Bill Oberst Jr.

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Birthday:

21 November 1965, USA

Height:

175 cm

Known for a Daytime Emmy Award-winning performance in "Take This Lollipop" and a ratings-winning role on CBS-TV's "Criminal Minds," Bill Oberst Jr. is an American actor whose real-life gentleness and interest in things spiritual are at odds with his often macabre screen persona.The premiere of the "Blood Relations" episode of CBS-TV's "Criminal Minds," in which Oberst debuted his deformed killer character (guest starring with Adrienne Barbeau and Tobin Bell) was that evening's most-watched television program. CBS included Oberst's character in their list of "Criminal Minds' 14 Most Notorious Serial Killers." The character remains one of only a handful of uncaptured "Criminal Minds" killers.He is perhaps most widely-known internationally as the face of director Jason Zada's "Take This Lollipop," awarded a Daytime Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the category of New Approaches-Daytime Entertainment. Oberst has been seen by over 100 million viewers worldwide as an online stalker in the interactive application for Facebook users.His individual award wins include a 2014 Best Actor Award at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, a 2015 Best Actor Award at Chicago Horror Film Festival, a 2015 Best Actor Award at the Biloxi Fear Fete Film Festival, a 2015 Best Actor Award at the Dallas Twisted Tails Film Festival, a 2014 Best Actor Award at San Diego's FANtastic Horror Film Festival, a 2014 Best Actor Award at Housecore Horror Film Festival, a 2104 Best Actor Award at the Tucson Terrorfest, a 2014 Best Actor Award at Los Angeles ZedFest Film Festival, a 2013 Best Actor Award at Pollygrind Film Festival, a 2012 Best Actor Award at Shockfest Film Festival, a 2012 Golden Cobb Award for Best Rising B-Movie Actor, a 2012 Baddest Villain Award at ZedFest Film Festival Los Angeles, a 2013 Monstey Award for Great Historical Monster Moments and a 2015 Best Actor Award at the Ontario Fright Night Theatre Film Festival.His shared awards include a 2013 International Critics Award at the Deauville Film Festival, a 2014 Best Narrative Feature Award at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, a 2013 Audience Award at Phoenix Film Festival, a 2013 Audience Award at New Orleans Film Festival, a 2013 Copper Wing Award at Phoenix Film Festival, a 2013 Best Feature Award at Unreal Film Festival, a 2013 Narrative Feature Award at Pollygrind Film Festival, a 2012 Shocker Award for Best Feature at Shockfest Film Festival, a 2012 Best Ensemble Acting Award from Sacramento Horror Film Festival, a 2012 Best Ensemble Acting Award from Phoenix Film Festival and a 2016 Director's Award at the Boston Underground Film Festival.Ron Chaney, the great-grandson of Lon Chaney, presented Oberst with the Lon Chaney Award For Outstanding Achievement In Independent Horror Films at the 2014 FANtastic Horror Film Festival in San Diego. His theatrical reading of Ray Bradbury's novella "Pillar Of Fire" won an Ernest Kearney Platinum Award for its Los Angeles debut and was named Best Solo Show Of Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015 in the Best Of Los Angeles Theater 2015 roundup at Bitter-Lemons.com Show less «

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My sympathies have always been with the monster.

Jesus is the most durable and resilient figure in history. Had he not existed, I doubt we would have had the guts to imagine him.

My personal theory is that fear of death accounts for most of the real horror in the world; the cruelty, the coldness of heart, the emptines...Show more »

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