Ronnie Ray "Very Talented Comedian"
Ronnie Ray has tremendous presence no matter what he does – Beth Lisick, The San Francisco Chronicle
Originally from the south side of Chicago, Ronnie Ray’s passion in comedy transcribes into hilarious real life moments brought to the stage!
Trained at The Second City Chicago Ron performs with sketch comedy ensemble Oui Be Negroes and Nation of Improv.
As a stand-up comedian his material spans from a PG-13 to an R rating, with subjects that consist of growing up on the South Side of Chicago, the different types of comedians and the often requested crowd favorite that basketball star Shaquille O’Neal should retire from NBA and go back to his career as a rap artist.
He his performed at a variety of clubs such as The World Famous Comedy Store (Hollywood), The Laugh Factory (Hollywood), The Improv (West Palm Beach) and Pechanga Comedy Club (Temecula) just to name a few and have been privileged to share the stage with comedy greats such as Damon Waynes, Chris Tucker and Robin Williams.
His uniqueness as a comedic actor has given him the opportunity and distinction of being the only comic to perform on Playboy TV (Canoga Park and Totally Busted) AND Nickelodeon (Victorious) along with other T.V. and Movies projects. Such as Paramount Pictures “Save the Last Dance”, Groit Pictures “Redrum”, adding his voice to the Animation “Gangs of LA 1991_ and the award winning comedy from Jib Jab’s Shawshank in Minute, directed by John Landis.
A gifted comedic writer, He has written numerous sketch comedy scenes of OBN and has written many spec productions with QRS Productions. FEATURE & SHORT FILMS Shawshank in a Minute Hip Hop Dude #2 Famous Nerds/John Landis The Last Laugh Larry Laughs Groit Pictures Redrum Thug 1 Groit Pictures Save the Last Dance Stepp’s Slacker Paramount Pictures Gangs of LA 1991 (animation) Drippy C and Scatter Brain Dryink Entertainment Scared Straight for White Collar Criminals Criminal Nation of Improv Productions
TELEVISION Victorious Rapper #2 Nickelodeon Canoga Park Kevin Jamerson Playboy Television Totally Busted Host Playboy Television
IMPROV AND SKETCH COMEDY THEATER Pigmeat Markman, Ensemble/Writer Oui Be Negroes Absolute Negritude Ensemble/Writer Oui Be Negroes Nation Of Improv – Improv Ensemble Nation of Improv The Outreach Show Ensemble The Second City Chicago
STAND-UP COMEDY PERFORMANCES The Acme Theater Headliner Hollywood, CA The Knitting Factory Headliner Hollywood, CA Toadz Comedy Club Co-Headliner Cedar City, UT The Improv Feature Miami, FL The Comedy Store Host Hollywood, CA
TRAINING
Second City Training Center Improvisation and Sketch Chicago, IL Act One Studio Commercial and Theatrical Chicago, IL ETA Studios Traditional Theatrical Training Chicago, IL L.A. Connection Stand Up Comedy Los Angeles, CA
SPECIAL SKILLS Stand-Up Comedy, Improvisation, Comedy Writing, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Hip Hop and Rap, African Dialects, Club “Step Dancing”,