Tanc Sade

Tanc Sade
Tanc Sade in October 2014
Born	(1980-07-28) 28 July 1980 (age 36) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actor, director

Tanc Sade (born 28 July 1980) is an Australian actor, writer and director. Sade worked in several theater productions in Australia before landing a recurring role on Gilmore Girls in 2005. He founded Five Island Films in 2009 as a vehicle to launch his short films.

Sade was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He worked in the theatre while competing as a nationally-ranked cyclist. At 22 he retired from cycling to focus on acting where two years later he moved to Los Angeles.

Sade rose to international attention playing the quirky role of "Finn" in the cult series Gilmore Girls. Producer Amy Sherman-Palladino created the role after he auditioned for the role of love interest Logan Huntzberger. He appeared in the series Roadies, the one-hour drama written and directed by Cameron Crowe and produced by JJ Abrams for Showtime, which lasted for one season.

Sade played Alec Holester in Matador. The action series, from executive producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman which debuted in July 2014 on Robert Rodriguez's new cable network and is composed of 13 hour-long episodes. He recently starred in Childhood's End based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same name.

Sade starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the movie Stolen and has appeared on Sons of Anarchy, The Mentalist, Body of Proof, 90210, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY. He wrote and directed Flowers and Weeds starring Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe winner, Terence Stamp, and music from Academy Award winner Glen Hansard.