By BETTY COHN, Gonzales Inquirer

The Gonzales County Jail Museum is a local treasure, rich with history and a landmark of distinction and pride for local citizens. This historical locale will be home to a short film production (Western) April 25-27.

Actor, producer and director Jon Chardiet is leading the project. He chose Gonzales because of the beautiful historical downtown and his interest in the Jail Museum, as well as respect for its director Sandra Wolff.

Chardiet has been active since 1984 in the industry for multiple screen and TV roles, as well as many different aspects of the business. He also is an author of several books. Chardiet will be joined by renowned actors, Nikolay Moss and Joe Spano.

Emmy award winning Nikolay ‘Nick’ Moss is an American actor, known for his many roles, including as Tom Grand in “Gossip Girl,” and the lead in the TV series, “The Cobblestone Corridor” (PBS), for which he won his Emmy. With 25 credits listed to his name on IMDB, the actor has been active since 2012.

Having grown up in many places and exposed to many cultures, and referring to himself as a “third-culture kid,” Nick speaks not only English, but Russian and Polish. He is an accomplished piano player (classical and jazz); a former collegiate soccer player; holds a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University, and was born in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Joe Spano, a well-known boyish faced actor with 88 credits on IMDB, has been active from 1972 to present and is a familiar face, said Chardiet, referring to the actor as a “household name.”

Spano, perhaps best known for playing a sympathetic detective on “Hill Street Blues,” graduated from the University of California-Berkeley intending to be a pre-med major; however, his interest in acting changed his course in life, forever.

He has co-starred in such films as “American Graffiti,” “Apollo 13” and “Hollywoodland.” Spano was nominated for an Emmy for his role in “Hill Street Blues.” Other television shows he co-starred in are “JAG,” “Nash Bridges,” “The X-Files,” “Touched by an Angel,” “NCIS” and “NYPD Blue,” to name a few.