#226: Todd Stashwick - Points on the Map

Todd Stashwick is an actor & writer. You can find him in
almost every TV show, with over 160 credits to his name!


A Chicago native, he is an alumnus of the famed Second City
Comedy Theater. As an actor he’s known for the role
of Deacon on Syfy’s hit show 12 Monkeys and Dale
Malloy on the critically acclaimed FX drama The Riches. His
work in television includes notable roles on shows such as
Star Trek: Picard, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Curb Your
Enthusiasm, Heroes, Supernatural, The Originals, Gotham and
Justified. He can also be seen in the live
action Kim Possible film as the villain Dr. Drakken
on Disney+.


As a writer Todd is the co-creator of the web-comic Devil
Inside with collaborator comic artist Dennis Calero. Todd
co-wrote Clandestine, an original space adventure pilot for
the Syfy Channel. Todd also co-wrote a Star Wars video
game for Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm,
with Uncharted creator Amy Hennig. He co-wrote a draft
of Suicide Squad 2, the sequel to the
hit DC comics film from Warner Brothers with
writer/director Gavin O’Connor. He recently completed
co-writing the video game Forspoken for Square
Ennix and is currently working with a group of writers for
an upcoming Marvel project with Skydance New
Media. Todd continues to develop Television, Film and comic book
properties.


Todd is deeply immersed in the Dungeons and
Dragons community, a passion that started for him as a child
in the late 70s. He regularly hosts games for his friends in
his Nerd Lair. He has streamed many games online
for notable charities for Jasper’s Game
Day and DnDBeyond. He created a retro merchandise
online store, to celebrate his love of the game, called Todd
Stashwick’s Nerd Circus where he sells Dice, Dice Boxes,
t-shirts and more. He co-created a D&D inspired tiki cocktail
book, with former Imagineer Brandon Kleyla, called Mystic
Libations all available
at www.thenerdcircus.com. He most recently collaborated
with Mike Jimenez, of the Weathered Dragon, on a
premium “The Stashwick Signature gaming table” soon to
be available online.


We chat about his passion of dungeons and dragons, not getting
SNL, his time at the Skywalker Ranch, rejection, improv, losing a
house, moving forward, emulating Bill Murray & experimenting
with his comedy, view of success, creativity and being in 21
pilots that didn’t go ahead.


Check Todd out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tstashwick

Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/ToddStashwick

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