Gary Spatz

http://www.garyspatzactingcoach.com/ [ [http://www.garyspatzactingcoach.com/ Gary Spatz's "The Playground" - A Young Actors' Conservatory ] ] A native of New York, Gary studied at American University before relocating to Southern California.

After moving to Los Angeles, Gary studied acting under Paul Sills. Gary became a company member at the American Theater Arts in Hollywood where he got his first job as an acting teacher. This led to fifteen years as a teacher at The Young Actors Space.

Gary was the children’s acting coach for eight seasons on "Roseanne". In addition, Gary worked as the coach on "The Jeff Foxworthy Show", "Sister, Sister", the WB series "The Smart Guy" with actors Jonathan Lipnicki, Tia & Tamara & Tahj Mowry, respectively.

Other notable projects Gary worked as an acting coach were "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids", "Everybody Loves Raymond", and with Dylan and Cole Sprouse on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". He was also a creative consultant to the Disney Channel for the "Mickey Mouse Club".

In 2000, Gary started workshops for young actors in LA. These workshops led to the creation of Gary’s own school, The Playground, a young actors' conservatory, in Century City, CA in 2005.

Some of Gary’s former students include:

Christina Aguilera, Chad Allen, Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Berkley, Jessica Biel, Michael Bower, Jenna Boyd, Thomas Wilson Brown, Amanda Bynes, Brandon Call, Aaron Carter, Sarah Chalke, J.C. Chasez, Nikki Deloach, Stephen Dorff, Hilary Duff, Luke Edwards, Ethan Embry, Lindsey Felton, Michael Fishman, Dale Godboldo, Robert Gorman, Ryan Gosling, Brian Austin Green, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nate Hartley, Rebecca Herbst, Christine Lakin, Maggie Lawson, Maggie Linderman, Jeremy Lelliott, Tony Lucca, Stephen Lungsford, Allison Mack, Kellie Martin, Christopher Masterson, Danny Masterson, Crystal McKellar, Danica McKellar, Tahj Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Tia Mowry, Ashleigh Norman, Kay Panabaker, Danielle Panabaker , Nicholas Pappone, Janel Parrish, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Lindsey Price, Cassidy Rae, Ariana Richards, Camilla Rosso, Becky Rosso, Keri Russell, Taran Noah Smith, Britney Spears, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Paul Sutera, Hilary Swank, Jodie Sweetin, Madylin Sweeten, Sawyer Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten, Justin Timberlake, David Tom, Heather Tom, Nicholle Tom, Alexa Vega, Scott Whyte, Elijah Wood, Marc Worden, Ahmet Zappa

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