{"id":12254,"date":"2015-04-28T14:37:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T18:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2016-12-01T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T18:01:52","slug":"ucf-professor-is-real-life-doc-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-professor-is-real-life-doc-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Professor is Real Life &#8216;Doc Hollywood&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF physics professor and associate chair, <a href=\"http:\/\/physics.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/colwell-joshua\/\">Joshua\u00a0Colwell, Ph.D., <\/a>is being touted as UCF&#8217;s &#8216;Doc Hollywood&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0Colwell&#8217;s daughter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayliacolwell.com\/Aylia_Colwell\/About_Me.html\">Aylia<\/a> is an actress, producer and director.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0173466\/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr23\">K.C. Colwell<\/a>, his\u00a0brother, is an assistant director, and\u00a0Josh Colwell is an actor.<\/p>\n<p>He has appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084945\/?ref_=nm_flmg_asst_70\">Zapped<\/a> (1982), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0101862\/?ref_=nm_flmg_asst_44\">Father of the Bride<\/a> (1991) with Steve Martin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0417001\/\">Must Love Dogs <\/a>(2005), Lucky You (2007), and twice on the TV show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1520211\/?ref_=nm_flmg_asst_2\">The Walking Dead<\/a> as a \u201cwalker\u201d or zombie. He also consulted on the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120647\/\">Deep Impact<\/a>, keeping the movie true to science while also landing a speaking role in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Colwell\u00a0will next appear in the independent movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3061186\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3\">Fishbowl<\/a> produced by, and starring, his daughter. He has written several YouTube short subjects under\u00a0the pen name, Jimmy T., Ph.D.\u00a0 To see the short videos, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eUScNSdt5u8\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZIoqlkNDmaE\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"UCF professor is a real life &#039;Doc Hollywood&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3-HJLZCqFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The original story and video can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxorlando.com\/clip\/11431615\/real-life-doc-hollywood\">FOX35\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF physics professor and associate chair, Joshua\u00a0Colwell, Ph.D., is being touted as UCF&#8217;s &#8216;Doc Hollywood&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0Colwell&#8217;s daughter Aylia is an actress, producer and director.\u00a0\u00a0K.C. 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