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Watch for Don Overstreet in Dead Man's Wire

Don Overstreet has a small role, as Doug O'Brien, in Gus Van Sant's new film Dead Man's Wire, opening in theaters worldwide this Friday, January 16, 2026.

Overstreet, the son of Joyce M. Coomer and Donald M. Overstreet of Columbia, served in the Air Force, stationed in the U.S., Germany, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. Since 2017, he has been adding steadily to his acting credits. Among the many acting projects on his IMDB listing are credits in The Flight Before Christmas, New Fear’s Eve and Ed and Rooster’s Great Adventure, and Halsey's Beautiful Stranger (2019) music video, plus stunt credits in Baby Driver and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and stunt and acting credits in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).

Dead Man's Wire was filmed in and around Louisville in January 2025, and is based on a true story. The movie is set in February 1977, when Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.

You can see the trailer for Dead Man's Wire on YouTube.




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Don Overstreet has part in new Gus Van Sant film



2026-01-15 - Toronto, Canada - Photo courtesy Don Overstreet.
Don Overstreet, pictured above at the Toronto Film Festival 50th Anniversary on September 7, 2025, plays Doug O'Brien in Gus Van Sant's new film Dead Man's Wire, opening in theaters worldwide this Friday, January 16, 2026.

Overstreet is the son of Joyce M. Coomer and Donald M. Overstreet of Columbia.

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New film has some Kentucky connections



2026-01-16 - Louisville area - Photo by Pen.
Director Gus Van Sant's new film Dead Man's Wire, is based on a true story and set it the 1970s. It was filmed in and around Louisville in January 2025, and this vintage green Ford Pinto was a spotted regularly at various filming locations.

Don Overstreet, the son of Joyce M. Coomer and Donald M. Overstreet of Columbia, plays Doug O'Brien in Van Sant's new film, which is opening in theaters worldwide this Friday, January 16, 2026.

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