Ronnie Ray has tremendous presence no matter what he does – Beth Lisick, The San Francisco Chronicle

Originally from the south side of Chicago, Ronnie Ray’s passion in comedy transcribes into hilarious real life moments brought to the stage!

Trained at The Second City Chicago Ron performs with sketch comedy ensemble Oui Be Negroes and Nation of Improv.

As a stand-up comedian his material spans from a PG-13 to an R rating, with subjects that consist  of growing up on the South Side of Chicago, the different types of comedians and the often requested crowd favorite that basketball star Shaquille O’Neal should retire from NBA and go back to his career as a rap artist.

He his performed at a variety of clubs such as The World Famous Comedy Store (Hollywood), The Laugh Factory (Hollywood), The Improv (West Palm Beach) and Pechanga Comedy Club (Temecula) just to name a few and have been privileged to share the stage with comedy greats such as Damon Waynes, Chris Tucker and Robin Williams.

His uniqueness as a comedic actor has given him the opportunity and distinction of being the only comic to perform on Playboy TV (Canoga Park and Totally Busted) AND Nickelodeon (Victorious) along with other T.V. and Movies projects. Such as Paramount Pictures “Save the Last Dance”, Groit Pictures “Redrum”, adding his voice to the Animation “Gangs of LA 1991″ and the award winning comedy from Jib Jab’s Shawshank in Minute, directed by John Landis.

A gifted comedic writer, He has written numerous sketch comedy scenes of OBN and has written many spec productions with QRS Productions.

FEATURE & SHORT FILMS

Shawshank in a Minute    Hip Hop Dude #2    Famous Nerds/John Landis
The Last Laugh    Larry Laughs                                                     Groit Pictures
Redrum    Thug 1                                                                              Groit Pictures
Save the Last Dance    Stepp’s Slacker                                        Paramount Pictures
Gangs of LA 1991 (animation)    Drippy C and Scatter Brain    Dryink Entertainment
Scared Straight for White Collar Criminals    Criminal                Nation of Improv Productions

TELEVISION

Victorious    Rapper #2                    Nickelodeon
Canoga Park    Kevin Jamerson    Playboy Television
Totally Busted    Host                       Playboy Television

IMPROV AND SKETCH COMEDY THEATER

Pigmeat Markman,     Ensemble/Writer    Oui Be Negroes
Absolute Negritude    Ensemble/Writer    Oui Be Negroes
Nation Of Improv – Improv    Ensemble    Nation of Improv
The Outreach Show    Ensemble              The Second City Chicago


STAND-UP COMEDY PERFORMANCES


The Acme Theater       Headliner                 Hollywood, CA
The Knitting Factory    Headliner                 Hollywood, CA
Toadz Comedy Club   Co-Headliner          Cedar City, UT
The Improv                    Feature                    Miami, FL
The Comedy Store      Host                          Hollywood, CA

TRAINING

Second City         Training Center    Improvisation and Sketch    Chicago, IL
Act One Studio    Commercial and Theatrical                                 Chicago, IL
ETA Studios         Traditional Theatrical Training                           Chicago, IL
L.A. Connection   Stand Up Comedy                                                Los Angeles, CA


SPECIAL SKILLS

Stand-Up Comedy, Improvisation, Comedy Writing, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Hip Hop and Rap, African Dialects, Club “Step Dancing”,