COMEDIC ACTOR
Acting Reel / Comedic Actor Jamie Benson
As a comedic actor, I’m booked to play goblins, clowns, warlocks, and more for companies like Silvermine Productions, Guerrilla Revolution, and Small World Studios. As a stand-up comedian, I’ve been booked for Broadway Comedy Club’s Yaaas Fest and Thoroughly Gay Thursdays. As an improviser, I’ve trained at Magnet Theater, Peoples Improv Theater, NW Actor’s Studio, and Cornish College of Art.
As a versatile performer, I’ve played a sportscaster in a NYSHEX commercial by Epiq Media and murderer James Koedatich in Murder Under Friday Night Lights for the Discovery Channel.
With over 20 years of dance training and theatrical performances, my face, body, and mind are highly expressive. Invite me to do sketch comedy, improv comedy, and physical clowning for film, television and commercials, or host your upcoming event.
WILD CHARACTERS
EXAMPLE: LATE FRIGHT
I play the disgruntled goblin assistant to Lou Cipher, a hellish late night talk show host raising torture funds in a Jerry Lewis style telethon.
JERK CHARACTERS
EXAMPLE: ACCORDING TO THE RULES
I play an arrogant star photographer who’s threatened by a younger, more ambitious protege in this short film.
EXAMPLE: MORTIMER
Performing as an angry forensic officer in this noir-style short film.
SUBTLE SATIRE
EXAMPLE: NYSHEX COMMERCIAL
I present a satirical take on a sportscaster, covering breaking news in a contract negotiation between shippers and carriers for the New York Shipping Exchange.
EXPRESSIVE FACE / BODY
EXAMPLE: TIME TRAVEL TAMBOURINE
My face attempts to tell a harrowing tale of sci-fi stupidity in this nearly wordless short film about a gluttonous guy who discovers a tambourine that takes him back in time to prevent small recent mistakes.