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Jean Loup Wolfman | |
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| Born | January 23, 1969 Greenwich Village, New York |
| Occupation | Actor Model |
Jean Loup Wolfman (born January 23, 1969) is an American actor, appearing in film, theater, television and commercials.
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Jean Loup Wolfman | |
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| Born | January 23, 1969 Greenwich Village, New York |
| Occupation | Actor Model |
Jean Loup Wolfman (born January 23, 1969) is an American actor, appearing in film, theater, television and commercials.
Jean Loup was born and raised in NYC by his mother Janet Wolfman. He grew up in the downtown scene of 1970 Greenwich Village.
In the Theater, Jean Loup's first appearance on the NYC stage was as a baby at the La Mama theater, in the show Goldfinger.
Over his career, he appeared in a number of plays around New York, including Shakespeare's, Titus Andronicus, later turned into a film by the director Julie Taymor, Orestes by En Garde Arts, a number of Off Broadway productions of Shakespeare and various musical roles in Summer Stock.
On Television, he appeared for part of a season as Bruce Dreyfuss , on the soap opera, As The World Turns [1] and appeared in an episode of The Cosby Show.
Jean Loup appeared in the film Twisted, directed by Seth Michael Donsky, which was based on Charles Dickens' book Oliver Twist . Jean Loup plays the Artful Dodger character, a gay rent boy and a hustler [2] who goes among his "clientele" by the name "Fine Art". [3] Jean Loup is featured prominently in the film as well as in the theatrical release poster [4] and the DVD release.
Jean Loup has also taken part in the 2007 film The Lucky Man starring Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore. [5] And a walk on role in the film Broadway Damage.[ citation needed ]
Modeling credits include sessions for Levi's 501, Nike, the Gap, and Bad Boy.[ citation needed ]
And commercials for Levi's 501, Coca-Cola, Pepsi with MC Hammer, and ATT
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