Samuel GC Muñoz (He/Him/His)

Fight Director/CT, Actor/Creator, Associate Professor

Career Highlights: Kenneth Branagh’s THOR (Assistant Stunt Coordinator/Motion Capture). Foust & Mcclay’s new Robin Hood adaption at the Pittsburgh Playhouse (Director/Fight Director). Clint Eastwood’s Invictus (Assist Motion Capture Director). Acting roles include Hamlet, Tybalt, Romeo, Smack Donavan (Sci-fi Action Movie), Westly (The Princes Bride), Ed (Aven’U Boys), Pike Calypso (Action Movie: The Play), w/ John Heard (film:Searching for Fortune), Cinemax’s TV series Banshee. Producer & Actor of award winning film 53:1, Stunt Coordinator & Actor of award winning film Broken & Outcast. Co-Creator of 2 Households, 2 Assholes: Shakespeare’s R & J, Off Broadway/SoHo Playhouse, earning rave reviews in the New York Times, NYTheatre.com, and ‘Critics’ Pick’ from Backstage. 

 

Additionally, Samuel GC’s work has been seen at the Tony Award winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Jeff Citation award winning Defiant Theatre, City Theatre Company in Pittsburgh PA, Queens World Film Festival, Fargo Film Festival, North Hollywood Cinefest, Breckenridge Film Festival, Action On Film Festival, Windy City Film Festival, Second City Skybox, Improv Olympic, Chicago’s Storefront Theatre, About Face Theatre, Circle Theater, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, and Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest-Italy.

 

Training: Royal Shakespeare Company Tony Church, Estelle Kohler & Bill Homewood. Chicago’s Second City Martin de Matt, Anne Libera and Mick Napier. Alexander Technique/Movement Specialist Dr. Meade Andrews. Linklater/Voice/Speech Specialist Bridget Conners. The National Theater Conservatory Movement Specialist Bob Davidson, Shakespeare/Speech Specialist Gary Logan, Michael Checkoff student Archie Smith, Acting Jennifer McCray Rincon. Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, CA. MFA from Florida Atlantic University Professional Actor Training Program. BA from Columbia College Chicago under the tutelage of Sheldon Patinkin, Jeff Ginsberg, & SAFD Fight Master David Woolley. The Society of American Fight Directors various Fight Masters, Fight Directors, Certified Teachers.


Muñoz is a former Adjunct Professor at California State University Northridge, Florida Atlantic University Professional Actor Training Program, and Guest Teaching Artist at Columbia College Chicago. Currently, Sam is a  tenured Associate Professor at the Conservatory of Performing Arts, Theatre Department at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is co-founder or the RADMOON Actor Combatant Intensive, a recognized Fight Director and Certified Teacher in The Society of American Fight Directors.


Skill Proficiency History

Date Weapon Location Grade

FIGHT ON THE FARM: SPT/SPR Bootcamp

Aug 6, 2017 Knife Eaton Rapids, Michigan Basic Pass
Aug 6, 2017 Quarterstaff Eaton Rapids, Michigan Recommended Pass

2017 NSCW - AACW & Interns

Jul 7, 2017 Broadsword Winston-Salem, North Carolina Basic Pass
Jul 7, 2017 Unarmed Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 7, 2017 Rapier and Dagger Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 7, 2017 Single Sword Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 7, 2017 Broadsword and Shield Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass

NSCW AAC Theatrical Firearms Safety Certification

Jun 24, 2017 Firearm Winston Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass

Yondorf Small Sword SPR

Mar 4, 2017 Small Sword Chicago, Illinois Recommended Pass

Yondorf BS SPR

Apr 25, 2016 Broadsword Chicago, Illinois Recommended Pass

Winter Wonderland Workshop

Jan 9, 2016 Rapier and Dagger Rosemont, Illinois Basic Pass
Jan 8, 2016 Unarmed Rosemont, Illinois Recommended Pass