1. Paul Finley Zaloom was born on December 14,1951 and is an American actor and puppeteer, best known for his role as the character Beakman on the television show Beakman's World.
12 Facts About Paul Zaloom
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Paul Zaloom has been a fierce critic of US foreign policy since the early 1980s, having helped to lead a disarmament march during the Cold War.
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In 1989, Paul Zaloom appeared in The Unnaturals, a sketch comedy series featuring Tim Blake Nelson, John Mariano and Siobhan Fallon Hogan.
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In 1992 Paul Zaloom starred in the cable TV children's science program Beakman's World.
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Paul Zaloom has written, designed and performed eleven full-length one-man shows, including Fruit of Paul Zaloom, Sick but True, Mighty Nice and The Mother of All Enemies, the latter being a shadow-puppet show featuring traditional Mid-west Asian comic puppet character Karagoz.
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Paul Zaloom has produced two films; the first is a mockumentary titled In Smog and Thunder: The Great War of the Californias, recounting a fictitious war between Los Angeles and San Francisco, released in 2003.
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Paul Zaloom co-wrote the script and was head puppeteer, and performed multiple voices for the film.
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Paul Zaloom has received a Village Voice Obie Award, an American Theater Wing Design Award, New York Dance and Performance Award, LA Weekly Theater Award, and four Citations of Excellence in the Art of Puppetry from UNIMA-USA.
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Paul Zaloom has taught puppetry and cantastoria at colleges and universities in the US and Europe, including CalArts, Rhode Island School of Design, Emerson College, the Omega Institute, George Mason University, the University of Michigan, and the Institut International de la Marionnette, Charleville-Mezieres, France, amongst others.
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Paul Zaloom attended a furry convention called Megaplex as a guest of honor in Orlando, FL in 2010.
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In 2016, Paul Zaloom made a guest appearance as Beakman in one of Captain Disillusion's videos, debunking "free energy" devices.
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Paul Zaloom is openly gay and has a daughter, Amanda Yvette Finley Israel Paul Zaloom, with his former wife Jayne Israel.