G. Russell Reynolds was born as George Russell Reynolds in Miami , Florida but only six weeks later moved with his family to Dallas , Texas where he spent most of his childhood. He then traveled around the world as a young adult, living in England, Scotland, Israel, Canada, Bermuda and Thailand.
Russell was first exposed to the acting bug as a child with his Godfather, famed MGM musical actor, Howard Keel. Howard was a dynamic and charismatic man with an incredible stage presence and when G. Russell saw Howard’s ability to move people and touch their hearts through his acting, he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. But when Howard went back to California, G. Russell had no avenue or guidance into acting and lost the inclination.
As an adult, acting was still a dream, but for many years but G. Russell didn’t pursue it and the fire laid dormant. One day he asked himself, “When is now a good time?” and decided to go for it with his acting career whole-heartedly, leaping off the cliff and building his wings on the way down. Failure or success, at least he would know he gave it all he had (although he never accepted failure as an option).
He found quick success in the limited market in Texas, performing in theater, commercials and independent film as well as landing roles in television on Prison Break and Lifetime. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he has continued his career in film and television and has never looked back. He is living his passion and creating the life of his dreams. He feels truly blessed and grateful for the wonderful life and opportunities he has been given and the wonderful friends that he has to share it with.
He is an extremely diverse and talented actor who has been described as passionate, committed, courageous, insightful and inspiring by directors and film makers who have worked with him. He has an extensive martial arts background, an amazing knack for accents and languages and has been cast as Scottish, Irish, English, Russian and Israeli in addition to every corner of the U.S. He has studied drama under Theresa Bell who was trained and mentored by the late Roy London and has trained in comedy and improv at Improv Olympic/I.O.West.
G. Russell Reynolds’ talent, attitude, dedication and enthusiasm are definitely a welcome addition to any project he is working on.