Folse, Gabriel 1956- (Gabe Folse)

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Folse, Gabriel 1956- (Gabe Folse)

PERSONAL

Full name, Paul G. Folse; born 1956, in Austin, TX; married Tracy J. Horvath, July 25, 1981 (divorced May 23, 1995).

Career:

Actor, writer, director, and producer. Member of "off the bandwagon," a sketch comedy group, Austin, TX; instructor at Live Oak Theatre School of Acting, Austin Community College, and other venues, beginning 1984. Artist, with work exhibited in the Austin area.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Burt, Disciples of the Crow, 1983.

Paul, Future-Kill (also known as Night of the Alien and Splatter), Vestron Video, 1985.

Frat jock number one, D.O.A., Buena Vista, 1988.

Sandy Steele, The Broken Spur, 1992.

Officer Terrance, A Perfect World, Warner Bros., 1993.

Billy Clanton, Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994.

Amarillo cowboy, 8 Seconds (also known as The Lane Frost Story), New Line Cinema, 1994.

Sammy's father, Jesus of Judson (short film), 1996.

Captain Soule, Blood Memory, 1997.

Swanson's patient number two, Office Space (also known as Cubiculos de la oficina), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

FBI Agent Merks, Arlington Road, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

Earle, Natural Selection (also known as The Demon Slayer, Killer X, The Monster Hunter, and The Monster Slayer), 1999.

Policeman, Where the Heart Is, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

FBI Agent Jerry Grant, Miss Congeniality (also known as Miss Undercover), Warner Bros., 2000.

Record company executive, Death for Sale (short film), 2001.

Dan Madden, God in the Machine, Martini Shot Productions/Mithrandir Productions, 2003.

Mission man, The Sum of Jobe, 2004.

Mr. Vanderpool, The Cassidy Kids, Switchfilm/Burnt Orange Productions, 2006.

Foreman, Infamous, Warner Independent Pictures, 2006.

Father, Mad Bad, Maverick Entertainment Group, 2007.

Film Producer and Director:

The Stars of Cimarron County, 2000.

Guilty, Guilty, 2008.

Other films include In God We Trust and the short films Special Forces and Wounded.

Television Appearances; Series:

The Charmer, 1994.

Jam Bay, 1995.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Colonel James Forsyth, Into the West, TNT, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jimmy Day, Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind, CBS, 1991.

Boyfriend, A Promise to Carolyn, CBS, 1996.

Corridor cop, Tall, Dark, and Deadly, USA Network, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Long Goodbye," Dallas, 1983.

Rancher, "Black Ulysses," The Young Riders, ABC, 1989.

Manny, "Deadline," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 1996.

Officer Mitch Williams, "Sons of Thunder," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 1997.

(As Gabe Folse) Dave "Deuce" Toomey, "Lost & Found," Sons of Thunder, CBS, 1999.

Lance Jennings, Friday Night Lights, NBC, c. 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Chain Lightning, Live Oak Theatre, Austin, TX; as Thurmond, The Night Hank Williams Died, Live Oak Theatre; as Witt, Stud Silo, Daughtery Center Theatre, Austin; and as Garland, A Texas Romance, Gallery Theatre, Austin.