Olly Bassi

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About me

What I bring to a role and a production is a wealth of real-world experiences and interactions from riding round the globe, a thoroughly reliable and professional approach from years in business, practical and technical skills from engineering, and a deep life long enthusiasm for film, the messages it communicates and empathy it generates.

My passion for film started with my grandfather, helping in his projection room. Coming from a family of painters and sculptors I've always been exposed to offtrack and overseas work. Recently I've worked with the Scottish Screen Archive to preserve my grandfather's and some of Scotland's earliest films and documentaries.

In 2016 I returned from solo motorcycle touring the Balkans, Turkey, Georgia, Russian and crossing the border in to Ukraine, racing 2000km in the Albanian Rally, lumberjacking, a car chase, running a road block and vodka drinking games with Ukrainian bikers. I decided to change my life; turning from my parallel careers as a research engineer and desert motorcycle racer to pursue full time my love of film acting.

Few things take me out of my comfort zone, I travel well, I'm professional, focused, sociable and very easy to talk and work with. In my 15 year career I was an electronic engineer working mainly with startups and my fitness as a runner is good with periods of weight lifting. I'm quite happy training for a role or changing hair and beard and work extremely well in unusual and challenging environments.



"Working with Olly proved to be a real professional pleasure. As an actor, Olly guarantees the patience, discipline and creativity to absorb indications, follow them and improve his performance upon feedback. As a person, I found in Olly a sociable individual eager to meet and and talk to new people. More than any other actors with whom I've worked with, Olly has the eye of a filmmaker as he is able to come up with creative suggestions and adjustments to scenes. This trait leads to an increase in the overall quality of any project he is a part of."
- Sorin Baluta, Producer

"I found Olly to be wonderfully self-motivated, thorough and energetic. I was impressed by his engagement with the script and comitted attitude to his performance. His presence on set made all the more welcome due to his warmth and encouragement to the rest of the crew, I hope the opportunity to work together in the future presents itself soon."
- Jame D Chanter, Producer & Director
Additional skills:
Electronic and mechanical engineering, race vehicle design, construction and tuning, motorcycling on and off road, motorcycle rallying, comfortable working with animals and horse riding (walk trot canter), running cross country, survival skills and wild camping, mountain and desert navigation.
Additional information:
2019 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Acting for Camera Intensive
2019 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Audition preparation Intensive
2018 ECSPC Stagefight lvl1 training (unarmed, dagger, broadsword, 6 days)
2018 Dramatic Combat Scotland, horse and sword (1 day)
2018 Bare Arms live firearms training (pistol, bolt action rifle, assault rifle, sniper, shotgun, 5 days)
2014 GNAS Target Archery basic qualification

UK+EU Passports
DBS cleared and experienced working with children
Full clean driving and riding license for all categories up to and including C1E
Institute of Advanced Motorists qualified

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Skills

Languages Spoken	English, French, German
Accents/Dialects	American - General, Australian, Austrian, Dutch, Eastern European, English - Cockney, English - England North East (Tyneside, Geordie), English - General, English - Southwest England, English - Yorkshire & Humber, French (Standard International), German, Irish, Irish Eastern (Leinster, Dublin), Italian (Standard International), New York, North African (Moroccan, Magreb), Northern Irish, Polish, Russian, Scottish, Scottish - Central, Scottish (Aberdeen, Dundee), Scottish (Edinburgh), Scottish (Glaswegian), Scottish (Highland, Inverness), Scottish (Lowland, Broad Scots), Scottish (West Coast), South African, Southern American, Ukrainian, US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), US West Coast (California, Portland), Welsh
Athletics	Archery, Cycling, Fishing, Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Stage Combat, Weightlifting
Musical Skills	Bass Guitar, Guitar, Piano/Keyboards
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)
Work Permits	EU