Kirsch, Stan 1968–

PERSONAL

Full name, Stanley Benjamin Kirsch; born July 15, 1968, in New York, NY. Education: Duke University, B.A. (cum laude). Politics: Independent. Avocational Interests: Yoga, tennis, writing, films of the 1950s and 1960s.

Career: Actor, producer, director, and writer. Horn in the West (summer stock theatre), Boone, NC, actor; Lesly Kahn and Co. (acting studio), lead staff teacher, 2004; also private coach and acting teacher, Los Angeles. Appeared in television commercials as a child, including one for Campbell's soup in 1972, and later work for Chevrolet, MCI telecommunications, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's restaurant chains, and Western Union; also worked as a model. Windridge Tennis Camp, Jeffersonville, VT, worked as a counselor; also worked as a tutor of high school students.

Member: Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Festival Prize, best short comedy, Griffon International Film Festival, 2004, for Straight Eye: The Movie.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Axl, Riders in the Sky, CBS, 1991.

Carl, General Hospital, ABC, 1992.

Richard H. "Richie" Ryan, Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1992–98.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Kent Arens, Home Song (also known as LaVyrle Spencer's "Home Song"), CBS, 1996.

Chuck, The Sky's On Fire (also known as Countdown: The Sky's On Fire), ABC, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself and Richie Ryan, Making of "Highlander: The Series," 1992.

Steve, "Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen," CBS School-break Special, CBS, 1992.

Matt, "Fast Forward," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Teenager, One Life to Live, ABC, 1990.

Leland Standish, True Colors, Fox, 1992.

The Human Factor, 1992.

Young Ethan, "The One with the Ick Factor," Friends, NBC, 1995.

Ensign Frank Cody, "Black Ops," JAG (also known as JAG: Judge Advocate General), NBC, 1996.

Vince, "Prom Queen," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1999.

Chipper, "The Red Line," Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? (also known as Beyond Belief), Fox, 2000.

Rick Quinn, "Generations," Family Law, CBS, 2000.

Lieutenant Ferrari, "Liberty," JAG (also known as JAG: Judge Advocate General ), CBS, 2001.

David Dahl, "Family Affairs," First Monday, CBS, 2002.

Robot, Invincible, MTV, 2008.

Also appeared in The Division.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Kenny Street, The Streets of Beverly Hills, ABC, 1992.

Film Appearances:

First punk, Shark in a Bottle, Atmosphere Films, 1998.

Michael, Reason Thirteen (short film), 1999.

Sammy Bestone (title role), The Flunky, 2000.

Stuart Dempsey, Shallow Ground, Screen Media Ventures, 2004.

Sonny, Straight Eye: The Movie (short film), K Street Entertainment/Ultimate Film, 2004.

Doctor, Saw Rebirth (short film), Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Kevin, Deep Rescue, Tranquility Base Productions, 2005.

Film Work:

Producer and director, Straight Eye: The Movie (short film), K Street Entertainment/Ultimate Film, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Tamarind Theatre, Los Angeles, 1998.

A Month in the Country, Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000.

Appeared in Little Rhonda, Ohio Theatre; The Rock, American Theatre of Actors, New York City; and Tribute, Morgan Wixon Theatre, Los Angeles.

WRITINGS

Film Scripts:

Straight Eye: The Movie (short film), K Street Entertainment/Ultimate Film, 2004.

Fiction:

Work represented in anthologies, including An Evening at Joe's, Broadway Books.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Starlog, April, 1997.

Electronic:

Stan Kirsch Official Site, http://www.stankirsch.com,August 17, 2008.