Calvin Ross Barnes (born January 14, 1988) is an American actor,
director, screenwriter, film producer, novelist, and playwright.
Barnes moved to Los Angeles in 2009, where he began his career by
starring in short films, appearing in television commercials, and
writing screenplays. His stage play Rise. won ‘Best World
Premiere’ at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival in Hollywood,
California. Barnes has since appeared in the Universal Studios horror
film, Unfriended (2014), which was executive produced by Jason Blum,
and penned the original screenplay for the independent drama,
Adolescence (2018). He has one published novel, True Grandeur (2017),
and stars in the upcoming feature film, The Astrid Experience, which
marks his directorial debut.Cal Barnes was born in Salem, Oregon. He
studied creative writing, journalism, and theatre at Portland State
University in Portland before moving to Los Angeles. He is the great
nephew of New York Mets baseball player, Lute Barnes.Barnes started
his acting career in 2010 when he began booking numerous short films
he self-submitted for that filmed in and around Los Angeles. He began
acting professionally in 2011 when he landed his first agent and began
booking theatrical and commercial work. In late 2011, he moved to the
Franklin Village neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills, where he began
penning feature screenplays.
director, screenwriter, film producer, novelist, and playwright.
Barnes moved to Los Angeles in 2009, where he began his career by
starring in short films, appearing in television commercials, and
writing screenplays. His stage play Rise. won ‘Best World
Premiere’ at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival in Hollywood,
California. Barnes has since appeared in the Universal Studios horror
film, Unfriended (2014), which was executive produced by Jason Blum,
and penned the original screenplay for the independent drama,
Adolescence (2018). He has one published novel, True Grandeur (2017),
and stars in the upcoming feature film, The Astrid Experience, which
marks his directorial debut.Cal Barnes was born in Salem, Oregon. He
studied creative writing, journalism, and theatre at Portland State
University in Portland before moving to Los Angeles. He is the great
nephew of New York Mets baseball player, Lute Barnes.Barnes started
his acting career in 2010 when he began booking numerous short films
he self-submitted for that filmed in and around Los Angeles. He began
acting professionally in 2011 when he landed his first agent and began
booking theatrical and commercial work. In late 2011, he moved to the
Franklin Village neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills, where he began
penning feature screenplays.
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