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TRENT                                                                                                                   His parents divorced when he was   Trent performed in plays and sang   Trent decided to take his acting ca reer


                                                                                                                                  young and when his father stopped   in  singing  group  in  high  school   seriously and moved to  New  York
          WALKER’S                                                                                                                paying child support his mother went   and col lege and in his second year   where he studied acting with some

                                                                                                                                                                     at the University of Tennessee he was
                                                                                                                                  to work as a sales clerk in a drug sto-
                                                                                                                                                                                                       of the greats including Uta Ha-
                                                                                                                                  re to make ends meet.              discovered by  a talent scout from   gen and Sandy Dennis. After some
                                                                                                                                                                     Elite Models in Dallas Texas who
                                                                                                                                                                                                       off  Broadway  plays  and  a  recurring
          STAR                                                                                                                    Trent learned at an early age that   offered  him  a  chance  to  beco me   ro le  on  “One  Life  to  Live”  he  moved
                                                                                                                                  if  he  wanted  new  school  clothes
                                                                                                                                                                                                       to  Los  Angeles  to  pursue  a  career
                                                                                                                                                                     a  mo del.  Trent  auditioned  and  got
                                                                                                                                  or  to  ta ke  a  date  to  a  school  dan­  cast  as  a  Singing  Cowboy  at  Six  Flag   in film and television.
          CONTINUES                                                                                                               ce,  he’d  have  to  make  some  extra   over  Texas  in  Arlington  while  he  put   Hollywood took notice of his ta lent
                                                                                                                                                                     together his modeling portfolio.
                                                                                                                                  money.  He  mowed  lawns,  opened
                                                                                                                                  a snack stand after school, delivered   It  didn’t  take  long  for  his  modeling   and  cast  him  in  some  of  his  most
          TO SHINE                                                                                                                phone books, and became a master   career to take off because on his third   memorable  first film roles including
                                                                                                                                                                     day in Texas he landed a Dr. Pepper
                                                                                                                                  at having yard sales.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Rebel Prisoner  “fighting  for  his
                                                                                                                                                                                                       seems  to  be  your  Boogle?”  Guard
                                                                                                                                  Since he had an  interest  in  per for-  campaign.                   rats”  in  “Gettysburg” and the  “What
                                                                                                                                  ming,  he’d  often  gather  up  friends   Soon he’d be appearing in ads for Ni­  in “Demolition Man”.
                                                                                                                                  from  school  or  neigh bor  kids   ke, Ocean Pacific, Frito Lay, Samsoni te,
                                                                                                                                  to  be  in  ta lent  shows  and  produc­  Neiman Marcus, Calvin Klein, and just   More television and  films roles
                                                                                                                                  tions he staged in the fa mily garage.   about every department store you   followed in titles such as  “Gods
                                                                                                                                                                     can think of.                     and Generals”, “The Expert”, “Su perHigh,”
          The Cannes  Film  Awards recently  named  Trent                                                                         Trent was inspired by Dolly Parton                                   “Threads” and recently out on Ama zon
                                                                                           Photo Exact Digital:                   and thought  “Dolly  had  less  than   After  a  few  years of  modeling  Trent   Prime “Alone Wolf.” Due out later this
          “Best  American  Actor” for his  role  as Hank                                        Andy Rooney                       we do, so if she can make it, so can I”.   moved  to Nashville  where  he wor-  year are “Sorry Wrong Text”, “Autumn”

                                                                                                                                  So,  with  the  power  of  positive  thin­  ked in the music business, appeared   and his new web series “Twisted Brot-
          in the short film “Hank & Holly Meow”. He is not only                                                                   king and visualizing what he wanted   in  Re ba  McEntire’s  video  “Sun-  hers”.  His  short  film  “Hank  &  Holly
                                                                                                                                  in  li fe  he  got  to  work  on  his  dream   day  Kind  of  Love”  and became a ta-  Meow” can be viewed on his YouTube
          one of the film’s stars he also wrote the screenp­                                                                      of  becoming  a  professional  singer   lent agent. One of agencies clients   channel  as  well  as  many  other  clips

                                                                                                                                  and actor.                         happened  to  be  Reese  Witherspoon   from his tv and movie roles.
          lay which has won a “Best Screenwriting Award”                                                                                                             and  he  found  himself  in  acting  class
                                                                                                                                                                     doing scene work with Faith Hill.   Critics have called Trent  “Poig-
          and “Best Romantic Comedy Award” from the “Blu­                                                                                                                                              nant!”  —  Variety,  “Classic”  —  Di­

                                                                                                                                                                                                       ver sions,  “Fascinating”  —  The  Daily
          Hill Film Festival” and has been recognized by ma-                                                                                                                                           Beacon,  and  LA  Weekly  says,  “Trent
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Walker is white trashtastic”.
          ny other top film festivals around the world.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       Trent also continues to sing
                                                                                                                                                                                                       and wri te music. His first album
                                                                                                                                                                                                       “Absolutely”  can be found on iTunes
                                                                                                                                                                                                       and  he  is  currently  in  the  studio
                                                                                                                                                                                                       finishing his second album.
              rent’s  currently  web  series   Trent is also an accomp lis hed sin-  Hollywood took notice

         T “Gay  bors,”  available  to  watch   ger/songwriter  and  has  just  re­                                                                                                                    Trent in an example of what hard
          on YouTube, is now on its second sea­  leased a new single “Don’t Let The Cat   of his talent and cast                                                                                       work,  determination  and  gratitude
          son and has been the winner of “10   Out.”  with an animated music video                                                  MUA: Kishihara Sachie                                              can do. He has never shied away from
                                                                                                                                    @mua_sachie
          Best TV/Web Se ries Awards” inclu-  available  to  watch  on  his  YouTube   him in some of his most                                                                                         sticking  to  his  dream  and  he  belie­
          ding  the  “Hong Kong Indie Fes tival,”   channel.  Trent  grew  up  in  Tennes­                                          Art Jewelry: ZooLina Art by PAVEL                                  ves  in  showing  up,  doing  his  best
          “Mumbai  Internatio nal  Film  Awards,”   see with dreams of singing and acting   memorable first film                    @zoolinaart                                                        and enjoying the ride along the way.
          and the “Indo French Inter national Film   for a living and even as a kid he knew
          Festival” to na me a few.         he’d  never  work  in  a  nor mal  ni ne   roles including
                                            to five job.
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