Andras Jones (born August 12, 1968) is an American television and film
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
, author, and musician. He has participated in the bands The Previous and Mr. Jones and The Previous, as well as under his own name. 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.
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
''Lady in White'' is a 1988 American supernatural horror mystery film directed, produced, written and scored by Frank LaLoggia, and starring Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, and Katherine Helmond. Set in 1962 upstate New York, it follo ...
''.
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
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. His uncle was sculptor
Frank Smullin
Frank Mayer Smullin (10 March 1943 – 14 November 1983) was an American sculptor known for pioneering computer-aided methods in art and for his large welded tubular sculptures.
Biography
Frank Smullin was born on 10 March 1943 to Ruth (Frankel) ...
.
Filmography
Films
* 1988 ''
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
''Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' (also known as ''The Imp'') is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by David DeCoteau, loosely based on the classic short story "The Monkey's Paw". Notable for scream queens Linnea Quigley, ...
'' as Calvin
* 1988 ''
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'' as Rick Johnson
* 1989 ''
Far From Home'' as Jimmy Reed
* 1990 ''
Tripwire
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Military applications
Such tripwires may be attached to one or more minesespecially fragme ...
'' as Rick DeForest
* 1992 ''The Prom'' as Marty
* 1992 ''
Averills Ankommon'' as Averill
* 1994 ''Every Breath'' as Good Looking Man
* 1995 ''
The Demolitionist
''The Demolitionist'' is a 1995 American science fiction action horror film directed by Robert Kurtzman. The film stars Nicole Eggert, Richard Grieco, Bruce Abbott, Heather Langenkamp, Susan Tyrrell and Tom Savini.
Plot
A murdered female poli ...
'' as Daniel Dupre
* 1997 ''Hurricane Festival'' as Nick The Magician
* 2001 ''
The Attic Expeditions'' as Trevor Blackburn
* 2011 ''Every Day Is a Journey'' as Anthony "Antonious" Scrotner
Television
* 1989 ''
Good Morning, Miss Bliss
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'' (1 episode) as Deke Simmons
* 1990 ''
Alien Nation
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'' (1 episode) as Noah Ramsey
Video games
* 1992 ''
Night Trap
''Night Trap'' is a 1992 interactive movie developed by Digital Pictures and published by Sega for the Sega CD. Presented primarily through full-motion video (FMV), ''Night Trap'' has the player observe teenage girls having a sleepover visitin ...
'' as Jeff Martin
Discography
As Andras Jones
;Albums
*''A Curmudgeon For All Seasons'' (2000)
*''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
*"Fast Forvard" (2017)
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
External links
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1968 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male songwriters
Male actors from California
Musicians from California
Living people
Songwriters from California