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Rhett Coates

P.O. Box 496 West Point, Virginia 23181 United States
rbx551985@yahoo.com
Non-Union

Performer Profile


  • Gender: Male
  • Height: 5 feet 10 in
  • Weight: 165 lbs
  • Age Range: 34 - 49
  • Physique: Average
  • Hair Color: Brown
  • Hair Length: Shoulder Length
  • Eyes: Green
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
  • Voice Type: Baritone

Representation


  • Erica Arvold Casting, Erica Arvold, Agent
    PO Box 5165, 201 Elliott Avenue Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 United States
    434-878-0804 . http://erica@arvold.com

Film


"Beyond Expectations" Wedding Guest Deareborne Filmworks/Mark Ching
"Body of Lies" (2008) Manchester, England resident Warner Bros./Ridley Scott
"National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007) Guest at President's birthday gala Disney/Jon Turteltaub
"Bird In A Cage" (1986) Extra at Zoo; (Stunts) [CBN University student production] / Antonio Zarro
"Distress Call" (2008) Medic [Independent] Icetalen Productions/Eric Farag
"Women's Studies" (2008) Braun Supporter [Independent] Ningen Manga Productions/Lonnie Martin
"Gabe" (2008) (a) Guardian of The'Ology [Independent] Left One Productions/Cristobal Caceres
"Alexander Hamilton" (2012) Nathaniel Pendelton ApertureFilms (for the National Park Service)/Josh Colover

Television


"John Adams" - Episode 1: "Live or Die" (2008) OFFICIAL: Upperclass Philadelphian/Wharfman. [Includes: (1) Boston citizen and Tea Party "Indian," (2) British Naval Lieutenant; (3) Upperclass Philadelphian] HBO; Playtone/Tom Hooper
"Psychic Witness" (episode 1.6, "Missing Youth") (Released: 2006) Convience Store Manager TLC/Jeffrey Fine
"Highlights of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 119th Edition," hosted by Michele Lee (1989) (ACTUAL) Ring One employee CBS Television/
"Angel" (American release title: "Lobbyist") (Filmed: 2007) Chef SBS (Korean Television Network) / Hyun Jik Lee and Sun Cheol Boo

Commercials


Old Spice: "NEW GROVE" (with NASCAR driver Tony Stewart) (2007) Pit Row Sponsor Furlined, LLC/Ted Pauly
Virginia Lottery: "DODGEBALL" (2008) Extra; restaurant patron FilmYard Productions/Robert Groenwold

Theater


"Hello Dolly" Ambrose Kemper White Stone, VA community theater
"The Fantastics" Bellamy West Point, VA community theater/Herb Brown
"Godspell" John the Baptist/Judas West Point, VA community theater
"Mea's Gift" (1983) Mea Richmond, VA Chancel drama
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (1975) Schroeder West Point H.S. production
"Murder at the Class Reunion" (2007/2008) Larry Libbie ( the former burned-out hippie) Mystery Dinner Playhouse of Williamsburg, Virginia/Kevin Grantz and James Daab
"Godspell" (1983) Jesus Richmond, VA Chancel drama/Connie Minnick
"Dracula" (1980) Jonathan Harker Chowan College / Sandra N. Boyce
"Our Town" (1980) Mr. Webb Chowan College / Sandra N. Boyce
"Don't Drink the Water" (1979) Axel Magee [the story's Woody Allen character] Chowan College / Sandra N. Boyce

Music


"The Shades of Country" House DRUMMER (March 1991--March 1992) Wickham Enterprises; "Donk's Theater," Mathews, Virginia/Joanna Mullis
"Moonlight Lady" Lyrics Writer (N/A) Wrote lyrics based on life aboard the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey CIRCUS TRAIN, in a counter-melody set to the tune of "SCREAM MACHINE," as performed by Dave Stahl's Big Band
"Life Is What You Make It" Arranger/Composer (with Todd Milam) of new 7-minute 'production number' version of an original piano/SATB-choir tune by John Davis, of "The Monster Orchestra." (Demo recording by jazz orchestra "TOPAZ ROAD" ---lead vocals: Russell Mendenhall and Lisa Harvey-Abernathy) TLB Productions/Rhett Coates; Penelope Carroll; Becky Romaine; Alison Bass; Ruben Bernard Ingram

Industrial


"Football Project" (Working Title), starring Charles Brice as football star "David Shaw" (Jan. 2008) Bar Patron WILL Interactive; Alexandria, VA/Jeff Hall. An interactive TRAINING VIDEO demo for [a professional sports organization].
"Influence and Persuasion" (2007) Office Worker Edge Training [Corp.] / Tim Armstrong

Voice Over


"Express Yourself, or, You Only Live How Many Times?" (1990) (1) Rhett [myself]; (2) Bill Ketchin (a cop); (3) Ben Goodman (an old farmer) (Demonstration Read-through, on tour with RBBB Circus employees) / Penny Jones and Rhett Coates

