Corin Nemec Biography
Summary
"Corin Nemec" (born "Joseph Charles Nemec IV"; November 5, 1971) is an American actor. Nemec is best-known for playing the title character on "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" and Jonas Quinn in "Stargate SG-1".
Personal life
Nemec's mother was a graphic artist as well as a painter, writer and poet. His father, Joseph Charles Nemec III, of Irish and Scottish origin worked in the film industry as a set designer and production designer. His grandmother nicknamed him 'Corky'.
Corin is married and the father of two children (Sadie and Lucas Manu), and still lives in the Los Angeles area. He is still close friends with fellow late-1980's teen heartthrobs and rappers Brian Austin Green and David Faustino of "Married... with Children" fame, the latter with whom he has a production company and is currently co-starring in "Star-ving", a webseries spoofing HBO's "Entourage" and airing on Crackle.
He enjoys reading non-fiction and listening to instrumental East Indian music.
According to the Scientology community web site and Nemec's personal web site, he is a member of the Church of Scientology.
According to the website for Perfect Union Lodge #10 in San Antonio, Texas, Joseph C. Nemec IV is also a Master Mason of the Freemasonic Order, having joined the Lodge in the year 2000. He is accredited with a documentary video detailing the hidden geometric meaning of the Master Mason's Apron for the Grand Lodge of Texas in early 2002.
Career
Nemec was inspired to become an actor after watching the children's film "The Goonies" at the age of 11, for which his father had done art direction. He also cites his parents' artistic professions as a major influence, and that acting 'seemed the right thing to do'. Nemec began training with the Centre Stage LA theatre company and signed on with an agent after performing in one of their talent showcases. He was booked for several commercials such as Suzuki and eventually landed a guest-spot on the TV show "Sidekicks" starring Ernie Reyes, Jr., with whom Nemec is still friends today. His first major film role was "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" in 1988. He appeared in several TV shows, earning an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Steven Stayner in the television film "I Know My Name Is Steven", and made his most notable and thus far successful series role as the lead of the quirky TV series "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (1990–1993).
During the 1990s, Nemec had a brief foray into hip-hop, recording an entire album with the group Starship of Foolz (one of the members was Shane Mooney, son of comedian Paul Mooney), developed by Matt Robinson and Dedra Tate, and produced by actor Balthazar Getty.
Nemec was involved with the American Repertory Company in Los Angeles in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
He became a series regular in the science fiction TV series "Stargate SG-1" in the show's sixth season (2002–2003), playing the alien Jonas Quinn, also appearing in the show's fifth and seventh seasons. He pitched several episodes to the "Stargate" producers and wrote the season 7 episode 'Fallout'.
Currently he is collaborating with David Faustino in the satiric webcast Star-ving.
Selected credits
"Webster" (1987-1988) as Nicky Papadopolis
"Tucker: The Man and His Dream" (1988) as Noble Tucker
"I Know My First Name Is Steven" (1989) as Steven Gregory Stayner / Dennis Parnell
"Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (1990-1993) as Parker Lloyd Lewis
"The Stand" (1994) as Harold Lauder
"Drop Zone" (1994) as Selkirk
"Operation Dumbo Drop" (1995) as Sp5 Lawrence Farley
"NYPD Blue": 'Dirty Laundry' (1995-11-21) as Howie
"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1997, 3 episodes) as Derrick Driscoll
"Killer Bud" (1999) as Waylon Smythe
"Smallville": 'Zero' (2002-03-12) as Jude Royce
"Stargate SG-1" (2002-2004) as Jonas Quinn
'Beer for My Horses' (2003, music video) as Toby Keith's sidekick
"Mansquito" (2004) as Police Lt. Tom Randall
"CSI: NY": 'Night, Mother' (2004-12-15) as Todd Camden
"Three Moons Over Milford": 'Wrestlemoonia' (2006-09-10) as Roark
"S.S. Doomtrooper" (2006) as Captain Malloy
"Bull Run" (2006) as Jordan
"Hidden Secrets" (2006) as Michael Stover
"Parzania" (2007) as Allan
"The American Standards" (2007) as Doc Jennings
"NCIS": 'Skeletons' (2007-02-27) as Len Grady
"Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck" (2007) as Richard Speck
"RoboDoc" (2008) as Dr. Callaby
"Quality Time" (2008)
"Ghost Whisperer" (2008) as Masked Man/Paul Eastman
"Sea Beast" (2009)
"Bundy" (2009)
External links
(Corin Nemec a Scientologist - find out what I have gained from Scientology...) , Scientology Parishioners, "Scientologists On-line", Church of Scientology International.
Credit
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