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Skyler Stone
Born
Skyler Joseph Clipner

(1979-01-01) January 1, 1979 (age 45)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
EducationWestern Michigan University
OccupationActor

Skyler Joseph Clipner, professionally known as Skyler Stone (born January 1, 1979)[1] is an American actor who starred in Con[2][3][4] which ran on Comedy Central for two months in the spring of 2005.

Early life and education

Stone was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan with his family at the age of 14. He attended Western Michigan University.[5][6]

Career

Stone started his career in radio at WRKR in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His first movie role was in The Rules of Attraction, playing a speed freak named Quinlivan in a scene that ended up cut from the film. He played Scarlett Johansson's character's husband in the flashback scenes for The Island,[7] and a cook in Waiting....[8] Stone was cast in Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration[9] as a trashy radio morning show host after Guest saw the "Cancun Coma" episode of Con. In July 2007, Stone was cast in the comedy House Broken,[10] as Danny DeVito's son.

Stone sold a pilot called Skyler's Revolution to Fox Broadcasting Company and Warner Bros. Television[11] in 2007, wherein he made prank calls to celebrities, but it was not picked up for a series. He appeared in the CSI: NY episode "Youngblood."[10] Stone was a contestant on Dog Eat Dog and Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck twice (the second time in the Tournament of Losers). In 2010 he appeared in the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement.

Stone is a regular at the Laugh Factory, The Improv, and The Comedy Store, in Hollywood, California.[12] He made his first national stand-up appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on January 3, 2007.

In 2013, he provided the voice for Scowler, a Pachyrhinosaurus in BBC Earth's Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie.

Personal life

Stone resides in Sherman Oaks, California.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 In the Woods Bar Extra
2002 Van Wilder Test Taker Uncredited
The Rules of Attraction Quinlivan
2003 Stuck on You George
2005 The Island Sarah Jordan's Husband Uncredited
Waiting... Cook #1
2006 Accepted S. H. Student in Hallway
For Your Consideration Don
2007 Equal Opportunity John McHonky
2009 Why Men Go Gay in L.A. William Morgan
2010 House Broken Quinn Cathkart
Tug Agent
2011 Hostel: Part III Mike
2012 Arcadia Tatum
2013 Man Camp Sammy
Walking with Dinosaurs Scowler Voice
Best Night Ever Referee
2014 My Sister JG
2015 Desecrated Larry
2018 Danger One Joseph
2021 The Retaliators Obnoxious Dad
2022 The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild Diego voice

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Scare Tactics Nick Episode: "Chainsaw Incident"
2005 Con Mike St. Aubin / Various characters 6 episodes
CSI: NY Ben Lowell Episode: "YoungBlood"
2009 Dollhouse Jimmy Episode: "Needs"
Dark Blue Randy Episode: "Venice Kings"
2010 The Mentalist Kevin Episode: "Red Herring"
Rules of Engagement Frank Episode: "Snoozin' for a Bruisin'"
Lost EMT Episode: "The Last Recruit"
Zeke and Luther Max Randall Episode: "Seoul Bros"
The Genesis Files Adam Cox 3 episodes
The Defenders Aaron Ayles Episode: "Whitten v. Fenlee"
Kings by Night Politics Television film
2010–2012 Raising Hope Mike Chance 4 episode
2011 Bones Rod Patterson Episode: "The Hot Dog in the Competition"
2012 Touch DJ Oliver Episode: "The Road Not Taken"
2013 Castle Douglas Stevens Episode: "Target"
2014 Major Crimes Jared Temple Episode: "Two Options"
2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Alex Friel Episode: "Merchants of Menace"
Clipped Travis 3 episodes
2016 2 Broke Girls Jason Episode: "And You Bet Your Ass"
Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything Jasper Episode: "The Ghost"
2019 Corporate Frank Episode: "Natural Beauty"
The Rookie Unruly Patron Episode: "Impact"

Video games

Year Title Role
2005 Yakuza Additional voices
2007 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Voice
2008 Army of Two Various voices
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Voice
2009 Terminator Salvation

References

  1. ^ Some sources say 1980 or 1981, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2007 gave his age as 28.
  2. ^ "Putting one over -- Artist proves his sales pitch works". The Record (Bergen County). 2005-04-06. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
  3. ^ "Comedy Central adds two new series to its 2005 schedule -- scripted comedy 'Stella' and renegade reality show 'Con' with Skyler Stone" (Press release). Comedy Central. 2005-01-14.
  4. ^ "Skyler Stone shows you how to 'Con'". The Pitt News. 2005-04-12.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Reaching for the sky". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2007-01-19. p. D3.
  6. ^ "Skyler Stone returns to Kalamazoo to perform, record comedy album". mlive. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  7. ^ a b "The Skyler Stone Picture Pages".
  8. ^ "Justin Long, Anna Faris, Andy Milonakis 'Waiting ...' For A Sequel No Longer". MTV.com. 2007-06-05. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
  9. ^ "Mosaic Media Group signs Skyler Stone". Daily Variety. 2005-09-09. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
  10. ^ a b "Skyler Stone (Players)". Daily Variety. 2007-10-25.
  11. ^ "Fox says it wants a 'Revolution'". The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-02-28. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007.
  12. ^ "Skyler Stone And People He Pretends Are His Friends". Los Angeles Daily News. 2008-04-24.


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