Caspar Poyck is an American actor of Dutch descent [1]. He was born in Sittard in the Netherlands, the son of a yoga-teacher and jazz-trombone player and vocalist, Noël Poyck (died 1986), and Nanny, who became a yoga teacher after her husband's death. Caspar and his brother Maarten grew up in Geleen, where the family moved soon after his birth. Caspar started his entertainment career as a drummer and later singer in various rock-bands. Garnering some success playing at the Limelight Club in London and recording for BBC Radio 1, he then travelled across the United States and settled in Los Angeles. Years of producing and directing television, taking acting classes and world travel filled his first decade in the U.S., and he never auditioned for any acting work. This all changed at the beginning of 2003 when he travelled to the Middle East and Africa. In South Africa he landed the Mailman character in the Warner Bros. film "Racing Stripes". October 27, 2006, will bring the release of "Color of the Cross", his latest film. With the release of the much delayed Brad Pitt film "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" Caspar appears as Jesse James in The History Channel's one hour special "The Plot to Kill Jesse James" and in stores on DVD in ".
References
- ^ Caspar Poyck at the Internet Movie Database
