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Travis Fine

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Travis Fine
Travis Fine (2009)
Born
Travis Lane Fine

June 26, 1968 (1968-06-26) (age 56)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
  • producer
Years active1980–present
Spouses
Jessica Resnick
(m. 1993; div. 1995)
Kristine Hostetter
(m. 2002)

Travis Lane Fine (born June 26, 1968) is an American actor, writer, director and producer, perhaps best known for his film Any Day Now, and for his roles in Girl, Interrupted and The Young Riders.

Early life

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Fine was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the second son of Maxine Parker Makover and Terry Fine, a professional golfer.[1][2] He has one older brother, Todd, and one younger sister, Kelly. His parents divorced when he was six. He was raised in Hickory Flat and Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to Los Angeles, California, when he was fifteen, and has lived in that area since. In 1986, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. He attended Pitzer College in Claremont, CA for 1 year and eventually earned his Aviation Science degree from Utah Valley University.

Career

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Acting career

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Fine's acting career started at the age of seven when he was cast as John Henry in a stage production of Member of the Wedding at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Over the next few years, he starred in theatre productions at the Alliance Theatre, the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis and at Beverly Hills High School, including stagings of: A Christmas Carol, Peter Pan, Oliver!, Macbeth, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, On Golden Pond, Tom Sawyer, Grease, and Amadeus (in which he played Mozart). His on-screen debut came at the age of twelve in A Time for Miracles starring Lorne Greene.[3]

In 1989, Fine gained attention as the mute and bald Pony Express rider Ike McSwain, on ABC's Western series The Young Riders.[citation needed] Fine left the show early in the third and last season, when his character was killed trying to protect the girl that he loved.

In 2002, Fine started a new career in commercial aviation by attending ATP flight school. In 2003, he was hired as a first officer flying Embraer regional jets for Chatauqua Airlines, although he said he "ha[s] not ruled out doing more acting" and he continues writing screenplays.[4]

Filmmaking career

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Fine sold his first screenplay, The Lords of the Sea (written in 1994), to Howard Koch Jr., after which he was hired to write episodes for Diagnosis: Murder and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. In 1996, he attended the New York Film Academy, where he wrote, directed and produced several short films. A year later, he wrote, produced and directed his first feature-length film, The Others, a high school comedy.[5]

In the fall of 2009, Fine wrote and directed The Space Between, starring Melissa Leo. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the Grand Prize at the Heartland International Film Festival and then aired on USA Network as a commercial-free event movie on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.[citation needed]

In 2012, Fine co-wrote, produced and directed Any Day Now, an LGBT film set in the 1970s, starring Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, and Frances Fisher. Travis produced the film with his wife Kristine Hostetter Fine. Before its US release, Any Day Now won awards, including the 2012 Audience Award at six different film festivals, including the Tribeca Film Festival, Outfest and Woodstock Film Festival.[citation needed]

Personal life

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On Valentine's Day, 1993, Fine married Jessica Resnick, but the couple divorced in 1995.[6] On June 29, 2002, he married his present wife, Kristine Fine (b. Hostetter). He has two daughters born in 1994 and 2004, and a son born in 2007. Fine is Jewish,[7] and identifies as bisexual.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer Role Notes
1991 Child's Play 3 No No Lt. Col. Brett C. Shelton
1994 Two Shows Daily Yes Yes Short film
1994 Whisper in My Ear Yes Yes Short film
1995 10:18 Yes Yes Short film
1997 The Others Yes Yes VTV Cameraman
1998 The Thin Red Line No No Pvt. Weld
1999 Girl, Interrupted No No John
1999 The Ride Yes Yes
2000 We Married Margo No No Basketball Friend
2001 Jack the Dog No No Buddy
2001 Tomcats No No Jan
2010 The Space Between Yes Yes Airline Pilot
2012 Any Day Now Yes Yes
2020 Two Eyes Yes Yes

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1987 Cagney & Lacey Teenager #2 1 episode
1988 TV 101 Strange Looking Kid 1 episode
1989–1991 The Young Riders Ike McSwain 51 episodes
1992 Cruel Doubt James 'Moog' Upchurch 2 episodes
1992 Quantum Leap Will Kinman 2 episodes
1993 They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping Rick Schoenfeld TV movie
1994 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills Erik Menendez TV movie
1994 Diagnosis: Murder Writing credit – 1 episode
1995 My Antonia Harry Paine TV movie
1995 Naomi & Wyonna: Love Can Build a Bridge Michael Ciminella TV movie
1996 The Lazarus Man Frank 1 episode
1995–1997 JAG Various roles 2 episodes
1997 The Pretender Brian Stoffel 1 episode
1998 Vengeance Unlimited Capt. Aaron McClane 1 episode
1999 Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story Mookie Gilliland TV movie
2000 The President's Man Lieutenant TV movie
2000 Lessons Learned TV movie
2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Kenny Berlin 1 episode
2000–2001 Family Law Tim Whitman 3 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Travis Fine Interview". 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  2. ^ "In Real Life: A Travis Fine Biography". online.no. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23.
  3. ^ "The Theatre: A Travis Fine Filmography". online.no. Archived from the original on 2007-05-02.
  4. ^ "The Travis Fine Message Board: Thanks!". www.members4.boardhost.com.
  5. ^ "Selling To Hollywood 1998". 21 February 1999. Archived from the original on 21 February 1999.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Travis Fine Biography (1968-)". www.filmreference.com.
  7. ^ "Jewish Journal". jewishjournal.com. 13 December 2012.
  8. ^ Doc of Chucky (Documentary film, 2024). Shudder. Event occurs at approximately 02:13:00.
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