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O'Rear continues to work as an actor, stuntman, and screenwriter on several films per year, recently appearing opposite Andrew Divoff (Lost, Air Force One), Tom Savini (Planet Terror, From Dusk Till Dawn), and Jason Carter (Babylon 5, Angel) in The Dead Matter, starring as Kane Hodder's brother in Old Habits Die Hard, portraying Ichabod Crane with Daniel Roebuck (Glee), John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Virginia Hey (Farscape) in The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, acting in a zombie/action movie with Linnea Quigley titled Post Mortem America 2021, making an appearance in Lions Gate Entertainment's horror film Dark Harvest 3, acting opposite Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), John Billingsley (Star Trek: Enterprise), and Bonita Friedericy (Chuck (TV series)) in Fall Of The House Of Usher, playing a zombie slayer in Eat The Living, portraying an alien bounty hunter in It Came From Trafalgar (with Reggie Bannister, Butch Patrick, Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Gunnar Hansen), appearing with Tiffany Shepis, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, and John Dugan in Shudder, taking a dramatic turn in Stephen King's The Boogeyman, fighting ghosts and serial killers with Daniel Emery Taylor (Return Of The Swamp Thing), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), April Burril (Chainsaw Sally), and Scott Tepperman (Ghost Hunters International) in The Hospital, and is in development deals for three more of his screenplays. He recently portrayed a wacky magician named Adam Cadabra in the horror/comedy film Beverly Lane, which is the directorial debut of the screenwriter Joshua Hull . O'Rear also starred in the 2011 Indie thriller flick "Three Tears on Bloodstained Flesh" under the direction of Jakob Bilinski. O'Rear will soon begin production on the audio drama Tales From Beyond with Star Trek actors Robert Picardo and John de Lancie, Daniel Roebuck (Matlock), Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever), and Reggie Bannister and the horror/comedy Fat Chance, featuring James Hampton (Teen Wolf, The Longest Yard), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), and Daniel Emery Taylor (The Return Of The Swamp Thing). O'Rear also completed and released an all-star comedy that was 20 years in the making called Underground Entertainment, starring Robert Englund, Danielle Harris, William Forsythe, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Tom Savini, Ernie Hudson, and many more genre greats.
Jim is an original member of The Hollywood Ghost Hunters and is the founder of The Celebrity Ghost Hunters. O'Rear is also a regular on the genre fan convention circuit, making between 15 to 20 personal public appearances internationally per year.
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