Jordan Prentice (born January 30, 1973) is a Canadian actor. A self-described "person of short stature",
he is known for his portrayal of Rock in ''
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' and Jimmy in ''
In Bruges'', and for appearing in the music videos for
Vengaboys' "
Shalala Lala
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" and
The Bloodhound Gang's "
The Bad Touch." He was also one of the actors to play ''
Howard the Duck''. He is the lead actor in
Toronto Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
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, Eric Woolfe's ''Revenger's Medicine Show'' which is currently in development by Eldritch Theatre.
Prentice developed an interest in acting when he was a child and was a member of the Young Players from the Drama Program, Department of English at the
University of Western Ontario. Later he attended
École Alexandra, the ''Module scolaire de langue française'' at
London Central Secondary School and
Dalhousie University
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. He was 13 when he played in ''
Howard the Duck''.
Prentice appeared on British television in a series of nine commercials for British radio station
Absolute Radio
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History
1993–1997: Virg ...
, with
DJ Christian O'Connell, as Doug, the station's new music-mad
security guard
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with attitude.
He currently resides in
Montreal,
Quebec.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
Jordan Prenticeat Northernstars.ca
1973 births
Living people
20th-century Canadian male actors
21st-century Canadian male actors
Actors with dwarfism
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Male actors from London, Ontario
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