1. Personal life

2. Career
    "The Room"  Later work and appearances 

3. References

4. External links

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Greg Sestero (born July 15, 1978) is a French-American actor and model. He is best known for his role as Mark in the 2003 cult film The Room.

Personal life

Sestero was born in Walnut Creek, California and grew up in Danville, California. He is of French and American descent with dual citizenships, and speaks both French and English.^[1] During his freshman year of high school, Sestero wrote a screenplay, a sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone, with a leading role for himself opposite actor Macaulay Culkin. Sestero submitted the screenplay to Hughes Productions and received a commendatory letter from the late 1980's icon John Hughes.^[2]

During his junior year of high school Sestero began modeling, working in locations such as Milan and Paris for designers such as Giorgio Armani and Gian Franco Ferre, and many others. He then returned to America to focus on acting, enrolling in the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California. Sestero eventually signed on with Hollywood agent Iris Burton, which prompted his eventual move to Los Angeles, California.

Sestero continues to make his residence in southern California.^[3]

Career

Sestero's early acting work included minor roles in the television show Nash Bridges, and the films Gattaca (1997) and Patch Adams (1998). In 1999, Sestero was cast as the lead in Retro Puppet Master which was filmed in Romania. He followed this with a recurring role on the television soap opera Days of our Lives.^[1]

"The Room"

Sestero's best known role to date is as Mark, the best friend to Tommy Wiseau's Johnny in the cult film The Room, released in 2003.

Sestero met Wiseau at an acting class in 1998, and the two became friends. Wiseau promised the actor that if he was able to raise the funds to make a film, he would cast Sestero as his co-star; Sestero arrived on set to work behind the scenes and helped Wiseau with auditions and casting, but when the original actor who was cast as Mark left, Sestero stepped in. Sestero has said that he made the film assuming no one would see it and that it would go direct to video.^[2][4]

The film was immediately lambasted by critics and fared very poorly at the box office as well. Ross Morin, an assistant professor of film studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, called it "the Citizen Kane of bad movies" and Entertainment Weekly referred to Wiseau as "the Orson Welles of crap."^[5]

Despite the poor showing Sestero remained friends with Wiseau and typically deflected much of the criticism of the movie. For example, in one interview when asked about one of the movie's many plot holes, the sudden disappearance of the character "Peter" who is seemingly replaced by the character "Steve" without any explanation, Sestero responds, "We were going to add in that character Steven, but once Peter left, he kind of took over. Peter had other clients he had to tend to as a psychologist, so he couldn’t be at the party. [Laughs.]"^[6][3]

The movie quickly began to receive attention from audience members because of its poor production values rather than in spite of them; it soon became a "cult classic" with late-night showings at theaters around the country. Audience members typically arrive wearing wigs resembling their favorite characters, interact with the dialogue on screen, and throw plastic cutlery and footballs around the theater. This attention grew into what was dubbed The Room's 2010-2011 "Love is Blind" International Tour, with the movie being screened in not just the U.S. but also in the the U.K, Germany, Denmark, and India, among other locations. Sestero appears at many of these events, posing for photographs with fans and often addressing them before the screenings as well.^[7]

Sestero continues his ties to the movie and stated in an October 2010 interview that he has been approached about writing a book about the experience, inviting audience members to contact him with questions they would like to see addressed.^[6]

Later work and appearances

Sestero had a part in the short-lived television series Fashion House (2006), opposite actress Bo Derek. He then had an uncredited role in Accepted also in 2006. In 2009 he appeared in an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum and in the movie Alien Presence.^[1]

In 2010, Sestero appeared in Miranda Lambert's music video "White Liar" which won the Country Music Television and the Academy of Country Music award for best video and song of the year; the video was also nominated for best video at the 2010 Country Music Association awards.

In July 2010, Sestero was featured in a 5-second film End Zone directed by Michael Rousselet, one of The Rooms original fans that helped propel the movie to cult status.^[5][8] Sestero then teamed up with NYC comedians Jason Saenz, Nick Turner, and Travis Irvine for a sketch comedy video in which Sestero turned into the "new" Jason Saenz via jaw surgery.^[9] He also continues to model and has appeared in ads for Tommy Hilfiger, Armani, and Ralph Lauren, among others.^[3]

The July 2010 edition of Diablo Magazine voted Sestero, along with others incuding Carlos Santana and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, as The Best of the East Bay Stars and Standouts.^[10]

References

External links

• Greg Sestero at the Internet Movie Database
• Greg Sestero on Facebook

• 2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
• 2001 Time 100
• 2001 Tim Henman tennis season
• 2001 Tokyo Verdy 1969 season
• 2001 Toledo Rockets football team
• 2001 Tonga Club Championship
• 2001 Tonga rugby union tour of Great Britain
• 2001 Tonies
• 2001 Tony Awards
• 2001 Tonys
• 2001 Torneo di Viareggio
• 2001 Torneo Godo
• 2001 Torneo Godo – Singles
• 2001 Torneo Godó
• 2001 Torneo Godó - Singles
• 2001 Torneo Godó – Singles
• 2001 Toyota Cup
• 2001 Trans-Am Series
• 2001 Trophee des Champions
• 2001 Trophée des champions
• 2001 Trophée des Champions
• 2001 Tulane Green Wave football team
• 2001 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
• 2001 Tuvalu A-Division
• 2001 UCF Golden Knights football team