Video Games


"CSX RF&P/North End Subdivision" (Train Dispatcher 3.0 game) Co-writer [with Robert Doss, for Fred Frailey] of dual-territory railroad dispatcher control board Softrail, Inc. (formerly Signal Computer Consultants)
"NVCR" (Train Dispatcher 2.0 game) Co-writer [with Robert Doss] of fictional rail line territory dispatcher control board. ("NVCR" 3.0 version upgrade is in development.) Softrail, Inc. (formerly Signal Computer Consultants);

Video


"WHAT THE COWGIRLS DO" (a Vince Gill music video; 1994) Extra [dancer] MCA Records/John Lloyd
FLOURISH Music Video "SIMPLE THINGS" (early 2008) Extra Renown Studios/Scott Hanson

Performer Skills


  • Performance Skills: Singing, Comic Timing
  • Accents: Southern
  • Musical Instruments: Drums, Piano, Percussion

Education


  • The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Associates Degree, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1994
    Music & Video Business School; graduated in March 1994.

Employment Details


  • Work History: R.B.B.B. CIRCUS TOUR, RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS (RED UNIT 1985--Train Crew/Tim Holan; Men's Wardrobe/Leszek Otto ... RED UNIT 1987-1991--Ring One Props/Don Larson; Tour Mailman/Don Grier; BLUE UNIT [early] 1992--Ring One Props ... BLUE UNIT [1st Qu.] 1996: Sells-Floto Concessions Dept./Brenda Mammott ... RED UNIT [early 2007]: Ring One Props/Jon Antohi); BLUE UNIT [Fall 2010]: Concessions-Programs/David Gonzales; RED UNIT [early 2011]: Concessions-Sno Cones/Nazeem., • HEE HAW LIVE (Summer/Fall 1994), Roy Acuff Theater--Nashville TN (Opryland, U.S.A.)--Properties Dept./Daryl Merryman.

Directing


"THE CHOWAN EXPERIENCE" 30-minute student-made comedy/spoof of campus life at Chowan College, Murfreesboro NC (1980/1981). DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER, CO-PRODUCER.

Writing


"THE TREATMENT"---(for Paramount's TV series "Star Trek: Enterprise"). Two-hour teleplay featuring Whoopi Goldberg's 'Trek character GUINAN. This script is not yet filmed: written for show's proposed 5th Season, "ST:ENT" was cancelled 1 day after submission of this script to Writer's Guild of America-East (early 2005 draft WGA-E registration #R18220-00) .......

"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - II" (SEQUEL to 1952 Cecil B. DeMill picture, "The Greatest Show On Earth" - Paramount Pictures.) New story set in first decade of 21st Century, with offspring of original story's main characters Brad Braden and "Mr. Henderson" fighting over control of Feld Entertainment, Inc. - contemporary parent company of RBBB Circus. Written in 1994; re-write in progress.

"EXPRESS YOURSELF" --- WRITER; based on "You Only Live How Many Times?" by Penelope Jones-Carroll. COMEDY; EPISODE 3 of 3. Five musician/actors, 'THE LUNCH BUNCH,' go after bank robbers for a posted monetary reward and end up the captors, in a wacky adventure. (Also DIRECTED a read-through of the script with selected employees of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus's 1990 "Red Unit" while on tour with that show.) .......

"AGONY AT BOTH ENDS (--and pain in the middle)" COMEDY; EPISODE 2 of 3. 'THE LUNCH BUNCH' has misadventures and an encounter with a deranged bear, while enroute to a concert they are to perform at the 1982 Knoxville World's Fair. .......

"IS THIS A HAUNTED HOUSE? (--or, The Carbon 9-11 Caper)" COMEDY; EPISODE 1 of 3. 'THE LUNCH BUNCH and friends' at Chowan College accidentally uncover a secret underground government operation in North Carolina one night, while seeking out the famed Ahoskie railroad ghost light. .......

[FEATURE NEWS WRITER for the "Tidewater Review" newspaper (West Point, VA) during 1983.] .......

"MOONLIGHT LADY" -- Detailed autobiographical account of the June 1987, FOUR-DAY LONG [Red Unit] train-run of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - 117th Edition, from Philadelphia PA to El Paso TX. (Still intended for a hoped-for full-length publication in SOFT-COVER BOOK FORMAT, an abridged version was published in the March 1994 issue of 'Passenger Train Journal' under the title "Life Aboard the Circus Train." The full text appeared as a twenty-page feature story, with rare, all-color photos, in the Mar./Apr. 2009 issue of the Circus Historical Society magazine "BANDWAGON.")

"CIRCUS TRAIN A-COMING!" Cover Story (8 pages) published in the February 2011 issue of TRAINS Magazine, about the Palmetto, Florida railcar recycling center of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows.


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