Craig Newkirk is a native of Wrightsville Beach, NC and has been working in the Film and Print Industries for over 30 years. His first film opportunity was an extra in "King Kong Lives" in 1986 and he has been at it ever since. He has worked on shoots as small as local commercials or student films and as big as major motion pictures and TV dramas - "I just have a passion for film so I don't really care about the money as much as I just enjoy the process". Craig not only works in front of the camera but he has also worked as an Animal Wrangler on numerous films with his cousin and well known animal trainer Alicia Rudd. His exposure to theatre came from his mother, LaNelle (Newkirk) Clontz who was the President of the Thalian Association and award winning actress at Thalian Hall (the oldest running theatre in the nation) in Wilmington, NC during the 1960's and 70's and his father was world renowned Architect Haywood Newkirk.
Craig is a 3rd Degree Black Belt and certified instructor with a National Sparring Championship in Soo Bahk Do Karate in 2005 and he still competes in the Eastern Surfing Association and has numerous Surfing titles. He also Officiated, Coached and Played Ice Hockey for over 10 years as well as lettering in Golf, Basketball and Soccer in High School. Craig is the proud father of three Taylor, Samantha and Liam and is the grandfather of Hunter and Sadie.
