BIOGRAPHY

My interest in acting stems back from childhood. Desires of walking out of a movie theater, yearning to be that hero, stuck with me through early adulthood. A single experience, I left the movie theater after seeing Far and Away, it dawned on me I wanted to make movies, which would exude passion from both myself and the viewer. I will live that experience through acting. Still in high school, I jumped into drama class, on a pursuit to fulfill my newly realized passion.

After high school, simultaneously, I took that passion for acting to Stu Segal Productions and community college. To gain experience and knowledge in the business I was fortunate to complete an internship for Stu Segal Productions on the set of “Silk Stalkings” during the 1996-1997 season. I took that opportunity to really discover all of the aspects of life on-set. I say, “life” because we averaged 11-12 hour days on set. I did some of everything while I was there, from locking the set, assisting the sound man, correlating scripts, standing in for first team, wrangling (1st and 2nd) teams to sitting behind the camera and accidentally hitting a button which rolled a few seconds of film once (don’t tell Stu). And Stu, if your reading this I’ve been setting some money aside each year to eventually reimburse you for all of the excess craft service and catering I consumed beyond that of your average stage hand in order to satisfy my voracious metabolism.

At Palomar College I extended my stay for 4 years, taking all of the acting classes I could fit in my schedule. Michel Mufson coincidentally taught every acting class I took, from intermediate acting to Shakespearean acting. From Palomar I made the short hop up to Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM). At CSUSM I majored in Global Business with a minor in French. I knew I wanted to act, however just in case life took me in another direction I figured a business degree could open more avenues than a theater arts degree. Although, here I am today on the same venture I realized back in 1992, walking out of the theater from “Far and Away.”

Acting classes after Palomar had come to a halt. My passion to act continued. I enrolled with Samuel Warren’s acting class in Downtown San Diego. In his weekly class we do on-camera scene work as well as commercial, industrial and improvisational studies. I followed up with training at Robert Wald’s Acting Studio.

I have completed several projects, with some samples available online. Please feel free to send me a note and let me know your thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Christopher Botiller