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Derek Stusynski

  • Actor
  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
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Derek Stusynski was born and raised on a farm in Karlstad, MN, where he discovered his love for acting on stage in middle school. He portrayed a variety of characters in thirteen plays, including the lead in "Peter Pan," Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz," and a young pyromaniac in "Juvie." He moved to New York straight out of high school after being accepted to The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts on a Meisner Merit Scholarship.

After graduating, Derek was very active in the New York film and television industry. Notable credits include "Path to Prologue," which won three awards at the American International Film Festival and was an official selection of the Hoboken International Film Festival. He also starred in the award winning web series, "The RAs."

Derek jumped into the improv scene after moving to Los Angeles. Since graduating from UCB, he joined an improv group called Thoughts and Prayers, which won 14 consecutive weeks at The Deathmatch show, and continues to perform at different venues around LA.

Writing is another passion of Derek's, which started with the first book he wrote at age 12. He hopes to turn that book into a fantasy series one day. He also wrote and produced a series called "The Walking Tedd," which raised $16,000 on Kickstarter. Currently, he's working on a number of feature films, including a script for his first horror movie.
BornDecember 19, 1989
BornDecember 19, 1989
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    Smoke Lake
    Smoke Lake
    Short
    • Producer
      Rage in the Shadows
      • Casting Director
        Mira Sorvino, Tatyana Ali, and Timothy Davis in Doe (2018)
        Doe
        5.6
        • Casting Department
        • 2018
        The Walking Tedd (2013)
        The Walking Tedd
        7.3
        TV Series
        • Tedd

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        Actor



        • Jamie Hector, Will McFadden, and Sarah Butler in Doubting Thomas (2018)
          Doubting Thomas
          5.1
          • Kevin
          • 2018
        • Greg DeLiso and Peter Litvin in Hectic Knife (2016)
          Hectic Knife
          5.2
          • Diaper Boy
          • 2016
        • Eden (2014)
          Eden
          6.6
          Short
          • Everett
          • 2014
        • Unusual Suspects (2010)
          Unusual Suspects
          7.5
          TV Series
          • Troy Brownlow
          • 2014
        • The Walking Tedd (2013)
          The Walking Tedd
          7.3
          TV Series
          • Tedd
          • 2013–2014
        • Henry
          Short
          • Craig
          • 2012
        • The Class Reunion (2012)
          The Class Reunion
          • Sam
          • 2012
        • Casting Room (2012)
          Casting Room
          6.5
          • 2012
        • Carla Betz, Jose Rosete, Sebastian Cole, and Alex Dee in Blood Relatives (2012)
          Blood Relatives
          7.1
          TV Series
          • Kevin Whitaker
          • 2012
        • Sunday Billy Sunday: A Memoir
          Short
          • 2012
        • Path to Prologue
          8.3
          Short
          • Teen Adam
          • 2011
        • Autumn Meanderings
          Video
          • Mason
          • 2011
        • I Am Julia (2011)
          I Am Julia
          5.6
          Short
          • Gus
          • 2011
        • Taso Mikroulis, Darlenis Duran, Derek Stusynski, Julia Marie Peterson, Timothy Olin, and Elizabeth Hagstedt in The RAs (2011)
          The RAs
          7.7
          TV Series
          • Josh Davis
          • 2011
        • Everything That Dies
          Short
          • Young Robert
          • 2010

        Casting Director



        • Tower of Silence (2019)
          Tower of Silence
          2.5
          • Casting Director
          • 2019
        • V for Valhalla (2018)
          V for Valhalla
          TV Series
          • Casting Director
          • 2018
        • Remember Me (2017)
          Remember Me
          6.5
          Short
          • Casting Director
          • 2017
        • Torah Values
          Short
          • Casting Director
          • 2015

        Casting Department



        • Stellar People
          • casting associate (2017)
          • Completed
          • TV Series



        • Mira Sorvino, Tatyana Ali, and Timothy Davis in Doe (2018)
          Doe
          5.6
          • casting associate
          • 2018
        • Olympia Dukakis, Alexis Bledel, Andre Braugher, Malcolm Gets, Zosia Mamet, Kal Penn, David Pittu, Phylicia Rashad, Louis Zorich, and Thomas Mann in Emily & Tim (2015)
          Emily & Tim
          5.7
          • background casting
          • 2015

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        • Height
          • 1.83 m
        • Born
          • December 19, 1989
          • Minnesota, USA

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