Bio
John M Keating is a working actor, audition coach and former nationally touring comedian. John has coached hundreds of actors on co-star, guest star and series regular auditions for both comedic and dramatic roles.
As a comic, John shared stages with acts ranging from “Weird” Al Yankovic, George Carlin and Barenaked Ladies.
He’s guest starred on CRIMINAL MINDS, THE MIDDLE, ANGER MANAGEMENT, DIARY OF A FUTURE PRESIDENT and also co-wrote and starred in THE CONCESSIONAIRES MUST DIE! (featuring Dan Lauria and the late Stan Lee), which was a featured selection at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and is currently on iTunes and Amazon.
As an acting coach, John loves working with actors on bringing their true selves to their acting craft and auditions.
John is represented by Joe Florance and Circle of 10 Talent.
Testimonials
“I took class with John in the “before times”, when we could be in the same room, and was always impressed with how good he was at breaking down a scene and easily communicating it to the actor. He’s even more indispensable now that we are all doing self tapes. I struggled at first, not having any feedback with or having anyone to play off of with my auditions. It was really stressful but all that changed when I was smart enough to start coaching with John.
Now, I feel much more confident in the tapes I am sending out. He’s able to go exactly right to the heart of the scene and knows how to guide you towards it. He is very good at seeing what your strengths are and helping to bring that to an audition. Plus, he makes it fun.”
“John helped me dramatically increase the amount of auditions and callbacks AND I booked my first co-star since I started working with him. True story! I was unaware there was a specific audition process until I met John. The first thing I do when I get an audition is contact John for an audition coaching session. Learning this process and working with John has been a total game changer”
“In addition to the valuable insight that John has from his own work as an actor, he is exceptionally mindful of your personal goals. I joined class and said, “I love paraphrasing and being loose with the script, so I want (read: need) to work on word perfect auditions.” John heard that and when I’m working he watches what I say like a hawk! But in a very supportive way! If you tell him there’s something specific you want to improve on, he remembers.”