marc unger
MARC UNGER brings over 30 years of experience to his work as writer, national headlining comedian, actor and filmmaker.
His television credits include a recurring role as a reporter on the Emmy award winning HBO series “VEEP” where he has had the opportunity to share the screen with Julia Louise Dreyfus, Matt Walsh and other principle cast members. Most recently, Marc co-created, writes and stars in the award winning hit series “Thespian” which has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and has a 8+ rating on IMDB. The first two seasons of the show are available on Amazon and Tubi.
Marc’s writing and film directing credits include two screenplays optioned by Los Angeles production companies (“Adam’s Rock” and “Go With the Dog”) both of which had staged readings featuring well known Hollywood actors including Academy Award nominee John Hawkes, Emmy Award winning actor Billy Gardell, Paul Dooley and Hollywood legend Peter Falk. His work writing the hit series "Thespian" has garnered several national writing and directing awards at festivals around the world and, as a writing instructor, Marc has worked with hundreds of writers many of whom have gone on to write for film, television and stage.
His first directorial effort, a short film called “The Filchaks Take a Gamble”, a piece in which he also wrote and costarred was called “funny… infectious… memorable” by filmthreat.com, one of the leading online movie review sites and this quirky, dark comedy was featured at several prestigious film festivals including Sarasota Film Festival and Cinequest.
Marc’s an accomplished theatre actor as well with LA credits including Sam Shepherd's Cowboy Mouth (directed by former “House” star Jennifer Morrison), a staged reading of “Den of Thieves” directed by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis as well as many other productions in Chicago, Los Angeles, NYC and Baltimore.
With three solo theatre shows already to his credit, Marc premiered his latest one man play “Drinking Up the Pieces” at Theatre Project in Baltimore. The serio-comedic piece explores Marc’s nearly two years struggle with major depression and his nightly visits to a local dive bar. It’s directed by Rain Pryor, daughter of the legendary comedian Richard Pryor and an acclaimed actress in her own right.