I’m an actor and a comedian. Born in Idaho, raised in California, Seattle and Utah and I consider the planet my home.
As an actor I’ve worked alongside Meryl Streep, Fred Willard, Clint Howard, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Aiden Quinn, Andrew Wilson and even Gary Coleman. If you don’t believe me, look me up on www.IMDb.com. I’m also a regular participant in the Sundance Film Labs where I’ve worked with Harold Ramis, Stanley Tucci, Sally Field, Ed Harris and many many more. Stay posted and I will get my showreel uploaded soon.
As a comedian I’ve played all kinds of shows from standing on pallet jacks in dingy bars, playing in comedy clubs and casinos to luxurious theatres. If there’s an audience, I’ve played to them. I’ve received standing ovations and I’ve been boo’d off of stages but most shows are in the middle. Everything I’ve done so far has been preparation for everything I’m about to do. I’m a performer’s version of a Jarhead in that I’ve had my face in the mud for years and I have seen the best and worst experiences you can imagine. Still.... I got into this career for the adventure and I’m having a blast doing it.
I’m a veteran improviser with the internationally recognized comedy troupe, ComedySportz. Check them out at www.ComedySportz.com. I’ve played in the Provo, Utah Chapter since 2002.
I’ve done some funny commercials too...but chances are that unless you’ve known me from before you won’t recognize me from anything I’ve done.
I’ve been doing this for 10 years and I feel like my career is just getting started. The last decade has been my college of hard knocks. And now I’m hitting the ground running with my doctorate in perpetual rejection. If nothing else I’ve avoided joining the ’real world’ of jobs and mortgages for the time being, but I’d like to think that I’ve been making people smile and laugh and that’s something worth continuing to do. My parents wanted me to be a doctor but I look at it this way...I’m helping people through laughter but if I have a bad day the audience is out of a few bucks...if a doctor has a bad day the outcome could be a lot worse. That’s a bit too much pressure for me.
If you like what I do, please let me know. I want people to like what I do and I want to connect with people everywhere. Whether you’re a fan or a friend, come up and say hello. I’m a really nice guy.
So drop me a line. Come to a show. Watch one of my movies. Let’s take this adventure together. Who knows? We might become BFFs....
All of My Love,
Sina Amedson
Website
SinaAmedson.com
Influences
My favorite comedians to watch are: Dave Attell, Doug Stanhope, Sean Rouse, Trenton James, Ron Shock, Bill Hicks, Chris Rock, George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Brian Regan and Mitch Hedberg.
My friends make me laugh on a regular basis. I also love everyone I've met doing improv.
Adam Carolla is my muse and possibly my biggest influence. He inspires me on a daily basis. He is the funniest man alive in my mind.
Members
5 inches on a good day. I guess it also depends on where I measure from.
MY FILMS:
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DELIGHTFUL WATER UNIVERSE (A Trent Harris film starring Bill Allred from X96)
BIBLE STORIES (JEREMIAH’S CALL) (GO FILMS)
CIRCUMSTANCE (Indie Film by Maryam Keshavarz)
REFLECTIONS IN THE MUD (Indie Film by Nyk Fry)
A TREE FELL IN THE FOREST (Indie Film by Hassan Sherkat)
6 BLIND MEN AND AN ELEPHANT (Children’s Media Initiative)
WIENERS (w/ Jenny McCarthy, Andy Milonakis, Zachary Levi, Keenan Thompson, Daryl Hammond and Kyle Gass)
DARK MATTER (w/ Meryl Streep, Aiden Quinn & Liu Ye)
MY HABIBI (Sundance Film Labs with Director Kirsten Johnson)
CHURCH BALL (w/ Fred Willard, Clint Howard, Gary Coleman and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
ALL FOR HER (Indie film by Chris Landa)
THE OSSA BUCA EXERCISE (2 yrs @ Sundance Film Labs)
SINGLE TRACKS (Indie film by An Dinh)
THE CLIMB (Directed by John Schmidt)
THE MALDONADO MIRACLE (Directed by Selma Hayek)
VIDEO GAMES:
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I also worked with Microsoft back in 2000 to help make AMPED SNOWBOARDING for the X-BOX. It’s a snowboarding video game and you can find my name under the "Special Thanks" section of the manual.
Sina Amedson's Interests
General
Having fun. Working. In that order.
Categories of fun: Doing shows, making movies, writing, making people laugh, watching tv, reading books, Googling myself (it sounds grosser than it is), camping, going to shows and watching movies.
Categories of work: Everything I have to do to make the above things possible. Sometimes there’s some overlap...that’s when it feels like I did something right.
Music
I'll start off by making the cliche statement that I like all music.
With that out of the way...The last few albums I've bought are:
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
Elvis Costello - The Very Best Of...
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold!
Aesop Rock - Labor Days and None Shall Pass
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Pulp Fiction Soundtrack
The Forrest Gump Soundtrack
The Essential Bob Dylan Collection
Pearl Jam - RearviewMirror
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Like Bad News
Queen - Greatest Hits
The Departed Soundtrack
A Tribute to Elliott Smith
Look at All The Love We've Found: A Tribute to Sublime
Bradley and Friends: Acoustic Sublime
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (Special Edition)
Hezekiah - Hurry Up and Wait
In Living Color, The Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead and Married with Children have probably influenced me the most from my childhood.
As a kid I also loved the whole TGIF line up:
Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets World, Mr. Belvedere, Small Wonder, Out of this World, Saved By The Bell and cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tiny Toons, Gummy Bears, Tailspin and Duck Tales.
