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"An actor was required who could really bring the character to life...
Sherman Alpert came out on top.
His vocals, personality, and general enthusiasm shone through."
- Shane Sheils, Director, in the Press Kit for the animated film, Mr. Humpfninkel's Sales Technique

 

 

SHERMAN ALPERT

914-282-1769

sherman.alpert@gmail.com

http://shermanalpert.com

 SAG      AFTRA


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Television

30 Rock

Man at 'Today Show'

U/5

NBC

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
(4 episodes)

sketch in which I "dance"

sketch in which my closeup gets a laugh

Comedy sketch principal
(4 sketches, Principal in 1; Recurring featured role in others)

Principal

NBC

The Maury Povich Show

Ghost (re-enactment)

Principal

The Maury Show

The Maury Povich Show

Criminal (re-enactment)

Principal

The Maury Show

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Tom Arnold’s dad

Principal

Bio Channel

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Old Man (Alice Cooper ep.)

Principal

Bio Channel

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Priest

Principal

Bio Channel

Watching the Detectives (Multiple Episodes)

Detectives

Principal

A&E / Kaufman Productions

Hazed (Comedy Pilot)

College Dean

Principal

Dir: Jon Sosis

The Blast-Effect (Drama)

Ex-military officer, holed up in bomb shelter     

Lead

Dir: Charles Neubauer,

3-camera live-to-tape studio shoot

Junior Varsity (Pilot, comedy)

Coach

Principal

hubTech Productions

Served (Pilot, comedy)

Old guitar-playing drunk father of lead

Principal

Hesterhouse Productions

 

Film / Video

LeChaim? (Drama)

Rabbi

Principal

U Productions

Howcast video (comedic instructional)

Boss

Lead

Milkhouse Productions / Howcast.com

Welcome to Verplanck (Comedy Web Series, multiple episodes)

Sheriff/Mayor of small hick town

Principal

Ingenious Productions

Woody Allen, the Apocalypse and Three Other Ways to Get a Woman in Bed (Feature, comedy)

Scientist

Principal

Flying Centipede Productions

White Light (Short, suspense horror)

Mad Scientist/killer

Lead

Student film, NYU

The Choice (Short, drama)

Father/Anti-Abortionist

Lead

Thesis film, Art Institute of NY

Duplicates (Short, dramedy)

Hardware store counterman

Principal

Student film, Columbia University

Freeze Tag (Short, comedy)

Father

Lead

Student film, NYU

Mashal Man (Children’s Video, Live Action plus Animation)

Market Vendor (Cartoon-ish character singing as well as acting)

Principal

Kol-Rom Multimedia/Oorah Prods,

Storm Up The Sky (drama)
Appeared in the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and other festivals

Rabbi/Yeshiva Teacher

Principal

MFA Thesis, Columbia University

Bianca Ryan music video

Sound Engineer at Control Board

Principal

Full Glass Films / SONY

Hunk Harassment in the Workplace (sketch comedy)

Boss

Lead

Milkhouse Productions

Present Perfect (Short, drama)

Angry restaurant manager

Supporting

Thesis film, NY Film Academy

Chop Shop (Feature, Docudrama) (Debuted at Cannes, Multiple Festival Awards Winner)

Truck “john”
(in scene with lead actress)

Featured/

Credited

Ramin Bahrani - Noruz Films

 

Industrial

THISA (software company)                

Company CIO

Principal

Image Factory

Corning Inc.

President/COO, Corning

Principal

Big House

Victim-Proof Your School

Angry student, angry parent, bully, bully victim

Principal

www.bulliestobuddies.com

 

Commercials

ESPN national promo

Basketball fan speaking about ESPN FullCourt

Principal

ESPN/Luckeyou Productions

WE-TV National Promo, for "Troy Dunn: The Locator" series

Crying farmer reunited with son

Principal

Women’s Entertainment Network

apartments.com Game Show Parody (comedic web commercial)

Game Show Announcer Caricature

Principal

apartments.com / FlyByNight Prods

Spec commercial (Speed Stick)

Executive

Principal

Dir: Sean Cunningham, Hero Status Films

 

Voiceovers / Voice Acting

They Spoke Out: American Voices Against the Holocaust (3 graphic novel style videos)

Eastern European Rabbi pleading with diplomat; Jewish underground member; condescending Diplomat

Principals

DISNEY / ABC News

Mr Humpfninkel's Sales Technique (Comedic Animation Short)

Mr Humpfninkel, pathetic door-to-door salesman; All other voices

Lead

Dwarfed Films; Dir: Shane Sheils

Breadwinner (Dramatic short)
(
Multiple Festival Awards)

Storyteller / Son

Lead

Dir: Neil Murphy

Major Auto Co. Product Demo (Industrial)

Narrator

Lead

IDEO

Nutri-Friends (Animated series)

English ADR of "bad guy" character

Principal

Audioworks Producers Group

Virus Attack (Animation Series)

Angry aliens, Frightened pedestrians

Principal

Audioworks Producers Group

The Cold Equations (dramatic sci-fi short)

Commander (ADR and VO)

Principal

Ellipsis Films

Action Center to End World Hunger (Museum) (videos)

ADR of English translation of international interviewees

Principal

Mercy Corps

A Fishing Tale (Animation Short)

Somber Village Elder

Principal

Thesis Film; Dir: Keith Segovia

Zodiac (Anime episode)

Evil Antagonist; Angry Monster

Principal

Thesis Film; Dir: Jackie Deegan

Desperate Times (Animation Short)

Distraught Soldier

Lead

Thesis Film; Dir: Marcel Thompkins

Radio comedy sketches (multiple)

Various caricatured radio spot announcers

Principal

Financial Entertainment Group

Malik (Epic-Story Audio drama)

Storyteller

Lead

Dir: Jay White

Sketch comedy video

Loving father, reincarnated as a lamp

Principal

Dir: Dan Opsal

Morning Rush (Animation Short)

Crazy Boss

Lead

Dir: Keith Segovia

Bare Bones (Animation Short)

Grandpa Jonas

Lead

Dir: Gabrielle Gonzalez

 

Print

ESPN

National print ad campaign

ESPN / LuckeYou Prods

Fortune Magazine

2-page spread accompanying article

Photographer: Jason Schmidt

 

Training

Acting Technique, Scene Study, Meisner Technique

Howard Meyer's Acting Program

Instructors: Rachel Jones, Howard Meyer

Comedic Acting

Katja Blitchfeld

 

 

Etc.

Height: 5'7”-5’8”   Wt: 200 lbs.   Hair: S&P    Eyes: Hazel   Jacket: 44 S    Pants: 37/29     Shirt: 17˝/33     Shoe: 10W

Stand-In experience

Singer (Choir)

Green-Screen experience