Neal Orion
- Actor
Born to a US Naval sailor & Japanese mother, Neal spent half of his
life overseas on the Pacific Islands of Hawaii & Japan. His family
returned to the United States in the early nineties, where he attended
high schools in Kenosha, Wisconsin, & South Whitley, Indiana,
respectively. Upon graduating, Neal studied biology & chemistry at
Indiana University before switching his major to theater after being
cast in college productions of Nash's "The Rainmaker" & the musical
"Damn Yankees!" While at college, Neal met his future wife in a summer
French class. Later that year, Neal enlisted in the US Navy and served
as a hospital corpsman/medic to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion
at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he finished out his military
career. Before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams of making
a splash in the Hollywood scene, Neal worked as a bartender on the golf
& beach resort island of Hilton Head, South Carolina.