| Raised in Southern California by his television director
father, Don Barnhart Jr grew up on the sets of LA watching Robin Williams
and Jonathan Winters practice their craft on Mork and Mindy. It's no
wonder Don went into stand up comedy. Doing background work to support
his acting classes, Don was seen early on on Happy Days, Mork and Mindy and The Great American Hero.
After
getting a job a comedy club in Hermosa Beach, Don moved up to house emcee
opening up for Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Jim Carry, Garry Shandling, Dana
Carvey, and Dennis Miller to name a few. After just a few short years,
he then took his act on the road and making the jump to full time comic headlining
at top comedy clubs like the Improv, Punchline and Ice House.
Averaging
over 200 days a year on the road doing stand up, Don still had a first love
of improvisation. He auditioned for and was accepted to the prestigious
Second City Conservatory program in Los Angeles and was one of the first groups
to graduate. & Besides several national television commercials, Barnhart
has also starred in the television pilot GENISIS WARS, he is currently directing
a film he wrote called CHINA DOLLS and he has a sitcom based on his stand
up act along with two reality shows currently in development.
When
he has free time, Don goes overseas to entertain the military for the USO
and just completed a Comics on Duty tour of Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf.
With appearances on MTV, NBC, A&E, CBS, several National Television Commercials,
Apollo 13, In The Army Now, Species and many more, it's a wonder why
Don Barnhart Jr isn't a household name already...
Don just released a DVD "The
DeEvolution of Man" which features his first stand up comedy special
along with an original sketch show, a short film he wrote/directed and
starred in and clips from the "Vault" featuring some of Don's earlier
work. Barnhart is also editing a documentary of his Comics On Duty World
Tour of Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf and hopes to release it soon...
contact:
Gail A. Stocker
1025 N. Kings Rd Suite 113
Los Angeles CA 90069
323.654.4015 phone
323.654.1150 fax
gail@comedycontact.com
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