[ Christopher Joseph Petersen: Schauspieler ]

NATIONALITY

Citizen of the United States

Citizen of Germany

PROFESSIONAL CAREER CLASSIFICATION: ACTOR

POSITION SOUGHT: I AM LOOKING FOR A LEADING CHARACTER ROLE WHERE I CAN USE MY INSIGHT, WIT, AND CHARM (AND PHYSICAL PRESENCE) TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL 

Height: 6'3" (192 cm)  Weight: 295 lbs (134Kg)

I am sure many of you have read resumes where a person will tell you WHAT they are and not WHO they are. In doing so, they attempt to create this imaginary identity around their career. I have seen this with careers such as an accountant, an analyst, a therapist, a sales-man, and yes, even an executive. In the end though, that still does not answer the question of who they are.

This would be comparable to a dog barking, "I can roll over, sit, and play dead on command in three different languages! I have had three masters and fulfilled a different set of needs for each one! I am looking for a new master at this time, so anyone interested should look at my credentials and my pedigree."

This would be great if I were a dog!

However, I am not a dog! I am a man in a man's world who wants and needs the respect befitting any and all men.

So, what am I and who am I? I am a 44-year-old male singer/vocalist, who up to the last year has been living a false existence.  I got lost somewhere between false friends giving bad advice and living in a community where the only worthwhile characteristic of a career was the amount of $$$ earned. I had for a time wanted to be able to sing, but (mainly due to bad voice lesson coaching and the blind advice of others) I was always trying to parrot the style of other singers and the fact that I was searching for my own identity). I even had voice lessons all to no avail.

But one day while singing (in Spanish) to a Diego Torres CD, I became more aware of which particular parts of the mouth are specifically utilized when speaking different languages and finally uncovered the incredible talent that is my true voice!

I looked deep within my heart and soul and finally found the man I was looking for: The Real Me!!!

Now I am not saying, “I want to be a singer”, but rather, “I am a singer!” and I have the talent and the drive to back it up!!!

Some people reading this may think it a bit superfluous or unnecessary. Those same people, however, need to ask themselves if they really are living up to their full potential.

Personally I do not think that God put me on this planet to sell life insurance!

I have included some of my skills and accomplishments in order to put a little detail, color and sharpness into the self-portrait I am trying to create here!

You see, before the discovery of my voice, I had also explored other professional career avenues.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:  Learning, speaking, and writing many a foreign language is a deep passion of mine. To me it is a reminder of the times when Europe's elite frequently traveled and socialized throughout the historic cities of Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid, Barcelona and many more. Learning the histories, the languages, conversing with the peoples in their native tongue and experiencing their cities, geography, and customs takes me back to the days of yore and the magic that had given them their birth.   

To me this is indeed a beautiful awakening experience and also presents an opportunity to effectively portray a varying assortment of other character roles.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

German

English

French

Spanish

Danish

EDUCATION

Degrees

Masters of International Business

B. A. in Foreign Languages / Political Science

EXPERIENCES:

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

Contriving business/service idea / Conducting market analysis & business plan formulation / Directing & controlling all aspects of start-up business operations / Targeting particular clientele / Analysing requirements of prospective clientele / Engineering programs to develop client base and enhance business volume / Promoting Effective Business/client relations / Identifying opportunities for business growth / Providing comprehensive client support through in-depth industry knowledge / Interacting effectively with diverse individuals

MARKETING EXPERIENCE

Introducing and promoting varied programs and services / Highlighting advantages of my organizational services / Engineering and executing innovative marketing and advertising strategies so as to standout from the crowd and entice customers / Developing and implementing unique promotional advertising materials / Gathering and validating market information / Solving advertising and marketing problems / Evaluating competitive position within industry

COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Proposing to a client that he has a host of unsatisfied wants and needs / Assisting the client in assessing and analyzing these unsatisfied wants and needs / Facilitating the client in the categorization and evaluation of these unsatisfied wants and needs / Consulting the client on which of my programs would satisfy these unsatisfied wants and needs in an optimum fashion / Implementing selected programs so as to fulfill these unsatisfied wants and needs / Continually monitoring the client to be sure that he is achieving the desired results with the selected program / insuring that his unsatisfied wants and needs are always being met in a paramount fashion

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERIENCE

Maintaining a user-friendly profile / Creating a concrete definition of myself, and the services that I offer / Continually re-educating thereby establishing myself as an authority on the services that I offer / Presenting myself as a fully knowledgeable professional through action, appearance and conduct / Representing myself, and my business at community functions in one form or another / Facilitating communication with customers through the maintenance of an open dialogue.

FORMAL ACTOR TRAINING (OR LACK THEREOF):

To justify my lack of a formal training / education in Theatre arts, I would like to make reference to the mystic named OSHO! 

"It does not matter whether you paint, sculpt, or make shoes; whether you are a gardener, a farmer, a fisherman, a carpenter -- it does not matter. What matters is, "are you putting your very soul into what you are creating?" Then your creative products have something of the quality of divine.

Except creativity, there is nothing divine.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

If you want to create, you have to get rid of all conditionings otherwise your creativity will be nothing but copying, it will be just a carbon copy. You can be creative only if you are an individual, you cannot create as a part of the mob psychology. The mob psychology is uncreative; it lives a life of drag, it knows no dance, no song, no joy; it is mechanical."

For the record, Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) is the most prolific author on this planet with over 650 books ( 64 million words) in print.  He is an enlightened mystic from India whose wisdom has impacted millions of people.  Even after he left his body in 1990, Osho's teachings continue to grow and inspire spiritual seekers around the world today.  He teaches us how to become a whole again, connected to Source, a more authentic human being, and someone who celebrates life passionately as well with a deep sensitivity to it.