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Stavros Halkias is a comedian, actor and writer originally from Baltimore, Maryland, who is currently starring in <a href="https://darkskyfilms.com/film/lets-start-a-cult/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Let’s Start a Cult</a>, opposite Ethan Suplee, Joe Pera and CM Punk. His latest special, Fat Rascals, is out now on Netflix and his debut special, Live at the Lodge Room, reached a million views in its first four days and currently sits at over 6.8 million views. His podcast, Stavvy’s World, debuted at number three on the iTunes comedy charts and garnered hundreds of thousands of subscribers in its first year. He’s a former co-host and founding member of the popular podcast Cum Town, which ran from 2016 to 2022 and was recently featured in Steven Soderbergh’s sci-fi series Command Z. Halkias is also an accomplished model, walking in Kid Super’s Paris Fashion Week show in 2023, where he was described by Vogue as “the plus-est of plus size models.” His goal is to get just famous enough to buy his mother a nice home and then quit show business to open a surf and turf restaurant in East Baltimore.

Stavros Halkias

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Three Great Things: Stavros Halkias

Alec Utgoff currently is starring as Zhenia in the social satire <a href="https://www.kinolorber.com/film/never-gonna-snow-again" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Never Gonna Snow Again</a>, which is in select theaters from July 30 through Kino Lorber. Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Utgoff moved to Great Britain at a young age. He graduated from Drama Centre London in 2010. Later that year, he appeared alongside Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck&#8217;s The Tourist. He has also appeared in several notable big-budget productions, including Kenneth Branagh&#8217;s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Brad Peyton&#8217;s San Andreas, David Koepp&#8217;s Mortdecai and Christopher McQuarrie&#8217;s Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation. He has worked with such prominent actors as Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor. Utgoff is also known for his roles in TV series, most notably in Season 3 of the Netflix hit Stranger Things.

Alec Utgoff

Three Great Things: Alec Utgoff

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