Cole Stratton

Born: 1976-09-21

Cole Stratton is the co-founder of SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, a month-long annual event highlighting the best in improv, sketch, stand-up, TV and film comedy. He's co-host of the Pop My Culture Podcast and regular sub host of Alchemy This. Along with Janet Varney, he has written and performed downloadable comedic commentary to the films Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Footloose, Poltergeist, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Dreamscape and Jaws 3D for RiffTrax.com, an online venture helmed by Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Michael J. Nelson. Also with Varney, he co-created and co-hosts the Audible original comedy series The Bat: Improv in the Dark, featuring a who’s-who of guest improvisers winging a set sans lights in front of a live audience. He's appeared on American Horror Story, 9-1-1, Good Girls, Nash Bridges and America's Most Wanted, and in the films Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse, The Selling, Dead Man on Campus, Around the Fire and Callback. He's part of a washed-up boy band called Hot Basics in Janet Varney's IFC web series Fortune Rookie. As an improviser, he tours with Theme Park Improv, which features Ian Brennan, Rachel Dratch, Oscar Nunez, Danny Pudi, Simon Helberg, John Michael Higgins, Jessica Makinson and Janet Varney. He performs regularly at the Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, CA.


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The Retrievers

as Phil
Released: 2001-07-27

The Lowrys are starting a new life, moving to the quiet Northern California town of Placerville....

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Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse

as Ed
Released: 2016-10-14

A struggling comedy duo discovers that surviving the apocalypse is almost as difficult as...

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The Selling

as Ed
Released: 2011-04-29

For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super...

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Around the Fire

as Kyle
Released: 1998-09-26

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton...

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Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015

as Himself
Released: 2015-03-06

Mike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever...

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Rifftrax live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016

as Himself
Released: 2016-04-04

Mike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest...

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RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019

as Self
Released: 2019-02-28

Bill and Kevin are joined onstage by the great Paul F. Tompkins, and together they host and riff...

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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013

as Himself
Released: 2013-05-30

Watch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic...

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American Horror Story

as Worshipper #2
First aired: 2011-10-05

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a...

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For All Mankind

as Helios Employee - Warren
First aired: 2019-11-01

Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal...

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American Crime Story

as Omni Reporter #3
First aired: 2016-02-02

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

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9-1-1

as ER Doctor #3
First aired: 2018-01-03

Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are...

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Nash Bridges

as Russell
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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Nash Bridges

as Bennett Cole
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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Good Girls

as Random Man (Starbucks)
First aired: 2018-02-26

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances...

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Fortune Rookie

as Kip
First aired: 2018-10-02

On the advice of a fortune teller in a bathroom, Janet Varney leaves showbiz behind to become a...

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