Lance Norris (born August 9, 1962) is an American actor/writer/director/stand-up comic/critic/mentalist.

Life and career

Norris was born in Des Moines, Iowa and attended Whitman College where he was a wrestler and rugby player. He also attended Emerson College where he wrestled under US Team Coach Jim Peckham He has appeared in the movies [[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]] [[Glory (film)|Glory]] [[Be Cool]]and [[With Honors]] was Wackford Squeers in the West Coast premiere of the 8 and half hour long play [[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]] and he played a SWAT team leader on an episode of the Fox Broadcasting Company TV series Against The Law Norris co-hosted a morning show for Boston s WBCN (FM) and WZLX for almost 20 years. He collected some of his radio scripts as the book Ask A Bitter Man He was also a consultant for the short-lived Mike OMalley Show on NBC and submitted material for the Emmy Award nominated Politically Incorrect with Bill Maheron Comedy Central and [[Saturday Night Live]]s Weekend Update on NBC. He was listed as a Contributing Editor in one issue of the [[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]] in 1994. Norris has written a number of plays including 8 Gr8 D8sand JWL. and has registered over 100 songs with Old Boston Publishing (Broadcast Music Incorporated and Dutchco Music (BMI). From the IMDB: Lance Norris lives the life a country gentleman on the coast of Massachusetts. After shattering his kneecap during a bar fight scene in the movie The Mouse Norris writes and does voice work for Charles Laquidaras morning radio show from his home studio, on WZLX in Boston. He also writes an occasional joke for P.I with Bill Maherand articles for magazines like Entertainment Weeklyand Musician Norris is also the author of two joke books and a former Contributing Editor to National Lampoon A multi-talented musician, Norris is active in the local Boston music scene and is credited with writing over 100 songs on BMI. As of 1998, only one CD of his works remains in print. He can also be seen in music videos by Stevie Nicks, Milli Vanilli, The Stools and Keel, and the random TV commercial. Norris is an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts and a former cultural lecturer at the Chengdu University of Science and Technology in the Peoples Republic of China Norris lives on the coast, south of Boston in Marshfield, Massachusetts with his wife Amy and their four children. As of 2006 he was teaching acting workshops at Maura Tighe Casting in Boston, MA and is available as a mentalist for corporate events. He is also the Boston, MA area theatre critic for playshakespeare.com (the internets largest free resource for William Shakespeare and sits on the board of directors for the Plymouth Independent Film Festival His band, Lance Norris and The Dog Track Gravy, are currently active in the Northeast college and club market.

Televised performances

*[[20/20]](November 26, 2001) *[[Saturday Night Live]](1994) *[[Americas Funniest People]] (October 17, 1993) *[[Politically Incorrect]](1994) *The Mike O’Malley Show(1999) *Against The Law(1990) *The Movie Loft(2001)

Feature films

* [[The Zookeeper]](2010 in film * [[The Invention of Lying]](2009 in film * [[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]](2003 in film * [[Anathema (film)|Anathema]](2003 in film * [[No Sleep]](2005) * [[Be Cool]](2004) * [[The Mouse]](1996 in film * [[With Honors]](1994 in film * [[Glory (film)|Glory]](1989)

Discography

*Meat The Stools(1989) *[[Sophomore Slump]](1990) *Khaki(1990) *Soft as a Grape(1991) *The Unplayable Lie(1992) *X-mas With The Stools(1994) *All of Maos Good Little Children Sing The Songs of Lance Norris (1995) *Draconian Messures(1998) *Nine Inch Jails(2000) *Samples- A Musical Ouvre-View of The Stools(2004) *Untraditionally Handsome(2010)

Collected work

* Ask A Bitter Man Vol. 1“, 1992, Dutchco Press. ISBN 1-4116-2646-X * ve Seen Better Film on the Teeth of Wolverines, 2007. Dutchco Press. ISBN 978-0-6151-5938-6 ==See also== *[[Derren Brown]] *[[Pseudoscience]] *[[True-believer syndrome]] == External links == *{{imdb name|0635847}} *[http://lancenorris.webs.com/ Official Web Site] *[http://www.reverbnation.com/lancenorrisandthedogtrackgravy/ Dog Track Gravy] *[http://www.slatecast.com/lancenorris Talent profile of Lance Norris on SlateCast.com] *[http://www.matchflick.com/columnist/1/ Weekly Column at MatchFlick.com] *[http://playshakespeare.com/ Playshakespeare.com] *[http://www.plyfilmfest.org/ Plymouth Indie Film Festival Home Page] {{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Lance}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Actors from Massachusetts]] [[Category:American comedians]] [[Category:American comedy writers]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Emerson College alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Des Moines, Iowa]] [[Category:Whitman College alumni]] [[Category:Writers from Massachusetts]] [[ja:マックス・メイビン]]

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