As a fight director, Starr has worked with Nathan Lane, Andrea Martin and served as a stunt coordinator for a Kung Fu film. He was also an assistant to Broadway fight director Rick Sordelet (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Scarlet Pimpernel).
In New York City, Starr has performed comedy at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Carolines on Broadway, Stand-Up NY, The People's Improv Theatre and Gotham City Improv. He has studied improvisation with Keith Johnstone (author of Impro), Rich Talarico (SNL), The Upright Citizens Brigade, The People's Improv Theatre, The Second City NYC and Chicago City Limits.
Starr is a founding member of The Milwaukee Theatre Collective, Collaborationtown and The Beautiful Ponies.
He was a co-star on Aida Mollenkamp's Food Network program Ask Aida for season 1, but has not appeared in season 2.
Currently he is the supervising producer at the internet show "Good Mythical Morning" hosted by Rhett and Link.
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Del P. Close was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. In addition to an acting career in television and film, he was a premier influence on modern improvisational theater. In 1994, Close co-authored the book Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation, which outlines techniques now common in longform improvisation and describes the overall structure of "Harold", which remains a common frame for longer improvisational scenes.
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