John Di Domenico

John Di Domenico
Born (1962-11-04) November 4, 1962
Occupation Actor
Years active 1980–Present
Website www.johnnyd.net

John Di Domenico (born November 4, 1962) is an American actor, comedian and writer, best known for his award-winning impersonation of Donald Trump.[1][2][3][4][5] He has portrayed Donald Trump many times on television, movies and web series, which includes Meet the Spartans, Conan, Red Eye, You Got Trumped and others.[6][7][8]

Early life and education

Di Domenico was born in Ambler, Pennsylvania to John and Selena Di Domenico. When he was a teenager, he started performing with a community theatre group which worked out of the Ambler Theatre and Opera house. Di Domenico attended East Stroudsburg University in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, majoring in Speech Communications.[9] He then transferred to Temple University in Philadelphia.[10] After he graduated from Temple with a BA in Speech Communications Di Domenico joined a Philadelphia advertising agency as a copywriter.

Career

He began his acting career in the late 1980's in the Philadelphia. He first joined SKITZOID Comedy Troupe and started performing and touring nationally with the company. He became the head writer and artistic director. In September of 1989 Di Domenico auditioned for and landed the role of Joey Vitale in the hit off-Broadway interactive improvisational show "Tony n' Tina's Wedding."[11] While working in New York John became a member of Some Assembly Required, one of the city's finest improvisation companies.

Di Domenico has portrayed Donald Trump many times on Conan,[12] Fox News Redeye and the Netflix original series Chelsea.[13][14][15] Di Domenico won ABC's The View's "Best Donald Trump" competition.[16] John's non-Trump appearances include the CBS series True Detective, "Labor Day" for PBS, and the hit HBO series, The Sopranos, where he played Howie Reinstein.

In 2016 during Trump's candidacy for President of the United States, Di Domenico's celebrity surged with media appearances and coverage with news media outlets worldwide all over the globe.[17][18][19] In 2017, Di Domenico's accolades continued when he was nominated for an Emmy Award for a commercial work in which he utilized six different characters, including Dr. Evil and his highly-praised Austin Powers, for a television commercial in the Boston market.[20]

During his career, he has impersonated celebrities including Dr. Phil, Guy Fieri, Jay Leno and Mike Myers.[21][22]

Trump Impersonation

He began his Donald Trump impression in 2004 when asked if he could do a voice-over of "The Donald" for The Apprentice type game.[23][24] Di Domenico has closely studied Trump's vocal and physical changes over the years to adapt his own impersonation, spending for Donald Trump wigs and creating personalized make-up and wardrobe to capture the essence of Trump.[25][26] He has appeared as Donald Trump on Fox & Friends (Fox News) in 2006 and has appeared multiple times since then.[27][28][29]

Credits

Movies

Year Movies Role Notes
2008 Meet the Spartans Actor [30]
2008 Disaster Movie Actor
2013 Not Another Celebrity Movie Actor [31]
2013 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Actor [32]
2012 Plurality Actor
2019 Purge of Kingdoms Actor

Television

Year Television Role Notes
2017 Chelsea Actor
2017 The View Actor
2017 The New Movie Show Actor
2016 You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days Actor [33]
2016 Marino Actor
2016 President Trump: Can He Really Win? Actor
2016 ABC News Nightline Actor
2015-2017 Red Eye w/Tom Shillue Actor
2015 Who Is Donald Trump? Actor
2014 American Native Actor
2007 The Sopranos Actor

Awards

His appearance on ABC's The View helped him the win for "Best Trump" impersonation which made him a finalist in the L.A. Laugh Factory's International Trump Impersonation contest, for which he took top spot.

References

  1. ↑ "Trump Impersonator shares GOP candidate's hilarious plans for the White House". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  2. ↑ "How to Impersonate Someone". Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Yuge news: Kirk Cousins shoots Super Bowl commercial with fake Trump". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  4. ↑ O'Neill, Josh (2016-03-28). "At £7,000 per booking, is this man the world's BEST Donald Trump impersonator?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  5. ↑ "Political Parodies: The Best Trump and Clinton Impersonations..." www.ksat.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  6. ↑ "The Hardest Working Trump Impersonator in Showbiz". Narratively. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Trump Impersonator Who Was in a Local Heating Company's Super Bowl Ad | Washingtonian". Washingtonian. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  8. ↑ Kisner, Jordan (2017-06-23). "Being Donald Trump: the life of an impersonator". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  9. ↑ "Ambler native John Di Domenico impersonates Donald Trump for big bucks". Philly.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  10. ↑ "Odd Super Bowl ad starring Temple grad and ex-NFL star didn't air in Philly". Philly.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  11. ↑ correspondent, Michael Elkin,. "No ducking this Donald impression". Bucks County Courier Times. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  12. ↑ "Seizing on Trump's Political Rise". BernardGoldberg.com. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  13. ↑ "Di Domenico's Trump even trumps Trump". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  14. ↑ Reporters, Telegraph (2016-06-08). "Is Meryl Streep the best Donald Trump? The top five celebrity impersonators". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  15. ↑ "Le sosie de Donald Trump profite de la campagne de son modèle". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  16. ↑ Fitz-Gerald, Sean (2016-06-24). "The Best Donald Trump Impressions, Ranked". Thrillist. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  17. ↑ Confidential. "Trump impersonator at National Enquirer party won't say who has his vote - NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  18. ↑ "This Donald Trump impersonator is so good he is a celebrity in his own right". Deccan Chronicle. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  19. ↑ Corner, Natalie (2016-09-27). "Donald Trump impersonator FOOLS This Morning viewers". mirror. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  20. ↑ "It's not all fun and games for Donald Trump impersonators". New York Post. 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  21. ↑ "Trump impressionist John Di Domenico's next portrayal: himself". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  22. ↑ "Best Celebrity Impersonator John Di Domenico Booking Agent - Booking Best Celebrity Impersonator and Political Comedian for Live Political Comedy Shows and Corporate Event Entertainment - Politicos Comedy Brigade". politicoscomedy.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  23. ↑ "The art of Trump-speak: How to talk like The Donald". 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  24. ↑ Virtue, Graeme; Mumford, Gwilym; Holland, Luke; Dean, Will; Raeside, Julia; Sherwin, Skye; Jonze, Tim (2016-11-05). "Pop goes Trump! The artists, comedians and meme-makers deflating the Donald". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  25. ↑ "Meet the World's Most Tremendous Trump Impersonator". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  26. ↑ "As long as Trump is in the race, these impersonators will have jobs". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  27. ↑ "Trump that! Donald Trump impersonator earns £35k a month for gigs". Dailystar.co.uk. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  28. ↑ "Donald Trump's Plan to Build a Border Wall Is Mercilessly Mocked in This New Ad". Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  29. ↑ Bellantoni, Christina. "Why is this company using Donald Trump's border wall to sell a camera?". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  30. ↑ "Yuge news: Kirk Cousins shoots Super Bowl commercial with fake Trump". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  31. ↑ "Exclusive : Gaga, Sheen & Bieber in Not Another Celebrity Movie? – Moviehole". moviehole.net. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  32. ↑ "John Di Domenico". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  33. ↑ "You Got Trumped : les 100 premiers jours de la présidence de Donald Trump déjà parodiés". tvmag.lefigaro.fr (in French). 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
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