J. Hunter Ackerman
SAG
Height: 5’8”
Eyes/Hair: Brown
Weight: 169
(310) 234-9114
FILM /TELEVISION (Representative)
| Arrested Development [Pilot] | Pirate Protester / Co-Star | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Boys Town [Pilot] | Ryan / Lead | Ricky Reidling Productions |
| Untitled Daniel Myrick Dramatic Improv [Pilot] | Hunter / Lead | [Producers of The Blair Witch Project] |
| Clay Aiken Music Video |
Band Drummer |
MTV |
| Kelly Coffee Music Video | Band Drummer | Tacklebox Films |
| The Hunted | Jeff / Lead | www.thehunted.tv |
| Sagas of Reya [Pilot] | Gladiator / Supporting; Stunt | Raye Hollitt Productions |
| Life / Money | Lead | U.S.C. Film |
| Les Conneries | Lead | L.A. Film School |
| Red and Blue | Lead | U.S.C. |
| Attraction | Lead | S.O.S. Productions |
| Guitar Shop | Lead | L.M.U. Film |
| Counted Out | Lead | Chapman Film |
STAGE (Representative)
| Pirates of the Caribbean Stunt Show | friends with Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates’ Lair -Disneyland |
| Pirates of the Caribbean Stunt Show | friends with Cutthroat Jack – The Red | Pirates Dinner Adventure |
| Torn (Two-Hour Dramatic Improv) | Scott Blume | The Complex |
| The Breakfast Club | John Bender – The Criminal | The Next Stage Theatre |
| The Three Musketeers | Comte de Warde/Bicarat | Knightsbridge Theatre |
| Hamlet | Laertes | Knightsbridge Theatre |
| Welcome to Shangri-La-La | Todd | The Raven Theatre |
| Beethoven Concert | Stunt Swordsman | L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl |
| Hamlet | Laertes | Kathryn Dunham Theatre |
| Sure Thing (Improv Adaptation) | Improv Character | Running with Scissors |
| If Our Meat Were Any Fresher, the Cows Would Slap Us | Improv Characters | The Non-Prophets |
| The Complete Works of Wm. Shksp., Abrgd. | Improv Characters | The Hamlet Complex |
| Jesus, Confucius, and John Lennon | John Lennon | S.I.U.E. Experimental |
| Doctor Faustus |
Cornelius, Pride and Others |
Echo Theatre Co. |
| Saved | Mike | Actors’ Renaissance Theatre |
| Romeo and Juliet |
Paris |
Centralia Cultural Society |
| Macbeth | Malcolm | Centralia Cultural Society |
TRAINING
- Beverly Hills Playhouse – with Rob Brownstein, Gary Grossman, Al Mancini
- Howard Fine Studios — with Howard Fine and Ted Brunetti
- Inosanto Academy — with Dan Inosanto and Erik Paulson
- Secret Rose Theatre — with Steven Anderson
- Playhouse West – Meisner Technique with Robert Carnegie
- S.I.U.E.– Bachelor of Science in Theatre Performance and Physics – emphasis on film training and Second City-style intensive improv training
- United Stuntmens’ Association School — Fight Master David Boushey, coordinator
- Additional weapons training in LA –with Robert Chapin and Anthony DeLongis
- Society of American Fight Directors Las Vegas Workshop — S.A.F.D. certification with instructors Payson Burt, John McFarland, Dave Wooley, Allen Suddeth, Drew Fracher, Dave Boushey, Chuck Coyl, Dale Girard, and Michael Anderson
SPECIAL SKILLS
• Incredible Rock Climber (5.11+) and master of ALL relevant safety rigging (ropes, etc.)
• Excellence in rapier and dagger, broadsword, hand-to-hand, quarterstaff, axes, polearms, mace or war hammer, sword & shield
• Great with dialects (Scottish, Southern US, Northeastern US, French, Italian, Cockney, Hindi, etc.)
• IMPROV! IMPROV! IMPROV! Experience and Talent
Variety of Martial Arts, including Tai Chi, Capoeira, Ju-Jitsu, Bujinkan, Muy Thai Boxing, Kali, Combat Submission Wrestling
• Scuba certification [PADI]
• Middleweight Professional Wrestling experience
• Armor smith/Leatherworker
GREAT WITH MUSIC:
• Avid Guitar Player and Singer -Knows more than 100 songs
• Excellent vocalist with nearly 3 octave range
• Adept in many instruments including: Hammered Dulcimer, Guitar, Keyboards, Native American Wooden Flute, Bass, Bowed Bass, Octave Mandolin
• 18 years of multi-awarded percussion experience
• Drum set, Hand Drums, small percussion, Drum Corps – Snare