Ned Vaughn

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Ned Vaughn
Born (1964-11-20) November 20, 1964 (age 59)
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
SpouseAdelaide (m. 1997)
Children5

Ned Vaughn (born November 20, 1964) is an American film and television actor who served as vice president of the Screen Actors Guild prior to becoming the founding executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA. He resigned that position on 21 August 2013, when he announced he would run as a Republican candidate for California's 66th State Assembly district, representing Los Angeles County's South Bay region. [1] However, he later withdrew from the race.

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Early life and education

Ned Vaughn was raised in Huntsville, Alabama with his sister Anna by their parents, Helen and Ed Vaughn. Vaughn's father was a news anchor and reporter for Huntsville's CBS Television affiliate (WHNT-TV) before starting his career as a civilian public affairs officer for the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, which included work on Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, popularly known as Star Wars. Ned's mother, Helen, is an active professional artist whose early works were described as "celebrations of the many aspects of womanhood" and focusing on "the psychological truth of being female in today's society."[ citation needed ]

At age 10, Vaughn performed his first acting role in a community theater production of the musical Oliver! , staged in the Von Braun Center's 2000-seat concert hall. Vaughn continued acting as he attended Lee High School and performed in several productions while attending Birmingham-Southern College. It was there that Vaughn decided to pursue acting as a career. He drove to New York with just $600 and initially stayed with a family acquaintance, making the commute to New York City from Peekskill.

While taking classes at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, Vaughn made ends meet by working as a doorman at New York's Wellington Hotel, which he described as a crash course in human nature.[ citation needed ]

Acting career

In January 1986, Vaughn booked his first professional job from his first audition: a Miami Vice -themed Pepsi commercial directed by Ridley Scott, which premiered during the 1986 Grammy Awards telecast. However, Vaughn's role did not appear in the final cut. Over the remainder of 1986, Vaughn was cast in more commercials and performed in the HB Playwrights Foundation production of K on K by Franz Kafka.

In February 1987, Vaughn was cast in his first starring film role in The Rescue , which also starred Kevin Dillon and featured James Cromwell. After filming was completed in New Zealand and Hong Kong, Vaughn moved to Los Angeles.

Vaughn's acting career quickly took off and in 1989, he was cast as Seaman Beaumont of the USS Dallas in the blockbuster film The Hunt for Red October . The same year, Vaughn joined the ABC television series China Beach , playing the role of Corporal Jeff Hyers. Throughout his career, Vaughn has gravitated toward characters who serve in the military ( 24 , The Tuskegee Airmen , JAG , NCIS ), law enforcement ( Heroes , Frost/Nixon ), and politics ( The Unit ).

In 1995, Vaughn appeared in Apollo 13 . In 1998, Vaughn performed in Hellcab at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin, Ireland during the Dublin Theatre Festival.

In addition to his film work, Vaughn has appeared in a wide variety of television programs, with nearly one hundred episodes to his credit. In 2011, Vaughn provided the face and voice of LAPD Captain Gordon Leary in video game L.A. Noire , which was the first video game to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Screen Actors Guild / SAG-AFTRA leadership

In 2008, Vaughn campaigned to merge the Screen Actors Guild with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). Vaughn was elected to the SAG board in 2008 and became SAG 1st Vice President in 2010. During his tenure, Vaughn focused on uniting SAG and AFTRA. In January 2012, it was announced that a merger referendum would be presented to members of both unions. Merger opponents and SAG board members Martin Sheen and Ed Harris, along with former SAG president Ed Asner, filed a federal lawsuit to block the referendum, but the vote went ahead. When their case was dropped, Vaughn commented, "Dropping this frivolous lawsuit is the first good decision the plaintiffs have made." [2] On 30 March 2012, the merger passed overwhelmingly, with 86% of AFTRA members and 82% of SAG members voting to create SAG-AFTRA, the largest union representing performers in the entertainment and media industries. Vaughn was the organization's founding executive vice president, serving as the second-ranking and only Republican national officer of the 160,000-member organization.

Politics

On 21 August 2013, Vaughn announced he would run as a Republican candidate for California's 66th State Assembly district, representing Los Angeles County's South Bay region. On the same day, he resigned his position as SAG-AFTRA executive vice president in order to focus on his Assembly campaign. [3] On 16 October 2013 Vaughn announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy.

Personal life

Vaughn married his wife, Adelaide, in 1997. They have five children and live in Augusta, Georgia.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 What Waits Below American Soldier #1
1988 The Rescue Shawn Howard
1988-1991 China Beach Cpl. Jeff Hyers / Dewey14 episodes
1990 Big Bad John Billy Mahoney
1990 The Hunt for Red October Seaman Beaumont (the Sonar trainee) - USS Dallas
1992 Wind competitive sailor Charley Moore
1992 Life Goes On Eric3 episodes
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation Ensign Cortin "Corey" ZwellerEpisode: "Tapestry"
1995 Apollo 13 CAPCOM 2
1995 The Tuskegee Airmen Capt. Butler - B-17TV movie
1995 The Tie That Binds Officer David Carrey
1995-1996 Murder One Dean Crowley12 episodes
1996-2001 JAG Lieutenant Carl Barrett / Captain Rogers / Lieutenant (jg) Arnoldi4 episodes
1996 Courage Under Fire Chelli
1999 Life Young Sheriff Warren Pike
2000 The Beach Boys: An American Family Al Jardine2 episodes
2002 The Climb Michael Harris
2005 24 terrorist Mitch Anderson 4 episodes
2005The Inner CircleJimmy
2006 Shark Sam BemisEpisode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
2006 Criminal Minds Donald CurtisEpisode: "What Fresh Hell?"
2007 Cane Michael Bronson8 episodes
2008 Frost/Nixon Secret Service Agent
2009 Mad Men Ed LawrenceEpisode: "Souvenir"
2011 The Event Dr. Reed3 episodes
2011 L.A. Noire Capt. Gordon LearyVideo game
2013BukowskiSecond Doctor
2014 Parts Per Billion CDC Spokesman
2014 Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? Gerald Starnes
2019 The Best of Enemies Wilbur Hobby
2021 Queen of the South Agent Paul PanettaEpisode: "La Situación"
2024 MaXXXine News Anchor

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References

  1. Bond, Paul (August 21, 2013) "No. 2 Officer of SAG-AFTRA Resigns to Run for State Assembly as a Republican" The Hollywood Reporter
  2. Handel, Jonathan (May 16, 2012) "SAG-AFTRA Merger Lawsuit to be Dropped" The Hollywood Reporter
  3. Verrier, Richard (August 21, 2013) "Ned Vaughn resigns from SAG-AFTRA to run as Republican for Assembly" The Los Angeles Times