Multi award-winning filmmaker and actor and martial artist, Harley Wallen, has starred in over 40 feature films and television shows with legendary stars such as Tom Sizemore, Tara Reed and John Savage along with many others.
Harley Wallen began his journey as a martial artist early. At 7 years old he was training in Judo and he is currently a 5th degree Black Belt. Harley also trained in other arts and has Black Belts in Jiu-Jitsu and Tae Kwon and training in Mixed Martial Arts. His also loved dance at a young age and was an outstanding break dancer in his teen years. His dance skill landed him his first job in the syndicated Swedish TV cult hit Solstollarna. He was bitten by the acting bug and moved from Sweden to the United States to pursue an acting career. After a short stint in entertainment, Harley was sidetracked by business opportunities and began a climb up various career ladders.
Even while working in business, his love of acting remained, and he returned to acting and found the jobs rolling in. The growth he experienced in business also took place for him in the entertainment industry. He began again as a commentator for Donofrio MMA, a TV Mini-Series, and the TV series Xtreme Cagefighting Championships and Cage Combat MMA and other series. He worked in different kinds of roles both on television and in films and took pride in is his commitment to the characters he played, regardless of the size of the role or the size of the paycheck. As film opportunities slowed in Michigan, he decided he wanted to make films of his own. He didn’t have a film school background and, with only limited experience, he decided to go online to further his education in filmmaking and also took several more classes and seminars in acting. Finally in 2016, when they felt they were ready, Harley and his wife Kaiti, formed the film production company Painted Creek Productions.
Harley Wallen is now writing, producing, acting and directing and has found his life’s purpose.
