Actor / Director Profile

Sebastian Siegel is a British-American filmmaker, actor and artist, born in Oxford, England. His father is Indian religions professor and Pulitzer nominated author, Lee Siegel. His grandfather, Leonard Thompson, was a lifelong opponent of apartheid in South African. He began studying drama at age seven and started at The University of Hawaii at fourteen to study theatre.Sebastian studied drama throughout school and although he never played an organized sport is widely recognized for having appeared on over one-hundred magazine covers from Men's Fitness to Iron Man. He often credits appreciation to theatre, humor, exercise, and authors Ken Wilber, Alan Watts, other philosophers and artists, and friend and mentor James Whitmore.