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Jim Dailakis

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  • Australian born actor/writer/comedian Jim Dailakis has spent most of his adult life in New York City. He honed his craft at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, received private coaching from members of the Actors Studio and trained at AIDA. Recently he played Special Agent Bloch in A Crime to Remember and played Sam Koshkin in 38 Witnesses. He played Ken Cofer in The Hunt with John Walsh, had roles in the award winning movies Mona, Broadway's Finest, Uncle Melvin's Apartment, This Is Reality and played a Cockney producer in the music video Fly Away. He's appeared in TV commercials in the US, Canada and Australia. Jim is working on feature films he's written as vehicles for himself. One of them, a romantic comedy, has a sales agent in place. He recently wrote and performed his one-man show in New York City called Skitso where he plays over 30 original characters and celebrities.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Jim Dailakis

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  • He's a successful standup comedian that incorporates a lot of acting and characters into his standup.

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  • He was born in Perth, Australia, growing up on a diet of American television and movies.

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  • Nothing makes an actor shine in a scene more than when they let go of ego.

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