ERIC'S BIO

ERIC HUNICUTT is a working actor (SAG-AFTRA), director, writer, teacher, and acting coach based in Los Angeles.  Eric has been acting professionally since he was 15 years old, performing everything from Shakespeare at Lincoln Center to sketch comedy in dive bars, appearing in feature films, television, webisodes, music videos, and live theatre, including hundreds of improv comedy shows from Chicago to LA and beyond. 

An alumnus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,  Eric earned a BA with Honors (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and continued his training with the Improv Olympic (iO) Theater in Chicago, The Second City Conservatory in Chicago, Comedy Sportz, Steppenwolf Classes West, and many private acting teachers and coaches. Currently, Eric performs weekly with the acclaimed improv ensemble The Reckoning at the iO West Theater in Hollywood, as well as appearing in commercials, tv, film, and live theater.

Eric's work as a director includes world-premiere performances, plays, solo shows, improv and sketch comedy, short films, commercials, and webisodes.  He has directed stage productions at the NYC Fringe Festival, Katselas Theatre Company, Casa 0101 Theater, The Comedy Central Stage, iO West, Piccolo Spoleto Fringe Festival, The Second City (LA & Chicago), the Lost Studio, Sugar Fix Productions,The Upright Citizens’ Brigade Theaters (NYC& LA), and the University of California San Diego, as well as several new media projects and short films. Eric is thrilled to attend the 2013 Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab this July in New York City.

As an acting teacher and private coach, Eric has worked at universities, acting studios, and prestigious professional programs across the country; he's coached 'A-List' celebrities, film stars, television series regulars, Broadway actors, and taught hundreds of students and artists of all experience levels. In Los Angeles, Eric currently teaches at Steppenwolf Classes West, Warner Loughlin Studios, iO West, the Art of Acting Studio, and offers private scene study classes and audition coaching. Additionally, Eric teaches annually as a Guest Artist at California State University’s Summer Arts intensive, and recently was a Guest Faculty member and Guest Director at The University of California San Diego. His classes include scene study, text analysis, on-camera, theatre audition technique, Viewpoints, and improvisation. As a teacher and coach, Eric's goal is to provide support to each individual actor and student, to help each artist develop and expand their skills.

Eric's wide range of training across multiple disciplines allow him to be a versatile actor, director, and teacher- his knowledge of classical and contemporary text, experience with both stage and on-camera work, his extensive background in scripted as well as improvised theatre, and study of a wide variety of techniques is bolstered by a deep passion for the craft and a love of actors and acting.