Victor Varnado
| Victor Varnado | |
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Varnado on the set of Dream Job | |
| Born |
May 15, 1969 Gary, Indiana, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, stand up comedian |
| Website | http://www.bestalbino.com/ |
Victor Varnado (born May 15, 1969 in Gary, Indiana) is an American stand up comedian and actor. He is African American and albinistic. He was born legally blind due to his Albinism. He grew up in Huntsville, Alabama and later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
Career
In Minneapolis, Varnado worked with the local improvisation troupes ComedySportz, 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 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 (1999), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. He co-starred in Eddie Murphy's space-age comic thriller, The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002).
Winner of the Most Valuable Performer award in the 2001 Montreal Just For Laughs Improv Championship, and bronze medalist 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 was an official selection for The Milan Film Festival.
Varnado is working on a superhero film with famous comic book legend Stan Lee.[2] He has performed character voices for a new video game for Sony PlayStation 3 called Rat Race.[3]
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
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Full Moon Rising | Ollie | |
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy | Rapper | |
| End of Days | Albino | ||
| 2000 | The Intern | Messenger | |
| 2002 | Hacks | Otis | |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Kelp | ||
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Hansberry | |
| 2007 | Twisted Fortune | Lil Toot | |
| Fat Guy Stuck in Internet (TV) | Kazaa-a-a-a | ||
| Permanent Vacation | Stutter Boy | ||
| 2009 | War Against the Weak | Himself | |
| The Mercy Man | Stokes | ||
| Contact High [4] | Blind Man | Austrian comedy | |
| 2011 | Dream Job | Tito |
References
- ↑ Village Voice
- ↑ Jacobs, Justin. "Victor Varnado is not just another black-albino comic", Pittsburgh City Paper, 13 March 2008.
- ↑ 'Rat Race' Writer Explains PS3's First Sitcom Video Game, MTV News
- ↑ Glawogger, Michael. "Contact High", Austria, 17 April 2009
External links
- Official website
- Victor Varnado on MySpace
- Victor Varnado at the Internet Movie Database
- Victor Varnado at AllMovie