Stark Sands

Stark Sands (born September 30, 1978) is an American actor of film, television and theatre. Sands was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where he began acting on the stage at age 13 at Highland Park High School. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Southern California. During his four years in the intense conservatory program, he appeared in more than a dozen plays and musicals, including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Pippin and Guys and Dolls. Sands' professional career began immediately after graduation. He has been seen as a recurring love interest to the angst-ridden teen, Claire Fischer (Lauren Ambrose), on HBO's critically acclaimed series, Six Feet Under and has co-starred in Me and Daphne, a short film directed by Rebecca Gayheart and produced by Brett Ratner. He has also co-starred in the independent film, Pack of Dogs (2002), directed by Ian Kessner. Sands made his feature film debut opposite Natasha Lyonne and Jason Priestly in Die Mommie Die (2003), an adaptation of Charles Busch's play. He also has a co-starring role in the major motion picture, Shall We Dance, with Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. In 2007, he received a Tony nomination for featured actor in a play for his role in the Broadway revival of Journey's End. Sands also participated in the 7-episode HBO miniseries Generation Kill about the 2003 Iraq invasion, airing during the summer of 2008. From May 2, 2008 until June 8, 2008, he performed the role of Alex in A Seagull in the Hamptons at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey From June 25 to July 12, 2009, Sands joined the production of Shakespeare In The Park: Twelfth Night, featuring with Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald, and Raul Esparza. Sands had a chance to perform in a brand new professional musical, Bonnie and Clyde as title character, Clyde Barrow from November 23 to December 20 in La Jolla Playhouse, CA. Sands is taking over the role of Tunny in the Broadway production of American Idiot. The role was previously played by Matt Caplan. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.