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uncle function
Uncle Function is a NYC-based sketch comedy group featuring Chris Cafero, Russell Daniels, Jessica Frey, Douglas Goodhart, Joseph Lymous, and Gianmarco Soresi.
This is a sketch team of serious actors. This sketch team can act. This sketch team can act the shit out of a sketch. One of the members of the sketch team has booked a national commercial. One of the members of the sketch team only does Shakespeare and sketch. So, you know, high brow. One of the members of Uncle Function will never actually be an uncle. And it isn't because of infertility.
Just like your real Uncles, we'll make you laugh, cry, think, feel moderately uncomfortable, and then send you back to your parents forever changed.
Chris Cafero
Chris is an actor, writer and comedian in NYC. He recently filmed a recurring role in the upcoming Shonda Rhimes Netflix series Inventing Anna. Other select credits include: The Other Two (Comedy Central), Chicago Fire (NBC), Bull (CBS), Billions (Showtime), The Night Of (HBO), Billy Crystal’s Have A Nice Day (Off-Bway) and The Awesome 80's Prom (Off-Bway). For the past three years, Chris has been one of the voices of McDonald’s on TV and radio. In addition to Uncle Function, Chris can be seen performing on UCB Theater’s Maude Night, and in shows and clubs through-out NYC.
Russell Daniels
Russell is an actor, writer and comedian based in NYC who currently co-hosts The Downside with Uncle Gianmarco Soresi (recently picked up by Amazon!) Select credits include: Off-Broadway: Titanique, That Bachelorette Show and The Awesome 80s Prom. Merry Wives of Windsor (American Shakespeare Center), Othello (Nebraska Shakespeare). MFA: University of Houston. Reps: Tovah Silbermann (Mosaic Media Group) & Jerry Kallarakkal (A3 Artists Agency-Commercial).
IG: @russelljdaniels
Jessica Frey
Jessica is an actor and sometimes writer in NYC. She was most recently seen in several zoom readings. But then again, who wasn't? Pre-pandemic, Jessica created and starred in the webseries, "BASIC WITCH". Other fun credits include: "The Characters” (NETFLIX), Sense & Sensibility* Off-Broadway and at A.R.T with BEDLAM; Clown Bar*, and Giant Killer Slugs with Pipeline Theatre Company (*NYT Critics’ Pick).
Douglas Goodhart
Douglas Goodhart is an Actor, Comedian and Multi-instrumentalist based in NYC. As a writer he is a founder of Uncle Function, A sketch comedy show featured in Time out and the New York Times. He also Co-Created and starred in We Put The Spring in Springfield: The Music of the Simpsons, an Award winning cabaret show. Stage credits include; Bachelorette show (off Broadway), British Invasion (Papermill), Once, Jekyll And Hyde, Urinetown. TV credits include; "North Palm Wrestling" (MTV)
Joseph Lymous
Joseph Lymous is a New Orleans born actor, comedian, puppeteer, creator, person. He is a Just For Laughs New Face of Comedy (2021). Catch him in Season 2 of “Awkwafina is Nora From Queens” on Comedy Central and puppeteering robots in “Hello Tomorrow!” (Fall 2022) on Apple TV. Joseph is the owner of jomiray productions, a digital media company that creates comedic joyful content. His work has been shared by many people, including Beyoncé.
Gianmarco Soresi
Gianmarco Soresi's obituary will undoubtedly start with "that guy from all those damn General Electric commercials" but he swears he's done other things including stand-up comedy (Caroline's, Gotham, SeeSo's New York's Funniest), writing (Matza Pizza, An Actor Unprepared, Less Than 50% Off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse), and a recurring role as Reporter #2 on CBS' Blue Bloods.
