Richard Van Slyke

Happen Agency - 818-588-6437 (Commercial, Theatrical)

Male White

Brown Hazel 182lbs 6'2"

L 32" 33" 10 40L


Additional

Regional Accents (Southern, British, Cockney, Irish, German, Russian), Tap and Theatre Dance, Word Processing, Ice Skating, Horse Back Riding, Roller Skating

Film

RoleDirectorProduction
Q for Death   Featured Alex Kazan Blue Rocket Films
Just Be   Supporting Sarah Koteles L'ouest Productions
Painkillers   Featured Roxy Shih Lomne Suspect
Real Heroes LA   Supporting Keith Hartman Waltzing Penguin Productions
Office of the Dead   Supprting Matthew Chung
Repeat Offenders   Supporting JD Cochran Olivera Films
Project Purgatory   Supporting Kantz Mosud Operandi Pictures
Pictures of Us   Featured Ben Lindsey Mako Entertainment
Wally Sitch Jr. Private Dick   Lead Tom Breedlove Waterfront Entertainment
Americanizing Shelley   Featured Lorraine Senna American Pride Group

Television

RoleDirectorProduction
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant   Co-Star MIke Mathis Productions
North Mission Road   Co-Star Vantage Point Productions
Temporary Insanity   Recurring Scott Sargeant Revolier Films
People Magazine Investigates   Co-Star Stephen Schuster Finch Productions
Betrayed   Guest Star Yoram Astrakhan All3Media
Passions   Co-Star Peter Brinckerhoff NBC/Universal
Operation Repo   Co-Star Arietis
Tabloid   Co-Star Finch Productions
Murder Book   Co-Star LMNO Productions
My Crazy Ex   Co-Star Painless Television

Stage

RoleDirectorProduction
Stepping Out   Geoffrey Brian Feehan St. Bart's Players, NYC
42nd Street   Pat Denning DeeJay Grey Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre
Somewhere in the Middle   David Gary Lamb Crown City Theatre
The Full Monty   Harold Neil Quinn San Diego Musical Theatre
A Christmas Story   Old Man Christian Lebano Sierra Madre Playhouse
All Shook Up   Jim Haller Robert Townsend San Diego Musical Theatre
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown   Charlie Brown Chris Catt St. Bart's Players, NYC
Bells Are Ringing   Jeff Moss Ted Sluberski St. Bart's Players, NYC
Christmas Carol   Scrooge American Family Theatre, Philadelphia
Joseph and the...Dreamcoat   Reuben Sari Ferraro Round Barn Theatre, IN
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee   Doug Panch Robert Marra Sierra Madre Playhouse
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying   Twimble Danny Michaels Glendale Centre Theatre
The Odd Couple   Vinnie Alan Brooks Sierra Madre Playhouse
Side Man   Ziggy Mark Kaplan Repertory East
Red Hot and Blue   Various Joe Joyce By George Productions
The Full Monty   Harold Nichols Kristie Rutledge Theatre7/Mercury Productions
Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know   Lead Marc Mercury Chormolume Theatre
Laughter on the 23rd Floor   Val Bob Craig Long Beach Playhouse
Twelfth Night   Malvolio Shari Shattuck Knightsbridge Theatre
Betty's Summer Vacation   Voice #1 Bob Craig Long Beach Playhouse
Murder Me Once   Grieves James Reynolds Fremont Centre Theatre
Ernest in Love   Perkins Carol Doehring Fremont Centre Theatre
The Tower   Ensemble Barbara Kallir Son of Semele Ensemble
Big River   Lafe/Robinson Joey Patton Carousel Dinner Theatre, Akron OH
The Will Rogers Follies   Wiley Post, Clem Rogers US, Wrangler Swing Joey Patton Carousel Dinner Theatre, Akron OH
The Unsinkable Molly Brown   Maestro Gardella Joey Patton Carousel Dinner Theatre, Akron OH
The Pirates of Penzance   Pirate/Police Karessa McElheny NoHo Arts Center
Annie   FDR Sari Ferraro Rond Barn Theatre, IN
Plain and Fancy   Dan King Jerry O'Boyle Round Barn Theatre, IN
Godspell   John/Judas Sari Ferraro Round Barn Theatre, IN

