Jeff Witzke, THE MENTALIST, UP IN THE AIR actor: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Jeff Witzke slips in a cameo with Mr. Media, just after appearing with Simon Baker and George Clooney!

If you ask Jeff Witzke’s mother, she will tell you her son started performing at the tender age of two, when he popped out of the fireplace, soot covered and with a big “Ta Da!”

Later, he and his best friend spent countless hours making their own videos. Tucked away in their basements with a VCR and a camera, the duo made parodies of current events, dubbed over television shows with their own voices, and used every Star Wars figure, Fisher-Price toy and sister’s Barbie dolls they could get their hands on to create outrageous stories that would entertain their friends and family.

One summer they expanded their artistic efforts and created a comedy-adventure spoof for the local cable station. A take off of Batman—they wrote, directed and starred in eight episodes of the adventures of “Moneyman,” Grosse Pointe’s first superhero.

After attending Michigan State University, he moved to Los Angeles and quickly built a list of credits. Some of his most memorable roles include the kidnapper in Jason Reitman’s film Thank You For Smoking, the uber-Hollywood baby talent agent in last season’s “Nip/Tuck,” and on stage as Brother Brightbee, in the Los Angeles run of the “Book Of Liz,” by Amy and David Sedaris.

Witzke has a cameo in Reitman’s newest film, Up In The Air, opposite George Clooney. He will also be in the second season premiere of “The Mentalist” on CBS opposite Simon Baker, and he just finished co-writing and co-starring in the new web series pilot, “House Husbands.”