Hendrix Yancey

Hendrix is a private student of John’s who has been coaching with him for years! Her growth in the craft has been tremendous, and she has booked roles in Showtime’s George and Tammy, Netflix’s Unbelievable, and more notably, can be seen as 013 in Stranger Things and Jan Broberg in Peacock’s acclaimed series A Friend of the Family. We could not be prouder!

Reyn Doi

Reyn is a comedic genius who came to us after an agent recommendation. He not only took classes and private coaching, but rocked our Sketch Comedy Workshop. He became a breakout from the film Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar and can be seen in shows including Nickelodeon's Drama Club, Side Hustle, and Netflix’s That 90’s Show.

Jacob M Wade

From good ol’ Oklahoma, Jacob started private coaching with us in 2018. He then frequently attended our classes and workshops including our Episodic Prep, Sketch Comedy Workshop, and Camp Hollywood. We were ecstatic to hear that the film Minari, in which he plays the friend of the lead, was not only a Sundance selection, but was also an Oscar nominee for Best Picture! Jacob can also be seen in...

Dallas Dupree Young

After wrapping his role as Stuart on Nickeleodeon’s Cousins for Life, Dallas attended our classes to refine his skills. He can be seen in shows like Sydney to the Max, 911, and most notably as the character Kenny Payne in the popular Netflix show Cobra Kai.

Orli Gottesman

A Florida native, Orli and her sister Arielle first worked with John in Miami in 2016. Afterwards, she attended our Camp Hollywood twice as well as private coaching. Orli can be seen in movies including Adeline and 1-800-Hot-Nite as well as Paramount+’s acclaimed series Yellowstone.

Jake Satow

Originally from Ohio, we met Jake through his agent in 2017. He frequently attended our classes, specialty workshops including Episodic Prep and Sketch Comedy Workshop, and our Camp Hollywood! You can see him in Hulu’s The Dropout as Amanda Seyfried’s younger brother and the films Adeline and AMC+’s Saving Christmas.

Walker Scobell

The Power of Partnership! Thank you Casting Director Paul Weber for recommending Walker Scobell to our PILOT PREP workshop in 2019. Walker had a great performance and was highly sought after, with our friend April Baker from Stagecoach Entertainment launching Walker’s career in tandem with A3 Artists. You can catch Walker as the younger version of Ryan Reynolds in The Adam Project, Paramount...

Ethan William Childress

Ethan William Childress is a young talent who was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was enrolled in a charter school for the arts and began to thrive as an actor, eventually realizing that this was his calling. He decided to give up playing on a competitive soccer team to focus on acting and began his AW journey as an online student of John’s. Childress starred in two short films: Happy...

Aubrey Miller

Aubrey was referred to us through her agent and began her training in our on-camera classes in addition to private coaching. Aubrey is most known for her roles as Hannah Parker-Kent on Amazon's original series Just Add Magic, Megan Simms on Disney's Austin and Ally, Ellie on Nickelodeon's Sam and Cat, and Emily on Shameless. Aubrey also wrote, produced, and starred in her youtube series, ME.

Lilla Crawford

Lilla Crawford came to AW as a referral from her agent. She began her journey in our ongoing classes and through private coaching. Lila was a series regular on Netflix's The Who Was? Show, starred in the ABC pilot, Relatively Normal, and voiced the lead role of Sunny in Nickelodeon's animated series, Sunny Day in addition to joining the cast of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. Lilla made her...