College of Charleston alumnus Johnny Wactor '09 is an actor, best known for GoldenBox (2011), Siberia (2013) and Menthol (2014). At the College, he double majored in business administration and Spanish. Hesitant to pursue a degree in fine arts initially due to seeing so many poor, struggling actors, he eventually auditioned for, and won, a small role on the TV show "Army Wives." He began taking acting lessons on the side and continued to audition for small indie roles, finally landing two more roles on "Army Wives" which led to his meeting actor Paul Wesley ("Vampire Diaries"). Paul's encouragement and advice about acting was enough to inspire Johnny to continue pursuing his dream. Johnny finished his degrees and packed his bags for Los Angeles in the fall of 2009 and quickly delved into professional training at Elizabeth Mestnick's Acting Studio where he studied Meisner.
One of the things Wactor loves about acting is being able to do anything -- as a kid he dreamed of many careers including as an athlete. He was an accomplished swimmer and throughout high school he won numerous individual state titles, national rankings, All--American status and led his high school male swim team to its first team state title as team captain.
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