Tonight I performed a comic improvised sermon on the audience suggestion of “trophy” for the Unscripted New York Improvised Theatre & Film Festival at Theatre 54 in Manhattan.
This afternoon I played the role of Brent in the Pratt student film Alpha, directed by Zoë Wolkoff.
The teaser is above!
I have some new demo reels!
With the guidance of my manager Jenn Lederer, I’ve cut some new reels to showcase my fast-talking, comedic, energetic self. There is a short version (which serves as my main reel), and there is an extended two-minute version. See them both below.
For Layla Ji’s Columbia student film Vision in the Moonlight, I play Visa Officer #2, the main visa officer who faces off against the short’s main characters, two Chinese family members looking to gain access to the United States.
In this behind the scenes video, I talk about the layers of the role and how I landed the gig.
For more information, visit my Showcase for a page on the film.
Yesterday into early this morning I prompted singer/songwriter Angie Atkinson with suggestions for songs as she improvised vocally and with ukelele. I also filmed the entire 40-minute engagement.
Not sure if someday the film will make it online fully or in pieces, but Angie created some pretty moving songs on the fly.
Today I released the first videos of my new series supplementing the chapters of my book Long-Form Improv. The series is titled “Reading Long-Form Improv“ and it’s viewable on my YouTube channel.
Each video is dedicated to a chapter in my book, and each fleshes out the topics in the chapter for even better understanding.
I’ll be releasing videos periodically, so subscribe to my YouTube channel to be emailed updated!
I make an appearance — albeit somewhat out of focus — in this commercial for Chase Ink titled “The Meatball Shop.”
I’m in the bottom left of the screen at the very beginning and very end, wearing a zip-up hoodie that’s unzipped — just to the right of the two owners.
So, my friend vlogger Aimée Davison was telling me she was having trouble laying down vocals for a parody song she was creating for her YouTube channel called LOLpervs. The song was about two popular internet concepts — “neckbeards” and “land whales” — which respectively refer to beard growth on a neck and obese people.
I can’t speak for having an opinion on these topics, though Aimée forwarded me the lyrics after I volunteered to lay them down for her. I don’t have a very good audio setup at home so after I sent her my take, […]
The über-talented Lucy-Jade Norris hosts On Deck with Lucy, an interview series that features talent, trends, and tastes of New York City. She interviewed me for Episode 3, and here’s the video which just came out.
In the video we cover my book Long-Form Improv, my all-improvised web series The Infinite Need, and the improvised sermons I do as the Reverend Raymond Nader. Have a watch!
Today I starred in a voting documentary filmed by vlogger Aimée Davison.
The video may be found on YouTube here.
This evening I appeared on Episode 704 (“Unwindulax”) of the television series 30 Rock.
I appear in the second act, in the second scene. In other words, after the first commercial break, I’m in the second scene.
I play the coatcheck guy opposite Tina Fey.
I noticed that in the screencap for the Hulu version, there’s a shot of Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Between them in the background, you see me!
This afternoon I was interviewed by Lucy-Jade Norris for her new series On Deck with Lucy. The interview should be out in October. In it, we spoke of my new book Long-Form Improv, my all-improvised web series The Infinite Need, and the improvised sermons I do as the Reverend Raymond Nader.
Then, I turned the tables an interviewed Lucy for my Artist Interview Series. The interview should be online tomorrow on my YouTube channel.