Animal Actor - Matts' Demo Reel / Professional Credits
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__________________Films
Big Time Movie - 2012 (Nickelodeon): 'Motocycle Bear"
Frigid - 2012 (indie short): "Sir Bear"
Nokia Switch off Bear-
Bumper for Australian Theaters- Burt the Bear in Sydney, Oct '09
video
"Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy"
2008 Prairie Starfish Productions (polar
bear performer)
Grizzly Park
2007 ScatterScream Productions, Marion, Virginia (simulated
bear FX)
Siegfried
2005 Constantin Film Produktion GmbH , Munich ("Papa
Bear" body puppeteer)
__________________Music Videos / Virals
Rock and Roll - 2013 (Avril Lavigne) The "BearShark"
Pork and
Beans "Sneezing Panda" in Weezer's Pork &
Beans video (supplied panda suit & puppeteer)
Banana Splits "Fleegle" actor in Music Videos
for Warner Bros revival of the 60's show (video
1, video 2)
Welcome Back Spring
Sunnyville USA Web Campaign for Lowes (Mike the Bear)
BabbleDog Web Campaign via Scollon Productions for MeetBabbleDog.com
(dog actor)
TMNT 110meg Avi NPA &
Warner Bros Release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo
suit)
Catch (16m mov) & Locker Room (20m) "Bears
Training Camp" spots / Mineral Water (Grizzly Bear)
Comedy
Gumbo Ep 10: Bonerz, Awkward Pictures of Los Angeles
YouTube Video
__________________Television
Fool Britannia - 2013 (iTV, UK) - Zoo Panda, 5 episodes
Disaster Date: Nature Girl - 2011 (MTV) - attacking grizzly
Death Hunt - 2011 (Funny or Die)- attacking bear
SNL- Hop Hop Kids: Bear Cave Burt the Bear on Saturday
Night Live in 2010 for the comedy sketch
A Colbert Christmas
2008 Colbert Report Comedy Central Holiday Special (bear
actor) <cast still>
Hunter Hunted:
Arctic Attack 2008 Nat Geo Norway (polar bear recreation)
<.5m QT video>
Hunter Hunted:
Death of Bear Man 2007 Nat Geo Baltimore (grizzly bear
recreation) <3.5m
QT>
Warner Bros Studio Store
Hour 2000 QVC (live TV), Chester, PA (Scooby Doo suit
actor)
__________________Broadcast & Cable Commercials
Team - 2013 (Hyundai Superbowl ad) - Wrestling brown
bear
Pets4Pets - 2013 (WWF Italia) - Polar Bear
Mountain Man - 2013 (Dr Pepper) - Black Bear - 2 TVCs
El Pueblo - 2013 (Old Spice Mexico) - Black Bear (internet
& television)
Panda Power - 2012 (Ameristar Casinos) - Panda suit actor
McDonalds - 2010 - Berwynn hung with the Minnesota
Twins for several TVCs
Mitsubishi Bear - Burt
the Bear appeared on Television and on the web for Mitsubishi
of Sweden
Halls Polar
Bear - Television and print ad campaign for Halls running
nationally in India filmed in Mumbai
Zoo - Burt the Bear in the Honeycomb cereal "Bee
Boy" ad series for Sons and Daughters of Toronto (bear)
Good Idea, Bad Idea: Bear
- Burt as a sleeping zoo bear for CarMax, Production by Butler
Films (bear)
Connections
10m mov, spot for Motion Theory of LA for O2 Communications UK
(made / performed 4 teddy bears)
Sky TV Bumper 3m mpg,
Promo spot for Mercurio Film for Sky Choice, Milan, Italy (bear
performer)
Do You Believe? 2.6m avi, Holiday spot for Sherwood Mall,
Stockton, CA (dog puppeteer)
The Bohn Zone 4m
wmv, Rhino Marketing, Houston (bear impersonator)
Trust
the Natives 10m mpg, Nokian Tyres / Reload
Film, Bucharest / Woodpecker Film, Helsinki (bear)
MontBleu Resort Casino
& Spa, Sticks & Stones Productions, LA (bear actor)
Nature Quicktime
6meg, Circle R Media, Dallas (grizzly bear body puppeteer)
What would you do to
get $686? .7m Quicktime, NFL Films, Phila PA (bear wrestling)
