Biographie
Marty West is an American actor, also involved in stunt work, and casting. He began modeling while attending Arizona State University, where he wrestled at 134lbs. He was signed by the Ford modeling agency (Ford Robert Black), and despite his height of 5"9", he enjoyed a successful modeling career, being one of the shortest male models ever to sign with top agencies. Represented by L.A. Models, City Models (San Francisco), Ford N.Y., Irene Marie (miami), Fashion (milan), and a handful of others, he appeared in the Abercrombie & Fitch summer catalog, did editorial spreads in G.Q. Spain, Maxim Italia, Seventeen magazine, Y.M., was on the cover of Mens Health 18, and did campaigns for Mossimo, Levi's, and Oscar Dela Renta. He signed with Innovative Artists and quickly began screen testing for a number of soap operas, eventually landing the role of Kim Zimmer's (Reva) on screen son Shayne Lewis on "Guiding Light" which he played in over 120 episodes from 2003-2004. After his time on "Guiding Light", he moved to Los Angeles and began casting a number of Reality shows, including, "Next" (MTV), "Bully Beatdown" MTV, and "Shot At Love" (VH1). As of 2010 he was working as an actor, stuntman, and casting associate in Los Angeles.
