Rodney Eastman
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rodney Eastman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|20}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1986–present
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Rodney Eastman (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Joey Crusel in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. He is also a musician in a band named King Straggler with fellow actors John Hawkes and Brentley Gore. The band resides in Los Angeles, California.
Life and career
Eastman was born in Montreal in 1967 and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was five. Deciding while he was attending Schurr High School in Montebello, California that he wanted to be an actor, he studied drama and appeared in numerous high school productions. After graduating, he landed his first job as an extra in the television musical Have You Tried Talking to Patty? Eastman has starred in several films, and his best-known film role is in the 1987 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Joey Crusel.{{cite web|title=Ken Sagoes interview - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors|url=http://www.iconsoffright.com/IV_Sagoes.htm|website=www.iconsoffright.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}} In 1988, he reprised his role in the sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. His other films include Deadly Weapon, Mobsters, The Opposite of Sex and Knight to F4.
Eastman also made many guest appearances on television shows, including Highway to Heaven, Charles in Charge, Melrose Place, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Babylon 5 (as Kiron Maray in season one episode "The War Prayer", 1994), as Sammael in season one episode 18 of Chris Carter's Millennium, The Protector, Renegade, ER and Sliders. He also appeared as Lee Sekelling in The Mentalist.
Filmography
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1986
|Shoplifter |Uncredited |
| 1987
|A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |Joey Crusel | |
| 1988
|Broken Angel |Billy |TV movie |
| 1988
|A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |Joey Crusel | |
| 1989
|Freddy | |
| 1989
|Zeke | |
| 1989
|Jersey |TV movie |
| 1991
|Bobby Gordon |TV movie |
| 1991
|Joey | |
| 1993
|Interviewed Kid |Uncredited |
| 1996
|Tony Dinardo |TV movie |
| 1997
|Dead Men Can't Dance |David Porter | |
| 1998
|Ty | |
| 1998
|Tourist Trap |Stork |TV movie |
| 1999
|Mondo | |
| 1999
|Random Acts of Violence |Drug Dealer | |
| 1999
|Blue Ridge Fall |Aaron Perkins | |
| 2000
|The Dancer |Isaac | |
| 2000
|Sand |Baker | |
| 2001
|Matthew | |
| 2002
|Ricky |Video |
| 2003
|Joey |Archive footage, special thanks |
| 2004
|Sawtooth |Christian | |
| 2008
|Fix |Crackhead | |
| 2008
|Rule of three |Russ | |
| 2009
|The Resurrection of Officer Rollins |Ralph |Short |
| 2010
|Spit | |
| 2010
|Andy Chirensky | |
| 2010
|Sheeps and Wolves |Wolf |Short |
| 2010
|Billy | |
| 2010
|The Black Belle |Rodney Eastman | |
| 2010
|Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy |Himself |Documentary |
| 2012
|Eric | |
| 2013
|By the Time You Read This |Driver | |
| 2014
|Camouflage |Galvin | |
| 2016
|Foreign Land |Mr. James | |
| 2016
|Hoax |The Man |Short |
| 2017
|Sable |Andres | |
| 2019
|Getting the Kinks Out |Harold | |
| Unreleased
|William Froste |Phillip Ciarelli | |
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1986
|Uncredited |Episode: "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" (3.02) |
| 1987
|Kevin |Episode: "Parents' Day" (3.21) |
| 1987
|Eric Kendall |Episode: "Fathers and Sons" (1.19) |
| 1988
|Boy #1 |Episode: "Sam's Car" (5.01) |
| 1989
|Derek |Episode: "Clicks" (1.09) |
| 1989
|Steve Cabell |Episode: "Curse of the Corn People" (3.07) |
| 1989
|Eric McGinn |Episode: "Dancing in the Dark" (3.05) |
| 1990
|Teenager |Episode: "The Big Race" (1.19) |
| 1990
|Richey Littlefield |Episode: "Pilot" (1.01) |
| 1989-
1990 |Bobby Nijinsji / Danny Holland |2 episodes (4.25, 5.23) |
| 1990
|Richard Stoltz |2 episodes (#1.1, #1.5) |
| 1991
|Jimmy Joe Trout |Episode: "A Walk on the Dark Side" (2.02) |
| 1993
| |Episode: "The Miller Extortion" (2.11) |
| 1993
|J.J. |Episodes: "Endangered Species" (2.07) |
| 1994
|Kiron Maray |Episode: "The War Prayer" (1.07) |
| 1994
|Craig |Episode: "Cassie's Choice" (1.05) |
| 1994
|Jeff Delagre |Episode: "Fatal Paradise" (11.07) |
| 1995
|Ryan Harrison |Episodes: "'Til Death Do Us Part" (1.08) |
| 1995
|Greg |Episode: "The Big Sleep Over" (1.12) |
| 1993-1995
|Jimmy Stevens / Ben |2 episodes (1.05, 3.02) |
| 1996
|ER |Fredd |Episode: "The Match Game" (2.17) |
| 1996
|Byron |Episode: "The Dream Masters" (3.05) |
| 1996
|Trike |Episode: "God's Mistake" (5.05) |
| 1996
|Mike Jensen |Episode: "Bad Apple" (1.04) |
| 1997
|Sammael |Episode: "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" (1.19) |
| 1997
|Miles |Episode: "Lost and Found" (3.01) |
| 1998
|Dave |Episode: "Separation Anxiety" (5.02) |
| 1999
|Ricky G. |4 episodes |
| 2000
|Tommy |Episode: "The Man with Two Right Shoes" (7.03) |
| 2000
| |Episode: "Surprise Party" (1.05) |
| 2000
|Ronald Purnell |Episode: "Invocation" (8.05) |
| 2001
| |Episode: "The Price" (1.01) |
| 2001
|Jimmy Swain |Episode: "The Crawford Touch" (1.12) |
| 2003
|Billy |2 episodes (1.03, 1.04) |
| 2004
|Jack |Episode: "K" (1.06) |
| 2006
|Clark Kranen |Episode: "Super Men" (2.19) |
| 2006
|Arthur Pool - 1945 |Episode: "The Hen House" (3.21) |
| 2006
|Charlie Davis |Episode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again" (1.07) |
| 2007
|Homeless Guy |Episode: "In Sickness & in Health" (6.14) |
| 2007
|Carl Sperry |Episode: "Keep Your Damn Wings Off My Nephew" (1.04) |
| 2007
|Cane |Dan |2 episodes (1.01, 1,08) |
| 2007
|Stephen Foley |Episode: "Birthright" (3.11) |
| 2009
|Grady McBride |Episode: "Chameleon" (7.15) |
| 2009
|Lee Skelling |Episode: "Carnelian, Inc." (1.17) |
| 2009
|Monk |Del Johnston |Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes Camping" (8.12) |
| 2010
|Mo Monee |Episode: "She Works Hard for the Money" (1.04) |
| 2011
|Mars O'Connell |Episode: "Fun with Chemistry" (1.07) |
| 2011
|Gale Carson |Episode: "Revisions" (1.05) |
| 2011
|Ricky Duval |Episode: "The Memories in the Shallow Grave" (7.01) |
| 2013
|NCIS |Wendell Kraiser |Episode: "Alibi" (11.8) |
| 2014
|Creeley Dorn |Episode: "Wanted Man" (3.05) |
| 2001,
2015 |Jacob Warren / Keith Driscoll |2 episodes (2.10, 15.14) |
| 2015
|Ambient |Striker | |
| 2015
|Jimmie Ray Easton |Episode: "Rage" (6.20) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0247672|name=Rodney Eastman}}
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Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Male actors from Montreal
Category:People from Montebello, California
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