Jonathan Hansler
About:  Hi I'm Jonathan Hansler, an extremely versatile actor /writer/comic with 23 years acting experience. I have leads in two features out this year, one with Adrian Lukis & June Whitfield , the other co-produced by Terry Jones. The play I co-wrote"Goodbye,the Afterlife Of Cook & Moore" and co-starred in as Peter Cook was seen at Gilded Balloon Edinburgh. i was also Peter Cook at the New End Theatre Hampstead in Pete'N' Me, Lance in Hull Trucks Toast and the Home Secretary in Gala Durhams "Maggies End "an evangelist Pyramid seller in BBC's My Family and Colin Tennant Viscount Glenconnor in C4's The Queen's Sister. I can play it straight but am a superb villain. I excel in the off beat,bang on comic timing,admire McDowell, Sellers, Guinness, Coogan,Cook,Sanders,and was recently a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of The Year with my character, The Rev Dick Tate a Southern preacher.I am now part of an acclaimed double act "Teakshow" Categories:  Actor, Comedian, Presenter, Voice Over eMail:  http://www.ukscreen.com/contact/jonhans WWW:  http://www.ukscreen.com/cast/jonhans Tel:  02072415725 Mobile:  07960357074 Address:  50a Palatine Rd London N16 8ST London N16 8ST Greater London United Kingdom Agent:  Howard at Sandra Griffin Mgt|0208 891 5676 Playing Ages:  36 to 46 Weight:  13.0 Stone (83 Kg) Height:  6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Eyes:  Blue Hair:  Brown Ethnicity:  East European, North European Affiliation:  EQUITY Nationality:  United Kingdom Languages:  French, a smattering of Spanish Accents:  Cock, Dp sth, Texas, Calif, NY, Geordie, L'pool, Edin,Aussie,Manc, +++ Vocal Range:  Baritone
Training and Skills
Formal Training:  Studio 68 of Theatre Arts 2 year intensive diploma Logan Murrays Improvers Stand-up course Gaslit Theatre Co Government training scheme Other Skills:  I am trained in stand up, have had military training, am very fit, a long distance runner,good swimmer,instinctive, quick witted, highly original,smart, a master of accents/dialects/impressions/&can spin on a sixpence.
Additional Information
I am the life and soul of a party, a good experienced solid strong actor who can hold a film,and has played many leading roles including Oscar Wilde, Gene Roddenberry, Jack Good, George Harrison & George Orwell,Groucho Marx and Peter Cook twice. Also Gene Wilder in a spoof Woman in Red Commercial for Club 18-30 and more recently Colin Tennant in C4's The Queens Sister. and a con man in BBC's My Family.
Credits
Type Production Name Company Role Year Commercials Doktor Power JML 2 East Europeans 08 Feature Film Innocence?(Leading/June Whitfield/Adrian Lukis) HCH Bentinck 08 Feature Film The Tragedy Of Albert Oxford Uni Film Foundation Albert (lead) 08 Short Film Blood Money Vulture Culture David 08 Theatre Teakshows Twisted Sketches Teakshow Camden Fringe 08 Theatre Goodbye The Afterlife Of Cook & Moore The Disestablishment (co-writer and Peter Cook) 07 Theatre Teak Show Steve Dinsdale Hackney Empire Finalists 07 Theatre Toast Hull Truck Lance 07 Commercials Sony Internet Japan Conductor 06 Short Film Angels Still Falling (biopic of Jack Kerouac) Richard Deakin 50's US Chat Show Host 06 Short Film The Audit (Updated Version of Witchfinder General) Candyfloss and Razorblades Hopkins (Vincent Price Role) 06 Theatre Mixt Nutz Dishad Hussain Various/ Host/ Impro/ Sketches 06 Commercials Woman in red spoof Club 18-30 Gene Wilder 05 Short Film Iinside Looking Out Barudi Media James 05 Short Film The Glass Cities(Pilot /Feature)/ dir Teddy Powell Fullrange Media John Yamamotol 05 Short Film The Secret King Of Scotland/Dir Gil Brailey Boy Racer Films Title Role 05 TV My Family/Dir Dewi Humphreys DLT for BBC Announcer 05 TV The Queens Sister/ Dir Simon Cellan Jones Touchpaper tv Colin Tennant 05 Theatre BBC Last Laugh Finals Ealing Studios Sitcom Trials Various 05 Theatre Pete'n'Me Penny dreadful/ Berwick House Peter Cook 05 Feature Film Jehovah Kill/ Montecristo LA DI Leach 04 Short Film The Wooman/ Dir Harry Deansway The Fix Productions Hotel Manager 04 TV The Fix/ Sketch Show/Dir Harry Deansway The Fix Productions Father 04 Theatre Majnoun/ Dir Mehrdad Seyf 30 bird/Riverside Studios Various 04 Theatre Spitting into the sky/ David Wilson Swansea Festival Groucho Marx 04 Theatre The Hackney Empire New Act of The Year Final/ Hackney Empire Rev Dick Tate 04 Corporate VAT Fraud Video Custom's&Excise Chris (lead) 03 Feature Film Ego, Honour& Anger U&C Pictures Juror 7 03 Feature Film LVJ The Movie Caribou Productions Professor Spink 03 TV Misalliance Russian TV Lawyer 03 Theatre Dog Well Done/ dir Steve Keyworth Sleeping Giant Grist/ Edinburgh 03 Theatre George Orwell's 1984 Disco/ Dir Steve Keyworth Sleeping Giant George Orwell Soho Theatre 03 Theatre The Rev Dick Tate Double Bill Platypus The 5065 Lift Stand-up/ Pleasance Ed 03 Theatre I am Oscar Wilde/ Dir Emma Douglas Skullduggery Oscar Wilde/ Croydon Warehouse 02 Theatre The Importance Of Being Earnest/ DirBruce Jamieson Galleon Greenwich Playhouse 02 Theatre The Victoria Climbie Case/ Dir Lance Nielsen Gutted Film &Theatre Neil Garnham QC (Lead) TIME OUT Critics Choice 02 Short Film Badinage OH films Goudy 01 Theatre Fab 4/ Dir Fraser Grant Il Palchetto George Harrison/ Italian Tour 01 Theatre I am Star Trek/ Dir Emma Douglas Skullduggery Gene Roddenberry/ Shaw Theatrre 01 Theatre Pygmalion/ Dir Bruce Jamieson Galleon Higgins/ Greenwich Playhouse 01
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