Ilan Kwittken
- Actor
- Make-Up Department
- Producer
Ilan Kwittken was born, Ilan Marc Kwittken on August 23, 1964, in Mount Vernon, New York. He later moved to Tenafly, New Jersey, where he graduated from High School in 1982. Having already started his professional career as an actor and singer whilst completing his senior year of high school, his goal was to find a University that had a wonderful drama and voice program. He earned a BFA in Drama from Syracuse, University in 1986. After graduation, Ilan moved to NYC and got his first professional job as an actor just 4 months later when he was auditioned for an Improvisational troupe called "The Village Soaps", a long form imrpovisation group with whom he happily performed for 3 years. At that time, he entered a contest on "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers", and out of 6000 contestants and a call in vote, won the title of "Joan for a Day" which culminated with an appearance side by side with Joan Rivers as co-host. From that day forward, Ilan has done numerous television, film and theatre performances. His works as an actor who sometimes plays woman has earned him praise over the years, as well as his work as a singer,which can be found on Amazon. He lives in the Bronx, NY with his 2 rescue dogs and 3 rescue cats and is an outspoken advocate for animal rights.