Gerald
McQuirter
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Gerald
McQuirter is a very busy man these days and soon he will be a
household name. From his cameo in the 93 film “How You Like Me
Now” starring Darnell Williams & Sally Richardson, to his
lead role in a film due out later this year entitled “The Evil
One”, this comedian/ actor/ writer has been doing his thing.
Though he resides in Chicago, this all around
entertainer hails from Clinton, MS, and has also lived in 14
states & 2 countries. Growing
up he knew that being an entertainer was what he wanted to do.
“ I’ve been performing all my life and really
couldn’t see myself in any other profession.” He also adds
that, “when I was growing up in Mississippi, we didn’t have
the avenues or mechanisms that are essential to explore any of the
arts and entertainment field to the degree that you do in the big
city.”
After a stint in the Air Force, Gerald
traveled to Chicago when he was “about 28 or 29” and started
performing professionally in ’91.
Some of his credits include “Ricochet”, starring Denzel
Washington, “ Curly Sue”, "Rapstarz" and “Barbershop”, just to name a
few. Along with film,
television and stage work he also does a lot of Industrial and
Print work in Chicago.
He doesn’t feel that the Chicago film
community is as strong as it could be and thinks that runaway
productions may help the powers that be to see the error in their
ways. “Chicago has been ostracized for a long time with the
entertainment industry and I guess the worlds knows that by the
fact that ‘Chicago’ was shot in Toronto” he says. The fact
that Chicago was filmed in Toronto may have opened some eyes and
lead to local laws being repealed in an effort to draw more
productions to the city. “We really don’t have a huge market
here with the film industry, but we’re blessed that the new laws
have incentives for people to come here to shoot pictures opposed
to going to Canada and shooting pictures, so this year is looking
really promising” he asserts.
This year is already looking promising for
Mr. McQuirter, as his latest project, “The Evil One”, is due
out later this year. The
movie is based on a true story about a man named H.H Holmes who
was supposed to be the first serial killer in America.
In the late 1800’s, Gerald plays officer Granberrry, who
has an early encounter with the serial killer’s grandson, as
people are being gruesomely murdered and Officer Granberry is
called in to solve the crime and the mystery of where it came
from.
So be on the lookout for that and future projects
because the sky’s the limit for this multi-talented entertainer
and soon his McQuarters will turn into McDollars.
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