Scottio Arnold

Scottio Arnold is a stuntman, actor, martial artist and a producer that has been in the industry and SAG-AFTRA since 1994. Scottio has worked with and taught martial arts to many of Hollywood's biggest celebrities and producers. While teaching at the Jun Chong Tae kwon Do School in Los Angeles, Ca and under the supervision of martial arts master and film actor Phillip Rhee (Best Of The Best) Scottio helped many students reach their goals, age ranging from 4 years old to 70 years old. Phillip Rhee took a very special interest in Scottio and soon introduced him to his brother Simon Rhee. Simon is considered one of the most trusted stunt coordinators in the business. Simon gave Scottio his first job as a stuntman on an HBO film called TNT starring Randy Travis and Eric Roberts. One of Scottio's true passions in life has always been to make someone else's life better. So, he used his martial arts skills and ability to teach to do just that. He used this platform to transform lives and bring families closer together. In 2000, while teaching martial arts classes Scottio had a student by the name of Jim Chory (Co-Executive Producer) of the CBS Television drama series, The District starring Craig T. Nelson. Jim gave Scottio an opportunity to work on the last episode of the first season doubling the actor Eric King to do a car crash. That went over well for Scottio and in the beginning of the second season created an opportunity for Scottio to read for the casting director. Scottio booked the recurring role of "Officer Scotty" and found himself working closely with the main cast most of the time. In fact, Craig T. Nelson took a special liking to Scottio and they both would talk about their faith in between takes. Also, Co-Executive Producer and show runner Pam Veasey saw much potential in Scottio's acting ability and continued to write his character into multiple episodes over four seasons. Work as a stuntman brought Scottio back to his place of birth of New Haven, CT. Shortly after New York stunt coordinators was ringing Scottio's cell phone asking if he was available to work such network shows as Blue Bloods, Gotham, The Blacklist, Luke Cage as well as studio films like Bottom Of The Nineth and The King Of Staten Island. One of Scottio's mentors told him that if he wanted to sustain a career in this business. It would be to his advantage to learn all that he could from in front of the camera to behind the camera. So, Scottio started paying close attention to all the great directors, editors, writers, producers and camera operators on the different shows he work. Scottio said to himself, "what better school to attend and to get paid while doing so!" He would then take what he learned during the week and apply it to the multitude of short films that he produced and acted in. Scottio has produced, written, directed and edited two feature films under a SAG signatory low budget agreement, Two action-interview shows, a documentary, and a music video. His work as a producer and director has won two film festivals. Also, his action-interview show called, Hollywood Action Masters was distributed on the Amazon-Prime platform. His dream is to produce, direct, act in and be the action coordinator for more faith based films and TV shows that will bring glory to God and change lives for the better.