Dylan Dawson

Since a very young age, Dylan Dawson had his sights set on becoming an actor. During his academic pursuit, Dylan starred in theatrical productions and regional tours of "Driving Miss Daisy", "The Princess Bride", and "A Christmas Carol". He also landed small roles in television shows such as "Blossom" & "PS I Luv U", and within motion pictures including "Gremlins 2" and "Strange Days". However, it was the action happening behind the scenes that caught his eye. But a career in television production would come later, as fate had another plan for Dylan. Dylan's parents saw no future in his crazy Hollywood dreams, so at the age of 15 they encouraged him to accept a part-time job scooping ice cream at a local Baskin-Robbins store. Unfortunately, Dylan couldn't master the ice-cream scooper after his first 3 days on the job. After the 3rd day was over, he phoned his boss to tell her the bad news. Before he could utter the words, "I quit", his boss had fired him for "not keeping up the pace behind the counter". Dylan's illustrious career in the service industry ended with his tiny paycheck barely covering the loan he took out with his mom to buy the beige shorts and white shoes needed for the job at Baskin-Robbins. The very next month (still 15 years old), Dylan phoned a local radio station and inquired about a job in radio. After a few interviews with the station's programming management, Dylan was offered a part-time job at his very first radio station. While most of his friends were flipping hamburgers, Dylan was flipping records at a popular Southern California radio station. Dylan was hired to operate the the audio board for syndicated programs such as the Los Angeles Dodgers, American Top40 with Casey Kasem and CBS Football. Less than one year later (at the age of 16) Dylan was balancing a high school education while working full-time at the radio station. Dylan's first stop in radio pinned him alongside the talents of Carson Daly and Jimmy Kimmel, who often called upon him to do zany on-air bits for their morning show. While working in radio, Dylan's free time was also spent working in television production, his other passion. After Dylan's almost 10-year tenure within the radio broadcasting industry, he hung up his headphones and moved into television production. Dylan's career in radio concluded with having the #1 Arbitron rated afternoon drive-time show on a highly rated Top-40/CHR radio station. After graduating high school, Dylan was asked to work on "Street James"- a Hip-Hop music based television show that was later sold to MTV. After completing the project, Dylan was then asked to host a half-hour television show entitled "Video Country". The show featured music videos and interviews with some of the hottest country music artists. The shows flagship sponsors were "Wrangler Jeans" and the "P.R.C.A.". "Video Country" was syndicated throughout numerous small to medium sized markets across North America. The show eventually caught the attention of executives at the television cable network CMT- Country Music Television. CMT was the small sister station of the larger network TNN- The Nashville Network. They expressed interest in adding the show to their new line-up on the CMT Network to help capture the attention of a younger music audience. Dylan's affiliation with "Video Country" also brought him a short-lived membership into the CMA- The Country Music Association. He was even given a guest spot as a featured dancer on 2 episodes of the television show "Wildhorse Salon" which was taped live at the famed Wildhorse Salon in Nashville, TN. Dylan has been a part of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and continues to actively work in production. He has coordinated television projects starring Vanessa Marcil, Tanya Memme ("Sell This House" on A&E), Tony Frassrand ( "House Detective" on HGTV), Monty Hall, Carol Channing, Ed McMahon, Joan Rivers, Montel Williams, Suzanne Somers, Mr. T, The Kardashians, Quincy Jones, William Asher, Robert Loggia, George Wallace, and Barbara Eden just to name a few. Dylan is also an accomplished Voice Over artist, and has been heard on national cable and broadcast television networks, radio and even at Disneyland Theme Parks. Dylan's cousin is actor Joseph Anderson who played the role of "Cole", the son of Richard Dreyfuss' character in the film "Mr. Holland's Opus".