P. J. Ochlan is an American actor and voice actor best known for his
roles as Damon Wells in the feature film Little Man Tate and Lester
Shane in the television show Police Academy: The Series. He has
narrated hundreds of audiobooks and has won the Audie Award and
several AudioFile Earphones Awards. Ochlan appeared on Broadway in Abe
Lincoln in Illinois and in the New York Shakespeare Festival
production of Love's Labour's Lost for Joseph Papp.P.J. Ochlan was
born and raised on Long Island in New York. His professional acting
career began in 1986 with television commercials and voiceovers. He
soon landed a recurring role in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, and
the lead role in the ABC pilot Wayside School directed by Thomas
Schlamme. Other television roles which followed include Let's Get Mom
for FOX directed by Garry Marshall and starring Carol Kane, the
acclaimed ABC Afterschool Special Seasonal Differences with Uta Hagen,
the ABC pilot The Flockens, and The Baby-Sitters Club (TV series) and
Brotherly Love for HBO. Additional recurring roles include The
Carsey-Werner Company primetime series Grand and the soap Another
World, both for NBC. He later appeared in Space: Above and Beyond, and
the pilots Hitched and Beyond, all for FOX. Ochlan has guest-starred
in episodes of The Practice, The District (opposite Craig T. Nelson),
See Dad Run (opposite Scott Baio), Castle, and The Crazy Ones
(opposite Robin Williams).P.J. Ochlan was born and raised on Long
Island in New York. His professional acting career began in 1986 with
television commercials and voiceovers. He soon landed a recurring role
in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, and the lead role in the ABC
pilot Wayside School directed by Thomas Schlamme. Other television
roles which followed include Let's Get Mom for FOX directed by Garry
Marshall and starring Carol Kane, the acclaimed ABC Afterschool
Special Seasonal Differences with Uta Hagen, the ABC pilot The
Flockens, and The Baby-Sitters Club (TV series) and Brotherly Love for
HBO. Additional recurring roles include The Carsey-Werner Company
primetime series Grand and the soap Another World, both for NBC. He
later appeared in Space: Above and Beyond, and the pilots Hitched and
Beyond, all for FOX. Ochlan has guest-starred in episodes of The
Practice, The District (opposite Craig T. Nelson), See Dad Run
(opposite Scott Baio), Castle, and The Crazy Ones (opposite Robin
Williams).Ochlan's first feature film was Little Vegas with Catherine
O'Hara and Jerry Stiller. In 1991 he appeared in the widely acclaimed
role of Damon Wells, "The Mathemagician," in Jodie Foster's
directorial debut Little Man Tate. In 2000 he appeared in Cyberon, a
direct-to-video spin-off from Doctor Who. Ochlan's other films have
included Dead Man on Campus (with Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Quigley (film)
(with Gary Busey), Wilde Salome (opposite Al Pacino), and Jersey Boys
(directed by Clint Eastwood).On stage, Ochlan played Moth in the New
York Shakespeare Festival production of Love's Labour's Lost for
Joseph Papp at the Public Theater. He made his Broadway debut in the
1993 Lincoln Center Theater revival of Robert E. Sherwood's Abe
Lincoln in Illinois. The production, which starred Sam Waterston and
was directed by Gerald Gutierrez, was nominated for three Tony Awards.
Ochlan's stage performances in Los Angeles have included productions
with A Noise Within and the Theater at Boston Court. P. J. Ochlan Top Movies & Young Movies