Gary Schwartz is a TV and film actor, director, master improvisational acting coach and most recently an author.

Originally from New York State, Gary Schwartz began his professional career as a mime at age 13, performing up and down the Hudson River with Pete Seegar and the great folk entertainers of the 60’s. In the 80’s he appeared in numerous film and television projects including the Oscar-winning feature film Quest for Fire.

As a voice-over artist, he’s lent his voice to hundreds of film and TV projects and is the voice of several well-known video game characters, including Heavy Weapons Guy and Demoman in Team Fortress 2, Langus Tuno in Star Wars the Old Republic, and Litch, Sniper, Pugna and Shadow Shaman in Dota 2.

Schwartz has written for two children’s television series in which he co-starred: Zoobilee Zoo as Bravo Fox and the Disney Channel’s You and Me, Kid.

Gary studied with and became the protégé of Viola Spolin the creator of Theater Games, the basis for Improvisational theater in America and is a passionate, dynamic improv coach and facilitator devoted to carrying on Spolin’s techniques.

The King of Average, his debut middle grade novel is winner of two gold medals from Children’s Literary Classics. The book was named in the Best of” lists of both Kirkus Reviews and Indie Reader. Learn more about him at gary-schwartz.com.