Biography: Jeffrey Weissman has been performing as an actor since 1972 in television, film, theme parks, theater, trade shows, improv and sketch shows with a great deal of success to multinational audiences. He has developed characters at renaissance fairs since 1973, playing fools, mountebanks, poets, sword fighting, country dancing and even writing shows for southern & northern California Renaissance Fairs ... show all Jeffrey Weissman has been performing as an actor since 1972 in television, film, theme parks, theater, trade shows, improv and sketch shows with a great deal of success to multinational audiences. He has developed characters at renaissance fairs since 1973, playing fools, mountebanks, poets, sword fighting, country dancing and even writing shows for southern & northern California Renaissance Fairs. He has for the last 15 years written sketches and `gags' for playing Stan Laurel, Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin (among others) at Universal Studios, Six Flags, Disneyland, Conventions, Trade Shows, Television and Radio Appearances around the world. (He can greet in over a dozen different languages).
Jeffrey has co-starred in dozens of film & television productions. Most notably as George McFly in the Back to the Future sequels, Teddy Conway in Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider, and recently appearing on Diagnosis Murder and in Disney's Max Keeble's Big Move.
Having just returned from Japan where he directed three shows for the new Universal Theme Park in Osaka, Jeffrey is preparing to return to the environmental stage once again as Touchstone, the Queen's fool at the Santa Barbara Renaissance faire & Midsummer Market. Jeffrey has taught seminars and lectures on "the art of making it as an actor" at Universities, City Colleges, High Schools and Fine Arts Schools. Jeffrey also does coaching & training for the professional & non-professionals in the art of improvisation, clowning, developing characters, mime, stage, television, film and environmental acting and entertainment.
Jeffrey was founder and artistic director of the Flying Penguins (formerly the Comedy Omelet) improv troupe, and he helped develop the Los Angeles Theater Sports, now in its 11th year. He performed in the Second City Alumni jams at the Ashgrove, and performed with the Laugh Factory All-star Improv Jam ("Wrought Irony").
He was a varsity member of Los Angeles Theater Sports, performing and directing with LATS and KIDPROV. Jeffrey co-wrote and directed the Laurel and Hardy Music and Magic Show that had an extensive run on the Star Cruise Line in the South China Sea. hide |
