Skip Schwink

Actor · Director · Writer

Biography

An actor and filmmaker known for the A24/Plan B produced Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Steven Yeun, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Dramatic Feature at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, as well as for the family comedy adventure feature film C.I.Ape, about the world's first chimpanzee secret agent, released by Lionsgate in 2021, where he appears as the supervillain known as Alpha Dog, and the family comedy/drama Breaking Them Up in which he co-stars alongside Kellen Coleman and Steven Schneider. Skip also stars opposite Dennis Quaid in the feature biopic Reagan where he portrays the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. A former student of the Upright Citizens Brigade and Groundlings improv and sketch schools in Los Angeles, Skip has performed at some of the worlds most famous comedy clubs including The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. His comedic talents are on full display in C.I.Ape.