Skyler Stone
Skyler Stone | |
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| Born | June 15, 1979 |
Skyler Stone (born Skyler Clipner, June 15, 1979)[1][2] is an American actor who starred in Con[3][4][5] which ran on Comedy Central for two months in the spring of 2005.
Life and career
Stone was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[6] He 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 husband in the flashback scenes for The Island,[1] and a cook in Waiting....[7] Stone was cast in Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration[8] 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,[9] as Danny DeVito's son.
Stone sold a pilot called Skyler's Revolution to Fox Broadcasting Company and Warner Bros. Television[10] 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."[9] Stone was a contestant on Dog Eat Dog[1] 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.[1][11] He made his first national stand-up appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on January 3, 2007. He resides in Sherman Oaks, California.[1]
In 2013, he provided the voice for Scowler, a Pachyrhinosaurus who was the secondary antagonist in BBC Earth's Walking With Dinosaurs The Movie.
References
- ^ a b c d e "The Skyler Stone Picture Pages".
- ^ Some sources say 1980 or 1981, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2007 gave his age as 28.
- ^ "Putting one over -- Artist proves his sales pitch works". The Record (Bergen County). 2005-04-06.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Skyler Stone shows you how to 'Con'". The Pitt News. 2005-04-12.
- ^ "Reaching for the sky". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2007-01-19. p. D3.
- ^ "Justin Long, Anna Faris, Andy Milonakis 'Waiting ...' For A Sequel No Longer". MTV.com. 2007-06-05.
- ^ "Mosaic Media Group signs Skyler Stone". Daily Variety. 2005-09-09.
- ^ a b "Skyler Stone (Players)". Daily Variety. 2007-10-25.
- ^ "Fox says it wants a 'Revolution'". The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-02-28.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) [dead link] - ^ "Skyler Stone And People He Pretends Are His Friends". Los Angeles Daily News. 2008-04-24.