The Sean Faris Handbook - Everything you need to know about Sean Faris

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Sean Hardy Faris (born March 25, 1982) is an American model and actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Tyler in Never Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi in The King of Fighters, and Rick Penning in Forever Strong.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Sean Faris's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Forever Strong, Freerunner (film), Ghost Machine (film), House Blend, Kyo Kusanagi, Need for Speed: The Run, Never Back Down, Reunion (TV series), Sleepover (film), Stash House, The Brotherhood II, The King of Fighters (film), The Lost Valentine, Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film) 71…and more pages!

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• Autobiography
• Biography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781488507366
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Contents

Articles Sean Faris Amber Heard Cam Gigandet Forever Strong Freerunner (film) Ghost Machine (film) House Blend Kyo Kusanagi Need for Speed: The Run Never Back Down Reunion (TV series) Sleepover (film) Stash House The Brotherhood II The King of Fighters (film) The Lost Valentine Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Sean Faris

Sean Faris

Born

Nationality

Occupation

Years active

Sean Faris [1] Sean Hardy Faris March 25, 1982 Houston, Texas, United States

American

Actor, model, producer

2001–present

Website

[2] SeanFaris.com

[1] [3] Sean Hardy Farisis an American model and actor. He is known for his roles as Jake(born March 25, 1982) Tyler inNever Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi inThe King of Fighters, and Rick Penning inForever Strong.

Life and career Faris was born on March 25, 1982, in Houston, Texas, the son of Katherine (n e Miller) and Warren Stephen [4] Faris. His family was working-class and lived in a small house in Houston; he moved to Ohio at age 12, where he attended a modeling agency in Cleveland. In 1999, Faris competed at the International Model and Talent [5] Association. After graduating with honors from Padua Franciscan High School in 2000, he relocated to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his acting career. Faris has starred in many different projects, including two television shows,Life As We Know It, andReunion, both canceled before the end of their first season. He also played William Beardsley inYours, Mine and Ours. Faris has also appeared inSleepoverwith Alexa Vega in 2004. Faris was also nominated for the Young Actors Award at the 7th Annual Young Hollywood Awards in 2004. In 2007, Faris returned to work on three back-to-back films,Forever Strong,Never Back Down, andBrooklyn to Manhattan.Never Back Downwas released on March 14, 2008, with the other two films also opening in 2008. Currently, Faris is starring in and producingThe Glass Eyewith his manager Dino May. In 2008, he stripped for UK Cosmopolitan magazine for a good cause, benefiting his choice of awareness of [6] [7][8] pancreatic cancer. The same year, he produced and starred in a short film calledManifest Destiny. [9] In 2010, Faris appeared in 3 episodes of the TV showThe Vampire Diaries. In early 2011, he appeared inThe Lost Valentine, a CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, which co-starred Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The only video game in which he starred was Need for Speed: The Run as Jack Rourke.

Filmography

Film

1

2004–2005

2002

Year

Sean Faris

2002

2005

2001

Maybe It's Me

2011

2012

2012

2008

2010

2010

2008

Josh

Forever Strong

Manifest Destiny

Freerunner

Craig Brewster

Lucas Thomas

Life As We Know It

Lead Role

High School Guy

Dino Whitman

The Vampire Diaries

Episode: "Chapter Seventy-Nine"

Ben McKittrick

Troy Mooney

Boston Public

2004

2001

Even Stevens

Stash House

Undressed

2013

Year

2013

2002

2001

Mark Nagle

Title

Television

TV Movie

Byron Moore

Shelley

Chip

The Lost Valentine

Jake

Never Back Down

Jake Tyler

Rick Penning

Christmas with Holly

Brooklyn to Manhattan

Short film

Notes

(post-production)

David Nash

Main Role

2004

2002

2003

2003

One Tree Hill

Eve

Reunion

Christmas with Holly

Episode: "The Prom Episode: Part 2"

The Lost Valentine

Smallville

Leverage

Episodes: "The Girls' Night Out Job", "The Boys' Night Out Job"

2010

Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie

Episode: "The Search For Something More"

2008

2011

2012

The Truth in Being Right

Ryan

Ghost Machine

Tom

Kyo Kusanagi

Logan

The King of Fighters

Role

Lost for Words

Michael

Darren

4 episodes

Episode: "Where in the World Is Pookie Stevens?"

