The Portrait Cast
Hayley MacLaughiln (Moira Arronax)
Hayley is a Scottish born and bred actress with many theatre credits in the U.K., as well as Los Angeles. Hayley moved over to warmer climates back in 2008 to study her passion in more depth at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, where she graduated 7 months ago with an Associate of the Arts Degree. She is keen to bring together her experiences in life and work to launch a career in the Sunshine; she has a deep rooted desire to connnect truthfully, bringing a character to life in her own unique way. Hayley has loved being part of this wonderful film and enjoyed bringing a taste of the U.K. over here.
Joseph Steven (Auction Manager)
Joseph Steven hails from Chicago and studied acting, advertising, and film at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and, Children’s Theatre Workshop with Roman Tymchyshyn. His first performance was in Man of La Mancha. The Chicago International Film Festival awarded him an
honorable mention for Afterthoughts, a film short. In Hollywood, his look and craft land him character actor and ‘real guy’ roles such as the quirky next door neighbor, detectives, butlers, stalkers, and sometimes nut cases. In his 10 year tenure, Joseph has appeared on the big, little, and web screens in: Star Trek (2009, with Eric Bana), Wanda at Large
(with Wanda Sykes), The District (opposite Ernest Borgnine), Pirates 2 (with Orlando Bloom), award-winning La Première (with James Earl Jones) and The Last Days of Toussaint L’Ouverture (both, as [fluent]
Frenchmen), K-Pax (with Kevin Spacey), Galaxy Quest (with Sigourney Weaver); plus indies Oblivious, The Fourth Horseman, Mariah Everyday Ordinarily, Anguish, Light Showers, Pawn, the web series Beverly Hills Salon, and most recently in Cup O’ Joe premiering at The 168 Project Film Festival, among others.
Extras
Constable Jimmy..............................................................................................................Josh Ryan
Constable Timmy...........................................................................................................Eric Prince
Constable Edwin.....................................................................................................Timothy Koziol
Brothel Prostitute......................................................................................................Taylor Larson
Brothel/Morgue Prostitute..............................................................................Britainne Pedersen
Murdered Prostitute.................................................................................................Natasha Koziol
Auction House Bookkeeper...........................................................................................Hunter Ney
Moira Stand-Ins.....................................................................................Anna Mullins, Jordan Tuin
Hugh Stand-In.........................................................................................Alexander "Kozlov" Koziol
Doctor Pumford.......................................................................................................................Ty Tuin
Lawrence Duff (Inspector Dupin)
Lawrence Duff grew up in
the Los Angeles area and has been a musician for most of his life, and later
studied voice. After moving to Santa Barbara he was cast in the Santa Barbara
Civic Light Opera's production of Fiddler On The Roof and added to his love of
music the love of theatre and acting. He went on to perform in many musical and
non-musical theatre productions in the Santa Barbara and Ventura. Some theatre
credits include Petruchio in The Taming Of The Shrew, Bob Cratchett in the musical A Christmas Carol (Granada Theatre), Doc Porter in Crimes Of The Heart, Brian
in The Shadow Box, and Teddy Lloyd in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. He also pursued acting on camera in
many lead and supporting roles in student and independent films, some TV and a Verizon commercial. He can be seen
currently in two shows running on the History
Channel; as Christopher Columbus
in The Garden Of Eden, and as the
scholar W. Evans Wentz in the The Tibetan Book Of The Dead.
Scott Roberts (Hugh Dodgson)
Recently seen in the Odyssey Theatre's production of
Bedroom Farce and currently in the
SXSW award-winning AFI film Equestrian
Sexual Response. Other Los Angeles theatre includes My Antonia (Rubicon/ PRTE), The
Rainmaker (A Noise Within),
Hamlet (A Noise Within), The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (Odyssey), How the Other Half Loves (Odyssey), The Taming of the Shrew (LA Shakespeare Co.) and First Monday in October (Odyssey). Off-Broadway he has worked in productions of Hurlyburly (Maddox Theatre), Beyond Therapy (Bank St.), O'Neill's Now You Ask Me (Provincetown Playhouse), Pride's Crossing (T. Schreiber), and North of Providence (Bleecker St.). Scott is a graduate of the Actors Studio MFA program.
Hamlet (A Noise Within), The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (Odyssey), How the Other Half Loves (Odyssey), The Taming of the Shrew (LA Shakespeare Co.) and First Monday in October (Odyssey). Off-Broadway he has worked in productions of Hurlyburly (Maddox Theatre), Beyond Therapy (Bank St.), O'Neill's Now You Ask Me (Provincetown Playhouse), Pride's Crossing (T. Schreiber), and North of Providence (Bleecker St.). Scott is a graduate of the Actors Studio MFA program.
Raffi Barsoumian (Dorian Gray)
Raffi Barsoumian grew up in Los Angeles. He moved to the east coast to study acting at Carnegie Mellon University where he received his BFA. With a passion for theatre he has worked for several classical theatre companies and toured up and down the east coast. He has studied with the Moscow Art Theatre School and been an International Fellow with the Globe in London. He most recently completed the two year program of study at the Jacques Lecoq School for Physical Theatre in Paris, France. He is happy to be back in LA and working in film!
