The Inspired Actor is a podcast exploring performance, imagination, and the actor’s creative process. Produced in collaboration with MICHA — the Michael Chekhov Association , the series features conversations with international artists, teachers, and practitioners working with the Michael Chekhov technique and related approaches to acting, directing, and creative collaboration. Learn More at www.michaelchekhov.org Tobias Jelinek is an actor and founder of The Inspired Actor , a Michael Chekhov-based acting lab in Los Angeles exploring performance, imagination, and creative transformation. Over a 30-year career in film and television, he has portrayed bold, transformative characters across comedy, drama, and genre storytelling. His work spans from his early role as Jay in Disney’s cult classic Hocus Pocus to appearances in the Marvel and DC universes and acclaimed productions including Stranger Things , Mayfair Witches , and This Is Us . Most recently, he portrayed real-life serial killer Richard Speck in Ryan Murphy’s international hit Monster: The Ed Gein Story . Jelinek’s interest in documenting and sharing artist archives began in the early 2000s through a collaboration with Callie Angell, curator of the Andy Warhol Film Project at the Whitney Museum. He later penned Detour Journals , a column for H Magazine dedicated to the raw exploration of Los Angeles subculture, artists, and creative communities. His upcoming projects include a new Ryan Murphy production as well as a collection of interviews and narrative collaborations connected to the anticipated photo book of celebrity hairstylist and artist Julio “Shampoolio” Romano.
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Ep.3 Danielle Carter
Sep 17, 202611 minS0
<p>In this episode of The Inspired Actor: MICHA Conversations, Tobias Jelinek and Craig Mathers sit down with Australian actor, educator, and author Danielle Carter for a conversation about discovery, creative freedom, and the enduring power of the Michael Chekhov Technique. Danielle shares how an unexpected encounter with Chekhov changed the course of her work, and how that discovery eventually led to her new book, Discovering the Michael Chekhov Technique: In the Studio with Ted Pugh and Fern Sloan.</p><p>The Inspired Actor: MICHA Conversations is produced in collaboration with MICHA, the Michael Chekhov Association.</p>
<p>In this episode of The Inspired Actor: MICHA Conversations, Craig Mathers and Ray Caspio sit down with actor and Inspired Actor founder Tobias Jelinek to explore his journey into the Michael Chekhov Technique and the ways it has transformed his approach to acting.</p><p>Tobias shares how a desire to revitalize his imagination led him to Chekhov, the teachers who shaped his practice, and how the work has become an essential part of his process on stage, on screen, and in the audition room. The conversation moves through atmosphere, archetype, embodied exploration, and his preparation for the role...
<p>In this first episode of The Inspired Actor, Tobias Jelinek and Craig Mathers sit down with Polish actor, musician, educator, and intimacy coordinator Dominica Hanslik to explore her path into the Michael Chekhov Technique and the sense of creative freedom she discovered through the work.</p><p>Dominica shares how an early encounter with Chekhov sparked her curiosity, eventually leading her to study with teachers including Graham Dixon, Joanna Merlin, Leonard Petit, Ted Pugh, Fern Sloan, Craig Mathers, Bethany Caputo, Dawn Arnold, and Ragnar Freidank. She reflects on the importance of the body, the archetypal world, and the limitless...
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