Cliff Samara is a New Yorker by way of Norway by way of London. He was born in Colombo Sri Lanka and is a dual citizen of Great Britain and the United States. After selling a very successful information technology company that he co-founded in NY, he enrolled at Weist-Barron studios and dove right in to acting. In addition to speaking English and Sinhalese (Sri-Lanka) he speaks fluent Norwegian. His acting debut was in one of the first major viral ads done for Dominos pizza, where he played "The crazy rich guy". Since then he has appeared in movies such as Happy life, Couch, The Good Heart, Game Time and Beautiful Dreamer. On television he has appeared in 30 Rock, Louie and We are New York. He has also appeared in numerous national TV commercials. He has also acted in many Industrials and Web series. Some of the characters played: Angry man, Astronaut, Attendant, Coffee vendor, Dad, Dentist, Dry cleaner, Engineer, Executive, Guidance Counselor, Hotel clerk, International businessman, IT executive, Kidnapper (Mafiosa), Landlord, Mechanist boss, Medical Doctor, Passenger, Patient, Patron, Recruiter, Rich man, Scientist, Shoe Cobbler, Shop keeper, Street vendor, Student, Surgeon, Taster, Yankee fan