About:

Paul grins ear-to-ear when asked what he thinks about all the work he gets a chance to do. Citing it as an honor to work with so many diverse and talented people.

Paul strives to embrace a character's internal and external life. To find and expose their beauty & ugliness, to tell the most compelling story. This is achieved by listening and working collaboratively with directors & writers, and often hours of research and studying up.

Early beginnings:
Paul started out acting in skits at his local church and realized how wonderful it is to live other people's life's on stage. From there the acting bug and the love the world of art grew.

When he was sixteen, Paul recalls informing his mom that he wanted to be an actor. Thankfully she didn't try to dissuade him, but rather asked him how he planned on accomplishing it.

Paul went to the local library and checked out every title that remotely related to the topic of acting. (To this day Paul still spends hours at the library when researching roles.)

When not acting Paul can either be glimpsed with his head in a book between the rows at the library, or running to look for loose railway spikes at an old train station.

Question Suggestions:

1. Have you ever performed a stunt that went bad?

2. Do you have a favorite section at the library?

3. You've worked with a few well-known actors, Edward Furlong & Cillian Murphy to name a few. Do they (or any other actors you've worked with) stand out in your mind? Why?

4. Is there someone that you feel has given you a "big break" in the business of acting?

Magazine, Newspaper, Television, and Internet Interviews:

Television Interviews & Appearances:
Des Moines Channel 5, Student Films Cable Access Show with host Lawrence Levesque

Magazine Articles & Reviews:
Chicago's Screen Magazine, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine, Minnesota Monthly, Metro Magazine

Newspaper Interviews Reviews & Articles:
Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, City Pages, Forest Lake Press, Quad Press, Anoka County Union, Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life, Chisago Cty Press, Forest Lake Times, Orono Sun Sailor, Coon Rapids Herald, Fairbault Daily News, Des Moines Register, Pine City Pioneer, Star Weekend Edition, Sun Sailor Hopkins, Sun Sailor St. Louis Park, Sun Sailor Wayzata, Sun Sailor Plymouth, Sun Current Eden Prairie, Sun Current Edina, Asian Pages, The Weyauwega Chronicle, Tri-county News

Internet Interviews & Articles:
Backstage.com, RedBox.com, Fangoria.com, DailyActor.com, Minnewood.com, Grisly Zone, Horror Movie Podcast Guest Host: HMpod.com, Chainsaw Mafia.com, Unspeakable Magazine, Where The Long Tail Ends

Lectures / Presentations:

January 2013

Workshop: Communicating with Your Actors - What directors need to know to obtain the very best performance from their actors
Minneapolis Community Technical College, MCTC

January 2012

Workshop: Communicating with Your Actors - What directors need to know to obtain the very best performance from their actors
Minneapolis Community Technical College, MCTC

January 2011

Workshop: Acting for the Screen - What directors need to know to obtain the very best performance from their actors
Minneapolis Community Technical College, MCTC

October 2005

The Business of Acting, A-Z steps on getting an agent and what you need to be successful.
Community Ed Class, Fridley

July 2005

The Business of Acting, A-Z steps on getting an agent and what you need to be successful.
Community Ed Class, Fridley

August 2004

Behind The Scene Look At Casting Directors
Twin Cities Actor's Forum

March 2003

The Business of Acting, steps on getting an agent and what you need to be successful.
Community Ed Class, Forest Lake