Brandon Hardesty

Brandon Hardesty was born in Baltimore MD on April 13th 1987 He attended Baltimore Lutheran School and in his 6th year he was asked by his English teacher to be in the school play He performed in two plays The Crucible and George Washington Slept Here After graduating he attended Stevenson University and Towson University majoring in film In 2006 when YouTube first gained popularity Hardesty made videos in his parents basement The videos depicted Hardesty reenacting his favorite scenes from movies They quickly grew in popularity and in 2007 Hardesty had one of his videos featured in a Geico commercial In late 2007 Hardesty was contacted by a film producer who had seen one of his videos He asked him to audition for an independent film Bart Got A Room starring William H Macy and Cheryl Hines Hardesty got the part and subsequently got representation In early 2008 Hardesty made five consecutive appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live featuring his own reenactments of the five Best Picture nominees that year After that stayed on the east coast and worked in a grocery store until he got a lead role in American Pie Presents The Book Of Love as well as a supporting role in Bucky Larson Born To Be A Star Hardesty has lived bicoastally in Los Angeles CA and Baltimore MD ever since He continues to make YouTube videos but his focus has mostly been on auditioning for roles in feature films and television shows