Daniel Tatar's Resume


FILM/TELEVISION
Real Time with Bill Maher u/5 "McCain Cake" sketch HBO/ Jonathan Schmock
Grey’s Anatomy Co-star ABC/ Adam Arkin
How Lipstick Changed My Life Principal Columbia University

IMPROVISATION
Improv Playhouse Teacher & Company Member
Spicy Clamato Player University of Illinois
Like Disco…But Not Really Player University of Illinois
Murder by the Book Publisher (lead) Upstart Productions

COMMERCIAL
Budweiser “Anthem” Principal DDB Needham/Crossroads
U.S. Military “Airport Agent” Principal FilmWorks
U.S. Cellular “Minute Manager” Principal W.B. Donor & Company
CareChoices HMO Principal X-Ray Productions
Int’l Academy of Design & Tech. Principal CEC Communications
America Online Principal Moxie Pictures
MuchMusic USA “Tastemakers” Host Heavy.com/Much Music Productions

NATIONAL TOUR
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Man 1 (lead) Woodwind Theatricals/ Joel Bishoff

THEATRE – REPRESENTATIVE ROLES
Kiss of the Spider Woman Valentin (lead) Havok Theatre Company/ Nick DeGruccio
Ray Charles Live! (NAACP Theatre Award) Ahmet Ertegun (lead) Pasadena Playhouse/ Sheldon Epps
Paradise Lost: Shadows & Wings Fervio (lead) The Theatre @ Boston Court/ Michael Michetti
Beautiful, Beautiful World (Premiere) Daniel (lead) William Inge Festival
Baby (with Faith Prince, Christopher McDonald, Kerry Butler, and Alice Ripley) Danny (lead) Reprise!/ Kevin Chamberlin
Elegies(with Malcolm Gets, Liz Callaway, Randy Graff, and Amick Byram) Christian (lead) Reprise!/ David Lee
The Last Five Years Jamie (lead) Pasadena Playhouse/ Nick DeGruccio
Over the River and Through the Woods Nick (lead) McCoy-Rigby/ Joel Bishoff
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife Mohammed (supporting) Laguna Playhouse/ Joel Bishoff
The Ballad of Little Jo (with Judy Kuhn) Horner Burns (supporting) Steppenwolf Theatre Company/ Tina Landau
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph (lead) Drury Lane Oakbrook
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Man 1 (lead) Original Casts: Chicago & San Francisco
Pacific Overtures Multiple Characters Chicago Shakespeare Theatre/ Gary Griffin
Miss Saigon Doc, Ensemble Marriott Theatre/ M.D. Kevin Stites
Forever Plaid Sparky (lead) Theatre at the Center
Mim Ephraim (lead) Lamb’s Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar Judas (lead) Weathervane Playhouse

WORKSHOP – REPRESENTATIVE ROLES
Ray Charles Live Ahmet Ertegun (lead) Pasadena Playhouse/ Sheldon Epps
Oh, Jerusalem! Ben (lead) Brighton Productions/ David H. Bell
Campaign of the Century (with Michael Rupert) Wally Burns (lead) Chicago Humanities Festival

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Volkswagen "Heavy Foot" Crispin Porter + Bogusky
American Idol “Fries with That” Promo Fox Radio
Game Show Network “Get Schooled” Davis*Glick Productions
McDonald’s “New Tastes Menu” (5 spots) Sound Advice/DDB
Walgreen’s Pharmacy In-house

Xtension Chords (Best of College Acappella Winners & National Competition Finalists) - 3 CDs released
BFA Acting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Steppenwolf Classes West: Jeff Perry, Alexandra Billings, Linda Lowy
Classes/Workshops: John Swanbeck, John Levey, Tara Johnson, Julie Tucker, Danny Sussman

Israeli Defense Force GADNA Combat and Defense Training (Award of Excellence)
Fight Choreography/SAFD Certification: Dr. Robin McFarquhar
Foreign Languages: Hebrew