Corin Nemec

Nemec was born on November 5, 1971.{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list for November 3, 2018|work=The Plain Dealer|date=November 5, 2018|access-date=November 5, 2018|url=https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/11/8dc3e436973030/todays-top-celebrity-birthdays.html}} His mother Janis was a graphic artist, as well as a painter, writer, and poet. His father, Joseph Charles Nemec III, is of Czech descent, and works in the film industry as a set designer and production designer. His older sister, Anastacia C. Nemec, works also as an assistant director.{{Cite journal|last=Eramo|first=Steven|title=Corin boo boo|journal=TV Zone|issue=Special 46|pages=22–26}}

Nemec was inspired to become an actor after watching the children's film The Goonies at the age of 13, for which his father had done the art direction. He also cites his parents' artistic professions as a major influence, and that acting "seemed the right thing to do".{{cite book |last=Gibson |first=Thomasina |title=Stargate SG-1: The Illustrated Companion Seasons 5 and 6 |publisher=Titan Books |location=London |isbn=978-1-84023-606-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/stargatesg1illus00gibs/page/118 118–121] |chapter=Jonas Quinn |date=June 2003 |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/stargatesg1illus00gibs/page/118 }}

Nemec is a well-known graffiti artist, helping to pioneer graffiti writing styles and practices in the San Fernando Valley starting in the late 1980s.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/actor-and-artist-corin-nemecs-graffiti-inspires-around_b_59a02f6ce4b0d0ef9f1c1325https://www.iconvsicon.com/2018/02/23/stranger-than-fiction-corin-nemec-chronicles-his-secret-life-as-a-graffiti-artist/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/From-LA-Street-Gang-Member-And-Graffiti-Artist-To-Beloved-Actor-Corin-Nemec-Adds-Published-Author-To-His-Resume-20180213

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Nemec began training with the Centre Stage LA theater company and signed on with an agent after performing in one of its 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. His first major film role was Tucker: The Man and His Dream in 1988. He appeared in several TV shows, earning an Emmy nomination{{Cite web|title=Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominees / Winners 1989|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1989/outstanding-supporting-actor-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Television Academy|language=en}} for his portrayal of Steven Stayner in the NBC miniseries

I Know My First Name Is Steven. He starred alongside actors Jack Palance, Peter Boyle, and Charlton Heston in the 1990 feature film Solar Crisis.

Nemec played the lead in the TV series Parker Lewis Can't Lose from 1990 to 1993. Also, in 1993, Nemec was cast as Harold Lauder in a TV adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand. In 1997, he played a notable role in the movie Goodbye, America. He also starred in the TV movies My Brother's Keeper alongside Jeanne Tripplehorn and Blackout with Jane Seymour. Nemec made appearances on several TV shows, including Tales from the Crypt, Smallville, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Supernatural, and Ghost Whisperer. He also portrayed the serial killers Richard Speck and Ted Bundy. He played leading parts in some original Sci Fi Channel (United States) made-for-TV movies such as Sea Beast, Mansquito, SS Doomtrooper, Dragon Wasps, and Lake Placid vs. Anaconda and some original movies for Lifetime (TV network).

During the 1990s, Nemec had a brief foray into hip-hop,unkut.com: [http://www.unkut.com/2006/04/forgotten-beefs-part-6-mf-doom-vs-parker-lewis Forgotten Beefs Part 6 – MF Doom vs Parker Lewis] recording an entire album with the group Starship of Foolz, developed by Matt Robinson and Dedra Tate, and produced by actor Balthazar Getty. Nemec also produced a new comic series that starred Paul Mooney, father of fellow Starship of Foolz member Shane Mooney, as the president of the United States. He also appeared in the music video "Beer for My Horses" by Toby Keith and Willie Nelson.

In 2002 Nemec made a guest appearance in season 5 of Stargate SG-1 playing Jonas Quinn a human scientist from Langara. During that season Michael Shanks, then playing Daniel Jackson, had grown tired of his character being sidelined, and as such was killed off late in the season, with his role being replaced by Quinn and Nemec. Shanks departure saw outrage from fans of the show and as such Nemec was poorly received. Shanks and the studio would eventually make a deal and Jackson was resurrected in season 7 to re-replace Quinn. Nemec as Quinn would make a guest appearance teaming up with Jackson in season 7, but the character wouldn't be seen again after that episode in 2004.{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Padrig |title=Why Jonas' Stargate SG-1 Role Was So Brief (Did He Die?) |url=https://screenrant.com/stargate-sg1-jonas-quinn-exit-reason-what-happened/ |website=ScreenRant |access-date=15 April 2025}}

In January 2013, while working on the film Poseidon Rex, Nemec was involved in a boating accident. While he was being transported to set aboard a Belize Coast Guard vessel, the boat ran into a semi-submerged barge. The entire right side of his body was shattered; he required multiple blood transfusions to save his life, and he underwent five surgeries.[http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/parker-lewis-star-shattered-leg-extreme-blood-loss-after-boat-crash-belize tmz.com: Parker Lewis' Star Boat Crash]

Corin dated Jami Beth Schahn when they were teenagers,{{Cite web|title=Beam Me Up, "Parker Lewis"!|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/beam-parker-lewis-36019/|url-status=live|access-date=20 January 2022|website=TVGuide News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923180355/https://www.tvguide.com/news/beam-parker-lewis-36019/ |archive-date=2020-09-23 }} and in 1993 they had their first child. Corin and Jami married in 2002 and had their second child in 2005. Corin and Jami divorced in 2009 and share custody of their children.

Nemec is close friends with actor David Faustino of television sitcom Married... with Children, with whom he has a production company that co-produced the debut album from Austin-based band Hollow featuring Jon Dishongh. Nemec and Faustino co-starred in Star-ving, a web series that spoofs HBO's Entourage.{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/10/unsung-hero/|title=Unsung Hero – An Interview With Corin Nemec|publisher=GateWorld|date=October 17, 2008|access-date=January 9, 2021}}

On September 22, 2022, the Tampa Bay Times reported Corin was moving to Tampa Bay to begin production on a series of independent films with Scatter Brothers Productions, and met his girlfriend Sabrina Nova there.{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/movies/2022/09/22/parker-lewis-stargate-actor-is-moving-tampa-bay-make-films/ |title='Parker Lewis,' 'Stargate' actor is moving to Tampa Bay to make films |last=Guzzo |first=Paul |date=22 September 2022 |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=29 January 2023}}

Nemec married Sabrina Nova in July 2023.

Hulk Hogan attended the wedding.{{Cite web |title=Wrestler Hulk Hogan proposes to girlfriend at St. Petersburg wedding |url=https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2023/07/28/hulk-hogan-engaged-tampa-st-petersburg-birchwood/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Ryan |date=2023-08-02 |title=Report - Hulk Hogan Proposed To His Girlfriend At Corin Nemec's Wedding |url=https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/report-hulk-hogan-proposed-to-his-girlfriend-at-corin-nemecs-wedding |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=eWrestlingNews.com |language=en-US}}

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