Craig Ricci Shaynak
Actor * Writer * Producer * Comedian
Film
Theatre
Training & Workshops
Special Skills
LETHAL WEAPON Howard Trotter FOX / Eric Laneuville
TWO BROKE GIRLS Singing Inmate CBS / Don Scardino
MARON Jeffrey Call Center IFC / Luke Matheny
RAY DONOVAN Kenneth "Tiny" Benson SHOWTIME / Dir: L. Glatter, M. Apted, T. Gates
BONES Guest Star FOX / Dir: Dwight Little
LAW AND ORDER LOS ANGELES Co-Star NBC / Dir: Rod Holcomb
I’M IN THE BAND Co-Star DISNEY CHANNEL / Dir: Victor Gonzalez
THE SHIELD Co-Star FX / Dir: Dean White
THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK & CODY Guest Star DISNEY CHANNEL / Dir: Rich Correll
LAS VEGAS Guest Star NBC / Dir: Michael Grossman
WITHOUT A TRACE Co-Star CBS / Dir: Tim Matheson
ALIAS Co-Star ABC / Dir: Lawrence Trilling
JUST LEGAL Guest Star WB / Dir: Oz Scott
ER Co-Star NBC / Dir: Christopher Chulack
COMPLEX Series Regular PILOT
DANNY BONADUCE SHOW Variety Guest BUENA VISTA TV
EXTREME GONG SHOW Psychic GAME SHOW NETWORK
ELIZA SHERMAN’S REVENGE Martin Dir. Greg Fitzsimmons
TED 2 Fat Blind Guy Dir. Seth MacFarlane
THE INFORMANT Plant Foreman Dir. Steven Soderbergh
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Voiceover Dir. Shawn Levy
ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING Voiceover Dir. Michael O. Sajibel
HAPPY FEET Voiceover Dir. George Miller
HARSH TIMES Gillespie Dir. David Ayer
FASTLANE Russian Mafia Don Dir. Drew Bell & Jefferson Langley
CHAIN REACTION Bar Patron Dir. Andrew Davis
THE BABE Ballpark Vendor Dir. Arthur Hiller
I AM GOOGLE Google Hollywood, Edinburgh, Adelaide Fringe, MICF
STEALING BUFFALO Stu Thomas Group Repertory Theatre (Vern Urich)
FAT, BALD, & LOUD One-Man Show Hollywood & Edinburgh Fringe
MR. FIZZYWIGG’S STORY FACTORY Mr. Fizzywigg Edinburgh Fringe
COWBOYS & INDIANS One-Man Show Edinburgh Fringe & Avignon OFF
SPEED-THE-PLOW Bobby Gould Group Repertory Theatre
AMERICAN BUFFALO Donny Dubrow Gardner Stages (Richard Assad)
LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE Male Chorus Theater Theatre (Mercy Vasquez)
K. (FRANZ KAFKA'S THE TRIAL) Block Neo-Futurists (Greg Allen)
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR Max / Ira understudy Briar Street Theatre (Mick Leavitt)
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL Knight Humanities Festival (Bernie Sahlins)
TONY AND TINA’S WEDDING Sal Antonucci Chicago Cast (Larry Pelligrini)
THE MYSTERY CYCLE King Court Theatre (Bernie Sahlins)
1776 McKean / Ben Franklin American Eagle
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Oberon American Eagle
SLEEPING BRILLIANCE Prince Earnest Halcyone (Tina Fey)
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Willy Wonka Evanston Arts Center (Lisa Baney)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Mr. Mushnik Blackfriars (Loren Mayer)
EAT OUT Gunther University Theatre (David Auburn)
B.A. University of Chicago, Medieval Drama OFF-OFF CAMPUS Comedy Troupe (with Bernie Sahlins)
Standup at The Laugh Factory, Comedy Store, Ice House Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Improv Olympic (with Del Close and Charna Halpern) Commedia del Arte and Kabuki (Hekscher Park Center)
The Groundlings (class) (Los Angeles) The Termite Report (Sketch Comedy)
Improv, multilingual (French, Russian, Japanese, German), piano, singing, dialects (Various British, Scots, Irish, Various New York, Italian, Chicago, Various Southern, Texan, Indian, Russian, Chinese), fencing (foil), stage combat, computer programmer.