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Bob Taraschi
  • Male
  • Dedham, Massachusetts
  • United States
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Actor contact info (phone & email)
Office: 781-467-1200
Cell: 781-801-9426
Email:Click Here
Actor's web site:
http://www.sag.org/BobTaraschi
Actor's age range:
46-50, 51-55, 56-60
Actor's Unions:
AFTRA, SAG
Actor's ethnicity, physical traits (height, etc.) and skills (juggling, driving, etc.) - be descriptive as possible:
Physical traits: Hazel eyes; Salt&Pepper hair; 6'1/2", 225 lbs.
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Skills: Quick-witted, improvisational performer, stand-up/sit down comedian, precision driver - standard and stick shifts, trainer, semi-professional golfer, sharp shooter .22 cal, award winning writer and actor, professional speaker, facilitator, certified hypnotist, psychoanalytically- orientated individual and organizational consultant, a proficient horseman - dressage and hunter, conversational voice over, accomplished cyclist, experienced chief, waiter, bartender, fine artist, carpenter, U.S. Passport.
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Professional work experience: I've worked for the past twenty years on relevant roles in business, law (both sides), medicine and family in theater, film and television. I'm trained in the healing arts and have worked in hospitals and with individuals. I've won acting awards, writing awards and medals, pats on the back and hearty laughs. I'm comfortable in my own skin and I look corporate in a suit, aristocratic in a tux and regular in jeans. I know my way around most cities and have lived in quite a few of them, especially on the East coast.
Actor's relevant work experience (past 1-2 years), training & acting classes (list actual projects, dates & your role):
Rocky I & II - Principal
Days of the Eagle - Principal
The Edge of Darkness - Featured
Dole Fresh Vegetables television commercial - Principal
Grown Ups - Featured
The Fighter - Featured
Zookeeper - Featured
Other work, hobbies, charities, etc. in which this actor is involved:
Non-Acting Activities: Over the past several years, I've sat on several Boards: The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems in the Tavistock Tradition, Milton Visiting Nurses, Community Farms Outreach. And for almost as long as I can remember, I've been working with hospice patients and individuals who have suffered from trauma.
Illustrative words describing this actor's voice range (e.g. Boston & southern accents, conversational, announcer, etc.):
Smooth, conversational baritone, deeply engaging, passionate and intense, Irish accents and characters

Bob's Resume


Bob Taraschi
38 Spruce Street
Dedham MA 02026
781-467-1200
781-801-9426 mobile
bob@milestoneideas.com
www.sag.org/iactor/BobTaraschi www.agencyprotalent.com/BobT
AFTRA: 171759
SAG: 00038562

(Male) (6’ ½ “) (220lbs.) (Black w/Grey) (Baritone)

Film
Rocky II, III Medical Attendant, Principal, Chartoff Winkler/United Artists
Zookeeper, Senator Perry, Featured, Zookeeper Productions
Grown Ups, Bobby Fernandez Jr., Featured Lakeview Production
The Fighter, Ring Doctor, Featured, HBO

Television
Days of the Eagle Marquis de Lafayette, Principal, 13 episode series/PBS
Bunker Hill Monahan Pilot/TNT
War ’04 Bar Manager Pilot/Spike TV


Commercial
Regional television Waiter, Principal, Hill, Holliday/Scotch and Sirloin
Regional television Loader, Principal, Boston Globe
Regional television, Customer Prinicpal Infinity

Industrial
Training film Narrator Faith Popcorn’s /Brain Reserve

Theater
Midnight Moon at the Greasy Spoon Man Two Public Theater/New York
The Homecoming Joey People’s Light & Theater /Philadelphia PA
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Roma, Manning St. Theatre/ Philadelphia PA
Hamlet Fortinbras Walnut Street Theater/Philadelphia PA

Guest Appearances
ABC Nightline, CBS News, Good Morning America, European Economic Commission

Training
Villanova University BA Theater
Acting Irene Baird
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the Walnut Street Theater Finklestein, Bowers, others…many others
Poor Theatre Jerzy Grotowski

Training, Awards & Milestones: Bob holds a BA in theatre from Villanova University and has trained with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the Walnut Street Theater. He was awarded a gold medal for acting by the Pan American Film Festival for his role as the Marquis de Lafayette in the PBS series the Days of the Eagle. He has earned awards from the One Show, Andy, Clio and Hatch, and has written for SNL. He is a member of the A.K. Rice Institute, a board member for the A.K. Rice Institute for the study of groups and organizations in the Tavistock tradition, and he is a Board Certified Hypnotist. His bi-monthly column Milestone Ideas appears internationally.

Special Skills: Highly proficient horseman, skilled in carpentry, familiar with police procedures, great voice over, accomplished cyclist, skilled golfer, experienced chief, quick-witted, improvisational performer, amateur marksman, fine artist and carpenter.

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Latest Activity

December 16
First booking for 2010 came this morning, and with any luck, the second one will come tomorrow.
December 16
Working with the media-giant Carat in Montreal on Monday, then getting my lines down for a full-day adventure with Arm & Hammer. Coolness.
December 11
Studying two massive scripts for my big, four-day adventure with Vanguard.
December 4
Later this month, I'm heading to NY for a run in with Kimberly Hope from Law and Order fame.
November 10
Bob Taraschi updated their profile
November 10
The next 45-days are going to be interesting. Projects with The American Red Cross, Amica and Vanguard will be creatively rewarding.
October 30
Yesiree, it was wonderful day on the set of Social Networking. The crew was in top form and as good as you're going to find on a movie set.
October 21

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At 2:24pm on December 16, 2009, Dave Damon said…
Congrats on the bookings
At 9:34pm on July 20, 2009, Grace Costa said…
Nice work on "The Day That I Die." Thanks again Bob,

Grace Costa
At 6:27pm on February 27, 2009, NIKOLAS JAMES said…
thanx for clicking me in, i hope you are finding all you wish within your persuit of acting. maybe we'll get to work together some day...

peace ,,

nikolas james
 
 
 

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