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'''Douglas Tait''' is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[stuntman]], independent [[filmmaker]], and former high school basketball player.<ref name=TLG1>{{cite web|author=Garrett, Tommy Lightfoot | url=http://www.highlighthollywood.com/2011/10/28/douglas-taits-happy-halloween-to-you-an-exclusive‏/ | title=Douglas Tait’s Happy Halloween To You, An Exclusive |work=Highlight Hollywood | date=October 28, 2011 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Tait played “monster” and creature characters in ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Zathura (film)|Zathura: A Space Adventure]]'', ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'', and ''[[Land of the Lost (film)|Land of the Lost]]''.<ref name="Canyon News 1">{{cite web|last=Garrett|first=Tommy|title=This Week In Hollywoodland|url=http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/On_the_Industry_1168/This_Week_In_Hollywoodland09192010.php|accessdate=2012-9-30|work=Canyon News ''website''|date=September 19, 2010}}{{Rs?|date=September 2012}}</ref><ref name="Canyon News 2">{{cite web|last=Garrett|first=Tommy|title=Hollywood's Famous And Special Fathers|url=http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/On_the_Industry_1168/Hollywood_s_Famous_And_Special_Fathers.php|accessdate=2012-9-30|work=Canyon News ''website''|date=June 19, 2011}}{{Rs?|date=September 2012}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1220660/Douglas-Tait |title=Movies & TV: Douglas Tait: About This Person |work=[[New York Times]] ''website''|accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref>
'''Douglas Tait''' is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[stuntman]], independent [[filmmaker]], and former high school basketball player.<ref name=TLG1>{{cite web|author=Garrett, Tommy Lightfoot | url=http://www.highlighthollywood.com/2011/10/28/douglas-taits-happy-halloween-to-you-an-exclusive‏/ | title=Douglas Tait’s Happy Halloween To You, An Exclusive |work=Highlight Hollywood | date=October 28, 2011 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Tait played “monster” and creature characters in ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Zathura (film)|Zathura: A Space Adventure]]'', ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'', and ''[[Land of the Lost (film)|Land of the Lost]]''.<ref name="Canyon News 1">{{cite web|last=Garrett|first=Tommy|title=This Week In Hollywoodland|url=http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/On_the_Industry_1168/This_Week_In_Hollywoodland09192010.php|accessdate=2012-9-30|work=Canyon News ''website''|date=September 19, 2010}}{{Rs?|date=September 2012}}</ref><ref name="Canyon News 2">{{cite web|last=Garrett|first=Tommy|title=Hollywood's Famous And Special Fathers|url=http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/On_the_Industry_1168/Hollywood_s_Famous_And_Special_Fathers.php|accessdate=2012-9-30|work=Canyon News ''website''|date=June 19, 2011}}{{Rs?|date=September 2012}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1220660/Douglas-Tait |title=Movies & TV: Douglas Tait: About This Person |work=[[New York Times]] ''website''|accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref>


== Early years ==
== High school years ==


Tait attended [[Bishop Alemany High School]], in [[Los Angeles, California]], where he played on the [[high school]]'s [[basketball]] team and was the team's leading scorer his [[Senior (education)|senior year]] during the 1992-1993 season.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=4 Alemany High Players Kicked Off Team | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 8, 1992 | newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-08/sports/sp-1692_1_alemany-high-players | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref><ref name=LATimes2 />
Tait attended [[Bishop Alemany High School]], in [[Los Angeles, California]], where he played on the [[high school]]'s [[basketball]] team and, as of December 8 of that season, was the team's leading scorer his [[Senior (education)|senior year]] during the 1992-1993 season.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=4 Alemany High Players Kicked Off Team | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 8, 1992 | newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-08/sports/sp-1692_1_alemany-high-players | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref><ref name=LATimes2 />


