John di Domenico

Actor, Writer, Emcee, and Impersonator

Topics: Comedy & Humorist, Entertainment, Moderator, Host & Emcee, Politics, Media, Productivity

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Biography

John Di Domenico started his professional acting career in Philadelphia while maintaining copywriting positions with Philadelphia advertising agencies. John’s gift for comedy got him noticed by the SKITZOID Comedy Troupe. Di Domenico was soon performing and touring nationally with the company, eventually becoming the head writer and artistic director. John performed for a year at Atlantic City’s Tropicana Hotel Casino where he had the opportunity to develop his stable of celebrity and original characters.

John has pursued acting in both New York City and Philadelphia. While working in New York City, Di Domenico became a member of “Some Assembly Required (S.A.R.),” one of the city’s finest improvisation companies. S.A.R. gave John the opportunity to hone his improvisational skills. Stand-up comedy was the perfect format for John’s love of writing and performing. Di Domenico’s semi-autobiographical act incorporated his parents, growing up Catholic, and many of John’s impressions. John performed his stand-up comedy act at comedy clubs all over the East Coast, including Caroline’s and Catch A Rising Star. Di Domenico is very proud to have worked his way up from opening act to featured comedian and even headlining entertainer, on occasion.

John may look familiar to you; that’s because he’s appeared in numerous commercials for VISA, Miller Beer, Olive Garden, Bud Light, Bradlees, Value-Rent-a-Car, and Comcast, to name a few. Di Domenico has also appeared on ABC’s The Next Best Thing and can be seen as Donald Trump in the box-office hit Meet the Spartans (the #1 film for the week of January 25th, 2008). John’s hilarious Austin Powers impression has been recognized as the best by People Magazine (9/17/07). John’s viral comedy videos have been seen by millions of people, and have garnered outstanding reviews and comments on YouTube.

Di Domenico’s focus over the last decade has been entertaining corporate audiences worldwide. John has had great success driving content and key messages while seamlessly integrating his celebrity and original characters, and unique brand of comedy into meetings, trade shows, events, and custom videos for corporations, organizations, and brands around the world.

John is constantly growing his roster of live fully costumed characters and voice impressions which keeps him in high demand by leading production companies and event producers. Di Domenico also spends a great deal of time researching and reading about business across a wide range of sectors so that he is constantly prepared for meetings centered around industries as diverse as pharmaceutical, automotive, coffee, computer, and telecom, just to name a few.

John Di Domenico loves creating, writing, and performing his customized content-driven material for corporate audiences all over the world.

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As Donald Trup

As the Donald Trump impersonator, John Di Domenico, comically delivers the ultimate business icon to your national meeting, product launch, or sales training. “Apprentice Team-Building” events, videos or a customized “Trump Take-Over” roast are just a few ways that “Trump” adds value to your event. Many corporations have had Di Domenico’s Trump impersonation wow their group while delivering content and key messages.

Award Show Host

Having John Di Domenico host your award show gives you the opportunity to have many different, entertaining hosts throughout the event. SONY, CANON, GE AeroSpace and numerous other companies have utilized Di Domenico's ever-growing cast of celebrity and original characters to give their award shows a comedic boost. Each character is specifically chosen for the "right fit" to a specific category and to deliver maximum comedic impact. All of John’s award-show material and performances are well paced, funny and unique—reflecting his vast experience as a corporate comedic performer.

Bogus Speaker

John's unique talents and history give him the ability to accurately portray any presenter "character" authentically. He's the perfect fake/impostor/bogus expert speaker on any subject. John's warm and professional style lends itself perfectly to convincing corporate audiences he is whoever he says he is: best selling business author, industry expert or outside consultant. John works closely with the client to create a custom written, well researched and industry accurate presentation that starts off innocuously and sounds like any other speech but soon veers into a hilarious, insightful, interactive presentation that maintains it's believability until the finish. John has successfully captivated hundreds of corporate audiences nationally and internationally.

Event Emcee

John Di Domenico is one of the most versatile master of ceremonies in the business. As host, stand up comedian, impressionist, interviewer, and facilitator, John will become the connective tissue of your meeting. Di Domenico will learn about your company, your industry, your brand, your product, and most importantly your people allowing him to write customized emcee material that is memorable, effective, and funny.

John’s naturally warm and confident personality makes him the perfect emcee. Years of experience in improv have conditioned John to be ready for any eventuality on stage and off. With Di Domenico your meeting will be a huge success, just ask 1-800-Flowers, Red Roof Inns, TD Bank, Yale Lift Trucks, RIMS, TrinTech, or MAACO, just to name a few of the international brands John has emceed for.

