John Topping Actor Photos and Résumé

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résumé

JOHN TOPPING

Height  --  6’3”                                                                        Eyes  --  Blue
Weight --  200                                                                      Hair  --  Blonde

AFTRA - member
SAG & Equity - eligible

(646) 228-6099

johntopping @ nyc.rr.com

 

THEATRE

Of Mice and Men

Lead / Lennie

The Mint Theatre
 (
great reviews available)

Between You and Me Country Music Executive Best of the Strawberry One-Act Festival

Random Artists Theatre Group

Monthly ensemble performances

The Sidewalk Cabaret

The Comedy Cows, founding member

Sketch comedy trio

The Improv, Los Angeles
The Ice House, Los Angeles
The Punchline, San Francisco

Mud In Your Eye

Supporting / Fake Crew Member

Performance Space 122

Madcap Fever

Supporting / Sidekick

Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre

The Tranny Chase

Supporting / Ed, a Tranny Chaser

Performance Space 122

New York Shorts

Lead / Irv, a 5 year old boy

Common Basis Theatre

The Perpetually Untitled Evening of Comedy

Host / Ensemble

The Sidewalk Cabaret

The Herschel & Yankel Show

Lead / Yankel

Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

Body Rhythms

Lead / Butt Percussionist

Theatre for the New City

The Funnest Show Ever Created

Host / Ensemble

Whitefire Theatre, LA

The H Word

Ensemble

Vidiots Performance Space, LA

Zombie Attack

Supporting / Zombie

Cast Theatre, LA

 

TELEVISION

Eureka!

Supporting / Joseph Priestley

The History Channel

As The World Turns

Supporting / Johnny, a Crook

CBS

The Good Time Cafe

Comedy Cows (comedy trio)

A&E

The Dreaded Experimental
     Comedies *

Comedy Ensemble

EZTV (premiere) +
     Film/Video Festivals
     worldwide

Life On TV

Comedy Ensemble

Pilot / Gerry Allen, dir.

On Common Ground *

Supporting / Pete, a Homophobe

Video feature / Kevin Glover, dir.

   * currently in video stores

 

FILM

Our Next Attraction

Supporting / Reggie, a Zealot

Independent Short

The Sex Police

Supporting / Baldy, Prison Guard

Ash, dir.

Marching Out Of Time

Supporting / Rolf, a Nazi

Anton Vassil, dir.

Alone in the T-Shirt Zone

Supporting / Derek, a Beach Bum

Mikel B. Anderson, dir.

Up To The Roof

Supporting / Mike, a Hollywood Producer

Independent Short

Love What’s Left Of Me

Lead Voice

Animated Short

 

TRAINING

Scene study acting workshops:

Sondra Lee
Michael Kearns
Jean Shelton School of Acting
 

New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA

Acting in Commercials:

Ruth Nerken
 

New York, NY

Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in Film/Video:

California College of the Arts

Oakland, CA

 

COMMERCIALS

Conflicts are available upon request.

 

 

SKILLS

Video Artist – Manhattan Friends of the Arts Award Winner;  Sketch Comedy Writer – Videotape available; Songwriter – CD available;  have a current drivers license and passport;  computer literate with skills in Photoshop.  I work well with children and was formerly a clown at kids’ parties.  I was a certified and licensed massage therapist.  I have successfully bungee jumped.

Instruments:  Trombone, Electric Bass, Whistling