currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Charity, whom he married in 1997 in the middle of Times Square, in front of twenty close family members and friends. The couple has a son and daughter who are ten years apart in age. Their household also includes an English Bulldog, three cats and a Conure (small parrot).
[edit] Improvisation
Despite his extensive television and movie work, he has not abandoned his love for improvising and performing. He was involved in improvisational school/theater in North Hollywood called The Hothouse. He has also taught and performed his style of organic improvisation internationally, directing the Liverpool based spontaneous theatre troupe Hoof!. He co-created The Doubtful Guests, a Victorian themed macabre improvised cabaret longform that performs every October. He also performs a freeform improvised jam called Mayfly once a month at the Los Angeles improv studio Bang. He continues to travel the country teaching his philosophy of organic improvisation.
[edit] Television and film
He currently plays the recurring role of Dickey Todd, alternative newspaper editor, on the hit CBS comedy $#*! My Dad Says and Henry Malloy on ABC's drama Detroit 1-8-7. He recently taped a half hour comedy pilot for ABC titled Nolan Knows Best, created by and starring comedian and the Simpsons writer Dana Gould. Todd plays Stan Nolan, Dana's brother. Also starring Brian Dennehy and Traylor Howard.
He recently played Eli, a villainous carny with the ability to replicate himself on the NBC series Heroes.
He portrayed Sandy Goodman, fictional president of NBC, who facilitates the Seinfeld reunion on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
He appeared in the 3rd season of the sitcom Will & Grace and in the final season of Star Trek: Enterprise playing an undercover Romulan in disguise as a Vulcan officer.
Appeared as a movie-obsessed shape-shifter in the Supernatural episode "Monster Movie". During filming, Stashwick accidentally elbowed actor, Jensen Ackles in the chin during a fight scene. To which he immediately stopped the action to tend to the moment. When Ackles proved to be fine the two actors shared a laugh. This moment is included in the season 4 DVD blooper reel.
Appeared as Myron Stark, a Terminator in the episode "Self Made Man" on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. After being sent back to the wrong point in time and mistakenly altering the time line, Stark goes on to correct all of the things that he inadvertently changed then hides away in a building for 80 years in order to complete his mission current day. He was also in the movie Stuck in the Suburbs as Len in 2004.
He was on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit twice 7 years apart.
He also played a minor part in the German movie Friendship! from 2010. The movie is set in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The two friends Tom and Veit try to get to San Francisco to find Veits' dad but unfortunately they only have enough money for two tickets to New York. A Road Trip starts. Darryl (Todd Stashwick) takes them along.
Todd stars opposite Joelle Carter in the independent film To Be Friends. This two character film was written and directed by James Eckhart and produced by his brother Aaron Eckhart. The film was selected to open the 2010 Boston Film Festival. It tells the story of two friends who explore the complexities of relationships during a week long retreat.
Todd has a supporting role in the upcoming independent film Grassroots starring Jason Biggs and Lauren Ambrose and directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal.
He voiced the Cowardly Lion in Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, an animated direct-to-DVD midquel/parallel of the classic 1939 film.
[edit] Writing
Todd is also the co-creator, along with DC and Marvel artist Dennis Calero of the online web comic Devil Inside, which had its launch at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. Todd and Dennis met because Dennis had drawn Todd's character from Heroes into the Heroes online comic. The two decided to collaborate on their own title which is being self published once a week in traditional serialized strip form on Todd's personal website, for free.
Devil Inside tells the story of Jack Springheel. aka The Devil, who has a crisis of conscience. He blasts out of hell and lands in the Nevada desert. He does not want to go back, he wants to quit. But there are forces conspiring to drag him back to hell. If he doesn't use his mojo he stays off the grid and they can't find him. But he is the Devil after all and old habits die hard, not using his powers proves more difficult than he thought. A man caught between what he is and what he wants to be. He's trying to stay one step ahead of his adversaries.
[edit] TV work
- The Riches
- Heroes (TV series)
- Still Standing (TV series)
- Shit My Dad Says (TV series)
- The War at Home
- Detroit 1-8-7
- Burn Notice (TV series)
- Supah Ninjas
[edit] References
- ^ [http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=28233271&blogID=435932119]
- ^ "Surfer, Dude (2008)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=surferdude.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
