Actor and Musician Jordan Lawson Biography

Press Release • updated: Jan 27, 2016

This is an article with a biography about Actor and Musician Jordan Lawson.

San Diego, California, January 24, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Actor and Musician Jordan Lawson was born, Jordan Lawson Harris on November 25th, 1988 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He spent his early childhood years with his parents, Nancy Cathlyn Boyd and Victor Russell Harris. Early on, Jordan would spend his free time after school playing his favorite songs from his favorite bands and reading plays and scripts. He was always giving a performance to friends, family and those around him. His ideas, performances and gifts were new to everyone, however he knew at an early age that he wanted more than what the small town he lived in had to offer. In High School, Jordan would perform in various plays and productions put on by his teachers and the school. His acting teacher at that time would coach him on his craft. As his abilities developed, he soon moved to New York City. He had grown up strong and straight. He knew what he wanted much earlier on in life and after the move to the Big Apple, he decided to go for what always made him happy. Theatre in New York at that time for him was new and exciting. He joined various Theatre groups around town and started performing in one night only shows, as well as a few off-Broadway productions. After a year and a half, Jordan Lawson had developed a strong body of work. He continued to pursue the Theatre scene until friends he knew in Los Angeles convinced him to get more into Film and Television. So, in early 2006, he took the drive to Hollywood and found a small studio apartment on Hollywood Blvd and Wilcox Ave. He started out looking for work through friends and fellow actors he knew at the time. His first Film was entitled "The Valentine Nightmare". The Film soon screened in Hollywood and brought him some positive attention and feedback from the public. Jordan Lawson also got into the music scene as well, performing at various clubs and bars. Anywhere that he could be seen and make a little money. It wasn't much, but he managed for that first year playing music and doing other films like "The Secret Life of Tom Bishop" and "Roommates". In 2007-2008, Jordan got even more into his craft. Some of his more known films in those first fast years, included "DeTour", "LG:15 The Resistance (TV series)" and "Private Parking". Right around 2008-2009, Jordan realized that no one was going to help him with his career or life goals and that he was on his own. For now at least. He soon caught a break when he auditioned and booked a role in "Someone's Knocking at the Door" with Lew Temple. An intense, but popular film in the underground cinema crowd. He did a live performance on "The Daily Habit (TV series)" with his band at the time called, "The Flys", "Donation" with Kym Whitley, "408", a suspense thriller directed by Lucas Culshaw, "Sanctity", and "Zig Zag", which caught the attention of a much bigger audience and was shown for several months in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. This new and unique streak of films continued the next few years. Although struggling as an actor at that time, he appeared in dozens of short films, promos, feature films, including "The New Republic", "Project Purgatory", "Imperial Conquest", "Tent City USA", and the action/suspense film "Wasteland", directed by Xavior Kantz. The music scene for him was still going pretty strong and he began to develop a reputation around Hollywood. He was compared to so many different bass players and artists from before his time, including "Pink Floyd", "Led Zeppelin", "The Doors", and "Jaco Pastorius". Considered by many as one of the most promising bass players in the LA area at that time, Jordan Lawson began to receive offers from other musical artists. Session work was the bread and butter at the time, so he used these opportunities as a way to not only develop his work, but also to help him continue to grow as an artist and a person. He then continued to perform in films like "Bro" with Danny Trejo, "A Broken Code", "Coast Mafia", "Gone Doggy Gone", "Unusual Suspects (TV series)", "Battle B Boy", "Different Eye" and others. In 2015, Jordan Lawson booked a job on the show "Murder Book (TV series)". He also would spend a lot of time out of town doing work as well. The film "Delusional", starring Tuesday Knight, Perry King and Award winning actress Tracy Brooks Swope was in his words, "A great experience and a chance to get to know the kind of people I love having in my life". So many other friends he had made over the years, like actor Lejon Stewart for example, who had also appeared in several of Jordan's past films, were always around him. He definitely had a strong, big, passionate and loyal following from not only fans, but people he called Family. "JC Blues", "A Tennis Shoe in the Street", "Owl in Echo Park" and "Project Purgatory Beijing" were among other projects he worked on through 2015. During the 2016 new year, Jordan Lawson began planning to contribute to several other projects in pre-production that he felt would make a positive difference in people's lives. "Dinner with Tess", starring Tuesday Knight, Jed Rowen, Tracy Brooks Swope and himself was the perfect way to build a new, original and popular foundation for others to not only enjoy watching, but affect the audience in the most positive, fulfilling way he could imagine at the time. Jordan Lawson is currently in pre-production on "Getting the Kinks Out", which is a romantic comedy with Jordan Lawson starring along side Tuesday Knight, Tracy Brooks Swope and Heather Langenkamp. He mentioned in the past that he always loved working with familiar faces again and again. Several other feature films and a hand full of short films are also expected this year. He continues to pursue and mold his craft and ability as an actor and musician. He is currently in the studio with several others and will be releasing some new music material this year that is still not known, but is gaining popular demand by those who are familiar with his past work.

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Some of the more notable and memorable comments on Jordan's past performances and music are listed below.

• "Jordan Lawson has the ability to convince anyone watching his work that he is not only 100% committed to the character, but he becomes that character. The industry needs a performer like this."

• "One of the best bassists in town."

• "I first saw Jordan Lawson in the film "Wasteland". I have never missed a performance since then. A true talent."

• "One of the most positive and creative people I have ever met. He has a way about him that's intense. People are starting to take notice when he walks into a room. They stop and listen to what he has to say. It's important to them. It means something because it comes from the heart."