Lester, Loren

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Lester, Loren

PERSONAL

Married, wife's name Kelly; children: three daughters. Education: Occidental College, graduated.

Addresses: Agent—(voice) International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; (theatre) Stage 9, 1249 North Lodi Pl., Hollywood, CA 90038.

Career: Actor and voice artist. Provided voice for many television and radio commercials.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors' Equity Association.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing, The New Batman Superman Adventures (animated), The WB, 1997.

Voice of Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Batman: Gotham Knights (animated), The WB, 1997–98.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Voice, 5 Weeks in a Balloon (animated), 1977.

Jeff Pevney, Young Love, First Love, CBS, 1979.

Midnight Offerings, ABC, 1981.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Arnie, "Julie's First Love," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9), syndicated, 1996.

Voices, "True Face of a Monster," Extreme Ghostbusters (animated), syndicated, 1997.

Homeowner, "All Hallow's Eve," Boomtown, NBC, 2002.

Dr. Marchant, "Eat and Run," The Practice, ABC, 2002.

Group leader, "Hi, My Name Is Jake," Good Morning, Miami, NBC, 2003.

Mr. Roscoe, "Wannabe," Without a Trace, CBS, 2004.

Attorney Mitchell Gore, "The Firm," The Practice, ABC, 2004.

Second lawyer, "Always Faithful," Las Vegas, NBC, 2004.

Immigration attorney, "Unscheduled Arrivals," LAX, NBC, 2004.

Veterinarian, "My Quarantine," Scrubs, NBC, 2005.

Anson, "Come Home," Gilmore Girls (also known as Gilmore Girls: Beginnings), The WB, 2005.

Anson, "Wedding Bell Blues," Gilmore Girls (also known as Gilmore Girls: Beginnings), The WB, 2005.

Voice of Julian, "The Underwater Mines," W.I.T.C.H. (animated), ABC Family Channel, 2005.

Voice of Julian, "Caleb's Challenge," W.I.T.C.H. (animated), ABC Family Channel, 2005.

Producer, "Joey and the Big Break: Part 2," Joey, NBC, 2005.

Dr. Baker, "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," Desperate Housewives, ABC, 2005.

Master of ceremonies, "The Unfortunate Little Schnau-zer," Two and a Half Men, CBS, 2006.

Appeared in Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, E-Ring, and General Hospital; voice for Men in Black: The Series, The WB; appeared in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody; off-camera voice of young guy, Townies, ABC; appeared as Jarin in an episode of The West Wing, NBC.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice of Jordan Knight, New Kids on the Block Christmas Special, ABC, 1990.

Film Appearances:

Fritz Hansel, Rock 'n' Roll High School, New World, 1979.

Buddha, Swap Meet, Dimension Films, 1979.

Charlie boy, Evilspeak (also known as Evilspeaks), Moreno Films, 1982.

Voice of Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin, SubZero (animated; also known as Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero), Warner Bros., 1998.

Voice, Ping!, Initial Entertainment Group, 2000.

Mr. Mooney, The Sweetest Thing, Columbia, 2002.

Celebrant, American Wedding (also known as American Pie: The Wedding and American Pie—Jetzt wird geheiratet), Universal, 2003.

Art Langdon, The Old Man and the Studio (short film), Diag Productions, 2004.

Irate passenger, Red Eye, DreamWorks, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard, Pacific Resident Theatre; Edward, The Cocktail Party, Pacific Resident Theatre; Brian, The Day They Shot John Len-non, Pacific Resident Theatre; Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap, West Coast Ensemble; Brandon and Sam, The Long Christmas Dinner, Pacific Resident Theatre; Caius, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pacific Resident Theatre; Donald, Moonpuppies, Odyssey Theatre; Joe, The Only Game in Town, Pacific Resident Theatre; Ben Silverman, The Sunshine Boys, Richard Basehart Theatre; and as James, That Championship Season, West Coast Ensemble.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice of Dr. Parker, Spider-Man 2 (video game), Activision, 2004.

Voice of Richard Parker, Ultimate Spider-Man (video game), Activision, 2005.

Back to School: A Retrospective—"Rock 'n' Roll High School" Rock On Edition DVD, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.

Audio Books:

Narrator, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland, HighBridge, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Loren Lester Official Site, http://www.lorenlester.com, April 17, 2006.

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