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Shavar Malik Ross (born March 4, 1971) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor, photographer, author, and entrepreneur.

Biography

Ross was born in the South Bronx, New York. His parents separated when he was 6 years old. His mother took Shavar and his sister to Macon, Georgia, while his father went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

In 1979, while visiting his father in California during his school's Christmas vacation, Shavar was discovered by top children's agent Evelyn Shultz. In 1980, Ross landed his first recurring television role on NBC's Diff'rent Strokes as "Dudley", the best friend of Gary Coleman's character, "Arnold Jackson". Two years later, Ross became a voice actor for Hanna-Barbera. He had another recurring role on the hit ABC TV series Family Matters as "Weasel". Ross has starred in over 100 film and episodic television projects throughout his career, including such films as the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th movie series Friday the 13th: A New Beginning in 1985 as "Reggie".

In 1996, after four years of ministry school, Ross founded The Alive Church, a non-denominational Christian church in Los Angeles, and was its pastor for four years. Shavar still enjoys inspiring others with his fiery preaching sermons through his radio program, "Alive Today with Shavar". The program is syndicated through iTunes, Yahoo! Podcasts, Odeo, Podcast Pickle and many others.

Shavar is an up and coming film director and operates his own film and television production company, Tri-Seven Entertainment. Lord Help Us (released in May 2007), an inspirational urban romantic comedy starring American Idol‘s Nadia Turner, Oscar nominee Margaret Avery (The Color Purple), Debra Wilson (MADtv, Scary Movie 4), comedian Joe Clair (B.E.T.'s Rap City, Take the Cake), Grammy-Award winning singer Al Jarreau and many others marked his feature film directorial debut. The movie is currently in stores nationwide on DVD and on Amazon.com among many others.

Shavar has been married since 1992 and has two children.

In July of 2007, Ross founded ShavarRoss.com, a website exclusively created to deliver electronic informational products (eBooks) for new and emerging actors.

Source: Wikipedia

On the Set of Diff'rent StrokesOn the Set of Diff'rent Strokes (book)

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Find out: * How veteran actor Shavar landed the role of Dudley out of more than 250 kids. * The First Day On The Set: Meeting Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges and Dana Plato. * What it was like going to school (on the set) with the cast members. * Shavar gives details about the fun things he did with Gary such as the sleep overs, bowling, and other fun times they had as real life friends. * Shavar talks about what the seasonal wrap parties on the show was like---lots of laughter! * Shavar tells what it was like doing the very last episode of "Strokes" with Gary Coleman and the rest of the cast. *Also find out how a television show like "Diff'rent Strokes" is produced on a weekly basis.

You Can Make It As An Actor! (Audio Download)You Can Make It As An Actor! (Audio Download) (multimedia download)

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Veteran television actor Shavar Ross teaches you 3 keys in how you can make it as an actor. 20 minutes of packed audio information, this is the audio version to Shavar's eBook "3 Keys to Acting Success!" Learn The Basics of Getting An Agent, How to Get Started in Acting Through Extra Work, What to Do Until You Get Your Big Break, What You Need to Do to Get Into The Screen Actor's Guild, How to Get Out of The Hollywood "Catch-22", What You Can Do Now to Get Started As An Actor.

3 Keys to Acting Success!3 Keys to Acting Success! (e-book)

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Veteran television actor Shavar Ross teaches you The Basics of Getting An Agent, How to Get Started in Acting Through Extra Work, What to Do Until You Get Your Big Break, What You Need to Do to Get Into The Screen Actor's Guild, How to Get Out of The Hollywood "Catch-22", What You Can Do Now to Get Started As An Actor.