Biography
Oliver Theess grew up in Los Angeles, California. Growing up on both sides of the hill " The Hollywood Hills", that is. Living a jet set surfer lifestyle. Oliver has always excelled in sports. He has a championship under his belt for every sport he has ever competed in and sports team he has ever been apart of. At the age of 15, Oliver became a BMX national champion racer. In Track and Field, he has a Gold Medal record breaking time of 33 seconds in the 440, although it is unofficial, of course. From BMX, Oliver went on to compete in skateboarding and surfing events. Oliver Theess talents and creative ability attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and was offered parts in feature films at an early age, but did not take them. In his later teens, After studying television production and photography and Acting, Oliver Theess decided to start accepting work that was offered him in Hollywood. In just one week he had joined three Unions. He landed many bit acting parts and stunt performer jobs on countless studio Television and feature films at Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, ABC and NBC Studios such as Beverly Hills Ninja, Wayne's World , Back to the Future, Scrooged , Mr. Belvedere, Facts of Life , The Bronx Zoo, The new Gidget, Growing Pains, China Beach, Head of The Class, Star Trek Next Generation, Santa Barbara, Bay Watch, Murder She wrote, Beverly Hills 90210, and Matlock. Working with the legendary Andy Griffith on the TV program Matlock was such a thrill for him. He has also been trained in many different styles of martial arts: Tang so do, Taekwondo, Kempo and Shotokan. His training includes being prepared in the use of weaponry such as the Samurai Katana sword along with various others: rapiers, daggers and broadswords. His skilled weapons training in the use of nun-chucks landed him an audition for Wayne's World. Once they discovered he had skills like no other, he was given the job. As Oliver became more focused on a Hollywood stunt career, he began to train with the best Hollywood stunt coordinators. That training led to stunt driving on The Green Hornet. As an actor, Oliver trained with the last of the Hollywood Studio teachers, Estelle Harmon, at her Actors Workshop in Hollywood, California. Surfing has always been a passion of his. He has traveled to some the best surfing spots in the world and surfed some of the biggest waves imaginable. Oliver produces innovative skateboards and surfboards. He handcrafts them in his studio shaping room in the South Bay. He has created some of the most state of the art designs and shapes. His surfing label is "Theess Surfboards". His surfboards keep him by the beach while acting, action directing, and stunt coordinating independent feature films keep him very busy today.
