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R. Michael Gull’s stand up act is like a cup of police station coffee: dark, strong and acidic. His take no prisoners style and penchant for saying things we aren’t supposed to say out loud (but are usually thinking) has earned him the respect of audiences and his fellow comedians. Prowling the stage like a caged animal, Gull delivers acerbic, cynical social commentary liberally laced with cyanide.
His comedy heroes are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and Bill Hicks, and Gull remains faithful to their path, without crossing over into "shock comedy". He has shared the stage with Greg Giraldo, Bruce Bruce, Will Durst, Lynne Koplitz, Al Madrigal and more.
As an actor, Michael is quickly building his list of television and movie credits. He has appeared in the films "Perceval", "Indefinite", "Haunted", "Lost Sheep" and "Dust", and wrote, co-produced and starred in the award winning short film "Victim". In Fall 2008 production will begin on the feature film "New Day", in which Gull co-stars along with Nathaniel Ross, Debra Lopez, Carolyn Kanter and Brian Green, as well as being written by Gull and Jon Anne Willow. His television credits include the pilot "Family Practice" for the Lifetime Network, upcoming episodes of the final season of NBC’s "ER", and he has a recurring role as a Special Agent on the new A&E series "The Beast", starring Patrick Swayze.
Michael also writes screenplays, short stories, and has a catalog of over 100 recorded songs.
Website
r-michael-gull.com
Influences
Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Eric Bogosian, Jim Morrison, Gene Simmons, John Malkovich, Gary Oldman, Arthur Rimbaud.
Members
Me, a mic and a crowd. And maybe some whiskey. And a pack of Marlboro Lights. And some more whiskey. And a Red Bull.
TV Shows
"LARRY LARGEHEAD", a new animated web series, coming to a computer near you in 2009. Appeared in the pilot "FAMILY PRACTICE", starring Ann Archer and Beau Bridges on The Lifetime Network (2008). Small role in the final season of "ER" on NBC. Recurring role as an FBI special agent on the new A&E series "THE BEAST", starring Patrick Swayze.
Films
"LOST SHEEP"(1987), "PERC..2007), "VICTIM"(2008) "INDEFINITE"(2009), "HAUNTED"(2009), "DUST"(Currently in post-production)(2009) "NEW DAY"(currently in production)(2009) "THE SHADOWLANDS"(currently in production)(2009)
Also appeared in a bunch of home-made porn and 7 or 8 snuff films.
Albums
"YOU HATE ME ALREADY" (2004) "THIS CROWD SUCKS" (2005) "THIS CROWD SUCKS: OFFICIAL BOOTLEG DVD" (2006) "ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" (2008) "WRETCHED UNDERFUNK" DVD (2008)
R. Michael Gull™'s Interests
General
Nothing. I have no interests outside of myself.
Music
Stones, Beatles, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dylan, John Lennon, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Nine Inch Nails, Kiss (I can't help it), Boomtown Rats, Babys, Sweet, Tool, Miles Davis, Robert Johnson.
Movies
Inherit The Wind, Midnight Run, 12 Angry Men, The Breakfast Club, Fight Club, Natural Born Killers, JFK, The People vs Larry Flynt, A History Of Violence, In The Line Of Fire, 2 Days In The Valley, Anything with Spencer Tracy, John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant.
Television
Boston Legal. I like to buy dvd sets of old tv shows. Favorite shows of all time: Bob Newhart, Odd Couple, Soap, Wiseguy, Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carol Burnett Show. And I've been addicted to General Hospital since 1981. I've tried to kick it, but I can't.
Books
True crime books, any serial killer related nonfiction, everything dealing with the Kennedy assassination (I've read the Warren Commission Report), Autobiographies by people who have made a difference, historical nonfiction.
Heroes
Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Albert Brooks, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Albert Einstein, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, James Dean, John Lennon, Henry Rollins, Larry Flynt, Gene Simmons.
About me: OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR "NEW DAY"
Indefinite (trailer)
R. Michael Gull - Exhalation Mimic
OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR "VICTIM":
Here's the thing.....I'm an actor, writer, filmmaker and stand up comic....in that order (for now). I'll say the things you're afraid to say. I've pretty much had it with the whole "political correctness" thing. It's time to get back to telling it like it really is. Gloves off, bitches. Also, I'm a chainsmoker, drinker of cheap whiskey, former cokehead and pillhead, writer, reader, asshole, nice guy, screwup, swaggering prick, insecure boy, iconoclast, preacher, workaholic, lazy dreamer, fatalist, visionary, genius, moron, opinionated, openminded, adventure seeker, coward, renegade, pussy, winner, loser, sage, fool, warmonger, peacenik, conservative, progressive, lover, fighter, father, son.
I believe in shooting first and asking questions later. This has gotten me into a bit of trouble in the past. I'm presently working on it. If I don't like you, you'll know it. My "be nice to people I can't stand" skills are lacking. Life is too short to waste the time and energy required to give someone a phony smile while I'm really wishing them dead.
