Executive Vice President of Truman Van Dyke Company
Executive Vice President of Truman Van Dyke Company, insurance brokers for the entertainment industry
PROFILE
Kent Hamilton
Guest
FROM Kent Hamilton
The Business
Making It in Mid Life; Insuring Stars After a lifetime as a character actor, Bill Nighy finally got his breakout role as the squid-faced Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. We talk to the biggest star you wouldn't recognize. Plus, your lead actor has a drinking problem? An appendix the size of a cheese Danish? Fear not. Cast insurance is here. We speak with Nighy, Alan Arkin and others.
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