Game Show Host

John has hosted game shows as himself, or one of his many characters, in numerous venues such as sales meetings, trade shows and for Major League Baseball's Fan Fest. Di Domenico's warm, friendly and funny style has been a hit at national sales meetings for numerous Fortune 500 Companies. At trade shows, Di Domenico is expert at getting people into the booth and keeping them engaged and entertained throughout the course of the game. He has hosted countless game shows for companies as diverse as Major League Baseball, GE Healthcare, Ricoh, Sharp, The Medicines Company, Maaco, Astellas Pharma and many others.

National Sales Meetings Emcee

John Di Domenico excels in the multi-day "national sales meeting" format. John presents creative solutions in collaboration with the production company and their end-client. Di Domenico obtains a clear understanding of both parties objectives for the event. John is able to weave content and comedy seamlessly as a writer, host, and performer of numerous celebrity and original characters throughout the course of the meeting. With John’s arsenal of characters, it’s the equivalent of hiring an entire cast of performers.

John works closely with his clients to match every character to the message thus maximizing the entertainment and educational value. Whether he’s live onstage in the general session, live via broadcast to breakout rooms, or prerecorded on video, John’s performance is informative, relevant, and extremely funny.

Testimonials

Thanks for making our show run seamlessly. You were able to keep our show rolling and rolling with no dead time. Your outfits, makeup, and impersonations were spot on. Your stand up and improv were perfect for our entire group. You were able to read the audience perfectly. You were extremely professional and we sincerely appreciate it. I wish you great success in your future endeavors. If you are going to be available next year, we plan on using your services again!

– Mike Malina, ECP Marketing

Di Domenico delivers. As a video producer with more than 20 years working with talent, few performers bring as much to a production as John. He invests himself fully in each character he's performing. His enthusiasm "pops" and is evident on both stage and screen. As a participant in the pre-production phase, John is engaged, highly motivated and comes the table with workable ideas. I highly recommend John Di Domenico.

– Geoff McCall, Vice President

John rocked Tavern on the Green as Donald Trump and made it our best and funniest meeting ever! John performance was not only hilarious but he weaved in every piece of material we gave him. The next day the group was still clamoring about the success of the prior evening and what a great time they had. We'll have John back again soon.

– Tom Wagenblast, VP of Corporate Parts & Service

John Di Domenico was simply outstanding. Not only were his interventions professionally executed, but his quickness of mind and wit were also able to take advantage of situations as they unfurled and the impact of this was not missed on anyone. Perhaps even more impressive, though, was the range of characters that John portrayed, not just broad in their number but also incredibly diverse, spanning from the original founder of our company, Samuel Curtis Johnson (1886), to his Austin Powers impersonation, with Larry King and Lt. Columbo interspersed in between. Each was executed flawlessly.

– Steven P. Stanbrook, President

On behalf of The WOW Factory and our client Carpet One, thank you for an outstanding job! Your performance carried the entire event. Your impersonations of Donald Trump, Austin Powers, Wayne from Wayne's World and Ozzy Osbourne were the hit of the meeting. Your scripts nailed the key information that had to be communicated and the characters were dead-on funny. You have exceeded our expectations and we look forward to working with you again soon.

– David Carr, President/Executive Producer

John was hysterical as Donald Trump, Austin Powers and the bumbling salesperson 'Bert Sellmore' in front of our 2500 attendees. John’s comedic instincts are always right on, hitting the proverbial home run with our audience and delivering content and key messages along the way. He's a pleasure to work with and a great collaborator.

– Mario Giampaglia, Global Creative Director, SAP (Global Marketing)

For the Pharmacia, CVO product launch we asked a great deal of John and he delivered. The show was presented as a telethon and John played the host and all the celebrity guests. John is a total creative package. He embraced the concept and became an integral part of our creative team; he assisted in writing, structure, concept and, of course, performing live and in video modules (including Rocky), all leading to an extremely successful show. Drury looks forward to working with him again.

– Trish Whitehurst, Executive Producer

John’s “General Patton” impersonation was a five-star performance that really inspired the troops at our National Sales Meeting!

– Robert Reale, Manager, Carlisle Creative Services

John did an incredible job for our Novartis client, he portrayed an amazing array of diverse characters including Ozzy Osbourne, Donald Trump, Austin Powers, Emeril Lagasse, The Croc Hunter, Regis Philbin, Vinnie Soprano and Lt. Columbo. The sheer number of characters was remarkable and he nailed each one making his presentations entertaining, but more importantly he imparted critical information to the group. Flexible, professional, appropriate and quick, John is a sure thing when corporate messaging must be entertaining. He’s absolutely the best.

– Jill Glenn, President