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  Wallace Doyle “The Believer” ROPE ART (2001)

Wallace Doyle is the right-wing Christian zealot, who became a secondary antagonist in the award winning movie 'Rope Art'. 'Rope Art' follows the story of a local assistant-DA, who covets his bosses office, by aligning himself with ultra-conservative deep pockets, that eventually costs him the election and several lives. The year 2000 produced film, by writer/director Thomas Griffith of the Miami based Straightaway Movies, went on to win acclaim at several film festivals, including the 2001 New York Independent Film Festival, where it garnished the Best Dramatic Thriller award.

 Lester 'The Bill Collector'-- RULES, REGS, & ARREAR$ (2002)

Rules, Regs, & Arrear$ follows a very bad day in the life of Lester, a bill collector, who goes about his job with dogged determination. Mostly, Lester is man about rules, and regulations. The company rules are his sedative to sedate his conscience as he torments people to cough up their back payments. As Lester’s day turns sour, he learns other people have rules to follow as well, and becomes a victim of the same inflexibility he has inflicted on others. The character required a gentle mix of comedy and hard drama. Also, the actor had to present a character who transitions from one completely in charge, to one who is beaten and prepared to accept responsibility for a crime he didn’t commit. Lester presents a study in the fragility of self confidence, especially when it is composed on someone else’s platform.

Dr. Roger Nillson-- AMERICAN SKIN II (All three Episodes)

A criminal psychologist for over twenty-years, and a graduate of the prestigious George Washington University in Washington D.C., Dr. Roger Nillson has been known to become somewhat personal in the relationships of his clients. He sees attitudes and personality flaws that may not flatter, but they are his qualified opinion, and no one should second guess him. A graduate of the top 1% of his class, but unfulfilled in his professional pursuits, he has sometimes had to deal with persons, and their opinions, that may call question to his final thought. In the serial television series American Skin II, based on the award winning movie American Skin, Roger is a member of The American-Nazi Subculture. In 'Skin II', written/directed by Thomas Griffith of Straightawaymovies in Miami, he aligns himself with a group of white supremacist, bent of the idea of anarchy, and establishing a new United States Government.