About
David Carl…
is an actor, impressionist, improviser, solo performer, voiceover actor, and writer living in NYC, originally from Dallas, TX.
As a solo performer and writer, David has created 200 Impressions in 60 Minutes, 100 Impressions in 30 Minutes, David Carl's Celebrity One-Man Hamlet (www.buseyhamlet.com), and Trump Lear (www.trumplear.com). He also co-created David and Katie Get Re-Married (www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com) which is running in September 2022 at Chashama.
Carl's "Busey" Hamlet (co-created and directed by Michole Biancosino) was a breakout hit of the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival, receiving an extended run at Baruch College and an award for "Overall Excellence in Solo Performance". From there the show travelled to Florida, Colorado, Alabama, Texas, Edinburgh Fringe (5 star reviews), and Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The New York Times called it a “deliciously deranged…head-spinning performance.”
Created in the Spring of 2017, Trump Lear ran in NYC at Under St. Marks for 18 months as a Time Out Critic's Pick. and has been to Colorado, New Jersey, and Texas. In the summers of 2018 and 2019 the show traveled to Edinburgh Fringe where it had many SOLD OUT SHOWS. Prior to the election, David spent 2015/2016 playing all of the presidential candidates in the debates before they happened in Road to the White House. In October he played Donald Trump in Trump Takes On...Boston at Laugh Boston for 22 shows leading up to the election. The New York Times called it “quite damning” and “a biting satire”.
Other original works include The Power of Me (co-written with Samuel Brett Williams), and David and Katie Get Re-Married (co-written with Katie Hartman).
In addition to his own work, you might have seen him in the Awesome 80s Prom (Theater), The Tempest (Resounding Live), Point Break LIVE, The Tender Bar (George Clooney), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Mr. Robot (USA), Divorce (HBO), Blue Bloods (CBS), Montauk (film), Same Boat (film), Guiding Light, or All My Children. He has also been doing improv in NYC for over 10 years, and played on the Maude Teams at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Hell's Kitchen for two years.
He has a BFA from the University of Evansville in Performance, an MFA from Rutgers (Mason Gross) in Acting and completed improv training at UCB, the Magnet and The PIT.
Paintings: David is also a painter. Click here to check out his pet portraits and commission a painting.
photo by: Eric Michael Pearson
