Geek’d Con Guests: Pruitt Taylor Vince

This year's Geek'd Con has way more Louisiana flavor than last year...

Pruitt Taylor Vince is an Emmy Award Winning alumni of LSU. Not only is Pruitt originally from Baton Rouge, the state of Louisiana has been intertwined through his fascinating career...including a stint as an instructor at LSU-Shreveport.

According to the legend, Pruitt wasn’t even supposed to pursue acting, until a mistake in his high school registration placed him into an acting class. But that ‘mistake’ changed everything.

Pruitt has been in Academy Award winning films like Mississippi Burning and JFK, and even won his own Emmy Award in 1997 for his work as serial killer Clifford Banks in the TV show Murder One.

Over his career, Pruitt has also found opportunities to take part in large-scale entertainment work too. Like starring opposite Keanu Reeves in the comic book film Constantine. He’s also been a regular on TV series like Deadwood, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Heroes: Reborn, and The Mentalist.

One of him more memorable characters was Gerry Schnauz in the X-Files episode "Unruhe". The episode was written by Vince Gilligan (who would go on to create Breaking Bad) and is recognized as one of the best episodes of the X-Files during the show's incredible run.

We’re incredibly excited to have someone with this kind of strong resume, and deep Louisiana roots, at Geek’d Con this year!