Paul Scheer

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Paul Scheer

Born January 31, 1976(1976-01-31) (age 33)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Comedian
Writer
Producer
Years active 1995–present
Website
www.paulscheer.com

Paul Scheer (born January 31, 1976) is an American actor, producer and writer. He's best known for his work on the MTV sketch comedy series Human Giant, which he co-created and starred in with Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, and director Jason Woliner. He also can be seen on NBC's 30 Rock as Donny Lawson, the head page.

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[edit] Personal life

Scheer was born in New Hyde Park, New York. He graduated from the School of Education at New York University, where he majored in Communication and Education.

He currently resides in Los Angeles and is engaged to actress and writer June Raphael.

Paul frequently updates on his blog and twitter account where he posts humorous observations and performing news.

[edit] Performing Biography

[edit] New York (1995-2005)

In 1995, Scheer became a member of New York City's longest running Off-Broadway comedy show, Chicago City Limits. As a member of their touring company Scheer extensively traveled throughout the United States as well as overseas.

In 1998, he joined the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City where he performed Sketch and Improvisation with Respecto Montalban, winners of the 2003 ECNY Award for "Best Improv Show." The group included such members as Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Jack McBrayer and Dannah Feinglass. They performed their unique brand of long form improvisation every Saturday for over five years and even collaborated Adam McKay (director/writer of Anchorman) on a political sketch comedy show called "George Bush is a MotherF*cker".

In 2002 Scheer created/starred in "Automatic Vaudeville" at the Ars Nova Theater, which the Hollywood Reporter called "one of the top five shows in the country."

[edit] Los Angeles (2006-Present)

Scheer is a regular performer at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles (UCBTLA).

Every Wednesday at 9:30PM he performs FACEBOOK, an improvised show based on audience member's Facebook profiles. The show was named the "Best Improv Show" by LA Magazine and has been profiled on Good Morning America. Cast members include Rob Riggle and Rob Huebel as well as frequent guest Jack McBrayer

Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the Month at 11PM Scheer co-hosts Crash Test with Human Giant Alum Rob Huebel. Los Angeles Magazine calls the show "Extremely Funny...Several thumbs up" and MetroMix proclaims "Sketch Comedy doesn't get much funnier."

Scheer also occasionally performs a two person improv show with Jack McBrayer his 30 Rock nemesis.

[edit] Career

[edit] Human Giant

Around the summer of 2005, Scheer began collaborating with fellow comedians Rob Huebel and Aziz Ansari as well as director Jason Woliner to make short films. The first series created by the group was Shutterbugs, which followed Huebel and Ansari as cutthroat child talent agents. This was followed up by the Illusionators, which starred Ansari and Scheer as Criss Angel-style goth magicians. In mid-2006, MTV greenlit a sketch series from the group which debuted April 5, 2007.

The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown. In interviews, the group has mentioned that they were offered a third season by MTV but were unable to complete it due to Ansari's commitments to the new NBC show Parks and Recreation. However, the group has stated that MTV has left the door open for the group to complete a third season at a later date or to produce a special for the network.

In November 2008, The Hollywood Reporter noted the group is currently developing a feature film with Red Hour Films, the production company run by Ben Stiller and producer Stuart Cornfeld.

[edit] Accolades

In 2006, Variety named Scheer one of the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" and AP Magazine hailed him as one of their favorite comedians.

[edit] Twitflix Controversy

Scheer, along with Mr. Show writer/performer Scott Aukerman and Human Giant co-stars Aziz Ansari & Rob Huebel, created controversy when they, using Twitter, live "tweeted" a midnight screening of the film Crank: High Voltage, in an event they called "Twitflix."[1] Aukerman, Scheer and Huebel had previously done this during the first screening of Fast & Furious held in D-BOX seats.[2] Harry Knowles from Ain't It Cool News wrote to them during the film, threatening them, upset with what they were doing. This was reported on several websites the next day.[3][4]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Selected Films

[edit] Selected Television

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Twitflix: Crank". http://mikerelay.com/twitflix/. Retrieved on 2009-04-16. 
  2. ^ "The Weekly Moviegoer". http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/04/09/christopher-campbells-the-moviegoer-cloudy-with-a-change-of-gimmick/. Retrieved on 2009-04-17. 
  3. ^ "TMR: Human Giant vs. the Internet". http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-motion-captured/posts/2009-4-6-the-morning-read-4-17-09. Retrieved on 2009-04-17. 
  4. ^ "Ramblings of a Mad Man: Twitter, Texting, and TwitAssholes". http://www.filmarcade.net/2009/04/ramblings-of-mad-man-twitter-texting.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-17. 

[edit] External links

[edit] Interviews/Articles

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