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TEAGUE IS A FIRM
                                                                              BELIEVER IN ELEVATING
                                                                              DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
                                                                              IN FILM AND EPISODIC
                                                                              STORIES, PARTICULARLY
                                                                              FOR FEMALE AND
                                                                              UNDERREPRESENTED
                                                                              PEOPLE'S VOICE


                                                                              A big opportunity came his way as a
                                                                              featured "Carney" in American Horror
                                                                              Story - Freak Show. With multiple days
                                                                              needed on set for nearly six months, it was
                                                                              a "real" job. Opportunities to work on
                                                                              more episodic sets in New Orleans such as
                                                                              NCIS: New Orleans, Zoo, Quarry, Queen
                                                                              Sugar, Roots (remake in Baton Rouge) and
                                                                              Your Honor, as well as major features such
                                                                              as The Big Short, The Magnificent Seven,
                                                                              Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and Get Out.
                                                                              He earned SAG eligibility by doing
                                                                              voiceover on the Interactive Video Game,
                                                                              Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2017.

                                                                              When COVID came along in 2020 before
                                                                              there were vaccines, Teague shifted his
                                                                              focus from acting back to writing. He was
                                                                              hired to rewrite a feature screenplay about
                                                                              a racial injustice event in 1960s Mississippi
                                                                              that is presently being shopped by the
                                                                              producer as well as finish some projects
                                                                              that had lain fallow while he was focused
                                                                              on auditioning and acting. Possessing
                                                                              rudimentary graphics skills, he also
                                                                              created lookbook pitch decks for them as
                                                                              well. Teague is a firm believer in elevating
                                                                              diversity and inclusion in film and
                                                                              episodic stories, particularly for female
                                                                              and underrepresented people's voices
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