Thom Bierdz Returns
to Old Dogs & New Tricks for
Second Season
Bierdz
plays “Bobby Burton,” a FOX Sports anchor and boyfriend to Muscles (Jeffrey Patrick Olson). He appeared in 3 episodes of the show’s first
season, and fan response was so enthusiastic (especially after photos from a
love scene with Olson hit the blogosphere), that producers persuaded Bierdz to
return.
“The
character of Bobby was originally written out after the beginning of the second
season,” explains Old Dogs’ creator/actor Leon Acord. “But when Thom came on board, he gave the
show such an incredible boost. His fans
have been adamant about him returning long-term. We’d be stupid not to listen to that! And he’s great to work with. So we’ve re-written the storyline, and Thom
will appear in at least eight of our ten new episodes.”
However,
Acord promises Bobby and Muscles’ road to love will be far from smooth.
Well-known
to soap fans, Bierdz portrayed teenage heir “Phillip Chancellor III” in the mid-1980s
on Y&R, until his character was
killed off in an automobile accident. In
2009, Bierdz returned to the show, where his character explained he’d faked his
death to protect his family from discovering his homosexuality – making Chancellor
the first major gay character in Young
& the Restless’ long history, and earning Bierdz the historic honor of being
the first openly gay actor hired for a contract role on a soap opera.
His
other acting credits include St. Elmo’s
Fire, and television’s Melrose Place,
Murder She Wrote, Matlock and Highway to Heaven.
Bierdz
is also an accomplished author and painter.
His memoir Forgiving Troy has
won many awards, including “Best Indie Autobiography” from USA Books News and a
nomination for a Lambda Literary Award. He
is the 2006 recipient of the “Key to the Light” award from Thalians/Cedars
Sinai. His paintings have raised over
$100,000 for charities across the country, and earned him the title “Best
Emerging Artist Los Angeles” from Out
Magazine in 2005. The Belsito-Roche
Gallery (www.belsitorochegallery.com)
in Long Beach recently hosted a show of his artwork. Learn more at his website at www.thombierdz.com.
Old Dogs & New
Tricks follows four middle-aged gay best friends living
in youth-obsessed West Hollywood. Acord,
Olson, Curt Bonnem and David Pevsner star as the four friends;
cabaret star Amanda Abel and Ryland Shelton co-star.
Written/created
by Acord, the web series is developed for the web by Arvin Bautista. Matt Ladensack, Laurence Whiting and Acord serve as Co-Executive Producers. The show’s score is composed by veteran film and
TV composer Nic. tenBroek.
Producers
promise a few new exciting guest stars in the second season, and will be
announcing them soon.
Old Dogs & New
Tricks’ second season will premiere Jan. 2, 2013. The show is raising funds via the crowd-sourcing
site IndieGoGo. Please visit www.indiegogo.com/olddogsnewtricksseason2.
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