EJ Assi (Elie John Assi)

EJ Assi, a native of Detroit, holds a BFA in acting from Wayne State University and trained at the Moscow Art Theatre School as well. He began his career on stage in such classics as Bus Stop, Inherit the Wind, A View from a Bridge, Taming of The Shrew, and A Lie of The Mind performed in Moscow, Russia. After EJ's film debut in Detroit Unleaded, Filmmaker Magazine described him as "tremendously charismatic with a bright career ahead of him". Read more... Affect, and City of Gold a Gus Van Sant film.