Douglas Esper(I)

Actor
Producer
Director

Daryl Savage in The Obsidian Mirror (2026)

Official trailer for Bunker Heights, a crime/horror/comedy creature feature written and directed by Drew Fortier. Starring Hannah Fierman, Chaney Morrow, Paul T. Taylor and Floyd Ewing Jr., with Violent J, Vinnie Dombroski and David Ellefson. Available worldwide on Blu-ray, DVD and digital through MVD Entertainment beginning October 13, 2026.

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Bunker Heights (2026)

Douglas Esper is an actor, musician, and author from Cleveland, Ohio known for Bunker Heights (2024), Dwellers (2021), Trivial (2024), and his quarantine short film The Nutshell (2020). He is the vocalist for The Firmary, Indoria, and Blöd. His music has appeared in Brimstone Inc. (2021), Dwellers (2021), The Nutshell (2020), A Family Matter (2024) and more. He can also be seen in Chuck Mosley's music video for Take This Bottle, which he played conga and sang on as well. He toured with Chuck Mosley 2016-2017 and recorded on Chuck's unreleased solo album. He is the author of Reintroducing Chuck Mosley: Life On and Off the Road (2019), In the Watershed (2024), A Life of Inches (2015), and over a dozen published short stories.

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Known for

James L. Edwards, David Ellefson, Floyd Ewing Jr., Violent J, Roni Locke, Ben Fierman, Frank Ritter, Michael J. Taylor, Vinnie Dombroski, L.C. Holt, Christopher Robin Koch, Michael Eyman, Paul T. Taylor, Drew Fortier, Hannah Fierman, Joe Placzkowski, Chaney Morrow, and Douglas Esper in Bunker Heights (2026)

Bunker Heights

David

2026

The Obsidian Mirror

Daryl Savage

Trivial

5.0

Chuck

2024

James L. Edwards, David Ellefson, Drew Fortier, Jeff Hatrix, Omar Baig, Dustin Boltjes, Rick Jermain, William S. Tribell, Robert A. Coldicott, Douglas Esper, and Tharasa DiMeo in Dwellers (2021)

Dwellers

2.9

Doug

2021

Credits

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Actor

Satan's Peak
7.9
- Tom Lee
- 2026
On Gallows Hill
6.5
- Hospital Administrator
- 2025
Like an Open Heart It Shines
Short
- Doug
- 2024
Trivial
5.0
- Chuck
- 2024
It'll Be Okay
Short
- Dan
- 2023
The Other Side of Darkness
3.8
- Richard
- 2022
Brimstone Incorporated
3.7
- Goon (segment "Tempter & Associates")
- 2021
Dwellers
2.9
- Doug
- 2021
Tempter & Associates
Short
- Goon
- 2021
The Nutshell
Short
- Dad
- 2020
Anathema
7.6
- Hired Goon
- 2019

Producer

Director

Videos2

Demo Reel 3:11

demo reel 2025

Trailer 1:24

Bunker Heights (2026) Official Trailer

Trailer 1:24

Bunker Heights (2026) Official Trailer

Personal details

Official site
- official site and blog
Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Born
- May 19, 1979
- Youngstown, Ohio
Spouse
- Michele EsperOctober 14, 2006 - present (2 children)

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Gender / Gender identity
- Male
Pronouns
- he/him
Sexual orientation
- Straight
Race / Ethnicity
- White

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Trivia
Is an author with several publishing credits including the novel, A Life of Inches, published by Limitless Publishing. It is a story about two minor league baseball players from Cleveland, Ohio who fall for the same woman as they compete to reach the major leagues.