Dan Kairis

He was born in Chicago Il. and has lived his entire life in Illinois. He moved to the Fox Valley area as a youngster and has lived there since. He graduated from East Aurora HS. after attending the Oswego Il. School District through his junior year. He attended Western Illinois University his freshman year and transferred and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in Elementary Education. He was married to his wife. Allynn, in 1972 and has two sons and a one year old grandson. His acting career began after missing the opportunity to be in "Transformers: Age of Extinction" when out of state for an unscheduled shoot. He learned about Tailsticks Casting and appeared in an episode of Chicago Fire shortly thereafter. Since then he has appeared in more episodes of "Fire" and "Chicago; Med", "PD", and "Justice". He has also appeared on "Empire", Amazon's "Patriot" and a number of independent films. (2017) was a busy year. Mr. Hollywood took the lead in a number of independent and student films. His dramatic talent was demonstrated as the father in "Quick Decision", a boxing trainer in "Don't Look Back" and a kidnapper in " Birch Ave." He displayed his comedic style in "Legend of Mr. Hollywood" and "Table8". He also appeared in supporting roles in "Dylan" and in the PSA "Injustice".He has continued his hectic schedule in 2018 as lead in "The Shining Class Final" and "Righteous Hammer". As of July, he has taken center stage in "Love's Last Dance", (2018) scheduled for completion in September.