- Misan Akuya is among one of Hollywood's next wave of young talent. Born in Columbia Maryland on September 11 1992, Misan enjoyed the art of acting and filmmaking at a young age. Misan began acting in community theater and even made his first short film at age 11, a cut out animated short called going to war. But from, 2006 to 2011 Misan was away from acting and focused on high school and the sport of auto racing.
Being with a part as a union soldier in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Misan began acting in films such as A Split Personality, Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions, Koming from Afrika, & Growing up in two. Misan also appeared on an episode of Veep,, all the while studying theater at Montgomery College.
In July 2014 Misan moved to Los Angeles California to further pursue his career. He played supporting roles in the short film The Anarchist Theory, and the t.v series One Big Happy. But 2014 marked when Misan Akuya added writer and director to his credits with writing, directing, and starring in two student films: A stop motion short called I'm A Vampire, and a live action dramatic short called Mastery.
In 2015 Misan worked on his third short that he wrote, directed, starred in and co composed another live action dramatic short called Elsewhere. Elsewhere playing in the Maryland International Film Festival and The Wiper Film festival. It has since been picked up by Shorts International T.V, the biggest name in short films, for their channel. Afterwards Misan appeared in the music video, Hollywood Rain, and in the film, True to the game.
In 2016, Misan went back to his stop animation roots and wrote, produced, and directed Spider, a stop animation short in which he provided the voices for the only two characters. Misan voice directed and starred in a radio play version of Edgar Allan Poe's only play, Politian that same year. He also joined the voice cast of the Monroes, an animated web series.
Currently, Misan is continuing to hone his acting ability at Anthony Meindel's Acting Worskshop. The same acting school that Shailene Woodly attends.
As Misan continues his career he also continues his love of racing. Misan continues to race in go kart races around the country. Misan is a multi instrumentalist playing the guitar, drums, piano, and clarinet.- IMDb Mini Biography By: M.A Rep
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Grew up watching racing. NASCAR in particular. Favorite driver in Tony Stewart. Says he rather be a race car driver than an actor.
- Was born in the same city as Edward Norton.
- Favorite Actor is Leonardo DiCaprio. Favorite Actress is Kate Winslet.
- Is a skilled musician and can play the guitar, drums, piano, and clarinet.
- Is a multi instrumental musician. Can play the guitar, drums, piano, bass, and clarinet.
- I believe that the only way to go about things in life is to just do what you love. If you do that you can't go wrong.
- There are so many people that I'd love to work with. As far as directing actors go Aaron Paul would be a treat, I really dig what Lizzy Caplan is doing right now, T.J Miller and Donald Glover seems like a lot of fun. As far as acting for directors David Fincher is on the top of my list. Working with him, Woody Allen, Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen Brothers would be a dream come true for me.
- At the end of the day it's all about the drama on screen. No one seems to care about good cinematography and can forgive minor mistakes as long as the drama is good.
- I try to have fun on set, cut jokes and what not as at the end of the day we are making a movie, not curing cancer. But at the same time there is a lot on the line for ourselves and our families. That's why there can be great intensity sometimes.
- I think some of the best directing you can do is getting out of the actor's way. A tweak or two here does the trick. But when I see that something is working I try to let them do their thing. A lot of directors don't seem to trust their actors and I have never gotten that. You hired them for a reason.
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