Skyler Stone

Skyler Stone
Born	Skyler Joseph Clipner (1979-01-01) January 1, 1979 (age 46) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education	Western Michigan University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Skyler Joseph Clipner, professionally known as Skyler Stone (born January 1, 1979) ^[1] is an American actor who starred in Con ^{[2] [3] [4]} which ran on Comedy Central for two months in the spring of 2005.

Early life and education

Stone was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan with his family at the age of 14. He attended Western Michigan University. ^{[5] [6]}

Career

Stone started his career in radio at WRKR in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His first movie role was in The Rules of Attraction, playing a speed freak named Quinlivan in a scene that ended up cut from the film. He played Scarlett Johansson's character's husband in the flashback scenes for The Island , ^[7] and a cook in Waiting... . ^[8] Stone was cast in Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration ^[9] as a trashy radio morning show host after Guest saw the "Cancun Coma" episode of Con. In July 2007, Stone was cast in the comedy House Broken , ^[10] as Danny DeVito's son.

Stone sold a pilot called Skyler's Revolution to Fox Broadcasting Company and Warner Bros. Television ^[11] in 2007, wherein he made prank calls to celebrities, but it was not picked up for a series. He appeared in the CSI: NY episode "Youngblood." ^[10] Stone was a contestant on Dog Eat Dog and Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck twice (the second time in the Tournament of Losers). In 2010 he appeared in the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement .

Stone is a regular at the Laugh Factory, The Improv, and The Comedy Store, in Hollywood, California. ^[12] He made his first national stand-up appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on January 3, 2007.

In 2013, he provided the voice for Scowler, a Pachyrhinosaurus in BBC Earth's Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie .

Personal life

Stone resides in Sherman Oaks, California. ^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	In the Woods	Bar Extra
2002	Van Wilder	Test Taker	Uncredited
	The Rules of Attraction	Quinlivan
2003	Stuck on You	George
2005	The Island	Sarah Jordan's Husband	Uncredited
	Waiting...	Cook #1
2006	Accepted	S. H. Student in Hallway
	For Your Consideration	Don
2007	Equal Opportunity	John McHonky
2009	Why Men Go Gay in L.A.	William Morgan
2010	House Broken	Quinn Cathkart
	Tug	Agent
2011	Hostel: Part III	Mike
2012	Arcadia	Tatum
2013	Man Camp	Sammy
	Walking with Dinosaurs	Scowler	Voice
	Best Night Ever	Referee
2014	My Sister	JG
2015	Desecrated	Larry
2018	Danger One	Joseph
2021	The Retaliators	Obnoxious Dad
2022	The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild	Diego	voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Scare Tactics	Nick	Episode: "Chainsaw Incident"
2005	Con	Mike St. Aubin / Various characters	6 episodes
	CSI: NY	Ben Lowell	Episode: "YoungBlood"
2009	Dollhouse	Jimmy	Episode: "Needs"
	Dark Blue	Randy	Episode: "Venice Kings"
2010	The Mentalist	Kevin	Episode: "Red Herring"
	Rules of Engagement	Frank	Episode: "Snoozin' for a Bruisin'"
	Lost	EMT	Episode: "The Last Recruit"
	Zeke and Luther	Max Randall	Episode: "Seoul Bros"
	The Genesis Files	Adam Cox	3 episodes
	The Defenders	Aaron Ayles	Episode: "Whitten v. Fenlee"
	Kings by Night	Politics	Television film
2010–2012	Raising Hope	Mike Chance	4 episode
2011	Bones	Rod Patterson	Episode: "The Hot Dog in the Competition"
2012	Touch	DJ Oliver	Episode: "The Road Not Taken"
2013	Castle	Douglas Stevens	Episode: "Target"
2014	Major Crimes	Jared Temple	Episode: "Two Options"
2015	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Alex Friel	Episode: "Merchants of Menace"
	Clipped	Travis	3 episodes
2016	2 Broke Girls	Jason	Episode: "And You Bet Your Ass"
	Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything	Jasper	Episode: "The Ghost"
2019	Corporate	Frank	Episode: "Natural Beauty"
	The Rookie	Unruly Patron	Episode: "Impact"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2005	Yakuza	Additional voices
2007	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	Voice
2008	Army of Two	Various voices
	Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath	Voice
2009	Terminator Salvation

References

1. Some sources say 1980 or 1981, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2007 gave his age as 28.
2. "Putting one over -- Artist proves his sales pitch works". The Record (Bergen County) . 2005-04-06. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
3. "Comedy Central adds two new series to its 2005 schedule -- scripted comedy 'Stella' and renegade reality show 'Con' with Skyler Stone" (Press release). Comedy Central. 2005-01-14.
4. "Skyler Stone shows you how to 'Con'". The Pitt News . 2005-04-12.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
5. "Reaching for the sky". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 2007-01-19. p. D3.
6. "Skyler Stone returns to Kalamazoo to perform, record comedy album". mlive. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
7. "The Skyler Stone Picture Pages".
8. "Justin Long, Anna Faris, Andy Milonakis 'Waiting ...' For A Sequel No Longer". MTV.com . 2007-06-05. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
9. "Mosaic Media Group signs Skyler Stone". Daily Variety . 2005-09-09. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
10. "Skyler Stone (Players)". Daily Variety . 2007-10-25.
11. "Fox says it wants a 'Revolution'". The Hollywood Reporter . 2007-02-28. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007.
12. "Skyler Stone And People He Pretends Are His Friends". Los Angeles Daily News . 2008-04-24.

External links

• Skyler Stone at IMDb
• Bio at Skyler Stone's official site