Neil O'Neill(II)
- Actor
First film appearance (Franicis Ford Coppola) Tucker: The Man and his Dream, portraying a newshound, in a scene with Jeff Bridges. First
horror role: Dr Nevin in the low budget, The Chilling also starring Linda Blair, Dan Haggerty and Troy Donohue
Origins Born in Johnstone, Scotland one mile from William Wallace (Braveheart) monument. Started performing at family parties as youth. Took up guitar as a teen, sang in bands, while college student (University of California, Berkeley). At Cal created the role of kilted Malvolio (Twelfth Night, Classical Staircase Theater)
Training Trained with ex San Francisco Mime Troupers, Joe Bellan and Joan Mankin: physical comedy ACT (American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco) Acting Certificate Graduate
Private Study: Master Class with Anthony Taccone (Angels in America-Perestroika, Berkeley Repertory Co)
Performed in over sixty productions around the San Francisco Bay Area : Shakespeare to Modern. San Francisco Shakespeare Festival two seasons as Company Actor (Lake Tahoe, Bay Area)
Stage Awards Won two Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble performances in: Four Plays of the Sea (Eugene ONeill) and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, (Frank McGuinness)
Film Award Best Ensemble Award : Independent Sci-Fi short, DoingTime (Forty Eight Hour Film Festival)
Current Film Festival Affiliations with Mill Valley Film Festival, Oscar Night (California Film Institute, San Rafael, California) Tiburon Film Festival, Marin County California
For on Camera work Please see: IMDb Neil O Neill(ii)
Origins Born in Johnstone, Scotland one mile from William Wallace (Braveheart) monument. Started performing at family parties as youth. Took up guitar as a teen, sang in bands, while college student (University of California, Berkeley). At Cal created the role of kilted Malvolio (Twelfth Night, Classical Staircase Theater)
Training Trained with ex San Francisco Mime Troupers, Joe Bellan and Joan Mankin: physical comedy ACT (American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco) Acting Certificate Graduate
Private Study: Master Class with Anthony Taccone (Angels in America-Perestroika, Berkeley Repertory Co)
Performed in over sixty productions around the San Francisco Bay Area : Shakespeare to Modern. San Francisco Shakespeare Festival two seasons as Company Actor (Lake Tahoe, Bay Area)
Stage Awards Won two Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Best Ensemble performances in: Four Plays of the Sea (Eugene ONeill) and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, (Frank McGuinness)
Film Award Best Ensemble Award : Independent Sci-Fi short, DoingTime (Forty Eight Hour Film Festival)
Current Film Festival Affiliations with Mill Valley Film Festival, Oscar Night (California Film Institute, San Rafael, California) Tiburon Film Festival, Marin County California
For on Camera work Please see: IMDb Neil O Neill(ii)
