Greg Sestero

At 45 years old, Greg Sestero has this physical status:

Greg Sestero (born July 15, 1978) is an American actor, writer, filmmaker, and model best known for his role as Mark in the 2003 cult film The Room, as well as his book The Disaster Artist's account of his filmmaking experience.

The book was turned into a 2017 film.

Early life

Sestero was born in Walnut Creek, California. His mother is of French and Italian (Sicilian) descent. He was born in Danville, California, where he attended Monte Vista High School.

Sestero has said he wrote Home Alone 2: Lost in Disney World, which also starred Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister. He submitted the screenplay, a provisional poster, soundtrack samples, and a request for a cross-promotional agreement between 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Pictures, along with a request for a cross-promotional agreement between 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Pictures, which culminated in John Hughes' commendatory letter. Sestero attributes Hughes' gesture in triggering him to pursue a career in acting.

Sestero began modeling and teaching in Milan and Paris for designers such as Giorgio Armani and Gianfranco Ferré during his junior year of high school. He returned to San Francisco to concentrate on acting and enrolling in the American Conservatory Theater. Iris Burton, a Hollywood agent, was responsible for his move to Los Angeles.

Personal life

Sestero lives in Southern California.

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Career

Sestero's early acting appearances in television show Nash Bridges and the films Gattaca (1997) and Patch Adams (1998). Sestero was portrayed as the lead in the horror film Retro Puppet Master in 1999. He continued this with a one-episode appearance on the television soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Mark, Mark, the closest friend to Tommy Wiseau's character Johnny in the 2003 cult film The Room, is Sestero's best known role to date. In 1998, Sestero met Wiseau in an acting class. Wiseau told Sestero that if he wanted to make the film, he'd bring him as his co-star; Sestero arrived on set, but she didn't promise to act behind the scenes and help Wiseau with auditions and casting. However, Wiseau wanted Mark out of the film, so he devised a complex plan to substitute him with Sestero.

Sestero has said that he made the film in the hopes that no one would see it and that it would go straight to video. Critics immediately chastised the film, and the box office performed very poorly at the box office. Wiseau had sent a copy of the film to Paramount Pictures to be denied by the studio within 24 hours, according to Sestero's book The Disaster Artist. (the typical reaction time is two weeks).

At St.'s assistant professor of film studies, Ross Morin is a symphony of film history. The Orson Welles of crap" was described as "the Citizen Kane of bad movies" at Cloud State University in Minnesota, and Entertainment Weekly referred to Wiseau as "the Orson Welles of crap." Despite the poor showing, Sestero remained amusing and often dismissed a lot of the film's criticism.

Audience members were immediately attracted by the film's poor production values rather than in spite of them; it soon became a "cult classic" with late-night showings at theaters around the country; it soon became a "cult classic." Audience members arrive wearing wigs resembling their favourite characters, participate in the dialogue on screen, and throw plastic cutlery and footballs around the theater.

This fascination developed into the "Love is Blind" International Tour in 2010, Germany, Denmark, Australia, France, and India, among other countries. Sestero appeared at several of these functions, posing for pictures with fans and often speaking to them before the screenings.

Sestero had signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to write a book based on his experience with The Room, Tommy Wiseau, and his attempt to become a comedian in June 2011. In October 2013, the book, The Disaster Artist, was published.

The Disaster Artist received Best Non-Fiction at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on November 23, 2014. The judges praised the book, saying, "The Disaster Artist is not only a bad read, it will make a great film if ever made." It's equal parts Ed Wood, American Hustle, and odious Citizen Kane, with a dash of Monty Python mixed in." At the 2015 Audie Awards, the Disaster Artist audiobook, narrated by Sestero, was nominated for Best Humor Audiobook.

Point Grey Pictures, Seth Rogen's production company, acquired the rights to a film adaptation of Sestero's book in 2014. Dave Franco starred as Sestero and directed in the film, which also titled The Disaster Artist, and James Franco starred as Wiseau and directed, for which he received a Golden Globe. The script was written by screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. The film was produced by New Line Cinema, and distribution rights were later acquired by A24. On December 8, 2015, shootings began. On March 12, 2017, the film premiered at South by Southwest and opened a wide theatrical release on December 8, 2017.

The Disaster Artist made its debut on the New York Times Bestseller List for Paperback Nonfiction in December 2017.

Sestero appeared on the television show Fashion House and had an uncredited role in Accepted in 2006. He appeared in Miranda Lambert's "White Liar" video in 2010, which was also named for top video and song of the year by the Academy of Country Music Television and the Academy of Country Music, 2010; the video was also voted for best video at the 2010 Country Music Association awards for best video and song of the year. Sestero was featured in the 5-Second Film End Zone, directed by Michael Rousselet, one of the Room's original followers who helped bring the film to cult status later this year.

Sestero appeared with NYC comedians Jason Saenz, Nick Turner, and Travis Irvine in a sketch comedy video in which Sestero transformed into the "new" Jason Saenz via jaw surgery. Sestero was named one of the "Best of the East Bay Stars and Standouts" in the Diablo magazine's July 2010 issue.

Sestero worked with comedian Patton Oswalt in You Got Mail, a 5-Second Film starring Oswalt as a postalman and Sestero as a suspicious thief.

Sestero appeared on a cameo appearance on a Nostalgia Critic internet review show, which had previously covered The Room, reviving Mark's role. Sestero continues to model, appearing in Tommy Hilfiger, Armani, and Ralph Lauren, among others.

Sestero appeared in Dude Bro Party Massacre III, one of the creators of 5 Second Films. Patton Oswalt and Andrew W.K. appear in the film as well. On June 13, 2015, the film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Sestero collaborated with Wiseau on the film Best F(r)iends (2018), which was inspired by Sestero's road trip with Wiseau in 2003.

Big Shark will be collaborated with Wiseau for the third time, having previously written with Wiseau.

Jack, the fiancé in the Haunting of Bly Manor, Netflix's sequel to Netflix's hugely popular Haunting of Hill House, stars Greg Sestero. In 2020, he appeared in the horror comedy film Cyst, which premiered at FrightFest in 2020. He wrote, produced, and appeared in a cultist-themed horror film in early 2020, and he's currently writing a UFO film in which he's going to co-star Tommy Wiseau.

Miracle Valley, Sestero's debut directorial debut, will premiere at the Salem Horror Film Festival in October 2022. The film is about an obsessive photographer and his girlfriend who are invited to a desert getaway in search of an extremely rare species. Their love is quickly jeopardized by a sinister power, causing them to face demons from the past, present, and future.

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