Zachariah Selwyn
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Zach Selwyn (born Zachariah Selwyn on April 23, 1975), is a singer-songwriter/actor/writer
Following the release of his critically acclaimed country-rock CD "Ghost Signs" in 2003, he apparenty pissed off his then girlfriend by leaving a friend's baby shower to attend an open call for ESPN's new TV show "Dream Job." That year, after beating out a potential crowd of over 20,000, he appeared on the first season of the ESPN's reality show Dream Job. Selwyn debuted on the show in its second episode on February 29, 2004. While he was reading a SportsCenter "Top Ten" highlights segment, all eyes were on Selwyn's shaggy hair, beard and his 70s Outlaw country western leisure suit. ESPN Vice-President of Talent, Al Jaffe, one of the show's judges, told him he wasn't credible because of his looks. Selwyn cleaned up his look (Meaning he cut his beard into a goatee) in time for episode three.
Fans were in an uproar when Selwyn was cut in the final episode after judge Lavar Arrington 'mysteriously' diappeared during the finale. The internet fans claimed he was "robbed" and even judge Tony Kornheiser admitted that he was the clear winner in an episode of "Pardon the Interruption" just days later.
Selwyn then hit huge zombie film cult status with his role as the backwoods country-rap singing gas station attendant Randall Keith Randall in the film "Dead and Breakfast" released in early 2005. His soundtrack and the DVD to the film has sold over 45,000 copies online and has been elevated to cult status by fans of the film.
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[edit] After Dream Job and "Dead and Breakfast"
Beginning on June 15, 2004, Selwyn debuted as a color commentator on the Game Show Network series Extreme Dodgeball. He also returned to ESPN, guest-hosting Around the Horn a week before Extreme Dodgeball debuted, with a somewhat love him or hate him reception. Ultimately, his sarcastic take on sports was deemed a little too off-color for the show's ultimate fans. Selwyn did shoot an un-aired ESPN 2 pilot called Holla Back in September 2005 with former BET host Free that was not picked up by the network. On April 17, 2006, Selwyn became the newest correspondent on G4's Attack of the Show!. He also appears as a comedy commentator in [[E!]'s] 2006 series, 7 Deadly Hollywood Sins and did a pilot for Bravo called This Evening With These People
[edit] Other Talents
Selwyn has a Los Angeles based band called Zachariah and the Lobos Riders, who, after "Dead and Breakfast," performed their song "I Ain't Gonna Do (Walk Away)" on Attack of the Show! on July 13th, 2006. Selwyn has written and performed jingles for commercials for Coors beer. He also made guest appearances on Chicago Hope' "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and "That 70's Show'.
He also released a movie "Dead and Breakfast" in 2004 as well as writing the soundtrack for it. Selwyn released his first EP in 2006 titled "Cartoons I'd Like to F***" and it features a new single with Fergie called "Other Side" in 2006.
The video for "Cartoons I'd Like to F***" made waves upon its release on youtube.com in late November 2006.
He once appeared on the TV Game Show, "Beat the Geeks" where he defeated the music geek, Andy Zax in the final challenge.
His band's new record "Alcoholiday" is slated for a late 2006/ early 2007 release.
[edit] CD Releases
"Honky Tonk Freestyle' (2001) - Currently unavailable / "Ghost Signs' (2003) - 11 song LP / "Dead and Breakfast Soundtrack' (2005) - 10 song LP / EP's / "Cartoons I'd Like to F***' (2006) 5 song CD
[edit] Also Appears On
Blue Meridian "Minerva" (2003) - Guest artist on "Spreading Clever" Smooth-E "Kosher Kuts - Hungry for More" (2006) - Guest artist "Bar Mitzvah DJ's"
Executive Producer of "Bobby Joyner and the Sundowners" CD "Skies of Blue, Fields of Green" (2005)
