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Sina Amedson

So it's a rock fight you want, eh?

About Me



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I have been acting since 2000. I started doing improv comedy shortly thereafter and then began stand up after I turned 21 in 2003.

If you want to see a show, check my calendar and subscribe to my blog. I keep those two things updated with all my info. If you'd like to see me in movies, look under the MOVIES section on the left side of my page.

I think I can get along with just about anybody, so please come hang out with me after the shows. I love meeting new people.

Let's ride this thing till the wheels fall off.
-Sina Amedson.

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My Interests

Having fun. Working. In that order.

Categories of fun: Doing shows, making movies, writing, making people laugh, watching tv, reading books, Googling myself (it sounds grosser than it is), camping, going to shows and watching movies.

Categories of work: Everything I have to do to make the above things possible. Sometimes there’s some overlap...that’s when it feels like I did something right.

I'd like to meet:

All the people I swore I'd never forget along the way that I can't remember anymore.

All you people that borrowed stuff (or money) and never gave it back and then I forgot to ask. I'm looking at all you 'free lunchers' out there too. You've committed the perfect crime because I have the memory of an old prizefighter well into the Autumn of his years.

But also just good "Salt of the earth" people. People that make life worth living and give you hope for humanity.

People with good stories. I'd love to hear your philosophies on life.

...And maybe a girl who isn't completely nuts. Wouldn't that be nice for a change? :)

Music:

I'll start off by making the cliche statement that I like all music.

With that out of the way...The last few albums I've bought are:

John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
Elvis Costello - The Very Best Of...
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold!
Aesop Rock - Labor Days and None Shall Pass
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Pulp Fiction Soundtrack
The Forrest Gump Soundtrack
The Essential Bob Dylan Collection
Pearl Jam - RearviewMirror
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Like Bad News
Queen - Greatest Hits
The Departed Soundtrack
A Tribute to Elliott Smith
Look at All The Love We've Found: A Tribute to Sublime
Bradley and Friends: Acoustic Sublime
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (Special Edition)
Hezekiah - Hurry Up and Wait

Movies:

I have acted in a few feature films. Some have premiered, a few are still in post production...If you ever want to know what's going on with my film career click on this link:
Sina Amedson's IMDb page.
These are posters for films I've worked on in some way. In order of their release (Newest to Oldest). Click on the pictures to go to their websites.
More to come!
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THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES:
V for Vendetta
Blood Diamond
The Pursuit of Happyness is one of the most motivationa and moving stories I've ever seen.
Stand By Me...that movie means more to me now than it did when I was a kid...and that's saying a lot.
Some movies just needed to be made...Crash was one of those films. It completely blew me away. It's one of my favorite movies right now.
Sin City
Hero
The Aristocrats
The City of God.
Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, 4 Rooms, Kill Bill.
Fight Club.
American Beauty.
Matrix.
Comedian.
Requiem For a Dream.
PI.
Jim Carrey's movies.
All of Adam Sandler's films.
All of Will Ferrell's films.
Garden State.
Good Will Hunting.
Boondock Saints.
The Usual Suspects.
Things to do in Denver when you're Dead.
Van Wilder.
Major Payne.
Bad Santa.
The whole American Pie series.
Young Guns I and II
Angus is one of my favorite movies of all time.
The Never Ending Story.
GOONIES!!!
Ferris Beuller's Day Off.
Gladiator.
SCARFACE.
Rebound (the HBO original) changed my life.
Magnolia.
The Breakfast Club.
Punch Drunk Love.
Memento.
The Princess Bride.
Apollo 13 and Forrest Gump and just about everything that Tom Hanks has touched.
I could go on forever, I love tons of shitty movies too. I think it's fair to say I just love to lose myself in any movie.

Television:

In Living Color, The Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead and Married with Children have probably influenced me the most from my childhood.

I also loved the whole TGIF line up:
Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets World, Mr. Belvedere, Small Wonder, Out of this World, Saved By The Bell and cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tiny Toons, Gummy Bears, Tailspin and Duck Tales (ooh oop!).

My current favorites also include:
Seinfeld
Family Guy
Southpark
Futurama
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
American Dad
King of the Hill
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Office
Human Giant

Books:

Gasping for Airtime -- Jay Mohr
The Brief History of the Dead -- Kevin Brockmeier
Born Standing Up -- Steve Martin
Hey Rube -- Hunter S. Thompson
Fight Club -- Chuck Palahniuk
Stranger Than Fiction -- Chuck Palahniuk
Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff -- I Killed...True Stories From The Road
Chris Gardner -- Pursuit of Happyness
David Sedaris -- Holidays on Ice
Lois Lowry -- The Giver
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Martin Gardner -- AHA!
Mark Twain -- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and just about everything else he's written.
Brian Jacques -- The whole REDWALL series.
All of Shel Silverstein's poems and books

Heroes:

First and foremost:
Nolan Trenton Beesley (RIP 2002) and the whole Beesley family. Thank you guys for everything. I owe you so much that words can't explain it.
Also:
Trenton James
My mom, my stepdad and my uncles (aka my real dads)
Bill Hicks
Robert Nesta Marley
Tupac Amaru Shakur (RIP 1996)
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"Good friends we've had, and good friends we've lost, along the way...but in this great future, you can't forget your past...So dry your tears, I say...This is for my peeps who've passed away." -Bob Marley
REST IN PEACE FOREVER to all my friends that have passed over the past years. I dedicate every ounce of my success to your memories and to all the great memories you've provided me with!
YOU ARE ALL AMONG MY MOST HONORED FRIENDS AND WILL BE FOREVER! I WANT TO USE THIS PART OF MY PROFILE TO SAY THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU...

