Cedar Braasch

Cedar Braasch was born into an art family to photographer Gary Braasch and sculpture M.J. Anderson and grew up in a small town on the Oregon coast. Inspired by his parents he chose the craft of acting and started to seriously train and study when he was 12 years old. He relocated with his family to Portland area for high school at La Salle College Preparatory and took night courses at Portland Actors Conservatory, and took voice lessons and worked with a monologue coach to prepare for college. Cedar attended the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico at a peak of filming in the state and graduated with a BFA in Acting. While in College he also studied with the New York Arts Program, where he spent his time interning at a talent agency and got to perform with other college students from around the US in a 50th anniversary of Westside Story performed at Gerald W. Lynch Theater. He was accepted as an Actor in residence at the Maine Media Workshops and spent numerous summers acting on set in Maine. Cedar returned to Portland in 2009, and has performed with the Imago Theater Co. and the Coaster Theater and is currently represented by Damon Jones at AIA agency. last updated 9/24/2018