Paul Scheer
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 UCB Theater NYC 2005 |
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| Born | Paul Christian Scheer January 31, 1976 Huntington, New York |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse(s) | June Diane Raphael (2009–present) |
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| www.paulscheer.com | |
Paul Christian Scheer (born January 31, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He currently stars on the FX series The League and in the Adult Swim comedy-action series "NTSF:SD:SUV::", which he created and directs. He recently created and stars in the JASH webseries, The Arscheerio Paul Show which recreates classic moments from the iconic Arsenio Hall talk show of the early 90's. His 4 issue comic book Aliens vs Parker is published by Boom Studios! and is co-written by writing partner Nick Giovannetti. He also serves as Executive Producer on Greatest Event in the History of Television with Adam Scott. He can currently be heard hosting the award winning comedy podcast "How Did This Get Made?", which was hailed by iTunes as the "best new comedy podcast" of 2011 and LA Weekly as the Best Comedy Podcast of 2012.
Scheer has made appearances on comedy programs such as Modern Family, Burning Love' Seasons 1-3', 30 Rock, Best Week Ever, Childrens Hospital, Funny or Die Presents, Parks and Recreation, Happy Endings, Party Down Bob's Burgers, and Yo Gabba Gabba. He has also appeared in films such as '"Hell Baby", "Rapture-Palooza", "Piranha 3D, Bride Wars, School for Scoundrels and Year One. Previously he co-created and starred in the cult MTV sketch series Human Giant alongside Rob Huebel and Aziz Ansari.
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Personal life [edit]
Scheer was born in Huntington, New York. He graduated from St. Anthony's High School (New York) and attended New York University, where he majored in Communication and Education.
Scheer began dating actress/writer June Diane Raphael in January 2004, after the artistic director of Manhattan's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre brought Scheer in to offer tips to Raphael and her writing partner Casey Wilson on how to improve their show. They moved from New York to LA in 2005. In 2009, they married in a smallish affair at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Scheer's best man was a Jack Nicholson impersonator.[1]
Live performances [edit]
New York (1995–2005) [edit]
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 to sold out crowds every Saturday night for over five years and collaborated with Adam McKay (director/writer of Anchorman) on a political sketch comedy show called "George Bush is a Motherfucker".
In 2002 Scheer created and starred in "Automatic Vaudeville" at the Ars Nova Theater, which the Hollywood Reporter called "one of the top five shows in the country."
Los Angeles (since 2006) [edit]
Scheer moved to Los Angeles in 2006 and 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 Los Angeles Magazine and has been profiled on Good Morning America. Cast members include Rob Riggle and Rob Huebel.
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 in a two person improv show, Scheer/McBrayer with Jack McBrayer his 30 Rock nemesis. He can be seen in video pieces on Funny or Die and College Humor .
Television highights [edit]
Human Giant (MTV) [edit]
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. 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. The group recently re-united for "Stunt Kidz" a sketch in the Ansari hosted MTV Movie Awards.
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.
NTSF:SD:SUV:: (Adult Swim) [edit]
NTSF:SD:SUV:: is a live action 10 minute procedural parody, which premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on July 21, 2011 for a 12 episode order. The series was created by Scheer, who also serves as executive producer, writer, director, and star.
NTSF:SD:SUV::, (AKA National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle) follows a group of reckless, aggressive, and pun wielding government agents who work hard to protect San Diego from numerous terrorist threats such as a Killer dolphin, Swedish virtual reality gangs, and a time traveling Leonardo da Vinci. Out of all the acronym-ed police procedurals that dominate the airwaves this show has most acronyms.
Scheer stars along with Rebecca Romijn (X Men), Rob Riggle (The Daily Show, 21 Jump Street), Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager), Brandon Johnson (Funny People), June Diane Raphael (New Girl), and Martin Starr (Party Down) along with such notable guest stars as Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Independence Day), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show, Breaking Bad), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men), Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation, Human Giant), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Ed Helms (The Hangover, The Office), Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live), and many more
NTSF:SD:SUV::'s creative team also includes executive producers/writers Jonathan Stern (Childrens Hospital, Burning Love) and Curtis Gwinn (Animal Practice). It is produced by Abominable Pictures, Inc. and Scheer's 2nd Man on the Moon Productions.
It was announced in October 2012 the show was picked up for a 3rd season on the Adult Swim network.
The League (FX) [edit]
The League is a sitcom, which premiered on FX on October 29, 2009. The series is a semi-scripted comedy from Jeff and Jackie Marcus Schaffer about a group of friends in a fantasy football league. Currently in its fourth season, Scheer has co-scripted a handful of episodes, "The Anniversary Party", "Expert Witness", "Sober Buddy", "Tailgate" with co-star Nick Kroll. Scheer plays Dr. Andre Nowzick, a rich plastic surgeon whose naivete makes him the brunt of many jokes.
