Chicago's Thurmond Allen Jr. -Aspiring Person of the Week

Thurmond moved to Philadelphia pursuing a career in Modeling and Acting. Soon appearing in his first film as a flamboyant hairstylist/blinddater in" Relasume: The Relationship Resume" Directed by David L. Powell III. Next was background artist work on the Oscar nominated "The Silver Linings Playbook" being like a sponge onset. Taking tips from Directors, Actors and Producers. Thurmond began self-teaching himself the basic principles of Acting through books, videos and auditions. Later Thurmond had a featured role on "Inside Pocket", directed by Will Smith's cousin, Derrick Hammond. Thurmond headlined the traveling Dinner Theatre play "A Wedding To Die For" by The Wild Thyme Players.Thurmond landed himself in more fashion shows, events, movies, tv shows, commercials, webseries, music videos and plays. He started even casting for films and fashion shows. Later starting to write and direct projects. Thurmond wrote and directed "Cicily Street: The Last Puppeteer of Mel-mo"

Thurmond Allen Jr.is a Film, Television, Web, Commercial, Theatre Actor, Fashion Model and much more.
http://www.talentandskills.com/ThurmondAllenJr
 

Thurmond has previously modeled in the Menzfit 4th Annual Celebrity Fashion Show and Gala sponsored by Brooks Brothers Sept.2011 and the Delaware County SPCA "Rescued On The Runway" Fashion Show Fundraiser March 2012. Thurmond has roles in upcoming feature films:"Relasume:The Relationship Resume" as the Hairstylist/Dater,Background on "The Silver Linings Playbook" as a Dance Competition Spectator and Dinner Guest and the film is starring Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles and Directed by David O' Russell, "Inside Pocket" as a Pool Hall Gambler/Club Dancer/Gangster)He is nicely featured in "The North Star" Produced by Actor/Producer Clifton Powell who performs as Mr.Lee and in a scene with Frederick Douglass(Actor Keith David) and was Keith David's Stand-In and in a scene with Actress Lynn Whitfield who plays Ms.Grace. He helped cast and acted as Mouse the sidekick of Blacktrick in the comedic short film "St.Blacktrick" Project 21's 21 day Short Filmmaking Competiton 2012. This is pretty impressive for anyone. Just another day's
work for Thurmond.  I tracked him down for 7 questions.

1). What do you do when you're not working or practicing your craft? "I relax with family and friends but usually, I'm always working. I like going to movies and networking. Most of the time I am business minded."

2). Who is the person whose artistic style style you would emulate if you could and why? "Denzel Washington. His performances are commanding and he carries a movie."

3).What's your ultimate career goal? "Right now I'm a method actor. I ultimately want to be working in many areas of movies, television, commercials, webseries and plays."

4). What is the hippest city you have ever been in? "NYC. New York is so vibrant and alive 24/7. The city has a loner's edge to it too."


5). You appear to play several roles behind the camera. Which one do you enjoy the most and why? "Directing. I can give life a vivid perspective according to my vision of the story."

6). What was the last book that you read? The Scriptures of Yahweh(The Bible)

7). What quote inspires you? "I can sleep when I die."

I want to thank Thurmond for taking the time to do this. He is my first follower that I selected as the aspiring person of the week. Thurmond
has an impressive body of work.

Thurmond has an upcoming projection that will premiere on Comcast
Direct TV called the "Death Chronicles". I 'll be revisiting him in the coming months.

Thurmond can be followed on Twitter at @ThurmondAllenJr.
friend him on Facebook.com as Thurmond Allen Jr
He can be contacted at tjnow2000@gmail.com
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