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Stark Sands

­Stark Sands is a Tony Award-nominated actor for his role in the 2007 revival of “Journey’s End.” Additionally, Sands received a Theatre World Award in recognition of his outstanding New York City stage debut performance. Recently, he returned to Broadway in the musical adaptation of Green Day's smash hit album, “American Idiot.” Additional theater credits include the 2009 musical adaptation of “Bonnie & Clyde” at the La Jolla Playhouse, The Classic Stage Company’s production of “The Tempest,” which earned him the Actors' Equity Foundation's St. Clair Bayfield Award, which honors the best performance by an actor in a Shakespearean play in the New York metropolitan area, and the 2009 Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of “Twelfth Night.” Sands first earned recognition for his role as a recurring love interest to the angst-ridden teen played by Lauren Ambrose on the television series “Six Feet Under.” He also appeared in the Emmy Award-nominated television mini-series “Generation Kill.” Sands made his feature film debut in the independent comedy “Die, Mommie, Die.” Additional film roles include “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Pretty Persuasion,” “Shall We Dance,” “Chasing Liberty,” “11:14,” “Catch That Kid” and the independent film “My Sassy Girl.” Sands grew up in Dallas where he began acting on the stage at age 13. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Southern California. During his four years in the conservatory program, he appeared in more than a dozen plays and musicals, including “Romeo & Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “Hamlet,” “Pippin” and “Guys and Dolls.” His birth date is Sept. 30.