Tegan Summer
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| Tegan Summer | |
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| Born | 1972 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, Producer, Screenwriter |
Tegan Summer (born 1972) is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.
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[edit] Early life
Born and raised in London to Barbadian parents,[1] Summer's first screen roles were in Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren and EastEnders for the BBC.[2] He was hired by Action Time Television and worked on television shows for Granada Television, Carlton Television, and the BBC including Catchphrase and Wipeout.
[edit] United States
Summer was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts[3] in New York. He moved to Los Angeles and played CCH Pounder’s son in an episode of Lifetime Television’s courtroom drama, For The People.[2] After other roles on network television and independent film, Summer was cast as a regular on the Sci-Fi Channel pilot, Saurian, Lieutenant Ganzais in an episode on NBC’s E-Ring [2], Anna Nicole Smith’s Bahamian doctor in the biopic based on her life and a British professor in Days of our Lives.[2]
[edit] Recognition
With his fellow cast members, Summer was an Ovation Award Best Ensemble nominee, NAACP best supporting nominee[4] and ensemble award winner for his roles with Danny Glover and Ben Guilllory’s Robey Theatre Company, in the Haitian slave trilogy For The Love Of Freedom, playing Moyse, Toussaint Louverture’s nephew, and as alleged paedophile and rapist Jim Conley in the southern race drama, The Knights Of Mary Phagan.[4][5]
[edit] Tegan Summer Productions
Tegan Summer Productions debuted with television shows for Fox Sports (Extra Time,[6] set for a Summer 2008 premiere) and talk show On The Bench for Setanta Sports, hosted by Sabra Williams.[7] Summer wrote and is the executive producer of Sixteen,[8] a television backdoor pilot featuring Blair Underwood and Harry Lennix that follows the lives of female teens and juvenile offenders in crisis and helps them re-integrate into society.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Tegan Summer, SAG, AEA, AFTRA. Official Tegan Summer site. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ a b c d Tegan Summer at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 25, 2008
- ^ SPOTLIGHT 2007-08. American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ a b Warfield, Polly (2003-07-17). Back Stage West. Theatre 68. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ The Knights of Mary Phagan. Showmag.com (1998). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ a b Projects. Tegan Summer Productions. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Tegan Summer Productions at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 25, 2008
- ^ Sixteen With Blair Underwood. Tegan Summer Productions. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