Commercial

RoleDirectorProduction
Red Robin Restaurants   Featured Michael McCourt AMD Films
Stevinson Auto Group   Starring In House
CSTV   Featured Peter Miller Taxi
Tecate Beer   Featured Simon Bross RSA
Bazooka Bubble Gum   Featured David Jellison Accomplice Media
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance   Starring Harald Zwart Company Films
Exede Satellite Internet   Starring Walk the Line Films

Print

RoleDirectorProduction
Hologic   Starring Lynn Campbell Productions
 
 
 
 

Comedy

RoleDirectorProduction
Acme Comedy Theatre   Lead Bob Bendeick/Ed Marques Best Damn Sketch Show Ever
Acme Comedy Theatre   Lead Ed Ackerman/Kirk Dietrich/Laura House Friday Night Live
 
 
 

Music videos

RoleDirectorProduction
Mighty Duhks   Featured
 
 
 
 

Internet

RoleDirectorProduction
Long Island South Shore   Supporting Cat Torres
The Playhouse Soap Opera   Lead Richard Van Slyke Playhouse Productions
Original Dads of Comedy   Lead Circa Laughs
Kidadults   Supporting Jeremy Kopp Auburn Street
Duck World   Supporting Alex Grybauskas Tiny Human

Training

Acting - Scott Sedita Studios, Voice - Bill Reed, Victoria Clark, Michael Lavine, Steven Lutvak, Commercials - Porter Kelly, Marcello Rolando, Acting - Pat Foley, Susan Slavin, Kimberly Vaughn, Dance - Ed Kressley, Bettye Morrow (tap), Musical Theatre - Bill Hastings, , Improv/Sketch - Joseph Limbaugh, Travis Oates, Bob Bendick  
 

Other Special Skills

Regional Accents (Southern, British, Cockney, Irish, German, Russian), Tap and Theatre Dance, Word Processing, Ice Skating, Horse Back Riding, Roller Skating 
 

Special Skills

ACTING GENRES, STYLES AND TECHNIQUES

Style

Comedy (Advanced), Drama (Advanced), Family (Advanced), Horror (Advanced), Improv (Intermediate), Musical (Advanced), Romantic (Advanced), Sanford Meisner (Intermediate), Science Fiction (Advanced), Sports (Intermediate)
 

Athletic

Extreme Sports

CYCLING, GENERAL (Advanced)
 

General

AEROBICS (Intermediate), BOWLING (Beginner), FIGURE SKATE (Beginner), HIKING (Beginner), ICE SKATE (Beginner)
 

Swimming

BACK STROKE (Intermediate), BREAST STROKE (Intermediate), SWIMMING, GENERAL (Intermediate)
 

Improvisation and Comedy

Improvisation & Comedic Performance

IMPROV, GENERAL (Intermediate), SKETCH (Intermediate)
 

Languages and Accents/Dialects

Accents/Dialects

BRITISH (Intermediate), CAJUN (Beginner), COCKNEY (Beginner), FRENCH (Beginner), GERMAN (Beginner), IRISH (Beginner), NEW ENGLAND / BOSTON (Beginner), NEW YORK / BROOKLYN (Beginner), RUSSIAN (Beginner), SOUTHERN (Intermediate)
 

Languages

FRENCH (Beginner)
 

Other

Driving Skills

STICK SHIFT (Beginner)
 

Horse Riding

ENGLISH (Beginner), HORSEBACK RIDING, GENERAL (Beginner)
 

Miscellaneous

TELEPROMPTER (Beginner)
 

Performance

Dance

DISCO (Beginner), JAZZ (Beginner), MODERN (Beginner), SWING (Beginner), TAP (Beginner), WALTZ (Beginner)
 

Instruments

CELLO (Beginner)
 

Singing

COUNTRY (Beginner), FOLK (Intermediate), JAZZ (Beginner), MUSICAL THEATER (Advanced), POP (Beginner)
 

Vocal Range

TENOR (Advanced)
 

Possessions

2014 NIssan Altima 
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