Griffin Hood

Griffin Hood is an actor with a background in theater who aimed to build a career in film. Born in 1984 in Greenville, Mississippi, he moved to Alabama in the third grade and stayed there through college. He played sports in high school and planned to play baseball in college, but after several rejections from college teams he attended the University of Montevallo, where he became interested in theater as a sophomore. He earned a B.A. in theater, with a minor in general business, from the University of Montevallo in May 2006. That spring, with producing partner Barry Battles, he made their first short film, Mr. Extion. It first appeared on the festival circuit in January 2007, then screened at 38 film festivals across the country and won 13 awards. In November 2007 he relocated to Los Angeles to continue pursuing acting.