Ernie Grunwald

Ernie Grunwald Award Winning Skill Set Claremont, CA 91711- Professional Summary Ernie Grunwald has spent years coaching and instructing aspiring actors of all ages in all aspects of auditioning, improvisation, character and scene study, and detailed industry awareness. A prolific international actor, Ernie studied Theater with an international faculty at the University of Toronto, and has worked at The Film Set studio in Claremont, California as Head Acting Instructor. His first featured television role was a series regular on The High Life, produced by David Letterman for HBO, before landing major roles on ABC's Two of a Kind and It's Like,You Know. He has been featured on many notable series such as Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, Psych, Bones, The Mentalist, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Monk, and a long list of comedies including Two and a Half Men, Friends, My Name Is Earl, Weeds, as well as wildly popular kids programs and films such as ANT Farm, Hannah Montana, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, It Takes Two and, most recently, Disney's Raven's Home. For his lead role as Larry opposite Jason Priestley on the critically acclaimed series Call Me Fitz, Ernie received a Gemini Award (Canadian Emmy) for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and has received multiple nominations for Outstanding Actor at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Most recently Ernie was featured as a recurring guest star on Disney's hit Raven's Home. Ernie has also experienced working intimately with animals and their owners, seeing to the individual needs of pets and their families in a unique Pet Hotel environment. Authorized to work in the US for any employer Work Experience Actor Professional Television and Film Productions 1993 to 2024 Featured Lead and Supporting Actor in Professional Television and Film Productions TELEVISION • • • • • • • • • • • • Raven's Home Recurring Guest Star Disney Moonshine Recurring Guest Star CBC Wayne Guest Star YouTube Premium B Positive Guest Star CBS Now We Know Recurring NATGEO 2 Broke Girls Guest Star CBS Call Me Fitz Series Regular HBO Canada/DirecTV Weeds Guest Star SHOWTIME Psych Guest Star USA Paging Dr. Freed Guest Star FOX 21 for USA The Mentalist Guest Star CBS Two and a Half Men Guest Star CBS • • • • • Grey's Anatomy Guest Star ABC Secret Life of American Teenager Guest Star ABC Family Sons of Anarchy Guest Star FX Good Luck Charlie: The Movie Guest Star MOW Ant Farm Guest Star DISNEY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eli Stone Guest Star ABC Carpoolers Guest Star ABC Just Jordan Guest Star NICKELODEON Bones Guest Star FOX My Name is Earl Guest Star NBC One on One Recurring UPN The Suite Life Recurring DISNEY Reno 911 Recurring COMEDY CENTRAL NYPD Blue Guest Star ABC Invasion Iowa Series Regular SPIKE TV The Stones Guest Star CBS Friends Guest Star NBC Boomtown Guest Star NBC Still Standing Guest Star CBS Inside Schwartz Guest Star NBC Nathan's Choice (pilot) Series Regular FOX That's Life Guest Star CBS Walker, Texas Ranger Guest Star CBS King of the Hill Recurring FOX Veronica's Closet Guest Star NBC It's Like You Know Recurring ABC Two of a Kind Series Regular ABC Birthmarks (pilot) Series Regular FOX The High Life Series Regular HBO/Worldwide Pants • • • • Supernatural Guest Star WB New Adventures of Old Christine Guest Star CBS Hannah Montana Guest Star DISNEY Monk Guest Star USA FILM • Two Hands to Mouth Supporting Dir. Michael DeCarlo • Get Bruce and Lloyd Supporting Warner Bros. • The Lodger Supporting Sony Pictures • Moola Supporting Dir. Don Most • • • • • • • • The Comeback Season Supporting Myriad Pictures Cellular Supporting New Line Cinema Men in Black 2 Supporting Columbia The Gristle Supporting Dir. David A. Porlock It Takes Two Supporting Dir. Andy Tennant Dudley Do Right Supporting Universal When Night is Falling Supporting Dir. P. Rozema Jungle Ground Supporting Dir. Don Allen Front Desk/Pet Specialist Pet Service Solutions Pet Hotel-Pomona, CA March 2019 to March 2022 I have had the pleasure of working intimately with clients (and their pets!) to ensure specific needs are met and exceeded at an upscale Pet Hotel. My responsibilities include new client intake, creating client and pet files, scheduling and amending hotel reservations and services, acting as the face of the company for clients. My focus has been on addressing client needs and providing stellar service online via chat and email, as well as in person. Head Acting Instructor Professional Television and Film Productions 2016 to 2017 Providing acting instruction and support to groups of 12-30 actors of various experience levels from all over the world during a three week intensive camp, based out of the University of La Verne in 2016 and Claremont McKenna College in 2017: • Motivating actors to explore various aspects of the actor's craft and techniques, inspiring them to confidently pursue their passion and grow comfortable in expressing themselves • Offering students mock experiences of real life situation comedy and film set experiences for a true sampling of a working actor's daily routine • Focusing on improvisation, scene study, character study, acting techniques, visualization, harnessing and maintaining the passion required to thrive as an actor Head Acting Instructor, Private and Class Instruction for Actors Professional Television and Film Productions 2015 to 2017 • Fully accountable for the establishment and management of a curriculum for actors in a studio environment • Successfully developing an acting program where beginning actors discover and hone their skills in preparation for thriving as professionals in the entertainment industry • Planning and organizing acting classes with a focus on improvisation, scene and character study, visualizationand preparation for real world on-set etiquette, processes and familiarity with production equipment • Providing intensive one-to-one audition instruction with a focus on how to prepare for various kinds of auditions in different scenarios, what to expect and how to comport oneself in those situations • Providing filmed scenes for actors to grow familiar with their on-camera tendencies and to offer instruction on how to improve their techniques and boost their confidence to achieve consistently positive results and experiences Education Bachelor of Arts in Theater University of Toronto Skills • Sales • Customer Service • Written Communication, Listening, Empathy, Improvisation, Humor, Creating Relationships, Taking and Receiving Direction