Vancouver-area fans: Two chances to see Tahmoh!

On the big-screen at least. The Vancouver International Film Festival (September 27 - October 12, 2007) will be screening two of the independent films that Tahmoh has starred in in the past two years. According to their official release:

Canadian films already confirmed this year include TAMING TAMMY, a lively modern adaptation of Shakespeare's “Taming of the Shrew”, by Tracy D. Smith; GREEN CHAIN from director Mark Leiren Young, where nothing is ever clear-cut in the battle between loggers and environmentalists.

Tahmoh has a small role as Wilson, an arrogant plastic surgeon (at left) in Taming Tammy, directed by Tracy D. Smith who also helmed a short film starring Tahmoh, Sandra Goes to Whistler.

He stars as Brett Hall, a firefighter in The Green Chain (above right), which also features Tricia Helfer as Leila Cole. (For more on both projects, see the related posts linked at the bottom of this post.)

Of course, it's quite possible that Tahmoh will attend one or both of these screenings as he'll be in town to film Battlestar...

Tickets go on sale September 8th.

If any Vancouver-area fans are planning to go, please let me know.

Tahmoh in independent film Taming Tammy

This past May, Tahmoh played Wilson, an arrogant plastic surgeon, in Tracy D. Smith's Taming Tammy. Smith also directed Tahmoh in the 2005 short film, Sandra goes to Whistler, in which he starred as Conrad.

Taming Tammy is "a lively modern day adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” which takes the battle of the sexes to the extreme with ex-champ boxer, Sy “The Bruiser” Balkovich, and feisty sex toy seller, Tammy “The Shrew;” it stars Aleks Paunovic (Sgt. Fischer on Battlestar) as Sy and Sarah Jane Redmond as Tammy.

Aleks Paunovic, Sarah Jane Redmond and Tahmoh Penikett on set

Tahmoh's sister, Stephanie Penikett, also participated in the production. ("Susan Penikett" is also credited, but is likely meant to be "Sarah Penikett," Tahmoh's other sister).

A longer synopsis of the film can be found here.

For more, see also the Province profile of the film and filmmakers, "Taming Tammy on their own terms: These people are having the times of their lives bankrolling and filming."

Thanks to Michelle of Aaron Douglas Fans for the head's up!

Pic of Tahmoh from Sandra Goes to Whistler

New pics and cast and crew bios have been posted to the Sandra Goes to Whistler website.


Tahmoh starred in this short film last year. A brief synopsis:

Suze, Sandra’s crazy but caring best friend is determined to make Sandra forget her ex-boyfriend who dumped her and takes her to Whistler for the Western Steer Conference—a place where there are many cowboys that may be interested in a wounded calf like Sandra. It’s time to save a horse and ride a cowboy, but like all best laid plans (no pun intended), things go awry.

See my earlier post on the film here.

Tahmoh in Sandra Goes to Whistler (2005)

According to IMDB, Tahmoh will play "Conrad" in this six-minute comedic short film, commissioned by the 2005 Whistler Film Festival:

Sandra goes to Whistler for a one night stand to heal her broken heart but the next morning things get complicated when she learns that her Whistler lover actually lives in her building in Vancouver!

Sofia K Productions in coordination with Story Craft Pictures is producing "Sandra Goes to Whistler" to screen at this year's Whistler Film Festival, which will be from December 1st to 4th, 2005. So anyone in the Vancouver-area could go to see the film!

Whistler Stories is a legacy program for the Whistler area in advance of the 2010 Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Games. Slated to run annually until 2010, a jury will select four projects per year to receive a commission of $5,000 to create a short film (approximately five minutes in length) which must be based on stories from Whistler and surrounding areas, including the Sea-to-Sky Corridor.

The movie follows up on the earlier Sandra Gets Dumped (2005):

This is a comedy about being dumped. Sandra's boyfriend's gone up north for a job so she's putting together a care package for him and making a video letter to send with it. Everything in the video short is Sandra addressing the camera for this "letter." After she puts everything into the package, she holds up the love letter he left for her that she's been saving to read on camera. As she reads, she's devastated to see that it's actually a "Dear Jane" letter. He's banging their neighbor in Vegas. First comes shock, then denial and we watch as Sandra goes through the seven stages of grief dealing with being dumped: shock, denial, bargaining, anger, depression and acceptance.