  • NOLAN TRENTON BEESLEY - Dec 14, 2002 (The best days of my life were spent with you. I owe you everything. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you)

  • JAVAD "AGHAJOON" DEZHAM (My beloved grandpa who taught me to fear no man. I don't fear life or death because of you)

  • GABE JONES (The toughest and nicest guy I'll probably ever know. I still can't drive by your house or hang out in your basement. I still cry thinking about you)

  • TIMOTHY ODIN LAMOREAUX - April 14, 2005 (A great comic, friend and inspiration. Remember hanging out after shows and when you'd come over from AA to say hi to me and Trent? I dedicate a lot of my comedic success to you. I still laugh when I think of your head bleeding from the microphone...you were the best)

  • KENDALLEE THORNTON - (You were one of the sweetest girls I've ever known. I'm sorry I wasn't around for the last few years. I never stopped thinking about you.)

  • KEN OLSON (I'll never forget our Goodwill Hunting scene. You were so nice to me on Mickey Fish and no matter what we were doing)

  • DITTY BENNION (I'll never forget our chat in the car while driving you home)

  • DAVID STARR - July 4, 2004 (I still haven't burned any copies of Memories for anyone because you asked me not to)

  • AARON PADILLA (Sorry for making fun of you listening to N'Sync...you were a really nice guy and good friend)

  • RYAN PERRY - June 25, 2005 (Wanna match bowls? Miss you man)

  • DAVEY KOPTA (I still remember seeing you at Coffee Break...that memory haunts me. You told me everything was going good...)

  • PHIL GATES - Jan 6, 2005 (We sat in your Tahoe while I talked you down on mushrooms...then I saw you again at Demitri's and you told me you were getting your life together...I had so much hope and love for you man)

  • KALEB KOURNKOVEN (Your smile)

  • CHELSEA ANDERSON - Nov. 26, 2005 (I never thought you wouldn't be around anymore...I should've spent more time getting to know you. You seemed so sweet...I can't think of that comedy club without thinking of you)

  • Joyce Morgan - September 28th, 2007 (I had some awesome memories with you when we were kids. I have missed you for the last ten years and now I wish I would've told you that sooner)

  • ROXY ADLE - October 2006 (The best dog I could have ever asked for.)

    • ...Thank you guys for always looking out for me. I'll see all of you on the other side. I carry you all with me everywhere I go in my memories. :-)
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    These men are both influences and heroes in my life...both the professional and the personal sides of my life.
    By clicking on any of the pictures below, you will be taken to their websites.
    Trenton James. Star of Pirates of the Great Salt Lake and my best friend. He's also the star of the Trenton James Show, has a good part in Blind Guy Driving and is a regular cast member of the internationally recognized improv troupe, Comedy Sportz He is probably the sole reason I am an actor and comedian today. I would've quit a long time ago if not for him. He's my Obi Wan. Click the picture to be taken to Trent's MySpace page.
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    You have opened my eyes and made me understand the world in so many ways that I feel like I can never fully thank you. I look at comedy and life differently because of your philosophies. Thank you very much and I'll see you on the other side.
    What you and did for the world of comedy will never be duplicated. You have enriched my life as well as many others. Thank you for the great times and all the laughs. You will be missed.

    My Blog

    Wikipedia Challenge

    Hey All!First off, I've been meaning to post a blog saying thank you to all of you who read my blog.  I have lots of subscribers (way more than I thought I would) and my views just hit 15,000 thi...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:55:00 PST

    Johnny Appleseed

    I haven't put too much time into making this idea funny, well thought out or anything along those lines but I had a realization the other day about our old folk story of Johnny Appleseed.We know that ...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:26:00 PST

    Are you curious?

    Many of you congratulated me on my ambitious list of New Year’s Resolutions (Blog titled 2008).  I thank you all for your support thus far and figured that a progress report is about due si...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:40:00 PST

    Life as I know it - A response to Lynn

    I love people-watching.  We’re all such fascinating folks.  I think older people are more interesting than younger people because the younger you are the more group-minded you are.&nbs...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:35:00 PST

    2008 (Will be updated as necessary)

    New Year's Resolutions, Goals and Hopes 2008   Get to California, join SAG, and get established. No more living in the past.  Your past doesn't dictate your life now.  Don't dwell on...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:36:00 PST

    We made the cut!

    Thanks for all your votes!  Our video made the top 12...all we have to do now is get into the top 6 and we get to go to LA to pitch our show to the executives at Fox!  They will choose 2 sho...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:55:00 PST

    Reflecting back on old days.

    I used to listen to this song as a kid and wonder what it would be like to get older.  I haven't heard it in forever and listening to it made me smile thinking about how much I'm different now th...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:00 PST

    Greyhound

    I wrote some notes down after taking the Greyhound bus from Salt Lake to Minneapolis with the hopes of looking back on them at some point and expanding on the little ideas to make a blog worth reading...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:34:00 PST

    Ugh...

    Somebody kill me.I can't seem to avoid sabotaging relationships before they start.  I think it's just engrained in my psyche.   I either go for girls that are nothing but chaos to begin...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:44:00 PST

    What have I been up to???

    Nothing good really.  Just working and partying a little too hard.  But somewhere in there I happened to actually get something worthwhile done.  Go figure.I've been working on a short ...
    Posted by Sina Amedson on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:21:00 PST