Two years earlier in December 1990, when he was averaging 14 points a game during his [[sophomore]] season (1990-1991), he was out 4 weeks because, among other injuries, he broke both wrists by punching a brick wall during practice when a teammate's errant ball hit him in the face as he attempted a [[slam dunk]]. At the time, Tait was his team's third leading scorer.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=December 19, 1990 | title=Agoura Needs Points From Other Sources |authors=Leech, Paige A., Brian Murphy and Jeff Riley|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-19/sports/sp-6136_1_agoura-high |accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-04/sports/sp-130_1_point-guard |date=December 4, 1991| title=Southern Section Basketball Preview: Mission Leage: Alemany |newspaper=Los Angeles Times | accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Two months later in February 1991, Tait scored 18 points, all on three-pointers, in a division tournament game.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 16, 1991 | title=Division Iii-aa Roundup |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-16/sports/sp-912_1_laguna-hills |accessdate=2012-10-1}}</ref>
Tait missed much of his sophmore season [[sophomore]] season (1990-1991) "nursing injuries to his hands, wrist, back and ankle."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-04/sports/sp-130_1_point-guard |date=December 4, 1991| title=Southern Section Basketball Preview: Mission Leage: Alemany |newspaper=Los Angeles Times | accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> In December 1990, a point in the season when he was averaging 14 points a game, Tait broke both wrists by punching a brick wall during practice when a teammate's errant ball hit him in the face as he attempted a [[slam dunk]].<ref name=Agora /> At the time he broke his wrists, Tait was his team's third leading scorer.<ref name=Agora>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=December 19, 1990 | title=Agoura Needs Points From Other Sources |authors=Leech, Paige A., Brian Murphy and Jeff Riley|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-19/sports/sp-6136_1_agoura-high |accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref> Two months later in February 1991, Tait scored 18 points, all on three-pointers, in a division tournament game.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 16, 1991 | title=Division Iii-aa Roundup |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-16/sports/sp-912_1_laguna-hills |accessdate=2012-10-1}}</ref>


In January 1992, he scored 13 points and "ended the bleeding with a three-point basket" in his team's first home loss.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elling, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Alemany Fades in Late Going of 65-57 Loss |date=January 09, 1992| url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-09/sports/sp-2065_1_alemany-high | accessdate=2012-10-1}}</ref>
As a junior, in January 1992, Tait was suspended for one game for fighting.<ref name=LAT1>{{cite news|author=Elling, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One |date=February 2, 1992| url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-02/sports/sp-1838_1_notre-dame-high/2 | accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref> Earlier that month, he scored 13 points and "ended the bleeding with a three-point basket" in his team's first home loss.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elling, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Alemany Fades in Late Going of 65-57 Loss |date=January 09, 1992| url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-09/sports/sp-2065_1_alemany-high | accessdate=2012-10-1}}</ref>


The following year, as a senior, in December 1992 he and three other teammates sat out one game as a result of conduct at a girl's basketball game.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elling, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One |date=February 2, 1992| url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-02/sports/sp-1838_1_notre-dame-high/2 | accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref><ref name=LATimes /><ref name=LATimes2>{{cite news|title=Thousand Oaks Tournament: Foster Twins, Thousand Oaks Dismantle Oxnard, 89-36 | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 11, 1992 | newspaper= Los Angeles Times | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-11/sports/sp-1867_1_thousand-oaks | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref> A week prior, Tait had led all scorers in double figures in an opening-round tournament game.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=ROUNDUP : Carter Leads Antelope Valley | date=December 2, 1992 | newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] | http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-02/sports/sp-1173_1_simi-valley | accessdate=2012-10-1}}</ref>
The following year, as a senior, in December 1992 Tait and three other teammates sat out one game as a result of conduct at a girl's basketball game.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elling, Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One |date=February 2, 1992| url= http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-02/sports/sp-1838_1_notre-dame-high/2 | accessdate=2012-5-22}}</ref><ref name=LATimes /><ref name=LATimes2>{{cite news|title=Thousand Oaks Tournament: Foster Twins, Thousand Oaks Dismantle Oxnard, 89-36 | author=Fletcher, Jeff | date=December 11, 1992 | newspaper= Los Angeles Times | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-11/sports/sp-1867_1_thousand-oaks | accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref> A week prior, Tait had led all scorers in double figures in an opening-round tournament game.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|title=Roundup: Carter Leads Antelope Valley | date=December 2, 1992 | newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] | http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-02/sports/sp-1173_1_simi-valley | accessdate=2012-10-1}}</ref>


