Jamie Alcroft

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Jamie Alcroft (born January 18, 1949)

Jamie has been entertaining audiences as one-half of the comedy duo Mack & Jamie for over 25 years. They had been working together for less than two years when the call came from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. His audience howled at their fast-paced bits, and they were asked back immediately.

That and other TV appearances led to their own syndicated show in the 80’s, called COMEDY BREAK with Mack & Jamie. They taped 125 half-hour shows in less than a year

When they recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jay said, “When comedians talk about comedy teams, Mack and Jamie are at the top of the list. They are the funniest duo, working today!” They appear at many corporate events each year and are favorites on Royal Caribbean, Crystal and Holland America cruise lines.

Jamie recently hosted a cooking show pilot called Eat This!,featuring guest comedians and produced by P.A.T. (Sajak) Productions. His guest on the pilot was Kevin Nealon of SNL and Weeds fame.

Jamie recently produced and co-wrote with Mack, a comedy CD, Extreme Channel Surfing. Which can be heard in ‘heavy rotation’, on SIRIUS and XM satellite radio.

He shares a CLIO Award for writing and performing with his comedy partner, Mack Dryden.

He is also in the elite corps of LA Voice Actors. Having provided numerous voices for many National Commercials, as well as The Simpsons, Rugrats, Power Beach, Justice League, Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights and scores of Video Games, most recently Gears of War I & II.

He lives in Westlake Village, California with his two time Emmy Award winning wife, Ice Choreographer, Sarah Kawahara and their children, Hayley, 16, songwriter and member of The Stunners singing group and Thatcher, 14. Alysse, 21 is living in New York City pursuing Musical Theater.