Kiff Scholl

Last updated
Kiff Scholl
Born
Nationality American
Occupation(s)Actor, director

Kiff Scholl (born Christopher Scholl) is an American character actor and director for television and film.

His roles include Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, Criminal Minds, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss,Falling, Reno 911!, Untold Stories of the ER and numerous commercials. Theatrical productions directed by Scholl include The Poseidon Adventure, the Musical! and A Mulholland Christmas Carol both written by Bill Robens. [1] [2] by the LA Weekly. Scholl has won the LA Weekly Theater Award for acting, the Backstage Garland Award for directing and acting, and was nominated for a 2007 GLAAD Award.

In 2009, Kiff directed his first feature film, Scream of the Bikini, [3] for which he won the 2009 Maverick Movie Award for Best Director [4] and Best Comedy at the Thrillspy Film Festival. [5]

The son of a World War II veteran and a political activist mother, his great grandfather was Zone ReflexoCurist William Hope FitzGerald, MD, considered the Founding Father of Zone Therapy in the USA. [6]

Scholl speaks fluent Danish after he studied in Denmark as a high school exchange student with Youth For Understanding, and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Weisman</span> American actor

Kevin Glen Weisman is an American film, television and stage actor. Career highlights thus far include his lauded portrayal of Marshall Flinkman on the critically acclaimed J.J. Abrams television series Alias, which aired for five seasons (2001–2006) on ABC, Kives on the HBO television series and movie Hello Ladies (2013–14), Ray Spiewack for three seasons on the CBS television series Scorpion, Dr. Maynard on the NBC television series The Blacklist, and Ned Berring in season one of the David E. Kelley series Goliath starring Billy Bob Thornton. In 2017, Kevin began a three-year stint as Dale Yorkes on the Hulu series Marvel'sRunaways.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forest Whitaker</span> American actor (born 1961)

Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer and director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Gosling</span> Canadian actor (born 1980)

Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor. Prominent in both independent film and major studio features of varying genres, his films have accrued a worldwide box office gross of over 1.9 billion USD. He has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeff Whitty</span> American screenwriter, playwright, performer (born 1971)

Jeffrey Daniel Whitty is an American playwright, actor, and screenwriter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kylie Ireland</span> American pornographic actress (born 1970)

Kylie Ireland is an American pornographic actress, film director, producer, publicist, and satellite radio show host. She is an inductee into the AVN, XRCO, and NightMoves Halls of Fame.

Kiino Villand, born to Estonian emigre family in the United States, is a Los Angeles-based DJ and commercial photographer best known for his photographs of personalities from the worlds of film, music, art and culture. His editorial and advertising work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, Emmy, JuxtapozV-Life, i-D, RES, Tokion, Entertainment Weekly, Elle and W. He has worked with people such as David Lynch, Vanessa Traina, Adrien Brody, the Gracie Family, 30 Seconds to Mars, A.i., Monica Bellucci, Oliver Stone, Kevin Bacon, Tony Hawk, Beastie Boys, Futura 2000, Shepard Fairey, Jared Leto, Ray Liotta, Weezer, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Conductor Neeme Järvi and the Estonian National Football Team. His other clients include Activision, Ogilvy & Mather, Saatchi & Saatchi/Singapore, Lambesis, DC Shoes, Interscope, Virgin Mobile, Film Finances Inc. and Ferragamo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taylor Negron</span> American actor (1957–2015)

Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron was an American actor, comedian, writer and artist. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Albert in Punchline (1988) and as Milo in the 1991 action comedy The Last Boy Scout.

<i>Half Nelson</i> (film) 2006 American film

Half Nelson is a 2006 American drama film directed by Ryan Fleck and written by Fleck and Anna Boden. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie. It was scored by Canadian band Broken Social Scene. 26-year-old Gosling was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, becoming the eighth-youngest nominee in the category.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Tashima</span> Japanese American actor and director

Christopher Inadomi Tashima is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. Tashima directed, co-wrote, and starred in the 26-minute film Visas and Virtue for which he and producer Chris Donahue won the 1998 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Chon</span> American actor and director

Justin Jitae Chon is an American actor and filmmaker. He has directed three films, Gook (2017), Ms. Purple (2019), and Blue Bayou (2021). He is also known for portraying Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series. He is a member of the K-pop parody group Boys Generally Asian.

Douglas Hughes is an American theatre director.

Kaleena Kiff is an American actress, producer, and director. Kiff is known for her roles in the sitcoms Love, Sidney and The New Leave It to Beaver.

<i>Battle: Los Angeles</i> 2011 American military science-fiction action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science-fiction action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and written by Chris Bertolini. The story follows a Marine Staff Sergeant played by Aaron Eckhart who leads a platoon of U.S. Marines, joined by other stranded military personnel, defending Los Angeles from alien invasion. The ensemble cast includes Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, and Michael Peña.

<i>Dzi Croquettes</i> 2009 film directed by Tatiana Issa

Dzi Croquettes is a 2009 Brazilian documentary film directed by Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez about the dance and theater group of the same name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Greer (writer)</span> American novelist and screenwriter

James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, director, musician, and critic. As a screenwriter, he is known for writing the 2018 thriller Unsane directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Foy and Juno Temple, as well as the family comedies Max Keeble's Big Move, Just My Luck and The Spy Next Door. He lives in Los Angeles.

Bill Robens is a Los Angeles-based playwright, screenwriter and actor, whose written works include The Poseidon Adventure: the Musical, The Towering Inferno: the Musical, a comedy variety show, A Fish Without His Flippers and A Mulholland Christmas Carol, which earned Bill an L.A. Weekly Theatre Award for Best Adaptation.

John Steppling is an American playwright, screenwriter and teacher. Steppling's plays have been produced in the United States and Europe. He received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a residency at the McDowell Colony and has received PEN-West, LA Weekly and Dramalogue awards for his theatrical work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Huynh</span> Canadian actor (born 1983)

David Huynh is a Canadian actor.

Henry Murray was an American playwright who lived in Los Angeles, California. He is survived by his husband Lewin Wertheimer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastián Silva (director)</span>

Sebastián Silva Irarrázabal is a Chilean director, actor, screenwriter, painter and musician.

References