When Hale Appleman debuted onscreen in his early twenties, he immediately displayed a mature and interesting predilection for role choice by taking his initial bows in two distinctly offbeat and challenging American films. Appleman officially debuted in the gently observed #92;period #92;drama Beautiful Ohio (2006) as Elliot, the best friend and confidant of a teenage prodigy (David Call), then followed it up with a turn as a young virgin who crosses the chastity line with a local girl and gets the shock of his life in Mitchell Lichtenstein's grisly #92;horror comedy Teeth (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide