Craig Lachman

Born in San Francisco to parents who met while actors at the acclaimed Pasadena Playhouse [see Stanley Lachman], Craig Lachman grew up with dinnertime stories about classic theater and films. In the seventh grade he and a friend teamed to create a comedy and magic show that was very popular on the San Francisco weekend birthday party "circuit." Then, by the time he was a high school senior, that little show had grown to a moneymaking full stage comedy and magic revue that toured with a cast and crew of 12. He played eight wild characters a show. In college he was an active performer in campus and semi-professional theater while taking a degree in geology/geophysics. In between volcano and oil-industry field assignments, Lachman would perform in revues and plays. After moving to Los Angeles, he studied with several leading teachers and coaches and played supporting and leading roles in regional theater and films as well as dozens of television commercials and industrial films. Although mainly an actor, he also served variously as writer, production manager and producer of industrial and feature films and plays. Lachman was tempted away from the performing arts by a then-new technology, the Internet. Throughout this period he stayed active in the theater and, at the request of old friends, would occasionally travel to L.A. to act in a variety of filmed and taped projects. In 2001, after an eight-year hiatus as a successful businessman, Craig Lachman returned to acting as his full-time career. He recently appeared on The Bravo Network's Independent Film Channel [They Shoot Movies, Don't They? ...The Making of 'Mirage' (2000)] and has taped two pilots (including one produced by Liar Liar (1997) scribe Paul Guay. An avid pilot with multi-engine and instrument ratings, Craig is now married and living in Los Angeles.