Craig Ricci Shaynak is an actor, writer, producer, and composer with a degree in Medieval Drama from the University of Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles where he runs his production company, Kingswell Productions.
You may have seen him as TINY on Showtime’s RAY DONOVAN with Liev Schreiber. He shared the big screen with Mark Wahlberg in TED 2, Matt Damon in THE INFORMANT, and Christian Bale in HARSH TIMES.
Craig executive produced several award-winning short films including THE BEATING, THE STORY MAN, and WARHOL. He was thrilled to compose music and executive produce the feature version of WARHOL called MIDNIGHT CALLER written and directed by Adam Ethan Crow. It is now available to watch on Amazon and other streaming services.
Mr. Shaynak has also done voices for such films as HAPPY FEET, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM and ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING. He is a regular at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where he has performed original shows like COWBOYS AND INDIANS, MR. FIZZYWIGG’S STORY FACTORY, and the long running I AM GOOGLE as part of Laughing Horse Free Festival.
Recent Roles
HOWARD TROTTER on LETHAL WEAPON
SINGING INMATE on 2 BROKE GIRLS
TINY, recurring character on Showtime's RAY DONOVAN
FAT BLIND GUY in TED 2 with MARK WAHLBERG
JEFF THE PHONE REP on MARON
TIFFIN OLIN, chess champion on BONES