John aka Jayel Lawless

Dublin Region, Ireland

Actor, Musician

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I am an Independent professional actor/singer and guitarist, I have been doing this for more years than I care to rememnber, I love all branches of entertainment and intend to remain involved in it for the foreseable future

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John DeathWaits Web Version

Physical Details

Height:170 cm / 5ft 7in Eye colour:Blue
Weight:70 kg / 154 lbs Chest:111 cm / 44 in
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian Waist:86 cm / 34in
Skin colour:White Shoe size:10.0 UK / 11.0 US / 44.5 Euro

Experience

1970

  • speech & Drama School : Speech & Drama 2 year course, London Eastham, UK
  • Douglas Hemmings school of drama : acting/speech and Drama course ( 2 years), London, UK
  • young dublin players : lead support role, Dublin Region, Ireland
  • Duoglas Hemmings London : Speech&Drama Theory&Practical, London, UK

Acting

Acting experience:Previous paid speaking roles

Languages spoken

EnglishSpanish

Accents spoken

AustralianIrishUK CockneyUK English
UK PoshUK ScottishUK WelshUSA California
USA New YorkUSA SouthernChineseFrench
GermanIndianItalianJapanese
MexicanSpanish
Took Drama and speech classes in eastham London in 60s played leading role in my first play (the proof of the poison)
Returned to Dublin and acted on stage with several different drama companys, Playing leading or supporting roles over the next ten years, also play'd character parts in my last plays, did extra work over the last two and a half years, in such films as,
This must be the place, Starring Sean Penn, Albert knobbs Starring, Glen Close, tv shows, Love and hate, Trivia,
Fair City, Eircom advert. I could play from 50 on. my latest credits are Playing the father in "Death Waits" a feature film
written & directed by Redmond fitzpatrick, film'd from sept to dec 2011 and "chesty" a character in "Gods Waiting Room"
A stage play written and directed by Gerry Ronan & Sean Ronan and staged in the Tallaght Theatre Dublin in Dec 2011
in may/ June 2012 special Extra in "Ripper St" a series for ITV and Extra in Dublin Soap "Fair City" "Eye of the tiger" (Bollywood movie) "Ice cream Girls" TV serial, "Moone boy"
TV serial, Two short Films, "What Lies within" in which I play a Demon and a homeless man "Oath" in which I play a man visiting a Doctor,

TV & Reality

background acting in Fair City, Raw, Love Hate, Trivia, The Tudors. Moone boy, Ripper St, Ice cream Girls,

Music

Guitar ability:IntermediateEngineer ability:Expert
Vocal ability:Lead singerLike to join a band:No
Vocal range:Baritone

Singing styles

PopRockClassicalOpera

Favourite genres

PopRockIndieHip-hop
JazzClassicalCountry
John aka Jayel is the Guitarist
Dublin Region, Ireland
Pop / Jazz
Singing all my life, Classical, Musicals, Rock & Pop, tradional Pop, R & B, Swing, Ballads,

Folk, Playing guitar for many years, operate and sing on Karaoke, preference's are

Sinatra, Bobby Darin, most tradional pop singers, songs from Musicals,

Rogers & Hammerstein for instance.I have a range of 2.5 octaves, I play Guitar also.

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