Andras Jones (born August 12, 1968) is an American television and film actor, author, and musician. He has participated in the bands The Previous and Mr. Jones and The Previous, as well as under his own name.[1][2] Jones is the creator and host of Radio8Ball, a musical divination show in which participants' questions are answered by picking songs at random and interpreting the randomly chosen songs as the answer to the question.[3][4] In 1989 Jones was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Horror or Mystery Motion Picture for his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, but lost to Lukas Haas's performance in Lady in White.[5]
Jones is the author of Accidental Initiations: In The Kabbalistic Tree Of Olympia and contributed a chapter to The Sync Book - Volume 1, both for Sync Book Press.[3]
His maternal grandfather was electrical engineer Louis Smullin.[6]
Filmography
Films
- 1988 Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama as Calvin[7][8][9]
- 1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master as Rick Johnson[10][11]
- 1989 Far From Home as Jimmy Reed[12]
- 1990 Tripwire as Rick DeForest
- 1992 The Prom as Marty
- 1992 Averills Ankommon as Averill[13]
- 1994 Every Breath as Good Looking Man
- 1995 The Demolitionist as Daniel Dupre
- 1997 Hurricane Festival as Nick The Magician[14]
- 2001 The Attic Expeditions as Trevor Blackburn[15][16]
- 2011 Every Day Is a Journey as Anthony "Antonious" Scrotner
Television
- 1989 Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1 episode) as Deke Simmons
- 1990 Alien Nation (1 episode) as Noah Ramsey
Video games
- 1992 Night Trap as Jeff Martin[17]
Discography
As Andras Jones
- Albums
- A Curmudgeon For All Seasons (2000)[18]
- All You Get (2019)
- EPs
- Cold '98 (1998)
- Religious '99 (2000)
- Complicated '00 (2001)
With The Previous
- Albums
- The Wrong Side Of Town (1989)
- Porch Music (1990)
- UnPop… (1997)
- Singles
- "Fast Forvard" (2017)[19]
With the Boon
- The Boon (1988)
Other albums
- Mr. Jones & The Hard Feelings (1995)
- Mr. Jones & the Fascists: In Search of the Hundredth Monkey (1992)
- The Transfused (2000)
- Andy Shmushkin: Total F**cking Bullsh*t (2003)
- Andy Dick: The Darkest Day of The Year (2009)
References
- ↑ "Where in the Horror are they Now? Andras Jones!". JoBlo.com. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ Billboard Dec 16, 1995 (Continental Drift section). Billboard Dec 16, 1995. 1995-12-16. p. 18.
- 1 2 "The Arrow interviews...Andras Jones!". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "The Oracle of the Airwaves". NPR: All Things Considered. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "10th Annual Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "44Andras Jones"Three Day Weekend"7 of Wands (Valour) | Radio8Ball".
- ↑ "Awfully Good: Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama + Mortal Kombat 2". JoBlo.com. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988) (review)". Cinema Crazed. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "LITTLE MISS RISK'S DUNGEON!: SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA (1988)". Daily Grindhouse. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) Movie Review". BeyondHollywood.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "DVD Verdict Review - Far From Home". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ Tobin, Yann (July 1992). "Averills Ankommen (article)". Positif - Revue mensuelle de cinéma: 77. ProQuest 894023564.
- ↑ Lorber, Daniel (1998-08-03). "Review: 'Hurricane Festival'". Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ Eisner, Ken (17 August 2001). "The Attic Expeditions". Variety. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "The Attic Expeditions - Horror Movie Reviews". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ Russell, Jamie (April 24, 2012). "The Origins of Night Trap: An Excerpt from Generation Xbox (Page 2)". Gamasutra. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Curmudgeon for All Seasons (star rating)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ↑ "Fast Forward". bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.