BRIAN CLOPP

Brian Clopp
43 Washington Dr.
Cranbury, NJ 08512

home: (609) 655-7623
*cell: (732) 939-9571

JerseyActor@yahoo.com
 
DESCRIPTION

Eyes: hazel

Height: 5', 7"
Weight: 145 lbs.

Jacket: 36"

Neck: 14" / Shirt: 32-33" Insleeve: 16"

Waist: 30"

Inseam: 30" / Outseam: 41" Shoe: 10 M / Hat : 22.75"
Hair: dirty blond; curly-can be straight or wavy, a lot can easily be done with it
 
FILM & TELEVISION

UFO FILES: CANADA'S ROSWELL (2006)
LADY IN THE WATER (2005)
INTERSECTIONS (2005)
TWO IN, THREE OUT (2004)
THREE ROUNDS (2004)
THE LEMON MAN (2004)
HEIRS OF PROPHECY (2003)
PSA: Aids Awareness (2003)
HACK (2003)
THE ONE (2001)
THE BRIAN CLOPP SHOW (1999-2001)
PSA: [5 various] (1998-2001)
BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD:Interview Special

Principal - Norman Smith
Party Guest
LEAD
LEAD
LEAD (Cast)
LEAD
LEAD (Cast)
Innocent Couple
Stand-In & Extra
Dancer, Actor
Hosted own comedy show
LEAD
Guest Interview

The History Channel
Warner Brothers, Dir. M'Night Shamalan
Independent Short Film
Independent Feature Film
Independent Feature Film
Independent Short Film
Independent Feature Film
McGuffin Films, Nationally Released
CBS TV Series
Foo Fighter's music video, & MTV special
Princeton's local Cable Channel 14
Princeton's local Cable Channel 14
PBS

 
THEATRE

BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD (2001)

THE PASSION PLAY
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
GENDER MATTERS
SCREAM THEATRE

THIS IS A TEST
LADIES OF THE JURY
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
THE MIRACLE WORKER
HISTORY OF THE DEVIL
MACBETH

LEAD - Josh

Peter
Santa
Principal roles
Principal roles

LEAD - Teacher
Andrew McCaig
Nachum, the beggar
Percy
Supporting Roles
Son of MacDuff

Trenton War Memorial;
Performed non-profit, with Passage Theatre
Park Performing Arts Center; Union, NJ
NY Artists Unlimited; Off-Off-Broadway, NY
Winceyco; Professional touring group, NJ
RU SAS; Professional touring group, NJ;
serious improv against relationship abuse.
College Avenue Players, Rutgers University
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ
School, Community, etc.:
      - Have acted in over 20 plays, with several leads. Also comedy groups. Have played serious
            and comedic roles, and have done characters with accents (Scottish, Jewish, etc.).
 
PRINT

Photographer's Composite Card & Website
Photographer's Poster

Modeling Actor, Portrait
Actor, Headshot

John Case
Sean Lasch

 
EDUCATION & TRAINING

      Acting
            · Rutgers Summer Acting Institute - Mason Gross School of the Arts - 2005
                           Movement: Michael Blake
                           Voice/Speech: Chantal Pierre
                           Acting/Script Analysis: Joe Mancuso
                           Acting: Kevin Kittle, Karen Chamberlain
            · Acting class and training with professors at Mason Gross School of the Arts, through Rutgers
            · Lessons with Jim Moody, Actor and Private Acting Coach, New York
            · Lessons with Julie Boyd, Fordham U. Professor and Private Acting Coach, New York
            · High School Drama I and II
            · Voice and singing lessons
      Rutgers University, BA - May 2005
· Wrote an original screenplay (2003-2005) as a Henry Rutgers Honors Thesis.
·
Screenwriting: Independent Study, Mentored by two of Spielberg's writers:
          · Jon Cohen, author of "Minority Report"
          · William Mastrosimone, Emmy winner, author of "Into the West"

· GPA: 3.863, Highest Honors
      Honors

· Cap & Skull; Secret Honor Society regarded as the highest accolade a student can achieve, where
only 18 in 10,000 are selected each year. They have not had an actor in their ranks since Paul Robeson in 1919.
·
Dean's List every semester
· National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Golden Key International Honour Society
· Rutgers College Honors Student, English Honors Student, and Interdisciplinary Honors
· Eagle Scout
      Leadership

· Founder, & Chair; The Film & Theatre Alliance
· Founder of the New Jersey Student Film Festival
· Founder, President; Screenwriters Community of Rutgers University
· Assistant Director to Robert Kalfin on the world premiere of “Willie B. Came Into the Sun”
· Assistant to Director; Rutgers Summer Acting Conservatory
· Volunteer Mentor of inner-city children for Trenton's State Street Project on playwriting and acting
· Graduate of Princeton High School.         - Was school's Mascot.   - Class voted "Most Outgoing"
      Current Internship

· Assistant; Mike Lemen Casting, Philadelphia, PA

 
SPECIAL SKILLS
Perfectly imitate the yell of a cat (you'd be impressed). Make animal sounds (monkey, etc.)
Rotate elbow and arm in full circle
One-armed handstand, and normal handstand
Dance naturally… have great sense of balance
Imitating voices. Also Accents
Comedy
Very kind and interpersonal

Instrument: Drum set, bongos, timpani

Passport
Driver's License; can drive stick-shift
1st Aid, CPR, & AED certified
Scuba Diver, PADI certified
Martial Arts: Kung-Fu, & Eskrima
Training in Sword Fighting, & Fencing
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