Scott Sedita

Scott Sedita, winner of Backstage Best Acting Teacher 2008 and voted one of the Best Audition and Comedy Teachers 2009, 2010 and 2011 is a well respected, highly in-demand acting coach, motivational speaker, sitcom consultant and best-selling author. Recently, Scott was seen in the Showtime series "La La Land," the VH1 reality series "New York Goes To Hollywood" as well as MTV's "My Perfect Life." In the past, he's starred in the E! show "Fight For Fame," USA Network's "Character Fantasy," Fox Sports Network's "Helmets Off, " MTV's "Adventures In Hollyhood" and Bravo's "Faking It." Scott is a Sitcom Consultant on comedies in the United States and Canada. His internationally best-selling book, "The Eight Characters of Comedy. A Guide to Sitcom Acting & Writing," has become a "bible" to Hollywood comedy writers, directors, producers, and actors; and is used as a textbook in over 80 colleges and universities. He is also the author of the #1 acting career book, "Scott Sedita's Guide To Making It In Hollywood. 3 Steps to Success. 3 Steps to Failure." A graduate of Boston University's Film and Television program, Scott has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He began his career in New York as a talent agent, where he started the careers of many of today's top stars, including Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Teri Polo, Christopher Meloni, Dylan Walsh, Jerry O'Connell and Vincent D'Onofrio just to name a few. In 1990, Scott relocated to Los Angeles where he worked as a sitcom writer for Howie Mandel, Bobcat Goldthwait and others. In the mid-90s, Scott worked as a casting director for Danny Goldman Casting until launching his Scott Sedita Acting Studios in 1998. Today, Scott and his staff at SSAS teach comedy and drama to the hundreds of actors who walk through his doors on a weekly basis. Scott has worked with many of today's top stars, including Emma Roberts, 50 Cent, Josh Duhamel, Chace Crawford, Kevin Alejandro, Michael Weatherly, Kellan Lutz, Geoff Stults, as well as many hot new actors who have become series regulars on such shows as "Gossip Girl," "90210," "Pretty Little Liars," "True Blood,""Grey's Anatomy," "Weeds," "Chuck," "Teen Wolf," "The Secret Life of An American Teenager," "Suburgatory," "The Killing," and "Zeke and Luther" to name a few. Scott has appeared on numerous TV talk shows and can be heard on radio stations around the world as the "Hollywood Expert." Sedita's been the feature story in such publications as Hollywood Reporter, Soap Opera Digest, Inside TV, Backstage and TV Soap to name a few. He has also appeared on "CNN," "On The Red Carpet," "Entertainment Tonight," "Extra," and "Access Hollywood." KTLA Channel 5 did a story on Scott entitled "Where Young Hollywood Goes and Studies" and referred to him as "one of the hottest coaches in town."