Hey there! I’m Andrew Yanker, an actor, standup and writer based in Los Angeles . I was grew up between New York City and Tucson, Arizona. Two starkly different places, but with one thing in common, cacti.
Recently, you can see me in a feature film called “When a Righteous Man Falls” starring Andre Royo from “Empire” and “The Wire”.
A career highlight was when I got to play the larger than life character: fighter pilot, legal arms dealer & male go-go dancer, Victor Miller, in a larger than life story: his quest to obtain a Harrier Jet for the Pepsi-Co Corporation in order to satisfy the demands of a teenager, who wanted to test the limits of “false advertising”. It will be debuting on Apple TV Plus!
I love playing characters from all walks of life from the wild and subversive to the seemingly banal and every day. Here is a recent sketch I’m really proud of
The world would be a much better place if everyone believed in their abilities and the gifts they have to share with the world. I have been on both sides of it, so I know, we need more confidence in this world, not less.
My half-hour pilot Frat Baby was a quarter finalist in the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition.
“You’re only given one spark of madness in this world, you musn’t ever lose it”- Robin Williams