Skip Howland
Acting
Biography
As a seasoned character actor, Skip has played multiple roles appearing in Feature Films, National Commercials, Network TV series and A-List Artist Music Videos as well as Web Series. He has also worked as a featured character in various industrial and training videos. Skip's characters include featured supporting role as an Italian Tailor in the upcoming comedy feature Stealing Pulp Fiction; Co-starring Jason Alexander and Cazzie David. As a Boxing Judge in Father Stu (Feature Film) with Mark Walberg and Mel Gibson, TV Executive on Lilly Singh's late night network talk show (Sketch comedy Universal/NBC), A Biker in Ed Sheeran's Music Video (Overpass Graffiti, A Motel Guest in Justin Bieber's Holy, and lead in a Warner sponsored Ed Sheeran video titled That's On Me. A featured Barber alongside Charles Barkley, Samuel L Jackson, Jennifer Garner, directed by Spike Lee in Capital One's National Commercial (Chuck Cuts) for the 2022 NCAA March Madness campaign. Prior roles include Professor/Teacher/Therapist to Gunslinger and Cowboy to CEO/Detective/Commander. He was a homeless man on the street and in the same production transformed into a successful businessman (Dahr Mann Production). Skip has the ability to cry on cue for character depth. Among Skip's outside interest, he rides a big 'bad' Harley Davidson and is an experienced skydiver with over 2300 jumps. He is a US Army Veteran, an ocean sailor and has taught ocean sailing. He rides his bicycle for exercise and loves to travel. He is a certified SCUBA diver and former private pilot. Skip's white 'Sam Elliott/Wilfred Brimley/Monopoly Man' mustache accentuates his roles and adds a unique element of comedy to those appropriate roles. His a trained artist in improv and also does close-up magic!
Known For
The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.
Father Stu
A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
Knox Goes Away
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
V/H/S/Beyond
A short film accompanying the deluxe edition of "Eternal Sunshine," marking Ariana Grande’s directorial debut. Peaches, now elderly, revisits Brighter Days Inc. to relive idealized versions of her memories before they are destroyed forever. Inspired by the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and a sequel to the "We Can't Be Friends" music video.
Brighter Days Ahead
A group of individuals who unexpectedly fall into homelessness. They bond together as an unconventional family, struggling to survive on the streets while warding off a harassing gang, an unforgiving community, and local authorities.
No Address
Donald travels to various cities and local restaurants to meet world leaders and local vendors to gain popularity while trying to save his marriage and himself after being hunted by the Mafia
American Comedy
Three friends along with their therapist plan a heist to steal Quentin Tarantino's personal print of Pulp Fiction from his movie theater.
Stealing Pulp Fiction
A troubled executive meets a homeless man on Venice Beach who claims to be Jesus Christ.
LA Jesus
John Cooper, the biggest Hollywood star of his generation, partied away his career and vanished from the public eye. Years later, a documentary crew finds him living on the couch of his biggest fan in a tiny one bedroom apartment, and captures his moronic attempts to rebuild his career from scratch.
The Second Coming of John Cooper
A recent college graduate and her estranged high school friends return to Lantern's Lane, the location of an evil urban legend and must fight to survive the night.
Lantern's Lane
Kid Ugly is the story of an unlikely duel between a young bandit named Lazlo and his idol, the dashing outlaw named Bottle Tooth Guapo.
Kid Ugly
A young investigator and his client uncover a web of deceit involving counterfeit wine and a missing connoisseur, leading them from secret exchanges to a secluded island, where a deadly conspiracy awaits.
Blowback - Master of Espionage - The Return
An Ed Sheeran music video telling the story of Alger, a retired injured biker, who is seeking joy and an escape from boredom through the exploration of new passions.