meet mr. woller
Kirk Bryan Ramon Woller is a classically trained actor who has the distinction of being "a true chameleon". With over 170 film and television credits, and more than 30 on-stage performances, he is best known for his TV series regular and recurring characters of Gaius in The Chosen, Agent Gene Crane on The X-Files, and the boss of the mysterious Cleaners in Charmed…
… And for his notable film characters of Reverend Hopkins in the The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Chief Officer Reynolds in Poseidon, coach Cal Sawyer in Hometown Legend, corrupt detective Frank Shaw in Urban Justice, funny hotel-clerk Jordan in Hollywoo, and the Cab Driver in The Ride where he was nominated for Best Male Performance
His other Guest Star appearance include hit shows such as Melrose Place, Nash Bridges, NYPD Blue, ER, CSI, JAG, CSI: Miami, Alias, NCIS, Criminal Minds, 24, The Unit, Bones, Without a Trace, Boston legal, Ghost Whisperer, Prison Break, Big Love, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Extant and Switched at Birth
His other stand-out film roles include Swordfish, Minority Report, The Hulk, After the Sunset, The Ring Two, Flightplan, Big Momma's House 2, Flags of Our Fathers, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Woodlawn
Early life and education
Born to German immigrants in Olympia, Washington (March 9), the oldest of 2 children. Later moved to Seattle, then to Maryland, then Concord, California where he attended Clayton Valley H.S., was a 3-sport letterman in Football, Wrestling, and Track & Field and was later inducted into his High School Athletic Hall of Fame, and continued playing college football at LMC
His undergraduate studies at Cal State East Bay earned him a BS in Business/Marketing, was Class President of the School of Business & Economics, and received countless awards for his student leadership on campus which included creating & starring in both a popular radio and TV program
He earned his MFA -Master of Fine Arts- from the FSU Asolo Conservatory for Profession Actor Training, and later trained directly with Legendary Acting Teacher Sanford Meisner for 5 years where he co-founded the Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts, winning numerous LA Weekly’s Theatre Pick of the Week Awards
Mr. Woller speaks basic German & Spanish
ACTOR
- 170+ Film & Television appearances (imdb/imdbpro) working with Oscar winning directors Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Ang Lee, and Oscar nominated Wolfgang Petersen, and Emmy winners Paris Barclay, John Frankenheimer and more
- Directly opposite Oscar winners Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Kathy Bates, Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, and Oscar nominated Tom Cruise, Woody Harrelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Alec Baldwin, George Segal, Don Cheadle, Tim Roth and Alfre Woodard
- 40 years Acting experience
- 30 stage Plays at professional regional & independent theaters nation-wide
- 37 years Screen Actor Guild member
- 32 years Film Industry -earning living in Film & TV
- 20% Career booking ratio -auditions to paid work
- 15 years Intensive Actor training with legendary acting teachers/programs: Sanford Meisner (with the man himself for 5 years) / Alan Vint / Martin Barter / John Ulmer / José Quintero / Moscow Art Theatre / MFA -Master of Fine Arts- in Theatre/Acting, Florida State University Oslo Conservatory -which qualifies me to teach at university
- FSU Film School
- Countless scene work
- 1,000+ Auditions -Film, TV, Commercial, Theatre
PRODUCER
- 40 Short films -multiple award winning
- Co-founder Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts in Los Angeles
- 15 Theatre productions -many ‘Theater Picks of the Week’, LA Weekly
- 15 Television and Internet commercials
- GOFBA -Chief Marketing Officer
OTHER
- Entrepreneur -creating, managing and operating many successful businesses
- (BS) Bachelors of Science degree Business Administration/Marketing -California State University, East Bay
- Class President of Business School -California State University, East Bay
- (AA) Associate of Arts degree -Los Medanos College
- Athletic Hall of Fame -Clayton Valley High School
- Speaks basic Spanish & German