Estrada To Play Villain In New Video Game

Austin, TX – Comedian and actor Jade Esteban Estrada will play the villainous role of Odus the Skunk in the new video game “Bruiser and Scratch” on the Steel Penny Games label. For more information visit www.steelpennygames.com or www.getjaded.com.

Estrada has experienced a successful career in music, television, film and will for the first time add video games to the list. The animated game will also feature Heath Allyn as Bruiser the Dog and singer/actress Zoe Simpson, formally of the British pop group “Bless’d” as Scratch the Cat. The production will shoot in Austin and will be available January 2008.

He has been featured on “The Graham Norton Effect” on Comedy Central. His music can be heard on “The Shield” on the FX Network. Other television appearances include “Friday Night Lights” on NBC and “In The Life” on PBS.

“Estrada is not an icon by accident,” raves Nicholas Snow of Notes from Hollywood. “You’ll laugh your butts off when Jade Esteban Estrada takes the stage,” warns Out Magazine. The Oklahoma Gazette calls him a “prominent and controversial gay Latin performer.” The Advocate calls him “the first gay Latin star.” The Bowling Green News calls him “one of today’s best solo performers.”

The former Charo choreographer and scratch vocalist for the Back Street Boys has been known for his highly acclaimed solo theatre shows including “Tortilla Heaven” and “ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1.”

The San Antonio native began his comedic career when he won the Funniest Amateur Comic in New York Competition in 1995 at Stand Up N.Y. He has appeared at Rivercenter Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy Club among others. He was recently named “Comic of the Week” on the international comedy website thecomedygreenroom.com.

Estrada recently completed the short film “Crushed” directed by AJ Garces and begins work on the film “Callous” directed by Joey Lanai in Los Angeles in mid-August. The actor’s self-penned book “Impersonating Sappho” is scheduled for a November release.

For further information or to request high resolution artwork or an interview, please contact Greta Golding at vicariouspr@aol.com, call 646-342-8647 or visit www.getjaded.com.