Born in Berkeley, California, to Betty Eve May Miller, a writer/artist, and Douglas Collins Gompertz, a salesman. He studied at the San Jose Music/Arts Institute and performed with the San Jose Children's Musical Theatre, as well as other local theatre companies in the late 70s and early 80s.He moved to Los Angeles in 1985. After studying under (the late, great) Estelle Harman, he co-created the improvisational troupe "Section Eight," was a member of the critically acclaimed New One-Act Theatre Ensemble from 1989 to 1992 and continued acting in the L.A. theatre scene throughout the 90s. In 1992 he founded Hit The Fan Productions in an effort to create interesting projects for himself.In 1996, He was cast in a 2 line role on the pilot "Boston Common" (1996). The producers liked his quirky versatility so much that he appeared in 10 more episodes as the character "D.C." He received critical praise for his performance in Falling Words (1997), about a pathological liar who believes he's psychically connected to beautiful women. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in The Eighth Plane (1998), an anti-Scientology gangster film short, and Freud and Darwin Sitting in a Tree (2000), a short about first cousin coitus.In Totally Blonde (2001) the director couldn't decide which of two characters to cast him as - so D.C. played both.Aside from a busy on-camera and voice over career, his most recent personal project (in which he wrote, produced and directed), Duck, Duck, Goose! (2005), is currently playing the festival circuit.
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