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Jim O’Rear
Born (1967-09-28) September 28, 1967 (age 57)
Cordova, Alabama, USA
Websitehttp://www.jimorear.com

Jim O'Rear (born 28 September 1967 Cordova, Alabama) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director.

Primarily known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, O'Rear has worked as an actor, stuntman, screenwriter, producer, and director for over 25 years.

Biography

O’Rear began his professional career in the entertainment industry on tour as “The Youngest Professional Magician,” working on stage with the talents of David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone, Jr., and The Great Tomsoni and opening for musical acts such as Cheap Trick and John Anderson. O'Rear became very well respected as a magician and was one of the youngest people to ever be accepted into the Society of American Magicians when he was only 12 years old. Audiences seemed to be fascinated with the way O'Rear could manipulate objects with his small hands in the same manner as the adult magicians of his time.

O'Rear’s background in stage magic led him to other theatrical interests. He developed a love for stage acting and went to New York where he was trained at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After some very successful theatrical runs in dramas, comedies, and musicals, O'Rear was offered roles in films and television where he has worked steadily as an actor, stuntman, and special make-up effects artist on such projects as Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, ABC's Nashville, FX's Outlaw Country, The Vampyre Wars, Lethal Weapon 3, Creature Feature, Stephen King's The Boogeyman , Hayride Slaughter, Cop and a Half, Psycho Beach Party, Evita, Little Shop of Horrors, No Retreat No Surrender 3, Mortal Kombat: Conquest.

O'Rear had always been interested in writing and wanted to see some of his own ideas hit the silver screen, so he successfully moved into the area of screenwriting where he wrote and sold a number of horror-related screenplays, including The House Of Pain, Hayride Slaughter, Hayride Slaughter 2, The Deadly Obligation, Vampyre Tales, Wolfsbayne, Scream Farm, and The Deepening (featuring Gunnar Hansen and Scream Queen Debbie Rochon). O'Rear has also won various awards for screenwriting in national competitions.

In addition to screenplay writing, O'Rear has also contributed many articles to national publications, such as Scary Monsters Magazine, Haunted Attraction Magazine, Comics Interview, and Underground Entertainment, and has been recognized in Fangoria, Alternative Cinema, Fright Times, and Femme Fatale Magazine. O'Rear was also “immortalized” as a comic book character opposite Thor in issue #14 of Marvel Comics What The--?! and appears as himself (along with Ken Foree, Brinke Stevens, Tom Savini, Debbie Rochon, and James Gunn) in the new fictional horror novel, Bad Moon Rising the third installment of Jonathan Maberry’s Ghost Road Blues Pine Deep Trilogy and Zombie: C.S.U. and appears as himself, again, in Shane Moore's zombie novel The Apocalypse of Enoch, alongside Peter (Chewbacca) Mayhew.

O'Rear also has four of his own books in stores with a fifth currently in the works. Currently available is the horror novel Mortuary Of Madness (co-written with R Thomas Riley) and from Schiffer Publishing are two paranormal books, titled Hollywood Paranormal Films and Tennessee Ghosts, covering the history behind many actual hauntings in the state of Tennessee, and a travel book titled Traveling In Tennessee.

Because of his close association with the horror genre, O'Rear was one of several actors selected to appear in a set of horror movie trading cards with Debbie Rochon, Ben Chapman, Gunnar Hansen, and more. Jim also was turned into an action figure in 2010 as his character from the zombie film Beverly Lane.

In 2009 Jim beat out genre great Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) to win the Golden Cob Award for "Best Horror Actor" and won again in 2010 beating genre great Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2). In 2012 O'Rear won a Haunted Entertainment Award for "Best Horror Actor," beating out Kane Hodder (Friday The 13th).

Today

O'Rear continues to work as an actor, stuntman, and screenwriter on several films per year, recently appearing opposite Andrew Divoff (Lost, Air Force One), Tom Savini (Planet Terror, From Dusk Till Dawn), and Jason Carter (Babylon 5, Angel) in The Dead Matter, starring as Kane Hodder's brother in Old Habits Die Hard, portraying Ichabod Crane with Daniel Roebuck (Glee), John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Virginia Hey (Farscape) in The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, acting in a zombie/action movie with Linnea Quigley titled Post Mortem America 2021, making an appearance in Lions Gate Entertainment's horror film Dark Harvest 3, acting opposite Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), John Billingsley (Star Trek: Enterprise), and Bonita Friedericy (Chuck (TV series)) in Fall Of The House Of Usher, playing a zombie slayer in Eat The Living, portraying an alien bounty hunter in It Came From Trafalgar (with Reggie Bannister, Butch Patrick, Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Gunnar Hansen), appearing with Tiffany Shepis, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, and John Dugan in Shudder, taking a dramatic turn in Stephen King's The Boogeyman, fighting ghosts and serial killers with Daniel Emery Taylor (Return Of The Swamp Thing), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), April Burril (Chainsaw Sally), and Scott Tepperman (Ghost Hunters International) in The Hospital, and is in development deals for three more of his screenplays. He recently portrayed a wacky magician named Adam Cadabra in the horror/comedy film Beverly Lane, which is the directorial debut of the screenwriter Joshua Hull. O'Rear also starred in the 2011 Indie thriller flick "Three Tears on Bloodstained Flesh" under the direction of Jakob Bilinski. O'Rear will soon begin production on the audio drama Tales From Beyond with Star Trek actors Robert Picardo and John de Lancie, Daniel Roebuck (Matlock), Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever), and Reggie Bannister and the horror/comedy Fat Chance, featuring James Hampton (Teen Wolf, The Longest Yard), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), and Daniel Emery Taylor (The Return Of The Swamp Thing). O'Rear also completed and released an all-star comedy that was 20 years in the making called Underground Entertainment, starring Robert Englund, Danielle Harris, William Forsythe, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Tom Savini, Ernie Hudson, and many more genre greats.