I've made my share of mistakes in the last 42 years. My job now is to correct them and learn from them. I owe some people some things...apologies, money, respect. I even owe a couple of people some vengeance. If you're one of the people to whom I owe an apology, money or respect....relax, it's coming. If you're one of the people to whom I owe vengeance....don't relax...ever.
Remember Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" pyramid from your 1st year psych class? My pyramid is upside down. This has caused some problems in my life.
Started out in the early 80s wanting to be an actor, gave up too soon and started writing songs. Did that, with a small degree of success, until, 1994. Walked away from that and tried like hell to live like a normal person. That lasted seven years, right up until the moment I stumbled into stand up comedy. Stand up was exactly what I needed at that point in my life and I worked hard at it. Dove in head first and didn't look back....until the beginning of 2007, when I started acting again. Full circle. Now the acting has evolved into writing and producing films as well as acting in them. Who knows where this will lead?
I believe that no one should get a free ride. I believe that Michael Moore is possibly the worst thing ever. I believe that sometimes war IS the only answer. I own a gun and have never had a problem using it. I believe that if you earn a lot of money you shouldn't be penalized for it. I shudder to think what will happen to the Statue of Liberty when a Democrat is elected President in 2008. Brush up on your Chinese and Arabic, ladies, this will be interesting.
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Who I'd like to meet: Spent a lot of years looking for the muse. Then I gave up. Then she appeared, and turned out to be better than I'd imagined. I'd love to sit down for coffee with Gene Simmons because he's brilliant, and Albert Brooks for the same reason. Would have loved to have met Bill Hicks and John Lennon. And I'm seriously considering digging up Lenny Bruce and dryhumping his corpse.....but I'm not sure that counts as "meeting".
I NEED YOU TO DO THIS ROOM....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!WOW!! THE RAYTOWN COMEDY EXPLOSION WAS OFF THE CHAIN!!!!! PACKED HOUSE! & THEA, SHAWN, & ALL THE COMICS BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE ROADHOUSE!!! NEXT COMEDY SHOW IS SUNDAY JAN. 31ST. R.C.E-2! TP LUCAS' BIG B-DAY COMEDY BASH! WITH "KOOL BUBBA ICE!" "ALEX ORTIZ" "CHASTITY WASHINGTON" "NATE FORD" & "DALIS"!! 2 HOT SHOWS! 6PM (CLEAN SHOW) & 9PM (WE GO HARD!) (FLYER COMMING SOON)........
Hi R. Michael Gull™! Heaven & Earth is on hiatus now as Stuart Smith and Richie Onori have joined forces with bassist Steve Priest to reform "Sweet". For those of you unfamiliar with the band, Sweet originally formed in the early 70s and went on to sell over 40,000,000 albums with 11 International Top Ten Hits such as "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy", "Love is Like Oxygen", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Action", "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser" and many others.
This reincarnation of the band reformed last year, playing their first show in June, and went on to play festivals throughout Canada and the States and had played to over 300,000 people before the year was out. During this tour last year they recorded a live CD available on Amazon entitled "Sweet, Live in America" which has received rave reviews - pick up a copy and please Add Sweet As Your Friend On Myspace!
If you haven't seen this yet, we were recently on Urban Theatre in Madison, WI and they have posted a few of the songs on their page. Here is a link to us performing "Fireflies" live on the show:
If you search for "Gladstone" on their search tab you'll see 2 or 3 of the other songs we performed.
As always, if you like our material we'd appreciate any support! Our debut "Paper Sky", recent winner of MAMAs Pop Album of the Year, is on iTunes, CDbaby, Amazon, and Rhapsody. Links are on our page.
Thanks! Hope all is well in your world, please drop by to say hello!
Thanks for all your support! The show went really well at the Laugh Factory, and the turnout was great!
If you couldn't make it, I have uploaded to my profile seven ten-minute segments from this outstanding variety show featuring Old Time Music, magic, dance, comedy and fun!
Okay, so if a bird trying to repeatedly get into my room, day after day after day for weeks on end, is a good omen, then...what does it mean when a) the bird finally comes in through the open window and perches himself close to my bed and stares at me and also, b) as I was sitting outside, (the same day the bird finaly came into my room) a pigeon walked up to me, fluttered itself up to be right in line with my face, making me feel like it was trying to make eye contact with me, then it tried to perch itself on my shoulder...when I wouldn't let it, the pigeon perched itself on the railing less than six inches from my shoulder and continued to stare at me. Is that a good omen still? Or have I become a "target" in the bird world and there's a bird bounty on my head?
I am gettin real fuckin stoked after our talk yesterday. can't wait. two of milwaukee's sickest minds will probably leave a lot of people in awe. plus, i get to go back to my writing roots!
I don't know. Well, I do know, I mean I don't know why she's not out yet. I can say, though, that I hope she waits a little longer now, because Joshua got me sick, and I can hardly breathe because this invisible 300-lb person is sitting on my chest.
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