Vinnie Langdon III is an American actor, filmmaker and television personality. He got his start as an actor by being involved with theatre in Northern California. He is a 2008 graduate of Solano Community College's Acting Training Program. At age fourteen, he began hosting a magazine talk-show called 'The Vinnie Langdon Show' that was syndicated on 7 cable access TV stations across the U.S. In 2004, he won 'Best Original Screenplay award for his first short film, 'Magic Sunglasses.' He went onto acting in commercials and doing background work in feature films. In 2010, he won 'Best Actor' award at the Sacramento International Film Festival. He has appeared on a dozen episodes of TMZ as a celebrity gossip reporter, directed six episodes of TED Talk's TEDx, has worked for a PBS affiliate TV station as a director/producer. In both 2022 and 2023, he won the "People's Choice Award" at the Sacramento International Film Festival. In 2022, he founded the Staten Island Summer of Shorts Film Festival in Staten Island, New York City. Today he continues working in film and television production in the Tri-State region.