Scott Brooks

Caden

Amsterdam

(post-production)

Notes

(pre-production)

Film

Twisted

Fernando Castillo

William Beardsley

Yours, Mine, and Ours

Sleepover

House Blend

The Brotherhood II

Chris Reed

Lucas Thomas

Mark Nolan

John Van Owen

Steve Phillips

Role

Short film (post-production)

Direct-to-video

TV Movie

2

Episodes: "Unpleasantville", "Children of the Damned", "Fool Me Once"

Episode: "Nocturne"

Episode: "Player Down"

2011

2012

2005

2010

2011

Year

2005

Result

Young Artist [10] Award

Nominated

Award

Category/Recipient

2012Amsterdam

Best Fightfor:Never Back Down(2008)Shared with:Cam Gigandet

Best Young Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Castfor:Sleepover(2004)Shared with:Mika Boorem, Eileen April Boylan, Kallie Flynn Childress, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brie Larson, Hunter Parrish, Sara Paxton, Evan Peters, Katija Pevec, Ryan Slattery, and Douglas Smith)

2007

MTV Movie Award

Year

Category/Recipient

Title

2011

Year

Guest aJimmy Kimmel Live!(2004) - Himself - RepresentingLife As We Know It aTeen Choice Awards(2005) - Himself - Presenter for the V-Cast Award withReunioncastmates aTRL(March 12, 2008)- Himself- RepresentingNever Back Downwith co-star Amber Heard

Sean Faris

Video Game

Producer

3

Award

2012The Truth in Being Right(producer)

Year

Result

Won

Result

2008

Won

Young Hollywood Award

Award

(producer)

The One To Watch

Category/Recipient

(producer)

Notes

Role

Need for Speed: The RunJack Rourke Voice

Awards

Young Artist Awards

Young Hollywood Awards

MTV Movie Awards

2011Freerunner

Sean Faris

References

[1] According to the State of Texas.Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. At Ancestry.com [2] http://www.seanfaris.com [3] Sean Faris Biography (1982-) (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/29/Sean-Faris.html) [4] http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sean-faris/bio/190912 [5] "Current Stars Who Came From IMTA" (http:/ /www.imta.com/stars.php). International Model and Talent Association. . Retrieved 12-19-2012. [6] Sean Faris Online Gallery: Click image to close this window (http:/ /gallery.seanfarisonline.com/displayimage.php?pid=2756&fullsize=1) [7] Sean Faris (http://www.seanfaris.com/home.html) [8] Dino May Management (http:/ /www.dinomaymanagement.com/production.asp) [9] Ausiello, Michael (November 9, 2009). "Exclusive: Coming up necks on 'Vampire Diaries'—Sean Faris!" (http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/ 2009/11/09/exclusive-coming-up-on-vampire-diaries-sean-faris).Entertainment Weekly. . Retrieved April 7, 2010. [10] http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1567256/eva_longoria_presents_to_sean_faris/

External links a Sean Faris (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm267511/) at the Internet Movie Database Official Site (http://www.seanfaris.com)

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Amber Heard

Amber Heard

Born

Occupation

Years active

Partner(s)

Amber Heard

Amber Laura Heard April 22, 1986 Austin, Texas, United States

Actress, model

2004–present

Tasya van Ree (2008-2011)

Amber Laura Heard(born April 22, 1986) is an American actress and model. She played the lead and title character inAll the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Heard's first starring role came in 2007 on the CW television showHidden Palms. Her breakthrough came in 2008 with roles inNever Back DownandPineapple Express. In 2009, Heard starred inThe Stepfatherand also had a small role in the horror-comedyZombieland. She next starred inThe JonesesandAnd Soon the Darkness(both 2010), John Carpenter'sThe Ward, alongside Nicolas Cage inDrive Angry, and alongside Johnny Depp inThe Rum Diary.

Early life Heard was born and raised in Austin, Texas. Her father, David, is a contractor, and her mother, Paige (n e Parsons), is an internet researcher for the state. She attended St. Michael's Catholic Academy in Austin until her junior year, when she left to pursue a career in Hollywood. As a teenager, Heard was active in her school's drama department and appeared in local commercials and campaigns. She read books by authors such as George Orwell and Salman Rushdie. At the age of 16, her best friend died in a car crash and Heard, who was raised Catholic, subsequently [1] declared herself an atheist after being introduced to the works of Ayn Rand by her then boyfriend. She has said of Rand, "I've read all of her books. Ever since then, I have been obsessed with her ideals. All I've ever needed is [1] myself." Dropping out of school at the age of 17, she went to New York to start a career in modeling, then relocated to Los Angeles to get into acting.

