UNDER JAKOB'S LADDER
Meet the Cast
JEFF STEWART | Role of Jakob
is perhaps best known for his role as PC Reg Hollis in the British television
drama The Bill, which he played from 1984 to 2008. Other TV appearances
include Harry Fellows in Crossroads (his first television appearance in 1964)
and Dukkha in the Doctor Who story "Kinda" in 1982. He has also played a
police constable in Hi-De-Hi! in 1983. Recently, he has branched out into
feature films.
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Christopher Elliott | Role of Nikolai
is an Australian actor, graduate of Stella Adler
Studio of Acting New York. Always the villain in numerous appearances in Australian TV Series, including Blue Heelers and Stingers,
and known for his role as Agent Cummings in the international award-winning TV series Thunderstone 3. Off-Off-Broadway appearances include: Fool For Love, Pericles,
and Cloud Nine. Film credits: Flynn, The Dead
Letter Office, & The Line.
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Sal Rendino | Role of Bruno
comes "back East" after earning an Artistic Director Award in Los Angeles as
'Lead Actor in a Drama' for his portrayal of real-life yuppie Abbie Hoffman in the
World Premiere of Nick Zagone's David and Goliath in America, and then taking
a recurring role as Officer Jack Mohan on NBC’s ER. Other recent film credits:
Code Blue, opposite Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos); A Dangerous Place,
opposite Kristen Dalton (The Departed); Across Dot Ave as a racist skinhead.
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Quentin McCuiston | Role of Yasha
His feature film credits include: Overheard in NYC, Bill in Checkmate, Ned in
The Visitor, and Lawrence Jacobs in For the Title. In the fall of 2009, he is
working on a new webseries called "Learning With Lawrence", which follows the
not-so-learned Lawrence Jacobs (from For the Title) as he attempts to answer the
various questions of avid viewers.
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Sean Patrick Folster | Role of Yosif
has an intense presence, and brings that intensity to bear on his work. He loves
acting. Period. And has been at it for almost 26 years: in plays, musicals, TV
and film. He has studied with some of the finest
teachers (Bill Esper, Eric Morris, Terry Schreiber and Larry Moss among them) and
continues to seek ways to grow and learn. Also a screenwriter and a Detroit boy originally,
he now lives in the Bronx.
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Matthew R. Staley | Role of Karl
has television credits that span such shows as Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos,
and Forensic Files. He also played the role of the Assassin that Christian Slater’s
alter-ego hires to kill himself on the series finale of My Own Worst Enemy. Film
credits include: Gods and Generals and Tuck Everlasting. Introduced to
gymnastics in 1988, he has since gone on to perform stunts, both live and on
television.
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Peter Iasillo, Jr. | Role of Vovik
got his start in film through friends from his work in community theatre who
were now making horror movies. He was cast in some of their early films Igor
and the Lunatics, Spookies, and Killer Dead. In
2002, he founded the Black American Drama Group and directed Flyin'
West with an all-black cast of actors. "I love all acting, but I fell in love with
'camera acting' from that first day till now."
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Stass Klassen | Role of David
has been featured in dozens of films and on television, including appearances on
30 Rock. His Off-Broadway credits include Tennessee Williams’ Something
Cloudy, Something Clear, Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot; and an all-male Romeo &
Juliet (as Juliet & Benvolio; British tour). He received an MFA in acting from
Shchukin Theatre School at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, and studied speech
& voice at both the New School and Julliard in New York City.
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Chloe Roe | Role of Marta
is a ten-year-old actress just breaking into the entertainment industry. She has
worked with Matt Okin on Out of Whack, the all-kids rock musical, and
Generations where she got to be a part of the writing process. They performed in
clubs like Nuyorican and the Bowery poetry club in New York City with a live
three-piece band. She has done some work in student films. For Under Jakob's
Ladder, she was excited to play the role of Jeff Stewart's granddaughter.
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Victoria Bundonis | Role of Rachel
left a successful career in advertising for “life upon the wicked stage” when cast
in the First National Tour of the The Music Man Broadway revival. She has also
toured North America as Miss Lynch in Grease with Frankie Avalon. NYC
theatre: Regional favorites include Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Damn
Yankees (Meg), 42nd Street (Dorothy Brock), and Footloose (Vi). TV and film:
Nurse Jackie, All My Children, and The Tale of White Boy Brown, among others.
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Ken Jennings | Role of Oigen
originated the role of Tobias in the Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, in a cast
starring Angela Lansbury. Other Broadway appearances include: Grand Hotel,
Side Show, All God's Chillun Got Wings, Present Laughter, and London
Assurance. He has numerous Off-Broadway shows and regional theatre under his
belt. He was also in the original New York City cast of Urinetown.
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Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff | Role of Emma
was born in Brooklyn, NY, but because her family traveled extensively, she spent
a great part of her childhood in Chile. She has toured nationally with Cirque
Ingenieux, playing Queen of the Underworld as well as with Repertorio Espanol,
performing the classic works of Federico Garcia Lorca. With more than a dozen
independent films to her name, she has also received excellent reviews for her
role as Paulina Salas in Death and the Maiden at the Danbury Repertory Theater.
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