Cal Nguyen

Awardwinning actorfilmmaker Cal Nguyen had performed for film since 1998 doing commercials infomercials print modeling and Hollywood studio films such as Bedazzled starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley After separating from military service he shortly nabbed short film roles while returning to acting workshops where the filmmaking bug bit him Cals breakthrough was when he booked a lead series regular spot as Jim Lecter in the postapocalyptic web TV series Day Zero which after buying the script rights in 2011 he became the showrunner all the while continuing his role as Jim The pilot episode Lethal alone earned him eight filmmaker awards in 2012 throughout the festival circuit and since then the series completed nearly 3 full seasons worth 10 episodes each by 2019 and has earned over 100 film fest nominations many of them award wins to include Tellys Day Zero was the first indie web series to ever appear on Amazon Prime since 2016 after being grandfathered in from the CreateSpace DVD days The show is listed in former ABC researcher Vincent Terraces Internet Horror Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series 19982013 Since Day Zero he has delved into investing in other filmmakers projects becoming an executive producer of short films as well as features such as Wayward The Prodigal Son Love Everlasting Lucky Blue Smith Emily Procter and in 2020 with Lucy Shimmers as coexecutive producer and playing the part of a doctor Earlier he was a camera operator for the comedic web series Crash Pad and in 2018 had directed and filmed another indie web series Fleet He is also a producer for celebrityladen films such as Kevin Sorbos Mythica and Survivor Amy Jo Johnsons Lines and the pilot Rock and a Hard Place starring Jim Breuer He has trained with some of the best coaches such as Richard Hatch of Battlestar Galactica fame Glenn Morshower from Transformers Larry Silverberg leading Meisner coach casting director Jeff Johnson and the prolific producer director and actor Lance Williams Star Wars Return of the Jedi Cal received other types of training and experience being a distinguished Veteran of Gulf War II and also serving in the corporate Information Technology industry since 1996 to this day serving in the federal government supporting the warfighter Cals interest in acting started out when he was very young and along with his younger brother they scripted and played out their own skits comedy and otherwise As big Star Trek fans it was a way for Cal to start using his voice as a talent He became a voice impressionist since his teens performing accurate representations of William Shatner Elvis Presley and other celebrities but mostly known for his Bill Bixby and South Parks Eric Cartman soundalike voices Cal had also been a major contributor to many brickandmortar sales due to his writings for The All Media Guides All Game Guide a website repository of previews reviews and historical documentation of every video and computer game ever made