Gregory Mikell

Birthday: 18 June 1966, Statesboro, Georgia, USA

Height: 178 cm

Gregory was born in Statesboro Georgia where he grew up on his grandparents farm in the formative years, then spent most of his youth in Florida. He went to undergrad at JSU of Alabama after which he was accepted to train at The National Shakespeare Conservatory in NYC and summer training with John Kane of the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as some graduate work at the Actors Studio Drama School.His most recent stage performance was with New Century theatre in the award winning playwright, Lynne Nottage's Intimate Apparel and Quantum Theatre's 'Breakfast With Mugabe'. Other work includes Othello and Macbeth as part of New Perspective Theatre's Shakespeare's Villains series, New Jersey Repertory's Theatre Brute Series of which he remains a member, All For Love with Boomerang Theatre at NY Center Stage, The Exonerated at Florida Studio Theatre, Gentleman caller in a Creative Artist Lab adaptation of The Glass Menagerie as well as The Seagull. Other work includes Wings Theatre Company's "Richard The Lionheart while rehearsing with Stage East ensemble for a production of Lee Blessing's 'A Walk In The Woods," in the role of John Honeyman. Soon after, he played the role of Kulygin in Chekhov's Three Sisters with the Prospect Theatre Company, The Memory Orchestra at HERE Art Center, Welcome To Our City by Thomas Wolfe at The Mint Theatre, toured with Theatre Works USA's The Color of Justice by: Cheryl Davis.Other favorite roles include Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, Cloten in Cymbeline, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Hoke in Driving Miss Daisy. Recent feature film credits in production as of Summer 2009, The Guiding Hand (AKA 7E) and Blood Run Free. Prior films include the lead role in the Indie The New Movie an action thriller: Heart Attack a romantic comedy, Buddy Hampton a jazz short biopic, The Warrior Class by Alan Hruska and Hitler's Strawberries, a comedy, as well as being a voice-over artist, having recorded for TV and film such as ABC's 20/20, National Geographic and film / documentaries. Show less «

The cast was put to the test as the format of this half hour comedy pilot is heavily long-form impro...Show more »

The cast was put to the test as the format of this half hour comedy pilot is heavily long-form improvisation based. We often only did 2 to 3 takes and shot with up to four cameras at a time to make certain that when that magic moment happened and we riffed that we had as much coverage as possible. The skills needed and the preparation are no less than that of a scripted role, yet requiring the actor to malleable to the instant changing dynamics of the situation. When it came to editing, Gregory really kicked himself in the head for coming up with the concept. As you'll see if you watch the Twitter Vine Video Intros of each character, Gregory developed the concept that each actor justified their character's role in Bobby's, our hero's story line. Some had a hard time with the concept initially, but flew really quickly once they adjusted. This is Gregory's best analogy: "I've just given you a Black Amex card and said spend it however you like. So stop procrastinating. Show less «

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