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TANK JONES
Actor - Musician - Entrepreneur - Philanthropist
Tank Jones is a creative force as an actor,
musician, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the
founder of the Choices Empowerment Program,
co-founder of HP Entertainment and Executive
Producer of The Latin Comedy Jam. Dubbed the
"Intense Blackanesican Teddy Bear," Tank believes
that his appreciation for multiple cultures serves
him well as a black man, that speaks some Chinese
and promotes Latin - Mexican events (Blackanesican).
"I want to be able to communicate with the world,"
Tank explained to Access Hollywood. "My business
partner and I want to bring the best talent in the
Latin world to a market that is craving it big
time."
As an actor, Tank has been a member of the Screen
Actor's Guild since 1997. He has appeared in
numerous commercials, endorsing detergent,
beverages, burgers and more for name brand clients
like Budweiser, Sonic, All Detergent and more. He
has been cast in several feature films, including
Warner Bros. projects Three Kings and Any Given
Sunday. He has also been cast as a lead or
supporting actor in several independent features
that have all received global distribution. Some of
these films include the award winning, The
Controller, Alien Invasion, Wild Seven and the newly
distributed Broken Hearts Club. In addition to
commercials and film, Mr. Jones has also been cast
for roles on hit television shows like Rules of
Engagement, CSI: Miami and the hit cable show
Breaking Bad.
In the music world, Tank has toured across the
country as part of the hip hop duo, Twenty-Two and
as the solo artist Nexxis. Tank had the privilege of
working with icons like LL Cool J. Having been
endorsed as an artist by retail giant Wal-Mart
brought about endorsement agreements from global
companies Pepsi and Budweiser. In addition, Tank was
booked as a performer at the Miss USA Pageant and
co-hosted the pre-show with former Miss USA Shauntey
Hinton.
nspired by an event that took place at his high
school, Tank founded the Choices Educational
Empowerment program in 2003. The program was
designed to motivate and inspire youth all over the
country to work hard and give their best in all they
do. The main message of the program is U-KAN! It
starts with U and your belief in yourself to be
successful in life. If U Know what you want in any
given endeavor, have A plAn for its
achievement and keep moving forward with a Never
give up attitude, U-KAN! achieve anything you put
your mind to.
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Recently, the Choices program teamed up with New
York Times bestselling author Sharon Lechter to
teach financial literacy to high school students.
Through the Thrive Time Challenge, Choices awards
over $20,000 in scholarships annually. Also, Tank
has received mentoring from business guru and
co-creator of Six Sigma Mikel Harry. This mentoring
inspired Tank to create The Success Journal. The
Success Journal is a book/journal that helps
individuals create a plan to go from where they are
now to where they wish to be in a proven, yet simple
way. Also, Tank created the Kid Fit by Tank program
to help youth conquer obesity through the Choices
program. The program features Tank's two daughters
instructing youth on health and fitness; they are 7
and 8 years of age.
Tank worked with his business partner and good
friend Mike Acquisto through their company HP
Entertainment to bring The Latin Comedy Jam to the
forefront of comedy. The Latin Comedy Jam features
the funniest comedians in the Latin world, both
established and up and coming. "The show features
Latin comics, but the comedy is universal," explains
Tank. The Latin Comedy Jam was voted the funniest
comedy tour of 2012. 2013 is off to a fantastic
start already as the tour has 42 confirmed dates
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