Biography

Having been raised in NYC's Spanish Harlem in the 1980s, Olds was mugged more than ten times. He decided to learn karate. He trained for a decade, amassing more than 15 wins in international competitions.

Olds has been writing since he was a kid. William Morris signed him at age 17 because of his first passion-project, a screenplay called "The Blood of The Land" (about New World settlers). Since then, he's written and sold TV pilots, screenplays, and worked as a freelance journalist for Salon.com, NPR and Conde Naste, among others.

Wrote an article about September 11th for Salon.com.

Olds was nominated six times for his acclaimed portrayal of George in "Tryst" (at the Black Dahlia Theater in Los Angeles). He won two Best Actor awards, from the LADCC and LA Weekly.

He graduated from Yale University in 1995.