Andras Jones
{{short description|American actor}}
Andras Jones (born August 12, 1968) is an American television and film actor, author, and musician. He has participated in the bands The Previous and Mr. Jones and The Previous, as well as under his own name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/where-in-the-horror-are-they-now-andras-jones-257|title=Where in the Horror are they Now? Andras Jones!|website=JoBlo.com|date=20 June 2014|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-06}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Andras+Jones%22&pg=PA18|title=Billboard Dec 16, 1995 (Continental Drift section)|date=1995-12-16|publisher=Billboard Dec 16, 1995|page=18|language=en}} Jones is the creator and host of Radio8Ball, a musical divination show in which participants' questions are answered by picking songs at random and interpreting the randomly chosen songs as the answer to the question.{{Cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/arrow/interview6.htm|title=The Arrow interviews...Andras Jones!|website=JoBlo.com|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704050729/http://www.joblo.com/arrow/interview6.htm|archive-date=2016-07-04|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6118099|title=The Oracle of the Airwaves|website=NPR: All Things Considered|access-date=2016-07-06}} In 1989 Jones was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Horror or Mystery Motion Picture for his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, but lost to Lukas Haas's performance in Lady in White.{{Cite web|url=http://youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm|title=10th Annual Awards|website=Young Artist Awards|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711085722/http://youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm|archive-date=2016-07-11|url-status=dead}}
Jones is the author of Accidental Initiations: In The Kabbalistic Tree Of Olympia and contributed a chapter to The Sync Book - Volume 1, both for Sync Book Press.
His maternal grandfather was electrical engineer Louis Smullin.{{cite web | url=http://www.radio8ball.com/archives/44-andras-jones-three-day-weekend-7-of-wands-valour/ | title=44Andras Jones"Three Day Weekend"7 of Wands (Valour) | Radio8Ball }} His uncle was sculptor Frank Smullin.
Filmography
=Films=
- 1988 Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama as Calvin{{Cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/awfully-good-sorority-babes-in-the-slimeball-bowl-o-rama-mortal-kombat-2-279|title=Awfully Good: Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama + Mortal Kombat 2|website=JoBlo.com|date=18 May 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://cinema-crazed.com/blog/2010/10/13/sorority-babes-in-the-slimeball-bowl-o-rama-1988/|title=Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988) (review)|website=Cinema Crazed|access-date=2016-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/risks-dungeon-sorority-babes-slimeball-bowl-o-rama-1988/|title=LITTLE MISS RISK'S DUNGEON!: SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA (1988)|website=Daily Grindhouse|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-06}}
- 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master as Rick Johnson{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master/review/127280/|title=A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=2016-07-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master-1988-movie-review/|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) Movie Review|website=BeyondHollywood.com|access-date=2016-07-06}}
- 1989 Far From Home as Jimmy Reed{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/farfromhome.php |title=DVD Verdict Review - Far From Home |website=DVD Verdict |access-date=2016-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815015935/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/farfromhome.php |archivedate=2016-08-15 }}
- 1990 Tripwire as Rick DeForest
- 1992 The Prom as Marty
- 1992 Averills Ankommon as Averill{{cite journal|last1=Tobin|first1=Yann|title=Averills Ankommen (article)|journal=Positif - Revue mensuelle de cinéma|date=July 1992|page=77|id={{ProQuest|894023564}}}}
- 1994 Every Breath as Good Looking Man
- 1995 The Demolitionist as Daniel Dupre
- 1997 Hurricane Festival as Nick The Magician{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/hurricane-festival-1200454831/|title=Review: 'Hurricane Festival'|last=Lorber|first=Daniel|date=1998-08-03|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-06}}
- 2001 The Attic Expeditions as Trevor Blackburn{{cite journal|last=Eisner|first=Ken|date=17 August 2001|title=The Attic Expeditions|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117798705?refcatid=31|journal=Variety|accessdate=6 August 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/reviews/the-attic-expeditions|title=The Attic Expeditions - Horror Movie Reviews|website=JoBlo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-06}}
- 2011 Every Day Is a Journey as Anthony "Antonious" Scrotner
=Television=
- 1989 Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1 episode) as Deke Simmons
- 1990 Alien Nation (1 episode) as Noah Ramsey
=Video games=
- 1992 Night Trap as Jeff Martin{{cite web |last=Russell |first=Jamie |date=April 24, 2012 |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/169159/the_origins_of_night_trap_an_.php?page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507104143/http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/169159/the_origins_of_night_trap_an_.php?page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 7, 2012 |title=The Origins of Night Trap: An Excerpt from Generation Xbox (Page 2) |publisher=Gamasutra |accessdate=October 1, 2017}}
Discography
= As Andras Jones =
;Albums
- A Curmudgeon For All Seasons (2000){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/curmudgeon-for-all-seasons-mw0001012852|title=Curmudgeon for All Seasons (star rating)|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-07-06}}
- All You Get (2019)
;EPs
- Cold '98 (1998)
- Religious '99 (2000)
- Complicated '00 (2001)
= With The Previous =
;Albums
- The Wrong Side Of Town (1989)
- Porch Music (1990)
- UnPop… (1997)
;Singles
= With the Boon=
- The Boon (1988)
= Other albums =
- Mr. Jones & The Hard Feelings (1995)
- As Far As You Can Go Without Leaving (multi-artist compilation album) (1995)
- Mr. Jones & the Fascists: In Search of the Hundredth Monkey (1992)
- The Transfused (2000)
- Andy Shmushkin: Total F**cking Bullsh*t (2003)
- Andy Dick: The Darkest Day of The Year (2009)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0427470|name=Andras Jones}}
- {{official website|http://www.andrasjones.com}}
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