 I booked the role of a New Yorker by way of Ireland, Gerry, in the feature film "The Claddagh" directed by Brendan Lee. The film is a beautiful story about family, love, and the borough of Queens. I had an amazing time on set and a decent time sitting in makeup for 1 1/2 hours every morning to add 30 years to my age. This one was a blast. Cannot wait for folks to see it!
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 I was awarded best actor at The Daftas in London for the short parody film "Behind The House Of Gucci" that I also wrote and directed. I was totally blown away. In the film I play Jared Leto playing Paolo Gucci ( just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude) and I also played Ridley Scott. The film took home best poster design as well. Much love to the Daftas and to everyone who helped bring this idea to life.
 I booked a role playing a DA Investigator on episode 16 (Guilt) of Blue Bloods. Had a great time with an amazing cast and crew
 Extremely excited to get word that "Daytrip Massacre" took home the award for best cast of the festival and the audience voted it Best film along with "Work It Class!" - Dir. by Pol Diggler (Spain).
 The short horror comedy "Daytrip Massacre" opened to a sellout crowd at The Coney Island Film Festival. The crowd was amazing and the lineup of films was phenomenal. It was great to meet and chop it up with fellow filmmakers and artists in the craziest setting for a fest.
Anthony Giordano, Jason Messina, and I won "Best Comedic Horror Short" of 2021 at the Tabloid Witch Awards for the film!!  #Nomadlife is a short parody of the Academy Award Winning film "Nomadland". It shows the reality of American life on the road clashing with the false version that permeates social media.
I was accepted in to The Daftas, a parody film competition from across the pond. All the directors logged into Zoom and they spun a wheel of chance, I received Nomadland as the film to parody. Yikes. Write and shoot in two days. Double Yikes. With an amazing cast of friends and my brother Timmy on cinematography we completed the task and pushed through all the obstacles thrown at us. The film was shortlisted and played at a screening in London. It is currently making the rounds in the Battle Of The Sketches after being accepted. #Nomadlife was also an official selection of The Indie Shorts Magazine Short Film Festival an won The Silver award for Short Comedy at The Virgin Spring Cinefest IMDB- #NOMADLIFE  So excited to hear #TheTelethonShow TV pilot from Cool Kid Comedy is headed to Series Fest. I had a blast playing Sandy, a washed up old Jerry Lewis type tv host, and I only needed around 20 takes to get the singing correct! A huge Thank you for bringing me on board and trusting me with this role to creators Cian Smith, Bennet, Chris, and Greg Mills
 The first official Off Broadway show to open after this wretched year. Kick back, relax, turn your brain off & join us 4 a few laughs! I am beyond excited to return to the stage with the Super Crazy Fam. NY1 said you should come and usher in the re-opening of NYC!
Matt Levy wrote a great profile about Super Crazy Funtime, our process, and how we came about. Check it out here: Super Crazy Funtime   I booked the off broadway show "With a Little Help...It's John Belushi"!!!! I am absolutely freakin' thrilled to join this cast. The show tells the story of John's rise and it includes so many of the people who I grew up watching with my family and friends. The cast of Second City, National Lampoon, and SNL. I get to play the role of Steve Beshekas (John's best friend) in Act I and Brian Doyle Murray (The guy who wrote Caddyshack and is in a million movies that I love) in Act II. The show is accompanied by a live blues band that brings a great vibe and amazing music to the show. Jack Zullo embodies Belushi on stage and the amazing ensemble cast fills out the world I get to be a part of.
TIX: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1014040 Use the code FOTS25 to get half priced tickets. Playing December 5th-22nd at the historic Theatre 80 on St. Mark's in the village.  The film "Karen" won best Horror at The Long Island International Film Expo. I play the role of Rob the A-Hole from high school who is still an A-Hole. You know that guy. Joy Shatz plays the titular role of Karen a bullied woman at her wits end. Thanks to Rebel Lens Films for casting me and putting together a great team and an excellent film.
Funny Or Die, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's massive comedy site, featured our parody of "A Star is Born" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" on their front page! What did they say? "IT. IS. GLORIOUS" So happy and proud that more people will get to see this and beyond excited that FOD called it "The greatest music biopic in a generation" Click here to see the post and vid.  "Snuffalafaghost: Hip Hop's First Stylist" my short comedic mockumentary film that was born from my love of hip hop is playing at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin Texas at Battle Of The Sketches  Show Time: November 28th 7:30PM to 10PM Location: Alamo Drafthouse Muller 1911 Aldrich St #120, Austin, TX 78723 Theater #1 #battleofthesketches #BOTS Ticket Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/battle-of-the-sketches-tickets-49182855244?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing  The show I have been working on with the amazing Anthony Giordano finally hit the stage! After months of writing and producing we brought the crazy world that lives in our brains to the stage. "It's The Dean Martin Variety Show mixed with Pee Wee's Playhouse on Meth!"
We play your hosts and guide you through games, get you dancing, chill out in a boozed up puppet town, see some talent vying for the SCFTVGSH title and more. Come down to the Halloween and Christmas episodes at The People's Improv Theater HALLOWEEN SHOW 10/25 8:30pm THANKS-CHRISTMAS SHOW 11/29 8:30pm  I just returned from an intensive study in Chicago at the Holiest site of Comedy in all the land. The Second City! It was absolutely amazing and blew away my expectations. I learned and played so much in a short time and was able to see several shows that were so f'n good. I am forever grateful to the masters . #inAVanDownByTheRiver  I can talk about it now! I'm the IT guy for the Washington Herald on House Of Cards. Such a great experience on set and working with Boris McGiver who is a true professional and an amazing person off screen. It was an honor to be directed by an Oscar nominee in this amazing heart pounding drama. The whole crew and cast were great to work with and BS' with between takes.
HOUSE OF CARDS Season 5: Ep. 11 Chapter 63 Director: Agnieszka Holland The Ghost will be playing out of competition at The International Mockumentary festival "On Vous Ment!" in Lyon France. My short mock on Hip Hop's First Stylist will play at Cinema Comoedia on June 4th at 11am. Word!  The Live sketch show "A2Z: Black & White" that I created with my partner Zene Coley has been turned into a TV Pilot. Produced by myself and Chris Sciacco the show changes the stage format to adapt it for TV....  "Race, Equal pay, Guns, Relationships, Status, Economics . A2Z: Black & White is a sketch comedy show that deals with the issues no one wants to talk about. Everyone thinks how they see the world is right. It is either Black or White. This show will dive into the grey. The space where the real answers live. Artie Brennan (A) and Zene Coley (Z) are friends , one is Irish American the other is African American, they bring their unique perspective on the hard pressing issues of the times through pre-taped sketches presented to the audience live on stage. It will make you laugh and think"
It is Chappelle Show mixed with John Oliver, seasoned by Fox news & CNN, and topped with SNL & In Living Color. You will Be scared. You will Be educated. You will Laugh I played a super fun supporting role in the feature film "Two Little Bitches" written & directed by my super talented friend Emmy Harrington. The entire crew from top to bottom were women. It just won Best Narrative Feature at The Women's Independent Film Festival..Extremely proud of Emmy, the whole cast, & crew  Watch the amazing film I got to be a part of below! Directed by the cinematic wizard Eddie Lebron and co-written by Eddie, Gary Lee Mahmoud and myself. This comedy was such a blast to make! |
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