After a Harvard education, Mr. Pankhurst studied with Peggy Fuery, Bill Trailor, Jeff Corey and Elizabeth Hoffman. As an actor, he has worked in some 40 commercials, 20 television shows, 10 movies, and 20 some plays. He directed Brother Champ (Critics Choice LA Times and 2 NAACP Awards) and Unemployed and Die Laughing (Drama Logue Award for writing). Since 1986, he has worked as a casting associate for more than 400 commercials. In 1998, he opened Easy Street Casting and has booked talent for Chevrolet, Jeep, McDonalds, Health Net, California AAA, Health Ways, Del Taco, Shoney\'s, Markwin\'s Cosmetics, RTD, and a short film for Lawrence Bender (producer of Pulp Fiction).