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Tait attended ] where he played on the ]'s ] team and was the team's leading scorer..<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=4 Alemany High Players Kicked Off Team | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 8, 1992 | newspaper= ] | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-08/sports/sp-1692_1_alemany-high-players | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref> Because of his high school basketball experience, Tait was subsequently cast as a teen basketball player in ]. As Tait explained in a recent interview: "I started doing extra work in high school. I knew I wanted to perform, but was clueless about how to make it into a career. I got a job at Universal Studios playing Frankenstein and performing in shows, then got a manager right out of high school. I was an All Star basketball player so she sent me on basketball commercials, which quickly got me in to ], and I made a living doing basketball commercials in the early years while I was honing my acting skills."<ref name=Inkless1>. Inkless Magazine. 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012</ref> Tait attended ] where he played on the ]'s ] team and was the team's leading scorer for at least part of his ], the 1992-1993 season.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=4 Alemany High Players Kicked Off Team | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 8, 1992 | newspaper= ] | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-08/sports/sp-1692_1_alemany-high-players | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref><ref name=LATimes2 /> Tait was suspended for a game as a junior in Janaury 1992 for fighting and sat out one game the next year as a senior because of his behavior at a girls basketball game.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elling, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One |date=February 2, 1992| url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-02/sports/sp-1838_1_notre-dame-high/2 | accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref><ref name=LATimes /><ref name=LATimes2>{{cite news|title=Thousand Oaks Tournament: Foster Twins, Thousand Oaks Dismantle Oxnard, 89-36 | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 11, 1992 | newspaper= Los Angeles Times | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-11/sports/sp-1867_1_thousand-oaks | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref> In December 1990, as a ], Tait "broke both wrists by punching a brick wall during a shoot-around practice".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=December 19, 1990 | title=Agoura Needs Points From Other Sources |authors=Leech, Paige A., Brian Murphy and Jeff Riley|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-19/sports/sp-6136_1_agoura-high |accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref> Because of his high school basketball experience, Tait was subsequently cast as a teen basketball player in ]. As Tait explained in a recent interview: "I started doing extra work in high school. I knew I wanted to perform, but was clueless about how to make it into a career. I got a job at Universal Studios playing Frankenstein and performing in shows, then got a manager right out of high school. I was an All Star basketball player so she sent me on basketball commercials, which quickly got me in to ], and I made a living doing basketball commercials in the early years while I was honing my acting skills."<ref name=Inkless1>. Inkless Magazine. 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012</ref>


== Creature character roles == == Creature character roles ==

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For other people named Douglas Tait, see Douglas Tait (disambiguation).
Douglas Tait
BornDouglas Tait
Occupation(s)Film actor
Television actor
Independent filmmaker
Stuntman
WebsiteOfficial website


Douglas Tait is an American actor, stuntman and independent filmmaker. Tait played “monster” and creature characters in Star Trek, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Thor, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Land of the Lost.

Early life

Tait attended Alemany High School where he played on the high school's basketball team and was the team's leading scorer for at least part of his senior year, the 1992-1993 season. Tait was suspended for a game as a junior in Janaury 1992 for fighting and sat out one game the next year as a senior because of his behavior at a girls basketball game. In December 1990, as a sophomore, Tait "broke both wrists by punching a brick wall during a shoot-around practice". Because of his high school basketball experience, Tait was subsequently cast as a teen basketball player in television commercials. As Tait explained in a recent interview: "I started doing extra work in high school. I knew I wanted to perform, but was clueless about how to make it into a career. I got a job at Universal Studios playing Frankenstein and performing in shows, then got a manager right out of high school. I was an All Star basketball player so she sent me on basketball commercials, which quickly got me in to S.A.G., and I made a living doing basketball commercials in the early years while I was honing my acting skills."

Creature character roles

Tait's first creature character role was at age 16, when he was hired to perform as "Frankenstein" in the live stage shows at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Tait later played creature characters in film. He was one of three individuals who played the role of a "Zorgon" in Jon Favreau’s Zathura. He also played the role of "Abominog" in The Knights of Badassdom and a "Frost Giant" in Thor. Tait also played "Head Sleestak" in Land of the Lost and the "Long Face Bar Alien" in J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek.

In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt ensemble for the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture".

Independent film work

Tait was executive producer, along with Isabel Cueva, of "In The Name of Freedom", a short film that appeared at the 14th Annual LA Shorts Fest in 2010. It was also an Official Selection of HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival. The film was the winner in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival. It also won in the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010 CINE Film and Video Competition.

Tait starred alongside Sally Kirkland and Tony Todd in, and was also producer of, the independent film One by One: Death's Door which, as re-titled Jack The Reaper, was picked up for distribution by American World Pictures. Tait also acted in the independent film, The Season.

References

  1. Garrett, Tommy Lightfoot, Douglas Tait’s Happy Halloween To You, An Exclusive Highlight Hollywood. October 28, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  2. Garrett, Tommy (September 19, 2010). "This Week In Hollywoodland". Canyon News. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  3. Garrett, Tommy (June 19, 2011). "Hollywood's Famous And Special Fathers". Canyon News. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. Movies & TV. Douglas Tait. About This Person. New York Times 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Jeff (December 8, 1992). "4 Alemany High Players Kicked Off Team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ Fletcher, Jeff (December 11, 1992). "Thousand Oaks Tournament: Foster Twins, Thousand Oaks Dismantle Oxnard, 89-36". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. Elling, Steve (February 2, 1992). "Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. "Agoura Needs Points From Other Sources". Los Angeles Times. December 19, 1990. Retrieved 2012-5-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  9. Behind The Mask with Douglas Tait. Inkless Magazine. 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012
  10. ^ Garrett, Tommy (September 3, 2010). "Douglas Tait, A Man Of Many Faces". Canyon News. Retrieved 2012-5-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. Zathura(2005)- Cast & Crew Yahoo Movies. 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012
  12. Intervista a Douglas Tait - Thor Movie Comics. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2012
  13. "The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. Retrieved 2012-5-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. In the Name of Freedom: Isabel Cueva Latinola! LatinoCities, Inc, 1999-2011. Retrieved March 15, 2012
  15. LA Shorts Fest. LA Shorts Fest 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  16. IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival. 2010 Retrieved March 15, 2012
  17. Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  18. In The Name of Freedom Movie. 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  19. Fall 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients Cine 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2012
  20. "AFM 2010: Knock Knock! American World Pictures Scores One by One: Death's Door". Dread Central. November 8, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2012. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check |first= value (help)
  21. Powers, Tom (November 11, 2010). "American World Picks Up 'One By One'". Cinefantastique. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  22. Gingold, Michael (November 9, 2010). "American World is at "DEATH'S DOOR"". Fangoria.
  23. Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film. Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland. Hollywood Reporter. November 18, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2012
  24. NYIFF official announcement: The Season New York International Independent Film & Video Festival April 8, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012

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