==Entertainment career==
==Entertainment career==
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Tait later played creature characters in film. He was one of three individuals who played the role of a "Zorgon" in [[Jon Favreau]]’s ''[[Zathura (film)|Zathura]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/zathura/credits.html |title=''Zathura'' (2005) - Cast & Crew | work=[[Yahoo Movies]] |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> He also played the role of "Abominog" in ''[[The Knights of Badassdom]]'' and a "Frost Giant" in ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Coratelli, Carlo | url=http://www.comicus.it/blog/movie-comics/item/48299-intervista-a-douglas-tait-thor |title= Movie Comics: Intervista a Douglas Tait - Thor | work= Comicus |date=March 19, 2011 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Tait also played "Head Sleestak" in ''[[Land of the Lost (film)|Land of the Lost]]'' and the "Long Face Bar Alien" in [[J.J. Abrams]]’s ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]''.<ref name="canyon-news" />
Tait later played creature characters in film. He was one of three individuals who played the role of a "Zorgon" in [[Jon Favreau]]’s ''[[Zathura (film)|Zathura]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/zathura/credits.html |title=''Zathura'' (2005) - Cast & Crew | work=[[Yahoo Movies]] |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> He also played the role of "Abominog" in ''[[The Knights of Badassdom]]'' and a "Frost Giant" in ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Coratelli, Carlo | url=http://www.comicus.it/blog/movie-comics/item/48299-intervista-a-douglas-tait-thor |title= Movie Comics: Intervista a Douglas Tait - Thor | work= Comicus |date=March 19, 2011 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Tait also played "Head Sleestak" in ''[[Land of the Lost (film)|Land of the Lost]]'' and the "Long Face Bar Alien" in [[J.J. Abrams]]’s ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]''.<ref name="canyon-news" />


The design for Tait's make up, as the character of the "Long Face Bar Alien", was so complex that it contributed toward the 2009 [[Academy Award]] that make up artist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Makeup_and_Hairstyling#2000s Barney Burman] won for the film. As Burman noted: "I made this big, long face for him, and what I didn't really consider was just how much heavier silicone is than foam latex. He was one of our first aliens, so fighting gravity on him taught me a lot about how to approach the makeup thereafter.".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 26, 2010 | title=The Contender Q & A: 'Star Trek's' Barney Burman |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/26/entertainment/la-etw-barney-burman26-2010feb27 |accessdate=2012-10-2}}</ref>
Makeup artist [[Barney Burman]] who, along with [[Mindy Hall]] and [[Joel Harlow]], won the 2009 [[Academy Award]] for best makeup for their work in ''Star Trek'' noted that the work Burman did on Tait's character, Long Face Bar Alien, was especially complex.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html | title=Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences| accessdate=2012-10-2}}</ref><ref name=Gaita /> As Burman noted: "I made this big, long face for him, and what I didn't really consider was just how much heavier silicone is than foam latex. He was one of our first aliens, so fighting gravity on him taught me a lot about how to approach the makeup thereafter."<ref name=Gaita>{{cite news|author=Gaita, Paul | newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 26, 2010 | title=The Contender Q & A: 'Star Trek's' Barney Burman |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/26/entertainment/la-etw-barney-burman26-2010feb27 |accessdate=2012-10-2}}</ref>


In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt [[Ensemble cast|ensemble]] for the 2008 film ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' that was nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] in the category of "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/15th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards#category-306 | title=The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild]] |accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref>
In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt [[Ensemble cast|ensemble]] for the 2008 film ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' that was nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] in the category of "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/15th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards#category-306 | title=The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild]] |accessdate=2012-5-13}}</ref>


=== Independent film work ===
=== Independent film work ===
Tait was [[executive producer]], along with Isabel Cueva, of ''"In The Name of Freedom"'', a 16-minute [[short film]] that appeared at the 14th Annual [[LA Shorts Fest]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latinola.com/story.php?story=9787 |title=''In the Name of Freedom'': Isabel Cueva|work= LatinoLA |publisher=LatinoCities, Inc| accessdate=2012-9-30 |date=August 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lashortsfest.com/2010/film_program_details.asp?programnumber=36 LA Shorts Fest.] LA Shorts Fest 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.</ref> It was an Official Selection of the [[New York International Latino Film Festival]], won in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival, and won the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010 [[CINE]] Film and Video Competition.<ref>[http://nylatino.bside.com/2010/films/inthenameoffreedom_isabelcuevas_nylatino2010 IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM] HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival. 2010 Retrieved March 15, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.festivalfocus.org/news.php?uid=732 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival] Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.cine.org/winners/golden-eagle-award-recipients/fall-2009.php Fall 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients] Cine 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2012</ref>
Tait was [[executive producer]], along with Isabel Cueva, of ''"In The Name of Freedom"'', a 16-minute [[short film]] that appeared at the 14th Annual [[LA Shorts Fest]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latinola.com/story.php?story=9787 |title=''In the Name of Freedom'': Isabel Cueva|work= LatinoLA |publisher=LatinoCities, Inc| accessdate=2012-9-30 |date=August 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lashortsfest.com/2010/film_program_details.asp?programnumber=36 LA Shorts Fest.] LA Shorts Fest 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.</ref> It was an Official Selection of the [[New York International Latino Film Festival]], won in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 [[Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival]], and won the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010 [[CINE]] Film and Video Competition.<ref>[http://nylatino.bside.com/2010/films/inthenameoffreedom_isabelcuevas_nylatino2010 IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM] HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival. 2010 Retrieved March 15, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.festivalfocus.org/news.php?uid=732 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival] Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.cine.org/winners/golden-eagle-award-recipients/fall-2009.php Fall 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients] Cine 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2012</ref>


