Craig Chester

Acting

Craig Chester

Born

1965-11-08 (60)

Place of birth

West Covina, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Craig Chester (born November 8, 1965 in West Covina, California) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his performances in independent films in the 1990s, starting with his debut in Swoon (1992), which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination. After appearing in several more independent films, he took a break from acting and wrote the autobiographical Why the Long Face?: The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor (2003). The title refers to the congenital disorder long face syndrome, which Craig was diagnosed with when he was eleven years old and required years of surgery to correct. Chester's most recent projects are t…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 8 titles

The Anniversary Party poster
5.6

While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close friends, some colleagues and their next door neighbors in a party. Under the effect of Ecstasy, revelations are disclosed and relationships deteriorate among the group.

The Anniversary Party

2001

Adam & Steve poster
5.4

Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.

Adam & Steve

2005

Circuit poster
5.8

The hunky John is a closeted small-town cop who moves to L.A., where he is quickly seduced into the gay life of workouts and dusk-to-dawn parties. With actual circuit party footage and mounds of glistening and chiseled flesh, the pulsating Circuit is bound to get your juices flowing.

Circuit

2001

Anonymous poster
4.1

A man finds himself homeless after a fight with his significant other.

Anonymous

2004

Boys Life 4 poster
4.5

Four sexy groundbreaking gay short films of lust, love, libidos, and liberation. Includes L.T.R. (2002); O Beautiful (2002); Bumping Heads (2002); and This Car Up (2003).

Boys Life 4

2003

Bumping Heads poster
4.4

Craig is an older, average-looking man who isn't handling aging well. Gary is a hot, blond young stud at the center of attention. They literally bump heads one night, and become best friends. But Craig wants to be boyfriends, while Gary has other issues. They work things out (somewhat) during a night in the emergency room.

Bumping Heads

2002

All Star poster
NR

13 short films and videos by internationally acclaimed underground filmmaker Todd Verow spanning the years 1989-2005.

All Star

2009

Ex-Votos poster
0.8

An ex-junkie, ex-stripper, demolition derby driving bartender who has finally settled down, tries to get her on the run girlfriend to stay with her. An East Coast woman who's marriage of 34 years has abruptly ended, goes to Hollywood to try to reconcile with her estranged daughter and her own abandoned dreams. Two guys celebrate their ten year anniversary by imagining ways they might have met and how they might eventually break up. A washed-up B-movie extra, who's star on the walk of fame has been somehow 'misplaced' years ago, befriends a punk rock girl whose boyfriend has just ditched her and his guitar.

Ex-Votos

2003

1990s · 10 titles

I Shot Andy Warhol poster
6.2

The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "SCUM" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he repeatedly ignored her. So she shot him.

I Shot Andy Warhol

1996

Out of Darkness poster
9.0

A paranoid schizophrenic woman finds treatment to her mental illness after 18 years of suffering.

Out of Darkness

1994

Kiss Me, Guido poster
5.0

When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren, who's in desperate need of this month's rent.

Kiss Me, Guido

1997

Just One Time poster
4.8

When the fiancé of a fireman reluctantly agrees to participate in a ménage à trois with another woman, she does so on the condition that he reciprocate the favor with another man, which ultimately puts their impending marriage in jeopardy.

Just One Time

1999

The Misadventures of Margaret poster
5.1

A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel. With encouragement from her sister and a bi-sexual friend, she goes to France with the intent of doing research at an inn where a diary she had been using documented erotic encounters. Instead she finds the inn is now a cloister for singing nuns. However, a young, divorced sound engineer is also there taping the nuns. While attracted, she mostly succumbs only to new fantasies until he follows her home to New York.

The Misadventures of Margaret

1998

Frisk poster
4.2

A first person narrative of the exploits of a gay serial killer in deeply disturbing, controversial drama about violence, sexuality, and the imagination. Dennis, the main character, whose lead we follow on this path between what is real and what we can only hope is surreal. His friends attempt to determine if he's truly a psychopath.

Frisk

1996

Swoon poster
5.7

Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy.

Swoon

1992

Grief poster
4.6

A campy chronicle of the lusts and loves of the men and women who work on a low-rent TV show called, "The Love Judge."

Grief

1994

David Searching poster
5.6

The story of a young gay man's search to find himself. David is a young, gay aspiring documentary filmmaker and takes his first tentative steps towards his adult life. His roommate, Gwen, after ending a mysterious marriage, is looking for stability. Together they try to manoeuvre their way through New York on a search for happiness. Instead, they find bad dates, worse job interviews and bizarre sexual encounters.

David Searching

1997

Shucking the Curve poster
4.6

Suzanne Fountain moves to NYC and plummets headlong into a twisted wonderland.

Shucking the Curve

1998

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