
AMARU
AMARU
BIO
If you needed a license to be a Comic this guy has one. His father was a Pimp and his mother still is a Jehovahs Witness. Need I say more? If that doesnt earn him the right to do stand up nothing will. As a skilled and accomplished Screenwriter he can adapt to his environment and make any situation into a humorous story. His comedic story telling can be mesmerizing at times. The Screenwriter in him makes him visual but the kid and quick whit in him makes for a good time at any comedy club.
His adolescence was spent in abusive situations and in and out of foster homes. He thought being in a foster home would be cool. He thought, Hey, it worked for Anne. But he forgot one thing. She was a cute little red head white girl. And hes a umm youll see him.
The struggle began for this untapped and talented youth right out of High School. He joined the Military and when he got out he prayed to God and asked him to send him a beautiful woman so that he may blame her for his miserable life. He didnt know he had to be specific. He just said beautiful.
Later on, he experienced everything from being a Flight Attendant, Chemical Engineer to being a Body Guard. At the same time he began to explore his talents in Screenwriting and acting. Putting him at Hollywood premieres with the likes of Wesley Snipes, Jamie Foxx, Stephen Dorph and Shaq himself. Working on sitcoms and music videos such as THE PARKERS and JURASSIC 5s, THE INFLUENCE. Not bad, huh? As you know, with sudden success at a young age, a young wife, three kids, no guidance and real knowledge about life, came the problems of being a man without direction failure. Having children at a young age stunted and hindered his Hollywood growth.
But as we all know, with failure comes success. With two-failed movie deals and many more disappointments he now has a third movie deal pending. A film entitled, LOVE WILL MAKE IT RIGHT. His new outlook on life is, if its meant to be, itll be. In the mean time hed began writing for a female comic known as, Celia Fox. He found Stand-up as a way to bring back his quick-witted high school, class clown antics. He saw how exciting and challenging Stand-up was and hopped on stage almost immediately. Three weeks after he began Stand-up he opened up for, Jurassic 5, at THE HOUSE OF BLUES in, Hollywood. This is almost unheard of in the business of Stand-up.
Well, now you have him, a man who wasnt handed a silver spoon in life. But was handed talents he had to learn to explore for the benefit of a family he wanted to have at a young age. Maybe he wanted to be validated as a man? Nevertheless, he learned about life the hard way and is able to turn tragedy into humor. Here is a man who is on the brink of stardom, who will definitely leave a mark in the entertainment world and spread his comedic message I SHOULDVE PULLED OUT!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
RESUME
AMARU
STAND-UP COMEDY/CLUBS
Acme Road house (Tempe, AZ) Cajun House (Scottsdale, AZ)
Bonkerz Comedy Club (Souix City, IA)
Rascals Comedy Club (Phoenix, AZ)
Mixed Nuts (Los Angeles, CA)
Ha Has Comedy Club (LosAngeles, CA)
Coconut Teaser (Los Angeles, CA)
House of Blues (Hollywood, CA)
Universal City Walk (Orlando, FL)
* More upon request
********** Has opened for national acts such as:
Jurassic 5, David Alan Grier, Jaime Kennedy, Angel Salazar, John Joseph, Mike Robles, Carlos Oscar, Darren Carter, Sommore, Reginald Ballard a.k.a. Bro Man from Martin
Feature act for Steve White, Andres Fernandez, Mike DeStephano, Tom Hester, Doug Williams and Ben Creed **********
Headlined at Woofers & Tweeters Midland, TX
Regular Feature/Headliner at Rascals Comedy Club in Phoenix, AZ
TV/RADIO/PRINT
UPNs, The Parkers
"Jurassic 5" music video, The Influence
Comedy CD entitled, Amaru, Live from Rascals Comedy Club"
Comedy CD entitled, I Shouldve Pulled Out!
Guest spot on, "The Naked Comedy Club" show on KFNX talk 1100, Phoenix, AZ
Commercial for Off The Hook television show.
NEW - As of August 2003, Amaru has just sold two screenplays to Billionaire Publishing out of Arizona.
THEATER
The Birth of New Generation (Dir. A. Boyd) African King Whole Art Theater
FILM
"Foolish"
Transportation, location and production assistant.
"Love Will Make It Right"
An original screenplay written by, Amaru. (Sold)
"Memoirs Of An Embarrassing Moment"
An original screenplay written by, Amaru. (Sold)
TRAINING
Stand-up Comedy: Tim Davis
Screenwriting: Robert McKee
Acting: Acting Studio II KVCC (Kalamazoo, MI)
E-MAIL: DWMPE@COX.NET AMARU (480) 217-2392
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, I travel all over the country performing stand up as well as music.
Your musical influences
Robin Harris, Richard Pryor and Bernie Mac
What equipment do you use?
The audience, my mind and the mic.
Anything else?
The comedy you hear is live from various clubs across the country in their raw format.