Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher
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Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher | |
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| Born | May 4, 1968 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actor, acting coach, writer, director, producer, comedian |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Website | Actorscomedystudio.com |
Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher (born May 4, 1968) is an American acting coach, writer, director, producer, actor and comedian. He founded Actors Comedy Studio in Los Angeles, California, and is a staff writer for Backstage West.[1] He is a graduate of the Warner Bros. Comedy Writer’s Program and is featured in Judy Kerr's Hollywood Survival Guide: Acting is Everything.[2]
Rohrbacher is an alumnus of the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood, California, where he was a member of the main company. As a faculty member, he taught improv, developed sketch writing courses, and directed the school’s performance labs.[3]
In 2011, he opened Actors Comedy Studio with Lauren Marie Bertoni.[4] ACS focuses on acting for sitcoms and on-camera audition techniques.[5]
Rohrbacher designed and taught the Acting for Animators program for Disney Animation Studios. He was a character consultant on two of Disney's feature films: Meet the Robinsons and Bolt.[6] He consulted for Klasky Csupo Animation Studios. He also wrote animation for DreamWorks and Sony Animation’s Mega Babies.
As an actor, Rohrbacher starred in two pilots for NBC: Prime Time Comedy, produced by George Schlatter, and the semi-improvised sitcom The Weekend. He also appeared in Boutonniere, starring Zachary Quinto and Wendy McLendon-Covey, which was the 2009 24FPS International Short Film Festival Silver Medal winner.[7]