Could this actor pass for a police Sergeant?

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harmonica44

I was thinking of using the young actor in blue for my first feature screenplay. But a DP who is likes the script and wants to do it, says to get someone else, and he just can't pass for that main cop hero look. He says that I should use that actor to play the district attorney character instead. But he looks kind of young for a lawyer to have worked all the way up the ranks to district attorney. But the DP says no, and that most DAs of America today, are in their 20s.

What do you think, does this actor have a look that audiences will accept for either role? I am hoping to sell the audience on performance rather than look. Even when I was first told to watch 24 I did not buy Kiefer as a federal agent, until I saw it, then I was sold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56EIXHLWH6Y
 
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As is, you make a good rent-a-cop! :yes:
Does that count? ;)

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GL!

(F#ckit. Do the role, H. PLenty of actor/directors do it. Gopherit!)
 
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You need to decide if you want to act in a main role in your movie, of if you want to direct it.

It seems to me that you're looking for all the glory of doing it all and your painting yourself into a corner to do it. You may have been able to get away with acting and directing in a 5 minute short film, but that is LIGHT YEARS away from a feature length production.

Could it be done? Sure. But it will be INCREDIBLY more difficult. And for someone that comes on the board to ask about every last little minute detail, your head will explode from trying to accomplish this.

Pick one or the other, my friend. You're already going to be wearing too many hats to add "lead actor" to the mix...
 
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Okay thanks. Hopefully I can get more people to come to future auditions and I will have more to pick from then. Someone I think is more committed to it than myself.
 
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For the sake of accuracy, the average District Attorney in America is 45 years old and is the senior elected/appointed attorney within a specific jurisdiction (usually a county). The average ASSISTANT District Attorney (ADA) is hired fresh out of law school (they're the 20+ year olds), and the Deputy District Attorney (DDA) would typically be the head of a local DA's office (I.E. in Los Angeles County, the Santa Clarita or Lancaster offices) and at least in his late 30's. And the average age for promoton to Sergeant in LAPD or Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is 36 years old, but they look older due to their wicked ways. YMMV
 
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