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Skip Schwink

Skip Schwink

An actor and filmmaker known for the A24/Plan B produced Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Steven Yeun, which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Dramatic Feature at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, as well as for the family comedy adventure feature film C.I.Ape, about the world's first chimpanzee secret agent, released by Lionsgate in 2021, where he appears as the supervillain known as Alpha Dog, and the family comedy/drama Breaking Them Up in which he co-stars alongside Kellen Coleman and Steven Schneider. Skip also stars opposite Dennis Quaid in the feature biopic Reagan where he portrays the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter.

A former student of the Upright Citizens Brigade and Groundlings improv and sketch schools in Los Angeles, Skip has performed at some of the worlds most famous comedy clubs including The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. His comedic talents are on full display in C.I.Ape.

Filmography
Minding Your Business poster
Minding Your Business
2025 • Tim Craver
Reagan poster
Reagan
2024 • Jimmy Carter
Guardians of Time poster
Guardians of Time
2023 • Jason
C.I.Ape poster
C.I.Ape
2022 • Alpha Dog
Joey and Ella poster
Joey and Ella
2021
Ape Canyon poster
Ape Canyon
2021 • Franklin
Minari poster
Minari
2021 • Doctor
The Sneak Over poster
The Sneak Over
2020 • Mr. Blevins
Breaking Them Up poster
Breaking Them Up
2020 • Frank
Life 101 poster
Life 101
1995 • Ryan Hall Dormmate
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C.I.Ape: Mission Devious
— • Alpha Dog