Shawn Holt

Shawn DaWain Holt was born on Sept 12 1976 in Granite City IL. Shawn started martial arts at the age of eight. Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Kick Boxing and Submission Wrestling are his pedigrees. After achieving a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of nineteen. He moved on to train in various martial arts and then started modeling and acting at the age of twenty and BOOM. He got hit by the entertainment bug. He pursued acting and modeling in film and worked a few jobs with some good people. Then he took a break from it to pursue a music career with his band Sleepmachine. After playing and touring for nine years. He decided to drop his mic and return back to his passion for film. Now with a string of Independent films under his belt. It looks like he is back and kicking his way to the front of the line.