Meyers, Rusty 1957–

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Meyers, Rusty 1957-

PERSONAL

Born October 1, 1957, in Pittsburgh, PA.

Addresses:

Agent—Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career:

Actor and director. Fourth Wall Theatre Company, founding member; Real Actors Workshop, founding member and director. Performed voices for the "Live Sea Battle" display at Treasure Island hotel and casino, Las Vegas, NV; appeared in many television commercials, including Wendy's restaurants, 1994-98, Oatmeal Crisp cereal, and Tums antacid medication; frequent reenactment actor for reality-based television programs. Also worked as casting director, according to some sources.

Awards, Honors:

Named best director of the Las Vegas theater season by City Life magazine, 1998-99.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Masher, Hearts Are Wild, 1992.

Television Appearances; Movies:

George, The Ordeal of Patty Hearst, 1979.

Officer Jack Boggs, With Hostile Intent (also known as With Hostile Intent: Sisters in Black and Blue), CBS, 1993.

Leroy Praskins, MacShayne: Winner Takes All, NBC, 1994.

Quinn, Vampirella, Showtime, 1996.

Sergeant Daniels, Top of the World (also known as Cold Cash and Showdown), HBO, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Reporter, "Blast from the Past," Crime Story, 1987.

Don Daub, America's Most Wanted, 1988.

Jim, Unsolved Mysteries, 1988.

Federal marshal, Thunder in Paradise, 1994.

Jimmy/Joe, "No Hope for the Dead," The Watcher, UPN, 1995.

Jimmy/Joe, "Reversal of Fortune," The Watcher, UPN, 1995.

Marlboro, "Games Without Frontiers," The Strip, 1999.

Rick Morris, Russkie v Gorode Angelov (also known as Russians in the City of Angels), Channel 1, 2003.

Surveillance agent, "The Roulette Assault," Breaking Vegas, History Channel, 2005.

Jack Otis, "San Francisco Earthquake," Surviving Disaster, BBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Nazi thug, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, 1980.

Jimmy/Joe, The Watcher, UPN, 1995.

Drunken stooge, "Gaming and Taming Technology," The Playbook, Spike, 2005.

Drunken stooge, "Betting and Letting It Ride," The Playbook, Spike, 2006.

Car salesman, "Cruisin and Choosin," The Playbook, Spike, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Secret Service man, Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular, USA Network, 1994.

Television Appearances; Other:

Paul, A Last Cry for Help, 1979.

Mr. Smythe, Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins, 1994.

Film Appearances:

Night watchman, The Initiation, New World, 1984.

Conrad, Silverado, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1985.

Television reporter, Best of the Best I2, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993.

Club manager, Vegas Vacation (also known as National Lampoon's "Vegas Vacation"), Warner Bros., 1997.

Gus, Lovers and Liars (also known as Criminal Behavior), 1998.

Newsstand guy, Pay It Forward, Warner Bros., 2000.

Mooch, Sparkle and Charm, 2000.

Man at gas station, Jack of Hearts, 2000.

Passenger in line, Rat Race (also known as Course folle), Paramount, 2001.

First security officer, Ocean's Eleven (also known as 11 and O11), Warner Bros., 2001.

Stranger, Reckoning (short film), Dshoot Productions, 2003.

Abusive evil husband, Cauldron: Baptism of Blood, 2004.

Quarter man, Lucky Quarter (short film), Bronstine Productions/Indie Gems Films, 2005.

Robert Wynn, The Indie Pendant, Vision Dynamics Entertainment, 2005.

Luke, Buckaroo: The Movie, Belle Productions/Brooksvision Entertainment, 2005.

Heart of a Boy, TVM Global Entertainment, 2006.

Poker player, The Grand, Insomnia Media Group/Eleven Eleven Films, 2007.

Film Director:

Killer's Mind, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Wounded Scot, The Hasty Heart, Fourth Wall Theatre Company, Recital Hall, Whitney Library, Las Vegas, NV, 1999.

Appeared as Chris Keller, All My Sons; Billy Crocker, Anything Goes; Kenickie, Grease; first gangster, Kiss Me Kate; Carlson, Of Mice and Men; Curly and Will Parker, Oklahoma!; Luther Billis, South Pacific; and the vagabond, The Tavern.