Rodney Eastman (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Joey Crusel in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. He is also a musician in a band named King Straggler with fellow actors John Hawkes and Brentley Gore. The band resides in Los Angeles, California.
Life and career Eastman was born in Montreal in 1967 and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was five. Deciding while he was attending Schurr High School in Montebello, California that he wanted to be an actor, he studied drama and appeared in numerous high school productions. After graduating, he landed his first job as an extra in the television musical Have You Tried Talking to Patty? Eastman has starred in several films, and his best-known film role is in the 1987 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors as Joey Crusel. In 1988, he reprised his role in the sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. His other films include Deadly Weapon, Mobsters, The Opposite of Sex and Knight to F4.
Eastman also made many guest appearances on television shows, including Highway to Heaven, Charles in Charge, Melrose Place, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Babylon 5 (as Kiron Maray in season one episode "The War Prayer", 1994), as Sammael in season one episode 18 of Chris Carter's Millennium, The Protector, Renegade, ER and Sliders. He also appeared as Lee Skelling on The Mentalist.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1986Chopping MallShoplifterUncredited1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsJoey Crusel1988Broken AngelBillyTV movie1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterJoey Crusel1989Beverly Hills BodysnatchersFreddy1989Deadly WeaponZeke1989The Preppie MurderJerseyTV movie1991Flight of Black AngelBobby GordonTV movie1991MobstersJoey1993Hear No Evil Interviewed KidUncredited1996No One Would TellTony DinardoTV movie1997Dead Men Can't DanceDavid Porter1998The Opposite of SexTy1998Tourist TrapStorkTV movie1999ClublandMondo1999Random Acts of ViolenceDrug Dealer1999Blue Ridge FallAaron Perkins2000The DancerIsaac2000SandBaker2001The Caveman's ValentineMatthew2002Con ExpressRickyVideo2003Freddy vs. JasonJoeyArchive footage, special thanks2004SawtoothChristian2008FixCrackhead2008Rule of threeRuss2009The Resurrection of Officer RollinsRalphShort2010SporkSpit2010I Spit on Your GraveAndy Chirensky2010Sheeps and WolvesWolfShort2010Janie JonesBilly2010The Black BelleRodney Eastman2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyHimselfDocumentary2012ExtractedEric2013By the Time You Read ThisDriver2014CamouflageGalvin2016Foreign LandMr. James2016HoaxThe ManShort2017SableAndres2019Getting the Kinks OutHaroldUnreleasedWilliam FrostePhillip Ciarelli
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1986CBS Schoolbreak SpecialUncreditedEpisode: "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" (3.02)1987Highway to HeavenKevinEpisode: "Parents' Day" (3.21)1987StarmanEric KendallEpisode: "Fathers and Sons" (1.19)1988Who's the Boss?Boy #1Episode: "Sam's Car" (5.01)1989TV 101DerekEpisode: "Clicks" (1.09)1989CBS Summer PlayhouseSteve CabellEpisode: "Curse of the Corn People" (3.07)1989Jake and the FatmanEric McGinnEpisode: "Dancing in the Dark" (3.05)1990BaywatchTeenagerEpisode: "The Big Race" (1.19)1990Against the LawRichey LittlefieldEpisode: "Pilot" (1.01)1989- 1990Charles in ChargeBobby Nijinsji / Danny Holland2 episodes (4.25, 5.23)1990Hull HighRichard Stoltz2 episodes (#1.1, #1.5)1991Parker Lewis Can't LoseJimmy Joe TroutEpisode: "A Walk on the Dark Side" (2.02)1993FBI: The Untold StoriesEpisode: "The Miller Extortion" (2.11)1993Bodies of EvidenceJ.J.Episodes: "Endangered Species" (2.07)1994Babylon 5Kiron MarayEpisode: "The War Prayer" (1.07)1994Touched by an AngelCraigEpisode: "Cassie's Choice" (1.05)1994Murder, She WroteJeff DelagreEpisode: "Fatal Paradise" (11.07)1995University HospitalRyan HarrisonEpisodes: "'Til Death Do Us Part" (1.08)1995CybillGregEpisode: "The Big Sleep Over" (1.12)1993-1995Diagnosis: MurderJimmy Stevens / Ben2 episodes (1.05, 3.02)1996ERFreddEpisode: "The Match Game" (2.17)1996SlidersByronEpisode: "The Dream Masters" (3.05)1996RenegadeTrikeEpisode: "God's Mistake" (5.05)1996Dangerous MindsMike JensenEpisode: "Bad Apple" (1.04)1997MillenniumSammaelEpisode: "Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions" (1.19)1997Nash BridgesMilesEpisode: "Lost and Found" (3.01)1998Party of FiveDaveEpisode: "Separation Anxiety" (5.02)1999Melrose PlaceRicky G.4 episodes2000NYPD BlueTommyEpisode: "The Man with Two Right Shoes" (7.03)2000The HuntressEpisode: "Surprise Party" (1.05)2000The X-FilesRonald PurnellEpisode: "Invocation" (8.05)2001The BeastEpisode: "The Price" (1.01)2001Dead LastJimmy SwainEpisode: "The Crawford Touch" (1.12)2003Threat MatrixBilly2 episodes (1.03, 1.04)2004Touching EvilJackEpisode: "K" (1.06)2006CSI: NYClark KranenEpisode: "Super Men" (2.19)2006Cold CaseArthur Pool - 1945Episode: "The Hen House" (3.21)2006SharkCharlie DavisEpisode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again" (1.07)2007Crossing JordanHomeless GuyEpisode: "In Sickness & in Health" (6.14)2007Saving GraceCarl SperryEpisode: "Keep Your Damn Wings Off My Nephew" (1.04)2007CaneDan2 episodes (1.01, 1,08)2007Criminal MindsStephen FoleyEpisode: "Birthright" (3.11)2009Without a TraceGrady McBrideEpisode: "Chameleon" (7.15)2009The MentalistLee Skelling Episode: "Carnelian, Inc." (1.17)2009MonkDel Johnston Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes Camping" (8.12)2010Rizzoli & IslesMo MoneeEpisode: "She Works Hard for the Money" (1.04)2011Breakout KingsMars O'ConnellEpisode: "Fun with Chemistry" (1.07)2011The ProtectorGale CarsonEpisode: "Revisions" (1.05)2011BonesRicky DuvalEpisode: "The Memories in the Shallow Grave" (7.01)2013NCISWendell KraiserEpisode: "Alibi" (11.8)2014LongmireCreeley DornEpisode: "Wanted Man" (3.05)2001, 2015InvestigationJacob Warren / Keith Driscoll2 episodes (2.10, 15.14)2015AmbientStriker2015NCIS: Los AngelesJimmie Ray EastonEpisode: "Rage" (6.20)
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