My current favorites also include:
Seinfeld
Family Guy
Southpark
Futurama
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
American Dad
King of the Hill
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
The Office
Human Giant
Books
Paulo Coelho -- The Alchemist
Keith Johnstone -- Impro
Keith Johnstone -- Impro for Storyteller
Tom Shales & James Andrew Miller -- Live from New York
Jay Mohr -- Gasping for Airtime
Kevin Brockmeier -- The Brief History of the Dead
Steve Martin -- Born Standing Up
Hunter S. Thomson -- Hey Rube
Chuck Palahniuk -- Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk -- Stranger Than Fiction
Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff -- I Killed...True Stories From The Road
Chris Gardner -- Pursuit of Happyness
David Sedaris -- Holidays on Ice
Lois Lowry -- The Giver
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Martin Gardner -- AHA!
Mark Twain -- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and just about everything else he's written.
Brian Jacques -- The whole REDWALL series. All of Shel Silverstein's poems and books
Heroes
First and foremost:
Nolan Trenton Beesley (RIP 2002) and the whole Beesley family. Thank you guys for everything. I owe you so much that words can't explain it.
Also:
Trenton James
My mom, my stepdad and my uncles (thanks for my sense of humor)
Bill Hicks
Robert Nesta Marley
Tupac Amaru Shakur (RIP 1996)
Tony Montana
And anyone else who personifies the achievement of the American Dream.
People who have touched my life and influenced me in a powerful way:
By clicking on any of the pictures below, you will be taken to their websites.
Trenton James. Star of Pirates of the Great Salt Lake and my best friend. He's also the star of the Trenton James Show and is a regular cast member of the internationally recognized improv troupe, Comedy Sportz He taught me improv and is probably the sole reason I am an actor and comedian today. I would've quit a long time ago if not for him. He's my Obi Wan. Click the picture to be taken to Trent's MySpace page.
Adam got me through my adolescence by being that voice of reason that young kids need and he just happened to be the funniest and sharpest guy on the planet. Self educated and self motivated, he created gold from nothing and I owe much of who I am today to the lessons and philosophies he shared (and continues to share via The Adam Carolla Show)over the radio waves to millions including a lonely kid sitting in his room looking for guidance and entertainment. In all my moves and instability as a child, he was the only constant that I could always search out and find comfort in. Adam Carolla, thank you.
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You have opened my eyes and made me understand the world in so many ways that I feel like I can never fully thank you. I look at comedy and life differently because of your philosophies. Thank you very much and I'll see you on the other side.
What you and did for the world of comedy will never be duplicated. You have enriched my life as well as many others. Thank you for the great times and all the laughs. You will be missed.
I have looked up to you since I was a child and meeting you was one of the greatest moments of my career. You and your work were and remain to be in a league of your own. Your insight into the world has sparked something inside my mind that will forever be grateful to you. Thank you...You were one of a kind.
University Of Utah
Salt Lake City,Utah
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Marketing/Business
Minor: Philosophy
Clubs: Snowboarding Club, National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).
2000 to Present
Cottonwood High
Salt Lake City,Utah
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Snowboarding, Skating, Football, Soccer, and I threw a lot of keggers.
1998 to 2000
Skyline High School
Sammamish,Washington
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
I've been involved as an actor in the film industry since 2000. I have had varying roles in several films from starring roles to day player. See my body of professional work at www.IMDb.com. I am eligible to join SAG.
I have been acting since 2000. I started doing improv comedy shortly thereafter and then began stand up after I turned 21 in 2003.
If you want to see a show, check my calendar and subscribe to my blog. I keep those two things updated with all my info. If you'd like to see me in movies, look under the MOVIES section on the left side of my page.
I think I can get along with just about anybody, so please come hang out with me after the shows. I love meeting new people.
Let's ride this thing till the wheels fall off.
-Sina Amedson.
Who I'd like to meet: I have the memory of a goldfish so I forget people all the time. So it'd be nice to meet everyone I've already met all over again...and again...and again.
But also just good "Salt of the earth" people. People that make life worth living and give you hope for humanity.
People with good stories. I'd love to hear your philosophies on life.
are you sure that you dont have wings. what a sweet angel you are to think about me. you are so special. i hope that you find LOVE, HEALTH, AND HAPPINESS IN 2009. PEACE AND MUCH LOVE, MARKEE
& well about my life; to tell you the truth my life is pretty boring. Really like i said don't really do much yes sad lol. Right now I'm not really sure what i want to "be" when i get out of school, but I've always been interested in archeology and anthropology and all that stuff. Just not really sure of all that right now because from what i've heard of that doesn't really involve much income. And i would love to go to college ever since i was little i wanted to go but now it's a little bit difficult because since I've entered high school my grades have dropped drastically, but that's for making bad decisions and putting other things before education which i regret. And if i do end up going out of a miracle i would like to go out of state just start fresh. Currently i don't have a job, but i think i really do need one just for my self so my parents have one less thing to worry about, and i can take care of all the small things i need. yep.
oh I see than i guess I'll have to wait the 2 whole years than, and I'll check that other movie out in a minute.
Good to hear that your holidays were good, but you still have New Years left. & i see that you work a lot i'm guessing you really enjoy what you do; i wish i could find something i like and do that for a living.
& my holidays were were good spent it with my family. & well yea didn't want it to seem weird since I'm a total stranger and just asking you questions, but ditto even though i don't think you would like to know much about my life.
Well just like normal band concerts and stuff last one i went to was like last month.
I see, you should catch up on some sleep, but me on the other hand need to stop sleeping so much and actually do something. Btw how are your holidays going if you don't mind me asking.
Well I'll make sure i watch that movie when it comes out, just tell me when it does. (:
