Victor Varnado
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| Victor Varnado | |
 Victor Varnado |
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| Born | May 15, 1969 (age 37) Gary, Indiana, USA |
| Official site | BestAlbino.com |
| Notable roles | End of Days The Adventures of Pluto Nash |
Victor Varnado is an African American standup comedian and actor. He was born in Gary, Indiana on May 15, 1969. He has appeared in such films as End of Days and The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
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[edit] Biography
Victor Varnado grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, later moving to Minneapolis, where he worked with the local improvisation troupes ComedySportz MN, 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 and 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 Chloe Sevigny. He was subsequently cast in Universal's feature film End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which was released in November 1999.
He co-stars in Eddie Murphy's space-age comic thriller, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, released nationally on August 16, 2003.
Winner of the Most Valuable Performer award in the 2001 Montreal Just For Laughs Improv Championship, and bronze medallist 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 is now an official selection for The Milan Film Festival.
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.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Untitled John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn Project (TV) | Kazaa-a-a-a | Pre-production |
| Twisted Fortune | Lil Toot | Post-production | |
| The Mercy Man | Stokes | Post-production | |
| 2006 | Razor | ||
| What We Did on Our Holidays | Stutter Boy | ||
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Hansberry | |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Kelp | |
| Hacks | Otis | ||
| 2000 | The Intern | Messenger | |
| 1999 | End of Days | Albino | |
| Julien Donkey-Boy | Rapper | ||
| 1996 | Full Moon Rising | Ollie |
[edit] Trivia
- He made an appearance in Elton John's music video Recovering Your Soul.
- In 2001 he became the winner of the Most Valuable Performer award at Montreal's popular comedy festival Just For Laughs.
- Currently Victor is working on a superhero film with famous comic book legend Stan Lee. He has performed character voices for a new video game for Xbox 360.
- Victor was featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on May 25, 2006 and October 28, 2006.
- He is albinistic.
