Brad Yoder (actor)

Bradley Howard Yoder (Born August 18, 1971) is an American film actor and producer. He is best known for his work on-screen in the feature film, Red Dirt Rising as stock car racing legend and pioneer, Jimmie Lewallen. In the film, Yoder plays opposite Burgess Jenkins, Ashlee Payne, Brett Rice, and Bill Oberst Jr.

Brad Yoder as Jimmie Lewallen in Red_Dirt_Rising_(2011_Film)'

Early life

A military brat, Brad was born in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, but was raised along with younger brother, Robert D. Yoder, in High Point, North Carolina. His father was prominent dentist, Dr. R. Howard Yoder, who served as President of the Academy of General Dentistry. In 1989, Brad graduated from T. Wingate Andrews High School and attended Appalachian State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Yoder entered graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but chose to trade in his quest of a Master's degree in Sport Psychology for a career in the entertainment industry.

Career

After two years in Los Angeles and commercial success, Brad began creating original content and never looked back. Yoder has produced several projects including Til Death, the World's 1st 3-D film to compete in The 48 Hour Film Project, Bigger Is Better? picked up by National Lampoon's Comedy Night School, Super Bitchin' Muscle Car, and the television sit-com pilot Game On.

Brad produced the 13 episode docu-soap entitled Madhouse with Triage Entertainment. The series documents the lives of several NASCAR Modified Division drivers and the sacrifices made each week enabling them to race. MadHouse aired in 2010 on History Channel. Other television endeavors include episodic series' for TLC, Animal Planet, and Sharp Entertainment with shows airing in 2011.

Brad has teamed up with Trone to produce a film he co-wrote with Dan A. R. Kelly entitled Ocean Drive (2012) - a feature length, historical drama chronicling the birth of beach music and shagging in the Carolinas from 1943-1955 through the eyes of Chicken Hicks, the "Father of Shag."

Ocean Drive is the largest North Carolina developed and produced film to date.

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