Bio- JERRY SULLIVAN (SULLY)

Written by Jerry Sullivan Thursday, 14 May 2009 19:05

Born Gerard Laurence Sullivan on March 5, 1956, Sully grew up in the Fordham section of the Bronx to his parents Robert(RIP) and Irene. Sully's siblings include sisters Eileen, Jeanne(RIP), Mary and brothers Bob (RIP) and John.

Jerry is married to Lori, who he first met at 14, and has three incredible children Lindsey, Ashley and Casey. Sully could be seen jumping rooftops as a child playing ring-a-levio(tag) in his Bronx neighborhood and living to tell about it. After years of getting into brawls, he figured out when people were busy laughing they weren't fighting so he decided to keep them laughing for as long as he could.

Sully's first shot at acting was at his catholic school second grade play called "The King and his Kitchen" in which he naturally played the king. If you could make a bunch of nuns laugh you could be on to something! Wanting to get into standup, Jerry used to sit in a beach chair in front of New York's Catch a Rising Star all day just to get a 5 minute spot on Monday night when amateurs were added to that night's lineup. He continued to do standup in the 70's and early 80's working in clubs like Catch a Rising Star and The Comedy Store iin LA where he listened and learned from the acts of comedians such as the late Freddie Prinze, Robert Klein, Robin Williams, Richard Belzer, Gilbert Gottfried,Bill Scheft, Adrianne Tolsch and Sam Kinison, just to name a few. And while he never met the late great George Carlin, Sully would be the first to admit seeing him perform made him realize that truth is really funny when it's DELIVERED.

Jerry attended acting school at Lee Strasberg's Theatre and Film Institute in New York where he studied method actiing as well as being an acting member of Michael Sawyers improv show on Manhattan cable. He went on to theatre performing in shows including "Annie Get Your Gun", "Hello Dolly", "The King and I", and "The Music Man" as well as national touring company productions. His television appearances include 70's shows such as "What Really Happened to the Class of 65", "Eight is Enough", "James at 16" as well as more recent shows including "Feds" and "Mad TV". Jerry formed "Caseman Productions" in 1992 named after his son Casey and wrote several comedy satire shows which debuted in Westchester New York's historic "Irvington Town Hall Theater" in 1992 featuring his newly formed comedy troupe, "The Nuthouse Comedy Revue." The Revue performed shows until the early 2000's. After taking a few years off Sully is back to his old tricks and is now working out new material in NYC clubs such as Standup New York and the world famous Comic Strip.