THE BIO
Grant Anstine is an actor, writer, and director based out of Los Angeles. He grew up acting with the old birds of his town in their local stage plays, until one day, the old birds kinda just excepted this little cuckoo as one of their own nest. Thus, the youngest old soul was forged. Grant would proceed to drag his castmates from plays and into short films that he wrote and directed throughout his high school days.
In spare time of research, he would grow up reading through collections of plays from Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, Kenneth Lonergan and Arthur Miller. And when he had the spare cash, he liked to scrounge up old VHSs and DVDs from sales that his family would auction for. Many of which are still browsed and referenced for his work today.
Grant Anstine would go on to graduate from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in 2018. Since then, he's acted in much that you may or may not have seen, and he's written much that you likely haven't read, but most certainly should.
Grant attributes his greatest acting lessons to three...
Jozie Blair, for teaching him that he belonged.
Jim Bontempo, for teaching him that it ain't about your problems and your props, it's about that page in front of you.
And Clell Stephenson...for teaching him that an actor is selfless. Always.
To the curious stalkers to reach the end of this tale...outside of my acting, I am a typewriter enthusiast, on file cinephile, avid historian, middle of nowhere nature explorer, and slightly obsessive animal lover. I chop wood to fuel my wood burning stove because I'd like to think that'd make the ancestors proud. I throw on John Carpenter's The Fog whenever a good fog rolls, cause I'm quirky like that. And I live within a mysterious forest of the LA area. Accompanying me will be my own Lassie Collie, Leo. As if we weren't 50's enough...