Dan Speaker is considered by many to be one of the world's foremost experts in the art of sword fighting for the motion picture industry. Born into a military family, Dan spent his early years traveling from country to country and from one military base to the next. He developed an early fascination with swords, martial arts and the sport of fencing, which in his teens he began to apply to a new interest, the theater. (He also rode horses and played the Highland bagpipe, but that's another story.) Getting serious about this new interest, he attended the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, earning a Diploma in Dramatic Arts and a Fencing Coach's credential. Returning to the States, he was working in regional theater as an actor and fight choreographer when he met his wife to be, dancer turned swords woman Jan Bryant. Together they moved to Hollywood where they created a school, the Academy of Theatrical Combat, and established a unique method of teaching and choreographing the art of sword fighting. Working with top stunt coordinators in Hollywood, they quickly learned to put together much more than just sword fighting, and began to coordinate and perform entire action sequences for major movies and television. Now, together with their partner Kim Turney they teach the art of combat to actors and stunt people, continue to coordinate action, perform stunts, sword fight, and occasionally do a bit of acting.
It all started when Dan took the stage as a Grandpa in a school production at aged 9. Then he moved onto doing Shelley Berman imitations at his Bar Mitzvah. Oh, then let's not forget a temple production of Man of La Mancha, in which he portrayed Don Quixote (the shortest Cervantes on record). During one performance, one of his 2 inch heels fell off, along with half of his beard. Yet he gamely continued singing and limping, all the while swiping his hands across his face in an attempt to re-adhere the darned thing. Now that's perseverance- something he learned from his Dad. So it was of course ironic that when he finally turned pro, after all those years playing mature gentleman, that he would end up playing teenage juvenile delinquents while he was well into his 20's. Now that he genuinely has matured, physically and otherwise, he's much happier playing villains (Hacker), and nasty dictators (Napoleon in Le Jeu Des Soldats and Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture). It's great being able to get up in the morning and not have to put white out under the eyes to look 17 in Happy Days. Dan believes that acting is a noble profession, especially in that moment of magical connection between the actor and the audience. And that is why he loves doing it for its own sake, for its own intrinsic value. He also maintains a strong commitment to his family, for when the chips are down, they are the ones you can truly rely on.
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