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Craig Lee Thomas is a stage, screen, and voice actor based in Los Angeles. After studying at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City through NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts under Master teachers Ron Burrus, Betsy Parrish, and Jimmy Tripp, Craig went on to perform in regional and off-off-Broadway theater, including 3 seasons at the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, and a New York Times critically acclaimed performance in Colin McKenna’s ‘Parking Lot, Lonely Heart’.
Nin Jiom. Full Stop. The goo. The goop. The sauce. The lifesaver.
$6 towel hook from Target to hang my headphones up in my booth. Not having to hold them or set them on the desk, and having somewhere to easily stow them between reads is the best.
Primo water machine. It makes that corner of my kitchen look like an office, but getting the 5 gallon jugs of filtered water is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than buying water bottles. Plus, instant-hot water for tea
The Scriptation app for iPad. Organizes scripts, lets me highlight and scribble notes with ease.
This quote, always:
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” -Samuel Beckett
As a voice actor, Craig has performed in dozens of interactive projects including ‘Honkai Star Rail’, ‘Starfield’, ‘Octopath Traveller 2’, ‘Wylde Flowers’, ‘Lost Ark’, ‘Star Wars Squadrons’, ‘World of Warcraft’, ‘Diablo Immortal’, and numerous upcoming AAA titles. Craig also is a Commercial and Interactive Demo Director at Real Voice, LA. Other work includes appearances on ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘Jane the Virgin’, ‘Dollface’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’, and commercial VO work for dozens of companies including Postmates, HP, Dunkin’ and Bank of America.
13 08 26Rest is hard to come by as a creative person. Experts will often tell you to embrace “just being,” but personally, when I try that, a little voice tends to pipe in my head and let me know that I’m falling behind, not doing enough, and then I end up retroactively putting together an in-depth game plan to tackle for when I’m done pretending to “just be.”
09 07 26...networking isn't just about meeting people. It’s about building genuine professional relationships. The challenge is that authenticity has its own etiquette. Industry professionals can usually tell the difference between curiosity and strategy, and the strongest networking happens when the two naturally overlap.
11 04 26I’m curious, if you’re an actor, singer, engineer, composer, dancer, animator — or like, pursue anything in the arts, can you recall a note you’ve received in the past, or a special nugget of wisdom from a mentor that you can say has genuinely helped shape your craft for the better? A note that’s inspired you to strive to be the best artist you can be? On the flip side…have you received a note that felt like a personal attack or perhaps has made you question your worth as an artist?