Levon Panek

Levon Panek kuliah di Universitas Bentley di Waltham, MA, di mana dia mengambil jurusan ekonomi manajerial dan mempelajari perspektif kuantitatif. Dia mengambil penulisan skenario sebagai mata kuliah pilihan, dan secara kebetulan diajar oleh pelatih akting legendaris, Gerry Speca, yang dua dekade sebelumnya pernah mengajar Ben dan Casey Affleck, serta Matt Damon, di Cambridge Rindge & Latin. Di pertengahan semester Speca mendekati Panek tentang akting, menyinggung potensinya, dan mengatakan kepadanya bahwa dia harus menghadiri audisi panggilan terbuka. Panek mengikuti panggilan terbuka untuk "The Town" dan kemudian dipilih melalui casting untuk memerankan seorang penjaga pintu di "The Social Network." Setelah mengambil jeda dari dunia akting dan bekerja sebagai pelatih kekuatan & pengondisian, Panek kembali ke bioskop pada tahun 2018 dan memesan dua peran berbicara lagi: sebagai karakter Donald dalam "Love, Weddings, & Other Disasters," dan kemudian sebagai State Trooper Dennis dalam serial Showtime "Dexter: New Blood," sebelum pelatih aktingnya menyuruhnya untuk melakukan aksi sebagai cara untuk mempercepat jalur karirnya sebagai aktor laga. Pada tahun 2022, dia melakukan semua adegan perkelahian sebagai karakter Big Daddy di musim 11 "American Horror Story", dan melakukan perkelahian di layar dalam film dengan Liam Neeson, Stephen Lang, dan Lucas Till. Penampilan TVnya yang paling terkenal adalah sebagai karakter James 'Goliath' Kenneally dalam "Law & Order: Organized Crime," musim 3, episode 13 dan 14.

Levon Panek attended Bentley University in Waltham, MA, where he majored in managerial economics and minored in quantitative perspectives. He took screenwriting as an elective, and coincidentally was taught by legendary acting coach, Gerry Speca, who two decades prior had taught both Ben and Casey Affleck, as well as Matt Damon, at Cambridge Rindge & Latin. Halfway through the semester Speca approached Panek about acting, alluded to his potential, and told him that he should attend open call auditions. Panek went to an open call for "The Town" and was subsequently chosen by casting to portray a bouncer in "The Social Network." After taking a hiatus from acting and working as a strength & conditioning coach, Panek returned to cinema in 2018 and booked two more speaking roles: as the characters Donald in "Love, Weddings, & Other Disasters," and then as State Trooper Dennis in the Showtime series "Dexter: New Blood," before his acting coach told him to pursue stunts as way of expediting his career path as an action actor. In 2022 he did all of the fight scenes as the Big Daddy character in season 11 of "American Horror Story," and had on-screen fights in movies with Liam Neeson, Stephen Lang, and Lucas Till. His most notable TV performance is as the character James 'Goliath' Kenneally in "Law & Order: Organized Crime," season 3, episodes 13 and 14.