Paul Marcarelli (born May 24, 1970) is an American actor, who is
currently the spokesperson for T-Mobile. He is best known for being
the ubiquitous "Test Man" character in commercials ("Can you hear me
now?") for Verizon Wireless from 2002 to 2011. He appeared in all of
his Verizon commercials wearing a gray Verizon jacket and his own
horn-rimmed glasses.Marcarelli is a native of North Haven,
Connecticut, and graduated from North Haven High School. Marcarelli
then received his bachelor's degree in English from Fairfield
University in 1992, having been a member of Theatre Fairfield, the
resident production company.A founding member of New York's Mobius
Group Productions in 1998, Marcarelli produced and performed in works
by Eric Bogosian, Warren Leight, and Richard Nelson. Mobius's
production of The Adding Machine, in which he played the lead role,
garnered the award for excellence in overall production from the New
York International Fringe Festival in 2001; and his 2005 production,
Bridezilla Strikes Back! starring Cynthia Silver, which The New York
Times called "irresistible," won the Fringe's overall excellence award
for outstanding solo show.Marcarelli is also a founding member of the
Table Ten Films production company. He co-wrote the storyline for the
2011 independent film The Green, for which he also wrote the
screenplay.
currently the spokesperson for T-Mobile. He is best known for being
the ubiquitous "Test Man" character in commercials ("Can you hear me
now?") for Verizon Wireless from 2002 to 2011. He appeared in all of
his Verizon commercials wearing a gray Verizon jacket and his own
horn-rimmed glasses.Marcarelli is a native of North Haven,
Connecticut, and graduated from North Haven High School. Marcarelli
then received his bachelor's degree in English from Fairfield
University in 1992, having been a member of Theatre Fairfield, the
resident production company.A founding member of New York's Mobius
Group Productions in 1998, Marcarelli produced and performed in works
by Eric Bogosian, Warren Leight, and Richard Nelson. Mobius's
production of The Adding Machine, in which he played the lead role,
garnered the award for excellence in overall production from the New
York International Fringe Festival in 2001; and his 2005 production,
Bridezilla Strikes Back! starring Cynthia Silver, which The New York
Times called "irresistible," won the Fringe's overall excellence award
for outstanding solo show.Marcarelli is also a founding member of the
Table Ten Films production company. He co-wrote the storyline for the
2011 independent film The Green, for which he also wrote the
screenplay.
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