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Tim Ryder

Actor / Writer / Improvisor

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Member:
SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity

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Theater

The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Ensemble - iO Chicago

Soul Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ensemble – The Second City e.t.c. – Chicago

Apes of Wrath
Ensemble – The Second City e.t.c. – Chicago

Louder, Longer, Wagner
Fred Wagner – Lyric Opera & Second City

The Second City Guide to the Opera
Ensemble – Second City Theatricals

The Second City National Touring Company
Ensemble – The Second City – Chicago

The Second City’s Improv All-Stars
Ensemble – Second City Theatricals

Chaos Theory
Ensemble – iO Harold Team

The Deltones
Ensemble – iO Chicago

Baby Wants Candy
Ensemble – BWC at The Apollo Theater

Dark Buskers
Terry – Annoyance Theater (Triple Feature)

The Beatbox
Ensemble – DSI

ComedySportz
Ensemble – ComedySportz Chicago

TV

Mystery Science Theater 3000
Regular - Netflix

Chicago Fire
Co-Star – Universal Television

Sirens
Co-Star – Fox Television Studios

Webseries

The Onion News Network
Tech Trends Reporter – The Onion

The Onion Week-in-Review
Announcer – The Onion

Game Bros
Lead, co-writer, co-director – Independent webseries

Commercial

McDonald’s – “T-shirt” & “Big Mac Sack Dance”
Lead – Bark Productions

Hoosier Lottery – “Big Day”
Lead – Road Pictures

Gazelle.com
Spokesman – Marketing Architects

Runza
Spokesman – T2 + Back Alley Films

Ignite Test Prep
Lead – Milk Products Media

Training & Education

The Second City Conservatory
Improvisation, sketch comedy
Anne Libera, Michael Gellman

iO Training Center
Long-form improvisation, group work
Noah Gregoropoulos, Mike O’Brien

ComedySportz Training Center
Short-form improvisation, games
Joe Janes, Jen Ellison

Advanced On-Camera Auditioning
On-camera acting techniques
Catherine Head

Special Skills

Improvisation

Guitar and Drums (Beg.)
Alto Saxophone (Int.)
Singing (Baritone)

Vocal Characterizations and Dialects:
British, Irish, Southern US

Basketball, Tennis and Soccer (Int.)
Taekwondo (Int.)
Computer proficient (PC and Mac)

Valid driver’s license – automatic transmission
Dog owner
Interacting pleasantly with other humans

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