Ray Klein

Ray Klein considers his hometown to be Kansas City, MO, but he was born in Minot, ND, during a tornado. Ray Klein was an Air Force brat (father was a Colonel), and lived in 7 different states by age 12. His first foray into the arts was playing the Trumpet, which he studied from grade school through college. He began playing bass guitar in high school, and he continues to play to this day. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO), and a Master of Music degree - in Composition - from Arizona State University. While in Arizona, Ray was coaxed into trying improvisation with the Oxymoron'z, under the direction of the late Louis Anthony Russo. From there, Ray met and partnered up with Rob Twohy to form the comedy team, Twohy & Klein. After touring the Twohy & Klein act at various dive bars around the United States, Ray settled in Los Angeles and studied improv and sketch at The Second City. He was then a member of several sketch comedy groups, most notably Second Helping and Abe Lincoln Presents. Additional comedy training came with The Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop, The Upright Citizens Brigade, and Fred Willard's The MOHOs. Ray is married to the talented actress Cynthia Rube (Klein), and they have two cats (Dewey & Smudge). Ray also plays Bass guitar in a fantastic local Los Angeles based bar-rock band called Smales (pronounced like the last name of Ted Knight's character in the movie Caddy Shack) Ray is also a huge Jerry Lewis fan and collects his movies.