As a small child, Joshua Coleman
(www.JoshuaColeman.biz)
was cast into his first role, playing the son of a father who was imprisoned
for committing an incredibly violent crime. Next, he played the stepson
of a man who, after raising Coleman for eight years, simply left a goodbye
note and never was heard from again. Unfortunately for Coleman, these
two roles he assumed weren't performed on stage or screen--they were acted
out in real life. In fact, through a series of circumstances worthy of
a screenplay, Coleman was ultimately separated him from his entire family.
But this independent young man never gave up, and to this day, he continues
to apply the lessons he learned from his past in order to make his future
both productive and successful--a promise he made to his mother.
Joshua, a very focused academician and athlete with
a passion for performing arts, graduated with a 4.0 GPA from his high
school in California where, as captain of the track and field team, he
excelled in so many events that he eventually became a decathlete. After
being heavily recruited for both his scholastic and athletic talents,
and having no family ties to consider, Coleman headed east to begin his
tenure at one of the several Ivy League universities he'd considered attending--the
University of Pennysylvania, where, in addition to pursuing his passion
for the dramatic arts, Coleman was once again named captain of the track
and field team. For the first time in four years, Coleman led his team
to victory in the Ivy League Championships, and independently, he finished
with an impressive total score of more than 6100 points in the decathlon
and a pole vault of 16'0".
In his junior year, while preparing for the role
of an All-American jock on stage, Josh took up bodybuilding. Again, determined
to succeed, his hard work paid off and he earned the prestigious bodybuilding
championship title of Mr. Penn later that year. After graduating with
honors, Coleman moved to New York City two months after the World Trade
Center Attack in order to pursue his dream as an actor, and he was cast
as the lead in the first feature-film for which he auditioned...”GAMES
PEOPLE PLAY: New York.” The director was so impressed with his talent
and drive that he was immediately cast as the special guest star of "GAMES
PEOPLE PLAY: Hollywood." Rex Reed described Coleman's debut performance
as "A great leading man - and a man of many faces - funny, loose,
charismatic - yet spirited and alluring enough to put the audience at
ease, and seductive enough to turn the audience on. Best of all, Coleman
makes people want to experience more of his charm as an actor. He's some
kind of blond, all-American, big screen dynamite just waiting to explode!"
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