Yo Gabba Gabba {Nick Jr.} [edit]
Paul Scheer and Jack McBrayer make semi-regular appearances on the Nick Jr. series Yo Gabba Gabba!, in a segment called "Knock Knock Joke of the Day". They have appeared in seasons one and two, and, according to Scheer's Twitter, have recently taped segments for season three. Scheer and McBrayer were featured as themselves in the Yo Gabba Gabba! comic book, and have even made appearances on the Yo Gabba Gabba! live tour. In 2012, Scheer appeared as a villainous Cowboy Android in an episode of The Aquabats! Super Show!, another series from the creators of Yo Gabba Gabba!.
Night of 140 Tweets [edit]
In 2010 Scheer organized a charity event with Ben Stiller called Night of 140 Tweets in which he got 140 comedians to appear on stage at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles, each of them reading a single tweet. Some of the performers included Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Aziz Ansari, The Cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dane Cook, Wilmer Valderrama, John Cho, Mindy Kaling, Sasha Grey, and more (See the full cast here http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1753393/). The event released as a charity DVD and online download raised over $500,000 of dollars for Haiti.
Podcast [edit]
Scheer is a frequent guest on many podcasts including WTF, Comedy Bang Bang, Doug Loves Movies, Who Charted?, and many more...
How Did This Get Made? (Earwolf podcast) [edit]
How Did This Get Made?, a podcast on the Earwolf Network hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas, each show has a celebrity guest/comedian and features the deconstruction and mockery of terrible films. In 2011, iTunes selected How Did this Get Made as its favorite comedy podcast of the year and in 2012 LA Weekly named the show, "The Best Comedy Podcast."
Guests have included Kevin Smith, Damon Lindelof, "Weird" Al Yankovic, Danny Trejo, Vanilla Ice, Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, Rob Huebel, Doug Benson, Brian Taylor (director of Crank and Crank: High Voltage, Lexi Alexander (director of Punisher: War Zone) and Greg Sestero (producer/co-star of The Room).
The podcast is Bi-Weekly, during the show's off-week, a ".5" episode is uploaded featuring Scheer announcing the next week's movie as well as challenges for the fans.
Other Highlights [edit]
In 2012 Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel co-hosted the prestigious Critics Choice Movie Awards and performed along the Muppets and George Clooney.
Scheer frequently lends his voice to animated projects and can be heard on the DisneyXD show Tron Uprising as Hopper and on the Online web series created by Tom Hanks, Electric City as Walter LaFong. Scheer also appeared in Kung Fu Panda Secrets of the Masters as Thundering Rhino.
Scheer has not only appeared on Childrens Hospital as Rob Corddry's brother but also co-written 3 episodes of the show with Rob Huebel. As well as the spin-off show, Newsreaders
In 2006, Variety named Scheer one of the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" and AP Magazine hailed him as one of their favorite comedians.
Scheer was also featured in the music video of Army Navy's "My Thin Sides" and worked with The Daniels on a special video for the second season of NTSF:SD:SUV::
Scheer's Center of Comedy? [edit]
Scheer's connection as being the centerpiece to comedy in Los Angeles has been documented both by Splitsider http://splitsider.com/2011/10/very-important-data-our-parks-and-recparty-downchildrens-hospitalthe-league-venn-diagram/, New York Magazine http://www.vulture.com/2012/01/hardest-working-actors-in-sitcoms.html and TV Blogster http://tvblogster.tumblr.com/post/29946532961/ntsfsdsuv-the-interconnected-comedy-world-of-rob
Viral Pranks [edit]
Paul has been involved in two large scale fan based art related viral pranks.
Damon, Carlton and a Polar Bear & Breaking GIFs [edit]
Scheer was the centerpiece of a Lost Viral campaign which started during the 2009 Lost Comic-Con panel. During the Q&A segment Scheer presented a velvet painting to Damon and Carlton arm and arm with a polar bear that he claimed to have spent the last 6 months working on. He told the crowd that more of his art would be appearing on his personal website DamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.com, named after his painting, Scheer handed the painting to Damon Lindelof. The following months after Comic Con the site began to reveal special limited edition artwork that was created by popular artists and only available to fans of the show who were following the clues of the game that Scheer set up. Scheer remained the figurehead of the viral event and even ended up hosting the final Lost panel at the Paley Center in Los Angeles during the final season.
Scheer returned to his role of superfan and helped kick-off Breaking GIFs another viral Art Campaign also created by Gallery 1988. Scheer appeared in a handful of online videos, one famously in his underwear, announcing his latest art project, Animated Gifs inspired by the show, Breaking Bad. The event culminated in a gallery show of a similar set of special limited edition artwork that was created by popular artists and only available to fans of the show who were following the clues of the online game.
It's been stated in interviews that Scheer's involvement in both campaigns stemmed from a mutual admiration of the respective show's creators and Scheer's work.
Filmography [edit]
Films [edit]
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References [edit]
- Notes
External links [edit]
- Paul Scheer at the Internet Movie Database
- Paul Scheer Official Site
- MySpace profile
- Facebook profile
- Twitter Feed
- Flickr Feed
- Human Giant Home Page
- Artwork created by Scheer and presented at the Lost Panel at the San Diego Comic Con 2009
- Interviews/Articles
