Blake Shields

Biography

Blake C. Shields (born in Ithaca, New York) is an American television actor. Shields spent most of his childhood globetrotting the world with his family until finally settling down in Israel. After returning to the United States as a precocious and cultured youngster, he devoted much of his time and passion to the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and the theater group Washington Street Players. He went on to star in major theater productions such as “A Midsummer Night's Dream” and “Hamlet”. In 2000, Shields filmed his first widely released feature film in Boys and Girls opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. He was a series regular on Carnivàle, and Sleeper Cell. Additional credits include The Closer and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Shields currently lives in Los Angeles. Most recently, Blake has been cast to play the villain Flint in NBC's Heroes. [edit] Selected filmography Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000) as Moznick New Port South (2001) as Maddox The Hollow (2004 film) (2004) as Rob Carnivàle (2003–2005) as Osgood Sleeper Cell (2005–2006) as Tommy K-Ville (2007) as Jeff 'Glue Boy' Gooden Heroes (2008) as Flint