Prison Break

Background:

American actor Marshall Allman is maybe most remembered as L. J. Burrows on the Fox hit television series “Prison Break” (2005-?). Starting his career when he was a teenager in Austin,Texas, the young actor broke into Hollywood in 2003 with guest roles in such TV series as “Boston Public” and “Malcolm in the Middle” and moved on to film in the following year with “Shallow Ground” and “Little Black Book.” He has since acted in several other movies, including “Hostage” (2005), “Dishdogz” (2005), “Prey 4 Me” (2007) and “Winged Creatures” (2008), and episodes of “Cold Case,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Ghost Whisperer” and “Grey's Anatomy.”

Recently appearing in “Winged Creatures” (2008), Allman is set to play roles in the upcoming movies “Anytown” (2008), “The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle” (2008) and “Devil's Night” (2009), which he also wrote.

Allman is the husband of actress Jamie Anne Allman, whom he married in 2006.

Apart from painting, drawing and soccer, Allman also enjoys music, specially blues, jazz, and rock, and has studied piano and guitar. He likes to read comics and ride bikes and enjoys spending time with children. He collects model submarines and watches.

T.J.

Childhood and Family:

Marshall Scot Allman was born on April 5, 1984, in Austin, Texas, to James Martin Allman, Jr. and Idanell. He became interested in soccer and visual art at age 5, and carried out the passions in high school. He picked up awards in competitions sponsored by the state of Texas for his paintings and drawings in his junior and senior year of high school, and successfully led his high school soccer team to win the Texas state championship. His love in soccer ignited the talented teen to pursue a professional career, but after graduating from Austin High School in 2002, he chose to study acting in Los Angeles. He was trained as an actor at the Playhouse West.

Marshall, known by old friends as T.J., married actress Jamie Anne Allman on June 17, 2006 in his hometown Austin, Texas.

Devil's Night

Career:

An excellent soccer player and award-winning artist, Marshall Allman began his acting career at age 17, when he produced and appeared in “History of the Devil,” a premier production of the Fear Theatre Company in Austin, Texas. After high school, the Texan native headed to Los Angeles to further pursue his career.

Within a year of his arrival in Hollywood, Allman landed guest spots in a series of shows like “Without a Trace,” “Threat Matrix,” “Boston Public” and “Malcolm in the Middle” (all 2003). The same year, he also appeared in the pilot of “Married to the Kellys,” a short-lived comedy aired on Fox from 1993 to 1994. He played the young incarnation of Breckin Meyer's Tom.

After making a guest appearance in a 1994 episode of “The Practice,” playing Todd Beck, Allman made the jump to the big screen with a bit part in the horror/thriller “Shallow Ground” (2004), starring Timothy V. Murphy and Stan Kirsch and directed and penned by Sheldon Wilson. He got a bigger part later that same year in “Little Black Book,” a comedy/romance starring Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates. He portrayed the role of Trotsky.

The following year saw Allman star with Haylie Duff in the coming-of-age comedy/drama “Dishdogz,” playing Kevin, appear in the short film “Starcrossed,” helmed by James Burkhammer, and work with Traci Lords for the 11-minute drama “Sweet Pea.” Also in that same year, he was cast in the prominent supporting role of Kevin Kelly in the Bruce Willis actioner “Hostage.” Other actors who starred in the movie include Kevin Pollak, Jimmy Bennett, Michelle Horn, Ben Foster and Jonathan Tucker.

However, the young actor did not hit the big time until he won the regular role of L.J. Burrows Jr., son of prison detainee Lincoln Burrows (played by Dominic Purcell), on the Fox successful series “Prison Break.” Debuted in August 2005, the drama received a 2006 People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Drama and was nominated for a Golden Globe award in the category of Best Television Series – Drama. It also earned a Teen Choice nomination for TV - Choice Breakout Show and a Television Critics Association nomination for Outstanding New Program of the Year (both 2006).

Allman continued to appear in the episodes of “Close to Home” (2006), “Cold Case,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “Saving Grace” (all 2007). He resumed his movie career by taking roles in the short/comedy “A Day with the Urns” (2007) and the horror/thriller “Prey 4 Me” (2007). He appeared together with his wife, Jamie Anne Allman, in both projects. The couple previously worked together in 2003, when they both guested in the “Threat Matrix” episode of “Natural Borne Killers.” In 2008, Allman played Thomas Benjamin in an episode of “Ghost Whisperer” and Jeremy West in an episode of “Grey's Anatomy.” Besides, he starred as Dan the Bellhop in the based-on-novel “Winged Creatures,” helmed by Rowan Woods.

The 24-year-old actor will costar with Natasha Henstridge and Matt O'Leary in the crime/drama “Anytown” (2008), helmed and co-written by Dave Rodriguez. Besides, he is set to play roles in David Russo's comedy, “The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle” (2008), opposite Natasha Lyonne and Tania Raymonde, and the drama “Devil's Night” (2009), which also stars his wife. The latter marks Allman's debut as a writer.

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