Shawnn Morris Slaughter is a multi-talented performer, actor, singer, dancer, comic, songwriter, television producer, recording and visual artist. He resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and is very proud of being a native-born and raised, second-generation, Las Vegan. Acting since the age of ten, Slaughter's stage credits include Rolf in The Sound of Music, as well as productions of Gypsy, Annie, and one of his favorites, chubby chaser Claude Perkins, in Terrance McNally's, The Ritz. Slaughter was a performer in two long running comedy reviews, Bottoms Up and Sex Over 40 He has also performed stand up comedy in the Un-Cab Lab Show at the M Bar in Hollywood, California. Most recently, Slaughter has been appearing a magician's assistant in, Tommy Wind Magic, Music, Martial Arts. For six years, Slaughter appeared in the long-running hit, Evil Dead the Musical on the Las Vegas Strip performing the roles of Professor Knowby, a Rapist Tree, Fake Shemp, Ed, and the official Evil Dead the Musical Las Vegas photographer, Don, as well as the Emcee as Doris Dead Zombie Diva, which he created and developed exclusively for the Las Vegas production. For his performance in Evil Dead the Musical, Slaughter received a nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the 2013 Broadway World Awards Las Vegas. Slaughter has the distinction of having appeared in more performances of Evil Dead the Musical than any other actor on Earth. On camera, Slaughter has appeared in feature and short films. He played the Bitten Stranger in the zombie horror short, No More Help, and appears in the role of the Cop in the feature film, Red Herring. He was also an Associate Producer and Featured Cast Member in the sketch comedy television pilot, Flock of Meese. Slaughter has a brief but creepy cameo in the upcoming feature, Party Bus to Hell. Slaughter is the owner of the Las Vegas production company, SlaughterCore Presentations. Other interesting things about Slaughter: he has run 11 marathons; is ordained minister and legal wedding officiate in the state of Nevada; he is diagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder, specifically, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD/NOS), a highly acute functioning form of Autism; a 32 year survivor of HIV, Slaughter has been a public speaker on the issue to many diverse audiences. Slaughter holds an A.A. in Commercial Art from Community College of Southern Nevada, a B.E. in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College and an M.A. (ABD) in Counseling Psychology from Regis University. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Shawnn Morris Slaughter
