Matt Griesser is an actor, comedian who began his career performing ensemble improv with Second City Alumni in Los Angeles, CA. He studied under improv greats, Ryan Stiles and Jane Morris, while often performing at Up Front Comedy, The IceHouse and Improv Olympic. After appearing in many national television commercials and several sitcom guest spots, he was cast as the signature character he’s best known for, “SIGN BOY”. For 8 seasons Matt played the traveling standard bearer in the world of professional golf for the FootJoy golf brand. During that time, Matt performed and often improvised a large part of more than 50 international television spots. “SIGN BOY” was a regular fixture in professional golf, appearing with the likes of Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, David Toms, Camillo Villages and Vijay Singh. During that same time, Matt also played sidekick host to PGA Pro, Peter Jacobsen on the Golf Channel’s original series, Peter Jacobsen: Plugged In. This comedic ½ hr. variety comedy/golf show aired for three seasons. Matt often traveled to shoot on location in such places as Hawaii, Iceland and even Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Most recently, Matt was cast and directed by improv master, Christopher Guest. In a string of television spots for Radio Shack, Matt plays the character, “Alphonse”, personal assistant to 7 time Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong. One of the most popular spots aired throughout Lance Armstrong’s last Tour de France - “Alphonse” is caught pretending to race in the Tour de France while on Lance’s indoor training bike, wearing Lance’s Team Radio Shack racing spandex. Matt has appeared in two feature films, “The Flintstone: Viva Rock Vegas and Cameron Crowe’s, “Almost Famous.” As well as such TV shows as “10 Items or Less”, “King of Queens”, “’Til Death” and “Rules of Engagement.” He currently voices the Immature Cheese (cheese wheel) for CHEEZ IT brands’ television advertising. During football season you can often catch Matt’s voice during ESPN’s College GameDay coverage.
