JEREMY SCHACHTER BIOGRAPHY: Jeremy Schachter began his acting career in his hometown of Rochester, New York at the young age of seven, when he began performing the now famous ‘I feel ill and am going to faint’ bit for his parents and two dogs. His parents caught on almost immediately, but the dogs never failed to show genuine concern for their fallen friend. They licked his face with worry every time. Jeremy continued to perform throughout high school, where he and a friend danced to "Stayin' Alive” on the cafeteria’s lunch tables donned in afro wigs (a prop he no longer needs) and maroon leather jackets. This particular act, among many, resulted in two weeks of lunch detention. "Everyone was screaming so loud, I thought there was a riot!" said Miss Blank, the lesbian vice principal. Senior year, Jeremy was awarded Most Outspoken and lost to Jim Tucharello for Class Clown in a very close race. When asked how he felt about it, Jeremy said, "I'd much rather be remembered as outspoken than clownish." Although Jeremy had been performing his whole life, it wasn't until his freshman year of community college that he first tried any sort of traditional acting. He signed up for acting class and auditioned for “Little Shop of Horrors.” Four lines and a semester later, Jeremy was the lead in every production his school did. He also became the lead in the productions of SUNY Brockport, the nearby state school, without ever being a student there. It was during this time that Jeremy landed a job as a waiter at the Comix Cafe, Rochester's only comedy club. With some coaxing from other employees, Jeremy gave standup a try, and it was only a few months until he became the club’s youngest house MC. After only a year of performing in Rochester, Jeremy was offered a scholarship to the only acting school he applied to in New York City, the School for Film and Television. While studying the art of acting by day, Jeremy was allowed to take out the trash and mop the floors of one of the city's premier comedy clubs. Rather than pay him money, they gave him five minutes at the end of each show to perform in front of a bunch of people who weren't listening, because they were busy paying their checks. Some considered it a wonderful opportunity, a comedy boot camp if you will. Jeremy, to this day, disagrees with that line of thinking.     After finishing acting school, Jeremy acted in enough dinner theater and off-off Broadway shows to earn an Equity Card and a living. The shows were so far off Broadway that when asked by a tourist how to get to Broadway, Jeremy had no idea. It was then that he decided to further his education, and he enrolled in New York's Hunter College where he studied Political Science and Theater. Jeremy continued to do comedy at night.   Immediately following Hunter College, Jeremy was five years into the game and was being noticed by comedy clubs in the city and around the country. Within four months of finishing school, Jeremy was a full-time comic performing at colleges and clubs around the country.   Jeremy still wasn't fulfilled though, so he began creating work that incorporated his acting and comic abilities. So, in addition to touring with his standup, Jeremy can now be found in a variety of silly sketches on YouTube, shooting pilots for the Howard Stern channel or making TV shows to pitch to networks. Much time has passed since Jeremy’s start. You’ll never get to see the ‘I feel ill and am going to faint’ bit that he did for his parents, and you'll definitely never see the ‘disappearing penis trick’ he delights his girlfriend with. However, you can catch Jeremy performing in some capacity on any given night in New York City…or perhaps elsewhere.