Miscellaneous Actors

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LGBT For Hillary Extravaganza featuring Ruben Kihuen with special guest Jesse Tyler Ferguson, North Las Vegas Office, 3925 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., North Las Vegas, Nevada 89032, October 17, 2016

Edited conversation between Gig and Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Gig: Modern Family is my favorite show on television.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Thank you

Gig: And congratulations on your 5 consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. I mean nominations. (Jesse was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Thank you

Gig: I remember you when you were on the television show Do Not Disturb

Jesse Tyler Ferguson: (Dropped his head, making a sad face and then said something about the show not being very good and being short lived)

Gig: No, not the show. I thought you were great and I looked forward to seeing you again in another show.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Thank you

Gig wanted to ask Jesse about his connection to dance since he has been a frequent judge on the television show So You Think You Can Dance, but there were many people there that wanted to meet Jesse and Gig was the second person to speak with him and get a photo.

If Gig writes a book he said he might include an additional detail about his meeting with Jesse.

Gig’s timing and location were perfect. When Gig was parked in his car in the parking lot, Jesse, Justin Mikita his husband and another gentlemen backed into the parking spot in front of Gig. It must have been the personal vehicle of one of the three due to the age of the vehicle and California license plate. Jesse exited the vehicle from the front passenger seat and his husband from the rear while the friend exited the driver’s seat. Just after the three exited their Jeep, Gig exited his vehicle and followed behind them into the event which was an LGBT office conducting a phone bank for the Democrat ticket and specifically for Hillary Clinton for President and State Congressman Ruben Kihuen (D-NV) for U.S. Congress. Jesse was scheduled to make an appearance as a special guest.

Gig was hoping to meet State Senator Ruben Kihuen (D-NV) too at the event but left after meeting Jesse. Gig was introduced to Ruben’s sister on September 27, 2016 in downtown Las Vegas, as she was heading to a fund raiser for her brother which she invited Gig to attend.

Gig has three indirect connections to the television show Modern Family through other actors.

1- Television show Bosch, December 12, 2014, on-set Gig met and filmed with Lanette Fugit, a SAG/AFTRA actress that read for the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the TV show Modern Family, which is one of Gig’s all-time favorite TV shows. The role eventually went to Sofia Vergara who became the highest paid female actress on television. During Gig’s filming on Bosch, Gig and this actress were suppose to be miming their conversation but actually quietly conversed with one another during the entire shoot. Gig was also on-set with Lanette on the filming of the movie War Dogs.

2- Feature film Hangover III, October 28 and 29, 2012, Gig filmed with a SAG/AFTRA actor from California who had a background role on a Halloween episode of Modern Family. While on-set of the Hangover III movie filming the actor showed Gig photos he had of him with the cast of Modern Family while in Halloween costumes. The actor also asked Gig to be in a movie he was writing, directing and filming in Los Angeles, California, but Gig did not follow through.

3- Gig auditioned for the same part as another actor who had a guest role on Modern Family. October 27, 2015 Gig auditioned for a co-starring role on Andrew Dice Clay’s http://www.andrewdiceclay.com/ new television show for 20th Century Fox. The part Gig auditioned for was Lee: Male, All Ethnicities, late 40’s-50’s. He is the pit boss / floor manager at a Las Vegas casino, a low-key, easygoing type and longtime friend of Dice, willing to spot him a huge marker…CO-STAR ROLE

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Donnie Wahlberg, Gig Schmidt and Jenny McCarthy, CES 2016, January 7, 2016

Donnie Wahlberg (Donald Edmond “Donnie” Wahlberg, Jr.) is an American singer, actor, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block.

Jenny McCarthy (Jennifer Ann “Jenny” McCarthy) is an American model, television host, comedienne, actress, author, screenwriter and anti-vaccine activist.

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 7, 2016

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LL Cool J and Gig Schmidt, January 8, 2013

LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), rapper, entrepreneur and actor

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 8, 2013

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Gig Schmidt and Andy Dick, CES 2012, LV Convention Center, Jan 12, 2012

Andrew “Andy” Dick, an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC’s NewsRadio. He briefly had his own program, The Andy Dick Show on MTV, and he is also noted for his outlandish behavior from a number of Comedy Central Roasts,

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 12, 2012

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Greg Grunberg and Gig Schmidt, CES 2012, LV Convention Center, Jan 11, 2012

Gregory Phillip “Greg” Grunberg, an American television actor. He is best known for starring as Matt Parkman on the NBC television series Heroes. Also the Founder of the mobile application Yowza

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 12, 2012

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Wayne Brady, Emmy award winner and Grammy nominated actor, singer, had a show on the Las Vegas Strip and well known for his work on the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?,

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 11, 2012

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Randy “The Natural” & “Captain America” Couture, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1330276/

6’1″ 205 lbs – 225 lbs 47 yo (June 22, 1963) 19-10, UFC Hall of Fame member, 5 time UFC champion (3 time heavyweight champion and 2 time light heavyweight champion) , first of only 2 UFC champions to simultaneously hold belts in 2 weight classes, actor in movies such as The Expendables series starting in (2010) with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke, Affliction Clothing. A store employee said to Gig that she was frightened because the face off “looked so real”.

Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 5, 2011

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Michael Gerard “Iron Mike” Tyson, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005512/

5′ 11 1/2″ fought at approximately 220 lbs 44 yo, born in Brooklyn, NY June 30, 1966, 50 wins (44 by KO), 6 losses, 0 draws and 2 no contests, youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history at 20 years of age, first heavyweight to hold WBA, WBC and IBF titles simultaneously, actor such as in the movies Rocky Balboa, The Hangover and more.

Gig was on set with Mike in December 2005 for the movie Rocky Balboa. When Gig and Mike met on January 9, 2013 Mike told Gig that he was currently reading a book about Gig’s “Uncle” Jersey Joe Walcott the former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world.

Painted With Oil Store, Miracle Mile Shops, Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 16, 2010.

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As a background actor Gig has been on-set and filmed with many actors and notables such as the following: The year listed is the date Gig was actually on set with the actor or notable, not the date of the release of the project- followed by the name of the project.

Sylvester Stallone (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Frank Stallone (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Geraldine Hughes (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Mike Tyson (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Antonio Tarver (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Michael Buffer (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Joe Cortez (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Larry Merchant (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Jim Lampley (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Max Kellerman (2005- Rocky Balboa)

Michael Douglas (2012- Behind The Candelabra, and 2012- Last Vegas)

Matt Damon (2012- Behind The Candelabra and 2016- Jason Bourne)