Blaise Godbe Lipman known professionally as "Blaise" is an
award-winning American filmmaker, actor, political commentator, and a
Time Person of the Year for his social activism.Blaise was born and
raised in rural Big Sur California to Kira Godbe, an American
photographer, and Hillary Lipman, a British real estate investor and
landscape designer. On his mother's side, he is the grandson of
performance artist and political activist Ed Leeper, and Liz Leeper, a
founding member of the ACLU. Blaise's paternal grandparents were
Holocaust survivors, originally from Poland and Russia.A few months
after moving to Hollywood, Blaise was cast as Brett Bailey on the
fifth season of NBC's The Office. Blaise subsequently made a name for
himself as a teen actor on TV shows Weeds, CSI: NY, Hawaii Five-0, as
well Disney shows; Suite Life on Deck, and Pair of Kings. Blaise's
film work includes acclaimed dramas Nobody Walks (Magnolia Pictures,
Sundance 2012) and The Amateur (Tar & Feather, Dances with Films,
2015) for which he also served as co-producer, the lead role of Keegan
Dark, in The Dark Place, an acclaimed thriller for which Blaise won a
best actor award at South by SouthWest Film Festival, and the series
regular role of Jared Fostmeyer on the lifetime Series Betrayed at
17.He has written and directed short films that have played and won
festivals internationally including Best Film at the UK Film Festival,
Best Short at the London Film Festival, New Directors/New Films
Festival, Carmel International Film Festival, Cinema Jam, Toronto
International Film Festival, SXSW, NewFilmmakers NY, and Big Sur
International.
award-winning American filmmaker, actor, political commentator, and a
Time Person of the Year for his social activism.Blaise was born and
raised in rural Big Sur California to Kira Godbe, an American
photographer, and Hillary Lipman, a British real estate investor and
landscape designer. On his mother's side, he is the grandson of
performance artist and political activist Ed Leeper, and Liz Leeper, a
founding member of the ACLU. Blaise's paternal grandparents were
Holocaust survivors, originally from Poland and Russia.A few months
after moving to Hollywood, Blaise was cast as Brett Bailey on the
fifth season of NBC's The Office. Blaise subsequently made a name for
himself as a teen actor on TV shows Weeds, CSI: NY, Hawaii Five-0, as
well Disney shows; Suite Life on Deck, and Pair of Kings. Blaise's
film work includes acclaimed dramas Nobody Walks (Magnolia Pictures,
Sundance 2012) and The Amateur (Tar & Feather, Dances with Films,
2015) for which he also served as co-producer, the lead role of Keegan
Dark, in The Dark Place, an acclaimed thriller for which Blaise won a
best actor award at South by SouthWest Film Festival, and the series
regular role of Jared Fostmeyer on the lifetime Series Betrayed at
17.He has written and directed short films that have played and won
festivals internationally including Best Film at the UK Film Festival,
Best Short at the London Film Festival, New Directors/New Films
Festival, Carmel International Film Festival, Cinema Jam, Toronto
International Film Festival, SXSW, NewFilmmakers NY, and Big Sur
International.
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