Stuart Stone

Stuart Stone (born Stuart Eisenstein; November 17, 1980) is a Canadian film, television, and voice-over actor as well as a producer of television, film and music. He is best known for his role in Donnie Darko, The Magic School Bus (as Ralphie Tennelli), the fifth season of The Raccoons (as Bentley Raccoon from "Black Belt Bentley!" to "Go for Gold!" and as Danny in "Stress Test!"), The Busy World of Richard Scarry (as Pig Will and Pig Won't), and others. Stone has also toured as a comedian and rapper.

Biography
Stone was born Stuart Eisenstein in Thornhill, Ontario. He attended Thornlea Secondary School. His parents ran a franchise selling hockey and baseball cards. After graduating high school, he moved to Los Angeles, California to continue his career in acting.

He started his acting career at age two, appearing in Canadian TV commercials such as Maple Leaf Foods Ham and Kraft Dinner as a child actor in Toronto. He made his major motion picture debut in Heavenly Bodies as Joey, Samantha Blair's son played by Cynthia Dale, in 1985. Since then, he has guest-starred in many TV series such as Goosebumps, Boston Public, and Flash Forward. He starred in animated features such as Babar: The Movie and The Magic School Bus as a voice-over actor. He has also done voice-over work for Care Bears and voices both main characters in the Canadian cartoon Carl Squared. He also had roles in the films Donnie Darko and The Boys Club.

In 2006, Stone and actor-comedian (and also close friend) Jamie Kennedy starred together in the MTV reality show Blowin' Up, which showed the journey the two went through to create a hit rap album and "blowin' up". After the show aired its finale, the album Stone and Kennedy created was released, which was titled Blowin' Up to correspond with their reality series, and both also appeared on the MTV show True Love. The album featured guest appearances from Houston rapper Paul Wall and Bay Area rapper E-40, as well as actors Bob Saget and Jason Biggs.

Stone has been known to tour off and on with Kennedy on his stand-up tours, performing songs from the Blowin' Up album, as well as the song "The Left One", featured on Kennedy's Unwashed album. Shows on this variety are routinely opened by comedian Bill Dawes, and at times have had guests, such as Saget at a November 17, 2006, Las Vegas show.

Stu hosted his own show, "The Sunday Nite Stu", which was originally broadcast online through Stickam webcasts. His show aired Sundays at 9 PM PST drawing in over 300 thousand viewers monthly. He brought along a variety of guest stars and anyone with a Stickam account could join his live room and watch or even get a chance to chat with him. The show was the first ever on the Stickam site and in 2012, "Sunday Nite Stu" celebrated over 10 million viewers! Recent guests included Colt Cabana, The Last Goodnight, Paul Wall, Young Church, Elliott Yamin, Kaz James, Jared McMullin, Andy Milonakis, and Chester French.

Stu Stone's TSM RADIO podcast continues to be one of the most listened to on the net. Stu's interviews often give a chance for fans to hear their favourite artists and actors speak in a more "candid" fashion. Guests have included Tila Tequila, Perez Hilton, Jason Wahler, Talan Torriero, Elliott Yamin, Bonnie McKee, Everlast (musician), Lucy Walsh, Dennis Haskins, Rohan Marley, Edward Furlong, Flower Tucci, Chyna, Kendra Jade, Christy Hemme, Diamond Dallas Page, Bobby Lee, Cisco Adler, and many others.

Stu Stone worked as the producer of magician Criss Angel's television series. He also produced "Criss Angel: Loyal Saturday" and "Criss Angel: Live Wire" broadcasts.

Stu Stone performs regularly on the weekly pro-wrestling series "Championship Wrestling From Hollywood". Stone handles commentary on the broadcast as well as performing alongside his stable of wrestlers: The Family Stone.

Stone along with his business partner and brother-in-law Adam Rodness formed the company 5'7 films. Stone served as director and co-writer on the film The Haunted House On Kirby Road, which won best horror feature at the Toronto Independent Film Festival. Stu Stone also won best director for the film at the CineView film festival. 5'7 films has announced a second feature with Breakthrough entertainment which will once again put Stone in the director's chair. Another horror film revolving around Scarecrows. The company also has said they will be releasing a documentary feature on the world of baseball cards

Anime

 * Knights of the Zodiac (1986-1989) - Cygnus Hyōga