Estes Tarver is an award-winning actor, director, writer, and producer based in Raleigh, NC. He has acted in film, tv and theatre in  NYC, LA, NC, and regionally. Some television credits include  Outer Banks (OBX3), Mr. Mercedes, Swamp Thing, Black Lightning, House of Cards, Teenage Bounty Hunters, and Burden.  You might also have seen him as a recurring guest star in season two of Under The Dome on CBS as Tom Tilden.  On stage and camera, Estes has worked with Oscar/Emmy winning actors and directors. He has written and produced a multiple award- winning feature film, Changeover on Amazon Prime,  in addition to writing/producing/directing national brand commercials (Walgreens, Alli, Hasbro…etc).  Estes founded Moonlight Stage Company/Moonlight Arts and Entertainment, an arts training center and media production company. Estes coaches actors at the professional level, taught acting at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and also the North Carolina Theatre Conservatory. He has an MFA in acting from UNC-Chapel Hill and has students regularly acting in stage, film, and television, including booking major roles on countless shows and films such as Disney’s The Lone Ranger, Stranger Things, Outer Banks, AMC’s Preacher, The Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire Turn, Insatiable, Tropical Cop Tales, Sleepy Hollow, Barely Lethal, Triple Nine, Last Vegas, HBO's Eastbound and Down, Hunger Games, and many more on such networks as Disney TV, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, CBS, HBO, L & O, etc. Other students have booked Broadway shows, the National tour of Peter Pan as well as being accepted and receiving scholarships into top college programs (Tisch, UNCSA, Elon).