5

Amber Heard

Career Once in Los Angeles, Heard made appearances in various TV shows and two music videos, Kenny Chesney's "There Goes My Life" and Eisley's "I Wasn't Prepared". She was cast as Liz in the pilot episode of The WB'sJack & Bobby (2004), as Riley in an episode ofThe Mountain(2004) and she had a brief cameo as a salesgirl inThe O.C.(2005). Her first movie role was Maria inFriday Night Lights(2004). She next starred as Shay inSide FX(2005), an independent horror film, and had supporting roles inDrop Dead Sexy(2005),Price to Pay(2006) andYou Are Here (2006). Heard had more prominent parts in Niki Caro'sNorth Country(2005) and in Nick Cassavetes'Alpha Dog (2006). In 2006 she starred in an episode ofCriminal Mindsas Lila Archer, a love interest of main character Spencer Reid. Heard was next cast in the CW Network'sHidden Palms. On the show she portrayed Greta Matthews, who suffered the losses of both her mother and boyfriend, Eddie, and befriends Johnny, the anti-hero of the show. In order to get the part, Heard was asked to lose weight. It took her four months between the pilot and the second episode to lose 25 pounds, giving up alcohol, increasing her [1] workouts and following a macrobiotic diet (no meat, dairy or processed sugar). Hidden Palmspremiered in the US on May 30, 2007. Ultimately, The CW wrapped the summer series early; instead of the initial 12 episode arc, only eight were aired. The show ended on July 4, two weeks earlier than originally planned.

Heard at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

She was next cast in the title role inAll the Boys Love Mandy Lane. The horror film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, immediately generating buzz and landing a deal with Harvey Weinstein. However, nearly a year after its Toronto debut, the movie had not reached theaters. In July 2007, Mandy Lanefound a new distribution home and the film finally was released in 2008 with a February UK release and DVD release in June.

In 2007, Heard also appeared in the short movieDay 73 with Sarahand Jess Manafort's indie dramaRemember the Daze(akaThe Beautiful Ordinary), which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June and opened in limited release in April 2008. She then appeared in the Judd Apatow-produced, Rogen and Goldberg-written comedy Pineapple Expressand the martial arts dramaNever Back Down, released in 2008, back-to-back. The latter opened in March and Heard played the role of the free-spirited Baja Miller who falls for Sean Faris' Jake Tyler.

Heard also made a brief appearance in Showtime'sCalifornicationand joined the ensemble cast ofThe Informers, based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel of the same title, set to be released in 2009. She also filmed the horror filmThe Stepfatherand the comedy filmEx-Terminatorsback-to-back in 2008 while promotingNever Back Down,Mandy [2] LaneandRemember the Daze. In late 2008, she filmedThe River WhyandThe Joneses; two independent features. At the beginning of 2009,The Informersmade its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The reviews were mostly negative. Heard next appeared inZombieland, playing a small role as the object of Jesse Eisenberg’s affection who turns into a zombie. She will subsequently appear in John Carpenter'sThe Ward. In March, Heard began filmingThe Rum Diary, opposite Johnny Depp, in Puerto Rico. Heard was reported to have won the role out over Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley. In [3] 2010, she starred in and producedAnd Soon the Darkness, co-starring Odette Yustman and Karl Urban. In the October 2009 issue ofTeen Vogue, Amber describes her role as Johnny Depp's love interest in the film,The [4] Rum DiaryIn February 2010, Heard was cast in, as "the best experience of my life." Drive Angry, a 3-D action [5] thriller directed by Patrick Lussier and released in February 2011. In February 2011, she appeared onTop Gearin [6] the UK. She talked about her love of guns and muscle cars, and revealed that she used to line-dance in Texas bars. She is set to star inMachete KillsandParanoia, both to be released in 2013. In August 2012, Heard was in talks to replace Kristen Stewart, who abruptly dropped out in Nick Cassavetes' upcoming thrillerCali. Heard will play Mya,

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