Ricky Downes is beyond excited to be part of the PB Talent family! With a background in stand-up and sketch comedy, Ricky specializes in highly energetic, animated, unique character work, but can also supply engaging, professional commercial and narration voice over – having performed in various nationally aired television commercials, video games, and short films. Ricky’s past credits include including the titular voice of Wish Weasel, an award-winning television pilot featured on Adult Swim, starring an intergalactic, wish-granting weasel puppet. In 2020, Ricky received international and Internet fame when he recorded the entirety of the Broadway smash hit Hamilton, but in the voices of Jim Henson’s The Muppets, garnered millions of views and received appraisals from major publications. Most recently, Ricky was cast as the lead role in the Off-Broadway, national tour of Rockefeller Production’s Paddington Gets in a Jam, puppeteering and voicing the iconic bear. In his free time, Ricky can be seen in and around New York City, performing stand-up comedy, bringing his animated and zany persona to life on stage – including an ambitious one man parody of Disney’s The Lion King at the long-renowned People’s Improv Theater in the heart of NYC. Ricky has been instructed and …
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Jim MacKrell’s broadcast career has spanned decades and has included every aspect of communications, from local and network commercials to hosting specials to guest-starring in popular series and features. For the four years of its run, Jim was the star of the hit NBC game-show, Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974). He also hosted The Game Game (1969) (CBS), Quiz Kids (1978) (Columbia Pictures TV), plus numerous other shows. Jim’s career has taken him to all areas of television and movies. His theatrical credits include such memorable films as Woody Allen‘s Annie Hall (1977), Albert Brooks‘ Defending Your Life (1991), Semi-Tough (1977), Gremlins (1984) and Teen Wolf (1985) with Michael J. Fox. He has had guest-starring roles on television in Dallas (1978), Soap (1977), Moonlighting (1985) and The Golden Girls (1985), amongst over 40 others. His made-for-TV movies include Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977), ABC Afterschool Specials: Run, Don’t Walk (1981) and A Reason to Live (1985). Jim was also a regular on General Hospital (1963), Capitol (1982) and Days of Our Lives (1965). As a performer/writer/producer, Jim has made advertising a major focal point of his career. He has been corporate spokesman for giants such as Chevrolet and Disney. He has starred in spots for household names such as Whirlpool, Fiber Con, Serta, Goodyear, Mattel, Oster, Radio Shack, Exxon, Entex, and more. He also has appeared as a spokesman for industrials and corporate films for Toyota, Exxon, Xerox, Shell, Coca …
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After graduating early from Columbia University, Kieren van den Blink debuted on Broadway in The Diary of Anne Frank, playing sister Margot to Natalie Portman’s Anne. She flew to Los Angeles when cast as a young Linda Hamilton in a TV movie, then scored the coveted role of Rogue in the animated hit series Wolverine & The X-Men. Her West Coast stage debut brought Alec Baldwin to the theater. The next day, he called Lorne Michaels prompting NBC to fly her out to NYC to test for Saturday Night Live! Kieren recently wrote and directed her first film, the award-winning short, Fingernail Moon. She has penned a beloved column in the Los Angeles Times Magazine called Sounds of the City and published the children’s book, Sniff. She was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant to write her memoir, Mighty Forces Are Gathering On Your Behalf. And she is currently starring in the hit play Bill W. And Dr. Bob in Hollywood.