Greg Hollimon (born May 2, 1956) is an actor best known for his work
on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy.Hollimon grew up in the
Chicago housing projects of Cabriniâ€"Green, growing up alongside
Ozone from Breakin'. In 1986, he began taking improvisation classes at
Players Workshop, where he met Paul Dinello and, some time later, Amy
Sedaris. Hollimon then began doing stand-up at a few local comedy
clubs and dabbled in comedy writing, while honing his craft of
improvisation at Players Workshop.Hollimon graduated from Players
Workshop in 1988 and enrolled in classes at Chicago's famed The Second
City. While still taking classes, he was hired into Second City's
National Touring Company, where he met Stephen Colbert. A year later,
Sedaris, Dinello, Colbert & Hollimon were all touring together,
performing nightly improvisational theatre at colleges & universities
all over America.After leaving Second City in 1993, he then wrote and
performed in a two-man play called The RIC Show-Revelations,
Indictments and Confessions with his friend and fellow actor Michael
McCarthy. They performed the play to rave reviews at the Dublin
Theater Festival and eventually staged the show in Los Angeles where
it garnered similar accolades.
on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy.Hollimon grew up in the
Chicago housing projects of Cabriniâ€"Green, growing up alongside
Ozone from Breakin'. In 1986, he began taking improvisation classes at
Players Workshop, where he met Paul Dinello and, some time later, Amy
Sedaris. Hollimon then began doing stand-up at a few local comedy
clubs and dabbled in comedy writing, while honing his craft of
improvisation at Players Workshop.Hollimon graduated from Players
Workshop in 1988 and enrolled in classes at Chicago's famed The Second
City. While still taking classes, he was hired into Second City's
National Touring Company, where he met Stephen Colbert. A year later,
Sedaris, Dinello, Colbert & Hollimon were all touring together,
performing nightly improvisational theatre at colleges & universities
all over America.After leaving Second City in 1993, he then wrote and
performed in a two-man play called The RIC Show-Revelations,
Indictments and Confessions with his friend and fellow actor Michael
McCarthy. They performed the play to rave reviews at the Dublin
Theater Festival and eventually staged the show in Los Angeles where
it garnered similar accolades.
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