Sundance Channel spot Quicktime,
Phasmatrope Studios, Philadelphia (bear suit talent)
Roundtable Pizza spot
Quicktime, Prod: Japanese Monster, Los Angeles (bear talent)
Ice Fishing Quicktime,
Colle+McVoy, Minneapolis (bear performer)
Art Gallery Quicktime,
Colle+McVoy, Minneapolis (bear impersonator)
Dancing Quicktime, Colle+McVoy,
Minneapolis (bear body puppeteer)
Shopping
Quicktime, Colle+McVoy, Minneapolis (bear suit actor)
Explore Minnesota
Win avi 3m, Fox TV Minneapolis (bear body movement)
Snowboarding Quicktime,
Colle+McVoy, Minneapolis (bear body performer)
Snowmobiling Quicktime,
Colle+McVoy, Minneapolis (bear body actor)
Danger Bear Win mpg
10m, Big Robot Advertising, NYC (bear imitator & suit source)
Bearly There Quicktime,
Piranha Pictures (bear suit supplier)
Taming the Bear
Win avi, Curt & Hal, Centaur Creative, Boise (bear body actor)
Gold Seal Salmon "Bear
Heist", Quicktime 1m, Canfisco, Vancouver (principal bear
actor)
Scales of Justice
Win avi- 4m, Radius Communications, Philadelphia (lion performer)
Kellogg's Corn Flakes "Taming
the Savage Beast", (bear suit supplier)
Niece Lumber Win
avi- 4m, "Contractor Bear", Radius Communications (bear
skin performer)
City of Phila PSA for opening
of skate rinks, (ice-skating panda bear actor & suit maker)
Harnas Beer for Graffiti Film,
Warsaw, Poland (bear double / bear stand-in)
__________________Industrial, Spec & Independent
Hunter VS Bear - 2010 & 2012 (Buzman France for
Tippex of Europe) - The Bear
FETCH - 2013 Doritos Superbowl Ad Semi-Finalist - The Bear
THE COLLECTIVE CRUNCH 2011 Doritos Superbowl Ad Entry- The
Polar Bear
Bayer Kitchen (14 meg Quicktime) Comic spec for Bayer
Aspirin by Galbis Design
Bayer Office (41
meg Quicktime) Another by Galbis
Design in NYC
Bear Care (18m mov)
Burt & our Rental Grizzly as sloppy college bruins for Reel
Impact of St. Louis
Encounter Quicktime
- Independent Producer, Edmonton, Alberta (bear impersonator)
Garfield's Spaghetti O's Campbell's
Soup, Industrial ("Garfield" suit body puppeteer)
Kid's 'Hare' Cuts
Holiday Hair, Inc., Spec. (Win avi- 3.8m) (rabbit suit body puppeteer)
Nabisco, Honey Grahams
"Granny Bear" Spec (bear actor & "pepperpot
woman" voice talent)
Amos Mouse Mills Corp.
Internal video & local spots (still) ("Amos" suit
body puppeteer)
__________________Live Action Events
Christmas Polar Bear - 'Live bear' appearances in England
for the Winter Holiday Season
"Get in Step" Nutrition Press event, Grumman's
Theater, Los Angeles (Tiger suit actor)
Washington
DC Auto Show Entertainment (SPFX Character provider/ Animal
Impersonator)
Behr Paint (20m
WMV / 22m MOV) San Diego
02 & 07 for Rick Doten Productions (bear)
Dana & Rowdy musical
stage shows ("Rowdy the Dog" costume performer)
__________________Still Photography/ Print Advertising
Fortune Magazine advert - Still Shoot with Burtram the
Black Bear in Nov of '09
Vodka Polar Bear, Still shoot for C O L A N G E L O of Darien,
CT
Sunset Cottage Bear Tourists, Pigeon Forge TN still shoot,
Accommodations by Sunset, (black bear)
Chicago Bears Training Camp,
Still shoot, YES Prods / Glaceau Vitamin Water
(grizzly performer) <awaiting stills>
Avanti Greetings
by Simon Griffiths Photography
Raleigh, NC (still) (bear body puppeteer)
Bear vs Bear Chess
Match for Hyundai Elantra print ad for Team Halprin, Los Angeles
(bear actor) <awaiting stills>
__________________Mascot Resume
Mascot Matt's Visual Character Performing Credits
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