- Nickname
- The Connector
- From humble beginnings to now a Telly Award Winning Actor (Gerald's Hands), Lester Greene has always paid his dues. Packing bags and working construction as a child is where Lester developed his strong work ethic. He was born in Germany and raised in Texas. Lester was always a terrific athlete. He ran track and played basketball in his spare time and like most kids, he wanted to play in the NBA. Those dreams would quickly disappear after he refused an offer to play for his high school varsity basketball team. Lester knew that playing professional basketball was a long shot so he transitioned to writing.
He graduated with a degree in English/Journalism from Queens College, but then his life took a drastic turn. He witnessed a murder that caused him to rethink his mission in life. Instead of becoming an English teacher, Greene decided to write about that murder. He went on to write four rap albums before quitting his rap career. Music no longer fulfilled him. Lester then started working as a bus driver for MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) in New York City. He drove buses for 11 years, but he never quite felt fulfilled doing that either, leaving his job for greener pastures.
Greene had a friend named Henry who suggested that he pursue acting, considering he was already a natural performer from his music days. Greene began doing background work until he saw Larenz Tate up close and personal. Tate's acting had inspired him to take acting more seriously so he began auditioning and booking roles in student films, short films, feature films and national television shows. Lester has studied with the likes of Alec Baldwin (Southampton Theatre), Peter Miner (Terry Schreiber Studios), Matt Newton and Mary Boyer.
Lester Greene's second act is now in full swing having already worked with Rza, 50 Cent, Vanzil Burke, Herb Kimble, Eliza Hittman, Angie Stone, Dorien Wilson, Omari Hardwick, Comedy Hype News and Termya Productions (Father May I). Greene won best actor for his role in the short film Driving Force at the Atlantic City Cinefest Film Festival, and he won the Actors' Showdown Monologue Competition at the Las Vegas Black Film Festival. He acted in the sequel female boxing film Lola 2 produced by Antoine Allen/Monica Floyd starring Taja V. Simpson, Claressa Shields, Roy Jones Jr. and Tamala Jones. He worked on another movie with Monica Floyd starring Essence Atkins, Tony Rock and Torrei Hart called A Screenshot to Santa. Lester wrapped on the faith-based feature film Driving Force, where he plays the lead actor.
Lester landed several speaking roles on television shows like Power, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Heaux Phase, Street Legal, The Luckiest Guys on the Lower East Side, 50 Central, Gotham and Rachael Ray. He has also landed speaking roles in commercials for Chase, Rogaine, AAO, FYI, Philips, Amazon, MTB Bank, Citizen Watch, Peeps Delights, BuzzFeed, Boost Mobile, Crown Royal, ESPN and Brooks. Independently, Greene has starred in and produced six films, two of which aired on CBS/ABC through the African American Short Films program. His last four films have received distribution through AngerMan Distribution under his production company, Lubey Jube Productions. He even wrote and published a book: Act Like You Love Yourself (Mind, Body & Art Included) Second Edition, which is available on Amazon. Also, on Amazon/Kindle is Music Between Notes of Kindness - an audiobook of songs and stories by Lester & Marcus MWiL Wilson.
Lester hosted Out On The Front Lines Radio Show on iHeart Radio, and he interviewed Emmy Winners Carl Buehl and Diego Silva Acevedo as well as Hollywood Executives Vanzil Burke (celebrity manager), Jeff Hamilton (celebrity jacket designer), George Vincent, Karon Joseph Riley, Harrison Page, Alycia Cooper and Phil Allocco. Lester did some VO work for Nadira Pankey's breakout film Gerald's Hands (Tubi TV), and The Lester Greene Talk Show is available on Tubi.
When Lester is not in front of the camera, he enjoys staying at home with his family and writing movie/music reviews on Medium.com. He loves watching television, taking long walks with his partner, reading scripts, exercising, listening to music and treating people with kindness.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lester Greene
- He released 2 rap albums on iTunes: "No Bush, Straight Dicks" and "The Greene Room.".
- Lester Greene was born in Bremerhaven, Germany.
- Lester completed a duet album with Tori Fixx (lgtfx). Tori is known for being Prince's DJ when the pop icon was alive.
- He was a mailman before he became a bus driver. He has been driving a bus for over 9 years.
- Lester is an author who wrote, "Getting Your Act Together.".
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