Eddy Shalita
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Eddy Challita always enjoyed movies, but it wasn't until he accompanied
an actor friend to an audition in 2003 - and inadvertently landed a
small role in the DreamWorks film Head of State with Chris Rock and
Bernie Mac - that the possibility of a film career became a reality.
Hailing from France, where he modeled and acted, Eddy also lived in
Lebanon and France before moving to the U.S. over fourteen years ago.
Other roles followed, including appearances in xXx: State of the Union
with Ice Cube and Samuel L. Jackson, and the hit TV series The West
Wing, with Martin Sheen and Rob Lowe. Most recently, he appeared in
Salt, starring Angelina Jolie, and before that worked with one of his
favorite actors, Leonardo DiCaprio, in Body of Lies. Eddy's ability to
speak both French and Arabic, as well as English, has provided him with
another cinematic opportunity: that of language coach. While he'd like
to continue to pursue his acting career, he doesn't consider himself a
"struggling" actor by any means. He teaches cyber security at the
Defense Cyber Crime Institute, one of the top cyber defense academies,
where top-notch government agents learn how to defend our country from
spies and hackers. Eddy's expertise in the field comes from his many
years as a government contractor, working as an analyst/linguist and
dealing with cyber counter-intelligence. Despite his busy schedule,
Eddy, who earlier this year, in addition to being featured on the
Baltimore ABC News affiliate and in that city's Examiner, could be seen
as part of the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau print campaign, has his sights
set on Hollywood, New York City, and Europe, where he's confident that
success awaits him.