Eric Purkis
About
Eric Purkis is a SAG AFTRA ACTOR KNOWN FOR HIS STRONG SCREEN, PRESENCE, PHYSICAL INTENSITY, SHARP COMIC INSTINCTS, AND ABILITY TO DISAPPEAR IN THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER ROLES WITH MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF IMPROVISATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE PURCHASE SPRINGS, A RARE COMBINATION OF TOUGHNESS, HUMOR, PHYSICALITY, AND EMOTIONAL DEPTH TO THE SCREEN STANDING 5'6" TALL WITH A STRONG ATHLETIC BUILD AND AN UNSTABLE PRESENCE PURPOSE HAS A NATURAL AFFINITY FOR CHARACTERS WHO COMMAND ATTENTION, ACTION, HEROES ANTAGONIST, COMMANDERS, BLUE-COLLAR, TOUGH GUYS ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS, THUGS, GANGSTERS, AND OTHER LARGER THAN LIFE ROLES HIS VERSATILITY ALSO EXTENDS INTO SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WHERE HIS PHYSICALITY AND CARE WORK MAKE HIM PARTICULARLY WELL SUITED FOR ROLES REQUIRING PROSTHETICS MAKE UP CREATURE WORK OR HEIGHTEN PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE. PURCHASE TRAINING INCLUDES THE AMERICAN COMEDY INSTITUTE IN PRO OLYMPIC, SECOND CITY AND THE ANNOYANCE along with coaching from Phil Rice and Charles G Wright has improvisational background has given him a highly developed ability to listen react, create character, and find comedy organically in the moment. HIS PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES WORK ALONGSIDE PERFORMERS, SUCH AS JORDAN PEELE, BECKY, DRYSDALE, DAN, BECKETT, ALL AND MILES TROUGH AS WELL AS EXPERIENCE AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE AND STUNT WORK. HE HAS PERFORMED UNDER EXTENSIVE MAKEUP AND PROSTHETICS AND HAS DEVELOPED SKILLS AND STAGE COMBAT ACTION MOVEMENT VOCAL PROJECTION, CHARACTER, VOICES, IMPROVISATION, AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION BEYOND ACTING PURPOSE IS ALSO A WRITER AND CREATOR HE CREATED AND WROTE AN EIGHT EPISODE FIRST SEASON OF AN ORIGINAL SERIES WITH ROBERT HENSLEY, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PICKED UP BY VALERIE PETTIFORD AND ROBERT HENSLEY SACRED FLIGHT PRODUCTIONS, HIS CREATIVE WORK BANDS, COMEDY HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, HISTORICAL DRAMA, AND CHARACTER DRIVEN STORYTELLING ALONG WITH HIS INTEREST IN ROMCOM whether playing a hard detective and intimidating, an antagonist, a stranger, memorable comic character or other worldly warrior eric purkis, commitment, physical presence and a distinctly character driven approach to every performance. He also studies with RICH TALARICO OF SECOND CITY, FAME, AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND OF COURSE THE KEY AND PEELE SHOW HAS A HEAD WRITER AND CURRENTLY TOOK CLASSES WITH RICH TO PUT TOGETHER A BUNCH OF SKETCHES AND A PACKET FOR HIS AUDITION FOR SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WHEN IT FINDS HIM HE'S READY HE IS SAG AFTER AND AVAILABLE FOR FILM, TELEVISION STREAMING COMMERCIAL VOICE STUNT, VERTICAL AND CHARACTER WORK AND DRAMA. HE HAS A PASSPORT READY AND OPENED TO TRAVEL OR RELOCATE FOR THE RIGHT PRODUCTION and he has a base in Wisconsin Chicago, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn, New York. Spider Man 2 and 3 stunt double Peter Parker, The Late Show with David Letterman, thanks Jerry Foley! Actors Access https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/ericjohnpurkis for my size chart and resume and all of that good stuff yo! I MEAN BUSINESS! instagram @ al_e_gorey facebook Eric Purkis!
