Victor Varnado

Infobox actor


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name = "Victor Varnado"
birthdate = birth date and age|1969|5|15
location = Gary, Indiana, U.S.
height = 5'7" (1.70m)
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website = http://www.bestalbino.com/
notable role = "End of Days"
"The Adventures of Pluto Nash"

Victor Varnado is an American standup comedian and actor, born in Gary, Indiana on May 15, 1969. He is African American and is albinistic.

Biography and career

Victor Varnado grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, later moving to Minneapolis, where he worked with the local improvisation troupes ComedySportz MN, The Bad Mamma Jammas and several regional theater companies, before landing his first role in the Big River Productions film "Full Moon Rising", playing a copy clerk.

Soon after, his role in Giraffe Films' "Kids Adventures in Oz" spurred him on move to New York and to pursue an acting career. His first "big break" came when he landed a role in Elton John's music video "Recovering Your Soul".

Shortly after, he starred in Forensic Films' "Julien Donkey-Boy" with Ewen Bremner, Werner Herzog and Chloë Sevigny. He was subsequently cast in Universal's feature film "End of Days", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which was released in November 1999.

He co-starred in Eddie Murphy's space-age comic thriller, "The Adventures of Pluto Nash", released nationally on August 16, 2002.

Winner of the Most Valuable Performer award in the 2001 Montreal Just For Laughs Improv Championship, and bronze medallist in the 2002 Comedy Central Laugh Riots National Stand-Up Competition, Varnado can currently be seen as Otis, an outrageous urban comic, in the independent film "Hacks". Showing in the New York International Film Festival playing in Los Angeles, "Hacks" is now an official selection for The Milan Film Festival.

Currently Victor is working on a superhero film with famous comic book legend Stan Lee. He has performed character voices for a new video game for Sony Playstation 3 called Rat Race. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1575219/20071128/index.jhtml 'Rat Race' Writer Explains PS3's First Sitcom Video Game | Game News Story | Multiplayer Gaming | MTV News ] ]

Varnado is a member of Chicago City Limits, New York¹s longest running comedy improv theater company for which he writes and direct as well as performing regularly as a stand up comedian. He has also been a guest on the popular podcast Keith and The Girl.

Filmography

References

External links

* [http://www.bestalbino.com/ Victor Varnado Official Web Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/victorvarnado Victor Varnado on MySpace.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890075/ Victor Varnado] on the IMDb
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0717,westhoff,76434,15.html "White Like Me" on the Village Voice]