Tait starred alongside [[Sally Kirkland]] and [[Tony Todd]] in, and was also producer of, the [[independent film]] ''One by One: Death's Door'' which, as re-titled ''Jack The Reaper'', was picked up for [[film distribution|distribution]] by American World Pictures.<ref>{{cite news|first=[[Uncle Creepy]]|title=AFM 2010: Knock Knock! American World Pictures Scores One by One: Death's Door |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40816/afm-2010-knock-knock-american-world-pictures-scores-one-one-deaths-door|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Dread Central]]|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Powers|first=Tom|title=American World Picks Up ‘One By One’ |url=http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/11/american-world-picks-up-one-by-one/|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Cinefantastique]]|date=November 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gingold |first=Michael|title=American World is at “DEATH’S DOOR” |url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2571%3Aamerican-world-is-at-deaths-door&catid= |newspaper=[[Fangoria]]|date=November 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kilo-scaring-film-91532 | author=Borys, Kit |title=Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film: Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland |work= [[Hollywood Reporter]] | date=November 18, 2009 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Tait also acted in the independent film, ''The Season''.<ref name=NYIFF>[http://nyfilmvideo.info/current-press-materials/new-york-city-2011-press-release.htm NYIFF official announcement: ''The Season''] [[New York International Independent Film & Video Festival]] April 8, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012{{dead link|date=September 2012}}</ref>
Tait starred alongside [[Sally Kirkland]] and [[Tony Todd]] in, and was also producer of, the [[independent film]] ''One by One: Death's Door'' which, as re-titled ''Jack The Reaper'', was picked up for [[film distribution|distribution]] by [[American World Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news|first=[[Uncle Creepy]]|title=AFM 2010: Knock Knock! American World Pictures Scores One by One: Death's Door |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40816/afm-2010-knock-knock-american-world-pictures-scores-one-one-deaths-door|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Dread Central]]|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Powers|first=Tom|title=American World Picks Up ‘One By One’ |url=http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/11/american-world-picks-up-one-by-one/|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Cinefantastique]]|date=November 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gingold |first=Michael|title=American World is at “DEATH’S DOOR” |url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2571%3Aamerican-world-is-at-deaths-door&catid= |newspaper=[[Fangoria]]|date=November 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kilo-scaring-film-91532 | author=Borys, Kit |title=Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film: Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland |work= [[Hollywood Reporter]] | date=November 18, 2009 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> Tait also acted in the independent film, ''The Season''.<ref name=NYIFF>[http://nyfilmvideo.info/current-press-materials/new-york-city-2011-press-release.htm NYIFF official announcement: ''The Season''] [[New York International Independent Film & Video Festival]] April 8, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012{{dead link|date=September 2012}}</ref>


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For other people named Douglas Tait, see Douglas Tait (disambiguation).
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Douglas Tait is an American actor, stuntman, independent filmmaker, and former high school basketball player.[1] Tait played “monster” and creature characters in Star Trek, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Thor, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Land of the Lost.[2][3][4]

High school years

Tait attended Bishop Alemany High School, in Los Angeles, California, where he played on the high school's basketball team and, as of December 8 of that season, was the team's leading scorer his senior year during the 1992-1993 season.[5][6]

Tait missed much of his sophmore season sophomore season (1990-1991) "nursing injuries to his hands, wrist, back and ankle."[7] In December 1990, a point in the season when he was averaging 14 points a game, Tait broke both wrists by punching a brick wall during practice when a teammate's errant ball hit him in the face as he attempted a slam dunk.[8] At the time he broke his wrists, Tait was his team's third leading scorer.[8] Two months later in February 1991, Tait scored 18 points, all on three-pointers, in a division tournament game.[9]

