Paul Vandervort

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Paul Vandervort
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Paul Vandervort in 2020
Born (1985-02-05) February 5, 1985 (age 38)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2008–present
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Paul Jeffrey Vandervort (born February 5, 1985) is an American actor, film producer, and former model.

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Vandervort first appeared on the hit reality television series "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" during season 4. He is known on the modeling front, most notably for landing an international modeling campaign for Abercrombie & Fitch in 2008. Since, he has modeled for Ed Hardy, Zoom! Whitening, and Nike, as well as other companies.

One year after making his television debut, Vandervort continued to appear in various scripted TV shows and in 2010 made the switch to film appearing in several independent movies.

Vandervort wrote his first screenplay for a short film, Hollywood Miles, that he filmed in the Hollywood Hills in April 2014.

Paul made his first full-length feature film, "Limelight [1] [2] ", a screenplay written by Vandervort that he also starred in. The movie filmed in Los Angeles and Bel Air in Summer 2015 and Worldwide sales rights for Limelight were acquired by Taylor & Dodge and the movie was officially released in 2018 on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google Play, and others distributed by Freestyle Digital Media.

Vandervort also creates digital content for social media platforms and he currently has around 400,000 fans on popular app TikTok.

He currently resides in Los Angeles where he enjoys an active lifestyle. He enjoys surfing in Southern California and is on a fully plant-based diet as of early 2020.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleOther notes
2011 Billion Dollar Freshman 3.0TV movie
2015 Hollywood Miles Miles, Writer, Executive ProducerShort Film
2017 Limelight Miles Chance, Writer, Executive ProducerFeature Film

Television

YearRoleOther notes
2008 The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency HimselfSeries 4
2009 Hannah Montana Young ManCheat It
2009 iCarly KlausAwards
2010 Melissa & Joey Lennox's Study Partner / Ralph Lauren ModelEpisode: “Dancing with the Stars Toledo”
2011 Parenthood TylerNew Plan
2011 PrankStars Paul
2014HappylandCaveman HeadTV movie
2014Youthful DazeBrad GilmoreOnline TV Series

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References

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