Biography

New York born actor PJ Barnes, like most, started performing early in his life. From putting on shows for his family, he eventually stumbled onto the wonderful world of Theatre in middle school, where he first took the stage. Always driven by his obsessive creativity, PJ is noted for writing most of the material he appears in. A huge fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and comic books, PJ was determined to stretch the borders of reality in his work, putting his characters in incredible situations. When PJ was in high school, he choreographed his first ever dance number for his spring musical "Footloose". Since then, PJ has explored the stage either by acting, or dancing, and has enjoyed doing both in order to express himself in front of a live audience. Leading into his senior year of college, PJ and friend, Keith Welborn, started the company "ScrewUp TV", which started as a sketch comedy series, and quickly evolved into something much greater. It would be the summer of 2011 when PJ would write, direct, and produce his first ever feature film, "The Screw". The film would serve as their starting point into being taken seriously in the film world. Later that same year, he would write and direct his very first short film "Tree Frogs", which would serve as a precursor to a later movie of the same title, which he plans to film in the final quarter of 2012.
- IMDb mini biography by: Plymouth