Jim is an original member of The Hollywood Ghost Hunters and is the founder of The Celebrity Ghost Hunters. O'Rear is also a regular on the genre fan convention circuit, making between 15 to 20 personal public appearances internationally per year.

Partial filmography

  • NBC's Fatal Encounters
  • The Hospital
  • ABC's Nashville
  • FX's Outlaw Country
  • Stephen King's The Boogeyman
  • Retribution
  • The Kohlman Files
  • The Zombie Movie
  • Dark Woods
  • Resurrection
  • Monster Cruise
  • The Deadliest Gender
  • Beverly Lane
  • Mountain Mafia
  • Dead Start
  • Wishing You Were Mine
  • Old Habits Die Hard
  • Hell House
  • Thong Girl 4
  • The Devil's Playground
  • The Dead Matter
  • Chainsaw Cheerleaders
  • Hell-ephone
  • Dog
  • Scream Farm
  • Shudder
  • Torture Room
  • It Came from Trafalgar
  • Thong Girl 3: Revenge Of The Dark Widow
  • The Deepening
  • Dorm of the Dead
  • Vampyre Tales
  • Wolfsbayne
  • Red Lips: Eat the Living
  • Dark Harvest 3 aka Skarecrow
  • Reunion
  • Dead End
  • Hayride Slaughter II
  • Miss Maniac
    • aka Charlie and Sadie
  • Hayride Slaughter
  • Blue Valley Songbird
  • Gone Fishin'
  • The Vampyre Wars
  • The Break
  • seaQuest DSV
  • Thunder in Paradise
  • Cop & ½
  • Street Knight
  • Lethal Weapon 3
  • No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
  • Cyborg
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Cocoon
  • Summer Rental
  • Invasion U.S.A.

References

  1. Loveland, Elaina. "Creative Colleges." Supercollege, LLC, 2010.
  2. Outlaw Country Airs On FX
  3. Horror Chronicles Features Debbie Rochon
  4. Horror Unlimited Ingrid Pitt Award - Debbie Rochon
  5. REELZ TV About Movies
  6. Horror Chronicles Features Debbie Rochon
  7. Horror Unlimited Ingrid Pitt Award - Debbie Rochon
  8. Haddad, Michael. "The Screenwriter's Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Marketing Guide For Screen & Television Writers". Chicago Review Press, 2005, p.56.
  9. Fangoria Magazine - Hollywood Paranormal
  10. Brown, Roger. "What The--?!". Marvel Comics, 1991. Issue 14.
  11. BC Books Interviews Author Jonathan Maberry
  12. Maberry, Jonathan. "Bad Moon Rising". Pinnacle Press, 2005.
  13. Horror Chronicles Features Debbie Rochon
  14. MTV Artist Focus On Tom Savini
  15. Horror Unlimited Ingrid Pitt Award - Debbie Rochon
  16. Maberry, Jonathan. "Zombie: C.S.U.". Citadel Press, 2008.
  17. Moore, Shane. "The Apocalypse of Enoch". New Babel Books, 2012.
  18. Fangoria Magazine - Hollywood Paranormal
  19. Horror Talk - Jim O'Rear Hollywood Paranormal
  20. Ghost Among Us Reviews Tennessee Ghosts
  21. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 2013.
  22. Jordan, Todd. "The Encylopedia Of Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Cards: Vol 1". Non-Sport Update, 2007, p. 382.
  23. DREAD CENTRAL Premieres BL Action Figures
  24. Golden Cob Winners From The Geek Files
  25. Golden Cob Award Winners
  26. The Dead Matter in July! Sweet New Midnight Syndicate Contest!
  27. MTV Artist Focus On Tom Savini
  28. Geek Tyrant Talks THE DEAD MATTER
  29. Geek Tyrant Talks OLD HABITS
  30. Dread Central Legend Of Sleepy Hollow News
  31. Dread Central Covers Post Mortem
  32. Geek Tyrant Talks POST MORTEM
  33. DREAD CENTRAL Review Dark Harvest 3
  34. Dread Central - Fall Of The House Of Usher Releases
  35. Geek Tyrant Talks USHER
  36. Dread Central - The Hospital Begins Filming
  37. Horror News - The Hospital Release A Trailer
  38. Dread Central Jim O'Rear News
  39. On The Set Of BEVERLY LANE
  40. Artwork and Synopsis for Beverly Lane
  41. Exclusive: First Stills from the Set of Beverly Lane
  42. Stills, Teaser Trailer, and First Details on Jakob Bilinski's Three Tears on Bloodstained Flesh
  43. Dread Central Jim O'Rear News
  44. Horror Bug News - Tales From Beyond
  45. HellNotes News - Fat Chance In Pre-production
  46. Horror Bug - Fat Chance Production Announced
  47. AIN'T IT COOL NEWS - UE
  48. Horrorphilia Talks UE
  49. Hollywood Ghost Hunters on THE TRAVEL CHANNEL

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