Don Yesso

Actor
Writer
Producer

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring. So when the syndicate orders Carter's death and Weiland's ID'd as a snitch, the two team up to take down the mob and the crime boss who ordered the hit.

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Bad Country (2014)

Born in Louisiana, Yesso attended at Louisiana State University and worked as a high school football coach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he met director Hugh Wilson in a Los Angeles airport. The two struck up a friendship and Wilson offered him a part in the upcoming TV series "Frank's Place; from there began his career in the world of entertainment, and worked in many films and series Tv. Today lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and opened an exercise studio named Yoglates.

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Bad Country

5.8

Mike Bannock

2014

Hocus Pocus

6.9

Bus Driver

1993

Fantastic Four

4.3

General

2015

Blast from the Past

6.7

Jerry

1999

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Actor

Deathstream
Short
- The Dispatcher
- 2024
Fast Charlie
6.0
- Tony D
- 2023
Tres Leches
2.1
- Cousin Sidney
- 2022
Queen Sugar
7.8
TV Series
- Officer Randall Orson
- Cop
- 2017–2021
The Demonologist
3.3
- Captain Meechum
- 2019
Hate Crime
4.5
- News reporter
- 2017
Jeepers Creepers III
3.9
- SWAT Team Leader
- 2017
Like Son
3.8
- Father
- 2016
Hap and Leonard
7.6
TV Series
- Recruitment Officer
- 2016
Zoo
6.7
TV Series
- Deputy Kraft
- 2015
American Ultra
6.1
- Air Force Commander
- 2015
The Astronaut Wives Club
7.2
TV Series
- Bartender
- 2015
Fantastic Four
4.3
- General
- 2015
Focus
6.6
- Card Player
- Football Coach
- 2015
Wild Card
5.8
TV Series
- Tommy No Thumbs
- 2014

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Producer

Trivia
Was a high school football coach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he met director Hugh Wilson in a Los Angeles airport. The two struck up a friendship and Wilson offered him a part in the upcoming TV series "Frank's Place." Yesso admitted that he couldn't act and Wilson said, "Don't worry...it's easy."

Quotes
I tell everybody all the time that only four actors have played Stanley Kowalski on Broadway: Marlon Brando, Jack Palance, Alec Baldwin and Don Yesso. It's a very short list, and I'm on it.