Gideon Emery Biography

Fast Facts

• At the 2010 Accolade Competition, he won an Award of Merit for Lead Actor for his role as Man in "Sex Drive․"
• For his role as Richard Pine in "Survivor Type," he won a Bonehead Award at the 2013 Bare Bones International Film Festival for Best Actor in a Short Film
• At the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, he holds an honours degree in dramatic arts
• Quote: "I loved acting and also loved drawing․ But in high school, it really kicked in with plays and musicals․ I got to play Dick Deadeye in HMS Pinafore, which rewarded (and fueled) my desire to inhabit different characters․ When I got into drama school, it was like I had finally found my home․"
• Quote: "In all honesty I think the greatest skill I've learned in LA is patience, because, unless you're the one in a million to be discovered on the street, you're going to fall by the wayside, or you're in it for the long haul․"
• Has used his voice for video game characters and narrating audio books
• In 1998, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania