Blayne Weaver

Weaver was born in Bossier City, Louisiana on April 9, 1976.^[2][10][6] From age five, Weaver acted in local plays with the Peter Pan Players in Shreveport, and later with Centenary College of Louisiana and River City Repertory Theatre.^{[11][1][12][13]} He was performing in "three shows a year" until he was fifteen, when he began traveling to Dallas to audition for larger roles.^[13] After graduating from Parkway High School,^[14][1][13] he lived in New York City for six months before relocating to Los Angeles.^[13][5]

In the 1990s, Weaver's career was mostly in television. He appeared in the made-for-TV films The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993) and The Good Old Boys (1995), followed by several bit roles on shows including ER, JAG, and Chicago Hope.^{[15][1][16][17]} In 2001, he became the new voice of Peter Pan.^[3][6] He has since appeared in shows such as House of Mouse and has done recordings for the Disney theme parks,^[18][12] including for Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003).^[2] He also provided the voice for Pan in Disney Infinity 3.0^[18][1] and for Peter Pan Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom.^[19]

In 2001, Weaver co-wrote the film Manic, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt.^[4][3] The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival.^[4][17] In 2004, he formed Secret Identity Productions (SIP) with childhood friend Brandon Barrera.^[20][6] Later that year, they released the short film Losing Lois Lane, which Weaver directed, wrote, and starred in.^[15][20] The film was popular online and was Weaver's directorial debut.^[5][20] Weaver also wrote, directed and starred in SIP's first feature film, Outside Sales,^[4][20][5] which won awards on the film festival circuit^{[citation needed]} and was later released on DVD.^[5] SIP's next feature, Weather Girl, premiered at Slamdance Film Festival and had an ensemble cast of Tricia O'Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer, and Jane Lynch.^[4][21][22] Like SIP's other films, Weaver wrote, directed, and acted in the movie. It was released on Lifetime TV in October 2009 and on DVD following a festival run.^[22] It won an award in the category Screenplay: Narrative Feature at the 2009 DeadCENTER Film Festival.^[23]

Weaver's next major film was 6 Month Rule in 2011. It starred Martin Starr, Jaime Pressly, John Michael Higgins, and Natalie Morales^[4][24] and won best feature film and best actor (Weaver) at the 2012 Hill Country Film Festival.^[25] He had his stage directorial debut in 2015 with the River City Repertory Theatre's production of True West.^[26][11] This was followed by another feature film, Cut to the Chase (2016), which Weaver wrote, directed, and starred in. The film follows an ex-con that sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana.^[10][4] This garnered a number of award wins, including best director of a feature and best actor (Weaver) in a feature at the Northeast Film Festival^[14][27] and best director at Hill Country Film Festival.^[28][14][29] In 2017, he played Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher at Stage Center in Shreveport.^[30] The company gave him a "Diva" Performance Award.^[31]

Weaver's role in Michael Howard's Where We're Meant to Be^[32] earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Eastern North Carolina Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} His next film, Santa Girl (2019), was released through Netflix and premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, Virginia.^[33][4] This was one of several films shot in collaboration with Shenandoah University's film department.^[4] Also in 2019, he became Shenandoah's first Director in Residence, and later signed on as an adjunct professor of film studies.^[4][34] Other movies filmed with Shenandoah include GetAWAY (2020), Cupid for Christmas (2021), and Miss Valentine (2024).^[4][7][8][9] GetAWAY premiered at the DeadCENTER Film Festival in 2020.^[35] Also in 2020, Weaver co-wrote American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules with David H. Steinberg.^[3] He has been a faculty member of American Musical and Dramatic Academy in camera acting since 2024.^[17]