As a junior, in January 1992, Tait was suspended for one game for fighting.[10] Earlier that month, he scored 13 points and "ended the bleeding with a three-point basket" in his team's first home loss.[11]

The following year, as a senior, in December 1992 Tait and three other teammates sat out one game as a result of conduct at a girl's basketball game.[12][5][6] A week prior, Tait had led all scorers in double figures in an opening-round tournament game.[5]

Entertainment career

Early work

According to Tait, he was subsequently cast as a teen basketball player in television commercials because of of his high school basketball experience.[13] During a 2011 interview, Tait said: "I started doing extra work in high school. I knew I wanted to perform, but was clueless about how to make it into a career. I got a job at Universal Studios playing Frankenstein and performing in shows, then got a manager right out of high school. I was an All Star basketball player so she sent me on basketball commercials, which quickly got me in to S.A.G., and I made a living doing basketball commercials in the early years while I was honing my acting skills. I have been in the business for 15 years, but have only started working consistently for the past 2 years."[13]

Creature character roles

Tait's first creature character role was at age 16, when he was hired to perform as "Frankenstein" in the live stage shows at Universal Studios Hollywood.[14]

Tait later played creature characters in film. He was one of three individuals who played the role of a "Zorgon" in Jon Favreau’s Zathura.[15] He also played the role of "Abominog" in The Knights of Badassdom and a "Frost Giant" in Thor.[16] Tait also played "Head Sleestak" in Land of the Lost and the "Long Face Bar Alien" in J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek.[14]

Makeup artist Barney Burman who, along with Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, won the 2009 Academy Award for best makeup for their work in Star Trek noted that the work Burman did on Tait's character, Long Face Bar Alien, was especially complex.[17][18] As Burman noted: "I made this big, long face for him, and what I didn't really consider was just how much heavier silicone is than foam latex. He was one of our first aliens, so fighting gravity on him taught me a lot about how to approach the makeup thereafter."[18]

In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt ensemble for the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture".[19]

Independent film work

Tait was executive producer, along with Isabel Cueva, of "In The Name of Freedom", a 16-minute short film that appeared at the 14th Annual LA Shorts Fest in 2010.[20][21] It was an Official Selection of the New York International Latino Film Festival, won in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival, and won the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010 CINE Film and Video Competition.[22][23][24]

Tait starred alongside Sally Kirkland and Tony Todd in, and was also producer of, the independent film One by One: Death's Door which, as re-titled Jack The Reaper, was picked up for distribution by American World Pictures.[25][26][27][28] Tait also acted in the independent film, The Season.[29]

References

  1. ^ Garrett, Tommy Lightfoot (October 28, 2011). "Douglas Tait's Happy Halloween To You, An Exclusive". Highlight Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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  7. ^ "Southern Section Basketball Preview: Mission Leage: Alemany". Los Angeles Times. December 4, 1991. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Agoura Needs Points From Other Sources". Los Angeles Times. December 19, 1990. Retrieved 2012-5-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Division Iii-aa Roundup". Los Angeles Times. February 16, 1991. Retrieved 2012-10-1. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ^ Elling, Steve (February 2, 1992). "Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ^ Elling, Steve (January 09, 1992). "Alemany Fades in Late Going of 65-57 Loss". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-10-1. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  12. ^ Elling, Steve (February 2, 1992). "Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-22. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  13. ^ a b "Behind The Mask with Douglas Tait". Inkless Magazine. February 9, 2011. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ a b Garrett, Tommy (September 3, 2010). "Douglas Tait, A Man Of Many Faces". Canyon News website. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)[unreliable source?]
  15. ^ "Zathura (2005) - Cast & Crew". Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ Coratelli, Carlo (March 19, 2011). "Movie Comics: Intervista a Douglas Tait - Thor". Comicus. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  17. ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2012-10-2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ a b Gaita, Paul (February 26, 2010). "The Contender Q & A: 'Star Trek's' Barney Burman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-10-2. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  19. ^ "The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. Retrieved 2012-5-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  20. ^ "In the Name of Freedom: Isabel Cueva". LatinoLA. LatinoCities, Inc. August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. ^ LA Shorts Fest. LA Shorts Fest 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  22. ^ IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival. 2010 Retrieved March 15, 2012
  23. ^ Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  24. ^ Fall 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients Cine 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2012
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  28. ^ Borys, Kit (November 18, 2009). "Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film: Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-9-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  29. ^ NYIFF official announcement: The Season New York International Independent Film & Video Festival April 8, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012[dead link‍]

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