Jeff Kirkendall
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Jeff Kirkendall is an independent digital filmmaker & actor from Upstate New York. He has been passionately involved in making and promoting independent films since 1996 and has acted in over 100 movies to date. His first acting credit was in the 1994 feature Black Easter, which starred indie film luminary Debbie Rochon and Hammer movie legend Veronica Carlson. Jeff is a longtime fan of cinema. As part of a Communications degree program at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York he studied studio and field video production using analog (VHS) cameras and linear editing decks. He then began investing a substantial amount of time in self-study, training in non-linear post-production editing programs such as Adobe Premiere & Encore. Following graduation from college Jeff set out to produce his own independent shot-on-video (S.O.V.) movies. His early productions include the action/horror movies Terror of the Master and The Temptress, and the comedy Of Theatre & Bikinis, all produced entirely in the Capital Region of Upstate New York utilizing local talent. In addition to his own directorial projects, Jeff has served as Associate Producer & Editor on movies produced by other area filmmakers, including the features Killeidoscope, Project D: Classified, The Edge of Reality, London After Midnight and Bruce G. Hallenbeck's The Drowned. Jeff was also featured in the independent documentary Every Pixel Tells A Story from Albany Times Union newspaper writer Peter Hanson, which includes interviews with several leading Capital Region filmmakers shooting in the groundbreaking digital video format. As an actor Mr. Kirkendall has appeared in over 100 movies to date, such as Project D: Classified, The Drowned, Bloodlust, and several from Polonia Brothers Entertainment (PBE) directed by indie filmmaker Mark Polonia. These include Four Nights in Fear Forest, Cocaine Werewolf, The Girl Who Wore Yellow Lace, Amityville in Space, Amityville Exorcism, Sharkula, Feeders 3, Jurassic Prey, Sharkenstein, Bigfoot Vs. Zombies, Amityville Death House, It Kills Camp Blood 7, Empire of the Apes, Noah's Shark, Jurassic Shark 2 & 3, Cocaine Shark and Yule Log.
Known for
Credits
Clownsquatch (2026)
as Donnie 'The Squeeze' Marino
Killer Ants (2026)
Actor
Shocktopus (2026)
as Pickford
Dummy (2026)
as Archibald
R.I.P. Van Winkle (2022)
as Knickerbocker
Killeidoscope (2026)
as Dr. Chambers
Jurassic Shark 3: Seavenge (2024)
as Klaus
Amityville Rex (2026)
as Father Benna
One Million Babes BC (2024)
as Primitive
You're All Doomed (2026)
as Reggie Rees
Emotional Support Shark (—)
as Mr. Jones
Camp Blood: Clown Shark (2024)
as Sheriff Johnson
Rack 'Em Up (—)
as Uncle Carl
Return To Splatter Farm (2020)
as Jeremy
Jurassic Shark 2: Aquapocalypse (2021)
as Duncan
Bride of the Werewolf (2019)
as Hunter
The Girl in the Crawlspace (2019)
as Saxon
Shark Encounters of the Third Kind (2020)
as Sloan
Once Upon a Time in Amityville (2024)
as Regis Kanterbery
Camp Blood First Slaughter (2014)
as Fletcher
Children of Camp Blood (2020)
as Ghost
Bonkey: The Mutated (2027)
as Chief Scientist Travis Jarrett (voice)
Amityville Exorcism (2017)
as Father Benna
Feeders 3: The Final Meal (2022)
as Cinematographer
It Kills: Camp Blood 7 (2017)
as Jeb
Black Easter (1994)
as Bar Patron
Sharkenstein (2016)
as Klaus
The Girl Who Wore Yellow Lace (2024)
as Dante
Jurassic Prey (2015)
as Andy
Cocaine Werewolf (2024)
Actor
House Squatch (2022)
as Duncan
The Devil's Hacksaw (2025)
as Town Folk Interview 2
Ghost of Camp Blood (2018)
as Interviewee - Killers Neighbor
Sister Krampus (2021)
as Roger
Teddiscare (2024)
as Mr. Mallory
Hell of a Blind Dead (—)
as Mr. Dobb
Blamed (2022)
as Stu Craven
R.I.P. Van Winkle Part 3 (2023)
as Knickerbocker
Revenge of the Empire of the Apes (2023)
as Sentry (uncredited)
Empire of The Apes (2013)
as Trask
Four Nights in Fear Forest (2025)
as Malichi Bones / Dracula
Yule Log (2023)
as Charles
Natasha Nighty’s Boudoir of Blood (2020)
Actor
Cape Cod Cthulhu (2025)
as H.P. Lovecraft
The Final Possession (2025)
as Dr. Leroy James
Frozen Sasquatch (2018)
as Dr. Masterson
Deadly Playthings (2019)
as Neighbor
Mummy Shark (2024)
as Mountbatten
Jurassic Shark 4 (—)
Actor
Terror of the Master (1998)
as Jeff Eastman
Conjuring Baba (2022)
Actor
R.I.P. Van Winkle Part 2 (2023)
as Knickerbocker
Land Shark (2017)
as Captain Bermuda
The Stalking (2024)
as Mr. Kirk
Harvester of Eyes (2025)
as Inspector Gotchell
Alien Surveillance (2018)
as Lawrence Singleton
Scarecrow County (2019)
as Virgil
Bigfoot vs. Zombies (2016)
as Dr. Peele
Sharkula (2023)
as Dracula
The Green-Eyed Monster (1999)
Actor
Amityville Death House (2015)
as Zeke
Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter (1999)
as Vampire
Zillafoot (2019)
as Yommoto
Amityverse: Infinity (2026)
as Agent of the Dark Lord
Battle Beyond Mars (2025)
as Professor Benson
Saurians 2 (2023)
as Hunter #1
Noah’s Shark (2021)
as Father Benna
Motorboat (2023)
as Barney Rayl
Outpost Earth (2019)
as Thug
Invasion of the Empire of the Apes (2021)
as Trask
The Last Chainsaw Massacre (2024)
as Man
Cocaine Shark (2023)
as Security guard / Captain Dillon
3 To Murder (1999)
Actor
Halloween Horror Tales (2018)
as Bill / Technopath
Air Fryer Slaughter (2024)
as Jokey
Amityville Island (2020)
Actor
Camp Murder (2020)
as Terrible Tommy
Jurassic Exorcist (2024)
as Bobby Dugan
Trail Cam Sasquatch (2025)
as Ernie
Camp Blood Kills (2019)
as Fletcher (archive footage)
Robocidal (2025)
as Lab worker
London After Midnight (2005)
as Hardcore 1, Zombie Sean
Night Therapy (1999)
as Dr. Meyers
Robowar (2018)
Actor
Amityville in Space (2022)
as Father Benna
Buster (2025)
as EMT
The Drowned (2006)
as Father Merrow
Project D: Classified (2016)
Actor