Multi-Award Actor John Wells Opens VIP Profile on US Actors

PHOENIX, Arizona - September 28, 2026 - USActors.com has added a VIP profile for John Wells, the Kentucky-honored film actor, musician, and writer who has worked steadily in independent features since 2006, including Patrick Henry on Fox's Legends & Lies: The Patriots and Luke Bender in Arena Wars. USActors.com allows actors to list their profiles at no charge. Wells's VIP page puts a high-volume indie leading-man résumé in front of casting directors who search the directory for projects nationwide.

Wells describes himself as a lifelong artist and musician who came to film in 2006 and built a career on versatility and an immersive method. In 2015 he received the Médaille d'Or for Outstanding Achievements in Film by a Kentuckian. Reviews of The Old Winter, a Depression-era drama, called his work a tour de force. On Legends & Lies: The Patriots (2016) he played founding father Patrick Henry in two episodes. Public listings show on the order of 90 acting credits, plus occasional producer, writer, and additional-crew work, with three wins and three nominations.

Feature leads and principals include Max in Overtime (2011), Henry Lamb in The Old Winter (2014), Wally in Piranha Sharks, Dorian in One Must Fall (2018), Luke Bender in the sci-fi action film Arena Wars (2024), Edmond Griffiths in Home-less for the Holidays (2024), Ty Smith in Learning You (2026), Rip in Devour (2025), Detective Hall in Murder by Association, Sheriff Roddy Hawken in Unnatural, Joe in Resident Dead, MSG Eastman in Jurassic Rampage, and Tiberius Shaw in Cursed Waters. Other titles include Wolf Hound, Bermuda Island, Bag of Lies, Christmas Collision, Cadia: The World Within, Werewolf Island, Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood, The Penny Dreadful Picture Show, Swordbearer, The Rangers, Loss Prevention, Awakening, Viridescent, and Prisoner of Perdition. Television and new-media work includes The Dream Motel, Knight's End, Rayden Valkyrie, and Kill Devil Hills. Projects in production or development include Oceana, The Division, Wonder Woman: Molded from Clay (Hades), and Quantum Ink (Abraham Lincoln).

He is also a father, fitness enthusiast, and advocate for autism education and acceptance-a subject that intersects with Learning You, in which he plays a parent opposite a young actor in a demanding role. He maintains an active social following around the official John Wells accounts and continues to book dark, complex leads as often as historical and holiday parts.

That volume-Fox history, festival drama, genre leads, and current features-is what a VIP profile is for. Wells's USActors.com page points productions to Legends & Lies, The Old Winter, Arena Wars, Learning You, and a performer who can carry an independent film. Casting directors can treat the listing as one more search result when a project needs that presence in any U.S. market.
Wells continues to work in film and television. Productions can review his VIP listing at https://usactors.com/listing/john-wells/.

About John Wells

John Wells is an American film actor, musician, and writer who began appearing on screen in 2006. Credits include Patrick Henry on Legends & Lies: The Patriots, Henry Lamb in The Old Winter, Luke Bender in Arena Wars, Ty Smith in Learning You, and more than 90 other film and series roles. In 2015 he received Kentucky's Médaille d'Or for Outstanding Achievements in Film.

About USActors.com

USActors.com is a nationwide actor directory that casting directors, producers, and filmmakers can use as a practical tool for casting projects across the United States. Talent is organized so a production can search by city, state, metro area, age range, look, experience, union status, and skills, then contact actors directly from their public pages. The same database covers local hires in one market and multi-state searches when a project shoots in more than one city. Actors list their profiles at no charge. Casting directors use the site to find and consider that talent for work nationwide. Web: https://usactors.com. Wells listing: https://usactors.com/listing/john-wells/.

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US Actors is a national talent map, not a representation deal. Actors in any state can put up a profile at no charge-pictures, footage, credits, union card, look, hometown, how far they will travel, and the skills a casting notice actually asks for. Casting directors and producers then cut that list by city, metro, age, type, and experience and write the actor from the page. One search covers a local day-player and a job that shoots in several markets. Named actors can be added as VIP profiles so a longer résumé is easier to spot. The site does not sign anyone, book exclusively, or take a percentage. It is a working directory: free for the performer to stay listed, open for a production anywhere in the United States to use when it needs to cast. https://usactors.com

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