Biography
Acting in Los Angeles: Edward got his first part on a network TV show on his very first audition in Los Angeles on CBS. He appeared in the first two shows of the seventh season of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' in September 2006, "Built to Kill, parts I and II". Edward attended a cold reading workshop in Studio City at The Casting Network where he was discovered for that role. He was then brought in for an audition by Suzanne Bachman and Andy Henry of Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting. After moving to Los Angeles and changing careers to pursue his dream of acting professionally, this was very positive way to start out in the business!
Edward began the audition process for entry into world renowned "The Actors Studio" in Los Angeles in 2007. This is an ongoing process and he truly hopes to gain entry into this famed theater company. Edward has studied with many renowned coaches, such as: Ivana Chubbuck, Brian Reise and Scott Sedita in Los Angeles; Richard Brestoff, and Jessica Marlow-Goldstein in Seattle; and Gene Frankel in New York City. He has appeared in many independent films shot in Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles. His last film "Twenty" is in post production, and will be entered into film festivals before its release in late 2007. He will be returning, ironically, as the evil Dr. John Snap in the sequel if the release of the film goes as planned. During the summer of 2007 he attended Scott Sedita master's class for on camera work.
Hockey playing days: The winters on Long Island were cold enough to freeze over lakes, and ponds, and in elementary school he began playing the sport he still loves-hockey. After a few winters of pond hockey, Edward played his first season of organized hockey for the Suffolk County PAL peewee/bantam house league team in 7th grade. As a freshman Edward was selected as an All-Star in the Suffolk County freshman hockey league for a game played at the Nassau Coliseum. The following season he was selected to play on the varsity team, and the very next season St. Anthony's high school won the New York State high school hockey championship trophy. During his senior year of high school Edward also played on the Junior 'C' team, and was elected a co-captain. After a year and half of college, and having not played in college, he felt he had some unfinished business regarding hockey, and left school to move to Omaha NE for a very big challenge. While in Omaha, he played himself onto the Omaha Lancers Junior 'A' hockey club in the United States Junior Hockey League. The USHL was, and still is, the very highest level of amateur hockey in the United States. Definitely not worthy of a made for TV movie-this was a big accomplishment to have played in the best league in the United States for a kid who grew up outside of the hockey hotbeds of Boston, Minnesota, and Michigan. Especially for a kid who started organized hockey in the 7th grade-usually six or seven years after when many, if not all, of the kids he competed against started. Hockey was a metaphor for Edward; it taught him he could achieve any goal with focus, dedication, and perseverance.
After playing in Omaha, Edward wrote to the coach of the Kent State University 'Golden Flashes' NCAA Division I hockey club, and was invited to tryout for the team. Unfortunately, he wasn't selected for the team, and this heart breaking moment for Edward was the end of his amateur hockey career. Proving that something good comes from a setback, and unsure how to face life without hockey, and the challenges it brings, Edward looked for a new challenge. Across from the rink at Kent was the Kent State theater department. Stepping into that theater brought back many great memories for Edward of theater in New York.
Even with this success, Edward was left yearning for fulfillment from a creative and artistic standpoint. In '99 he began studying acting with the intensity that drove him during his hockey playing days. At that time, he began to travel to Los Angeles to study and attend casting workshops. Soon he was being pulled in 2 directions; one was from the rewards a very successful clinic provided him financially, and the gratification that came from helping patients improve their health so much; and the second was the powerful draw that the intangible, subjective, and never perfect world of creating a character as an actor and artist gave him. After much heartache and reflection, Edward began the process of becoming licensed in California and preparing to sell his practice to his business partner. In 2005 he sold his half of Kirkland Life Chiropractic, attained licensure in CA, and moved to Los Angeles.
His goal is to be an actor recognized for his ability to do many accents and create a character that you simply would not believe is him, to be terrifying at times, and unusually lovable otherwise.