Apparently Sandra Goes to Whistler features a line-dancing scene at a lesbian convention. From zinecat.com:

Ladies! Do you like a party? Do you like to dance? Come be an extra for our big line dancing party scene, shooting Sunday, October 30th, for the hilarious sequel, 'Sandra Goes to Whistler'. If you liked the Crazy8s short film, "Sandra Gets Dumped" you'll love the sequel also known as "Sandra Gets Laid".

From singer-songwriter Fiona Lehn's website, we find this bit of news:

'Every Bit is You,' another song from Lehn's soon-to-be-released CD, will be featured in a new short film entitled "Sandra Goes to Whistler," by Vancouver writer/director Tracy D. Smith.

'Every Bit is You' is a crush parody with an over-the-top cyber metaphor that will have computer geeks (and not so geeky geeks) chuckling as they boogie on down the line -- the line dance, that is. The song will be showcased in a bar scene line dance at a lesbian convention in Whistler. Oh yes -- The fun has just begun!

Listen to clips of some of Lehn's other music.
(Unfortunately not one of "Every Bit is You".)

Career news

This is an index of all my posts (through March 2006) relating to Tahmoh's career--except the posts on Battlestar Galactica... to see those you have to go through the month by month archives (left sidebar).

However, the best way to find posts on topics that interest you is to click on the relevant tag at the bottom of a post or in the sidebar at left. I've been working on tagging all my old posts, but it's a work in progress.

Alternatively, you can use the "search this blog" box at the top of this page. Google owns Blogger and so the search function is quite good. With the advent of this search utility, I do not plan to continue laboriously hand-indexing these posts.

I also recommend you visit Tahmoh's IMDB profile for the latest casting news.

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Trapped Ashes: Stanley's Girlfriend (2006) - Young Leo

Fangoria #252: Trapped Ashes coverage
Update on Trapped Ashes
New plot details for Trapped Ashes
Tahmoh to play "young Leo" in Trapped Ashes

Sandra Goes to Whistler (2005) - Conrad

Pic of Tahmoh from Sandra Goes to Whistler
Tahmoh in Sandra Goes to Whistler

Hush (2005) - Noah Hamilton

Last Chance to see Hush
Hush (2005) on Lifetime tonight @ 9/8c
Hush on Lifetime Tonight @ 11/10c
More Hush Screen Caps
Screen Caps of Tahmoh in Hush
Hush on Tonight @ 9/8c on Lifetime
Trailer/Screen Caps for Tahmoh's new movie, Hush
Lifetime posts more info on Hush
More Hush Airdates Announced
Hush (2005) to be released this May
More on Tahmoh's movie, "Hush"
Tahmoh in a movie!

Battlestar Galactica (2004-) - Lt. Karl 'Helo' Agathon

Cold Squad (2004) - Det. Ray Chase

"And the Fury" screen caps (part 3)
"And the Fury" screen caps (part 2)
Tahmoh Cold Squad promotional photos
"And the Fury" screen caps (part 1)
"C'mon I Tip Waitresses" screen caps
"Teen Angel" screen caps
Screen caps of Tahmoh in the Cold Squad credits
Tahmoh Talks about "Cold Squad" (2004)
Tahmoh on "Cold Squad"

Smallville (2004) - Vince in "Resurrection" (3.15)

Tahmoh in "Smallville" (2004)

The L Word (2004) - Sheriff in "Losing It" (1.6)

Tahmoh on "The L Word" (2004)

Battlestar Galactica miniseries (2003) - Lt. Karl 'Helo' Agathon

Just Cause (2003) - in "Blackboard Jungle" (1.20)

Stargate SG-1 (2003) - Third in "Unnatural Selection" (6.12)

Photos of Tahmoh from Stargate SG-1

Under the Cover (2003) - Jonas

Behind-the-Scenes Photos from Under the Cover
Under the Cover online!
More on Under the Cover (2003)
Tahmoh in Under the Cover (2003)

Go-Go Boy: Prelude (2002) - Aaron Fitz (Go-Go Boy)

Tahmoh in Go-Go Boy (2002)

The Winner (2002) - Jackie

Tahmoh in The Winner (2002)

Dark Angel (2002) - N.D. Cop #1 in "Freak Nation" (2.21)

Tahmoh in Dark Angel (2002)

Glory Days (2002) - Eric in "No Guts, No Glory" (1.08)

Wildfire 7: The Inferno (2002) - Ranger

Suspicious Circumstances (200?)

Clive (200?)

Below the Belt (2000) - Jonas

Tahmoh short film, Below the Belt, online
Review: Below the Belt (2000)
Tahmoh in Below the Belt (2000)

The Cold Heart of a Killer (1996)