JOE DEGISE II

SAG-AFTRA
Mobile: 347-628-1001 Height: 5’7.5” Eyes: Brown
Email: jdthesecond@yahoo.com Weight: 130 lbs. Hair: Salt & pepper

Improvisation/Sketch
CHICAGO CITY LIMITS Improv/Sketch In and around NYC
Co-Star/Co-Writer/Director for New York’s legendary comedy revue
HOWDY STRANGER Improv Host/ In and around Bergen
Performer/Coach County, NJ
ASPEN COMEDY FESTIVAL Improv/Sketch Aspen, Colorado
TOYOTA COMEDY FESTIVAL Improv/Sketch B’way Comedy Club, NYC
BITTER HARMLESS PEOPLE Sketch performer/ The PIT, B’way Comedy Club,
Writer etc.
UNEXPECTED COMPANY Improv/Sketch Theatre Row, the Bitter
End, Don’t Tell Mama

Film
HACKS Bob, the MC Mockumentary (with Jim
Gaffigan)
CELIBATE IN CHELSEA Ram (lead) Romantic Comedy
OPEN Jack (lead) Drama, student film (Ohio U.)

Television
LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY Featured Guest (as Regis) WABC-TV
NICKELODEON Multiple Roles Bob Brandenberg,
Director
CUT TO THE CHASE Dance Instructor TBS

Stage/Other
NEWS Tom (lead) – Comedy; one-act in Montclair, NJ
ALL THE GLORY Coach – Drama; I played a MMA coach/spiritual mentor
at the Bhakti Center in NYC
LEMON MERINGUE Rich (lead) – Drama; I played an adult survivor of
childhood sexual abuse at the Barrow Group Theatre
in NYC; Terri Muuss- Director
THE EVICTION Butler John (lead) – Comedic farce at Manhattan
Theatre Source in NYC; Amy Kiehl- Director
THE LIGHTS ON WALDON COURT John (Lead) – Drama; I played a drug addict at the
Producer’s Club, NYC; Bill Ervolino, writer

Commercials & Corporate

Available upon request

Training
Improvisation Paul Sills (Second City)
Acting Carol Fox Prescott, Rob McCaskill
Film/Television Jennifer Rudolph
Commercials Angie Montalbano, Jeffrey Vigneault, Scott Wojcik

Special Skills
Improvisation, Characters, Ice Skate (moderate), Snow Ski (moderate), Guitar (moderate),
Percussion, Meditation, Passport, Driver’s License