Kristopher Kyer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Kristopher Kyer was born in Muskegon Michigan. His career
spans over three decades as an actor, performer, teacher, singer and
director in every medium of the entertainment industry. For nearly two
decades in Burbank, he was the director/owner of The Kyer Workshop for
Actors. Thousands of young actors began their careers and studied under
Kristopher to have successful careers in film, stage, and television.
He was the on-set acting coach for ABC-TV's Boy Meets World; Maybe this
Time; and Grace Under Fire; the Bruce Willis feature film Hostage; and
for Jessica Simpson in episodes of TV's That 70's Show. As an actor Mr.
Kyer has appeared in several commercials, most notably as the
"Scarecrow" for the White Lily Cornmeal commercials which ran for years
throughout the South. Kristopher Kyer has had co-starring roles on TV's
Seinfeld; Boy Meets World; USA High; Linc's and Quantum Leap and
featured roles in films H.E.A.L.T.H. and Trancers II and was the Dick
Van Dyke-alike in the Disney film Saving Mr. Banks. He was the starring
role of Mr. Buckethead in the syndicated TV series Barnyard Place.
Additionally as a performer he performed his one man cabaret show on
several cruise lines; a singer at Walt Disney World (Original cast
Broadway at the Top Contemporary Hotel) and Disneyland Circus Fantasy;
5 years in live shows at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio; Off-Broadway in
the original cast of Showing Off; regional theaters throughout the US.;
and was featured as the "Dick Van Dyke-alike" in a recent commercial
for the DVLA car tax in England flying the actual "Chitty" car from the
feature film. Most recently on stage he was Caractacus Potts in Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang; Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka ; and Harold Hill in The
Music Man at the Simi Cultural Arts Center in Los Angeles; Captain Hook
in Peter Pan for the Tustin Light Opera as well as many more
productions throughout the US in regional theaters. Mr. Kyer has the
distinct honor of being the youngest Ringmaster and only the 27th in
the history of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He is the
author of the autobiography Ringmaster! My year on the road with the
Greatest Show on Earth (E. P. Dutton) He is a member of the Screen
Actors Guild (SAG); Actors Equity Association, and American Federation
of Television and Radio Artists.