Biography

Edward Singletary Jr.

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Actor/Producer Edward Singletary, Jr., began acting at a very young on stage in Southern California. He moved on-screen in 1998, co-starring in the feature film Thank You, Good Night, opposite Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Sally Kirkland (Anna). In 2012 he co-starred as Roger in Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean. Recent acting credits include "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"; "Lethal Weapon"; and the upcoming Netflix series "Ratched", starring Sarah Paulson.

Edward is also an award-winning film, commercial, and branded content producer with over twenty years experience developing and delivering content for brands such as Roku, Target, and TCL. His feature film producing credits include The Kaos Brief and Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (released theatrically in the US, the UK and Germany and subsequently featured on Netflix). He produced the controversial documentary Absent (available on Amazon) about the ghost village of Marculesti, its current inhabitants, and their complex relationship to their own history. Previously, Edward produced the award-winning short films Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman (acquired by the British Film Institute for preservation in the National Film Archive) and Adam.
- IMDb mini biography by: Iconoclastic Features

Studied for over ten years with legendary acting teacher David Legrant, a graduate of the Actors Studio and a contemporary of Marlon Brando.
In preparing for his breakout role as Roger (based on Hollywood producer Rogers Brackett) in A Portrait of James Dean, Edward spent weekends in Laguna Beach with a surviving long-time friend of the deceased Brackett.
Co-founder of production company Iconoclastic Media.

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