Acting Coach

I’m a writer, actor and director and I bring this experience to every coaching session.  Whether you need to mine your audition for choices, find the funny in the performance, or just hit your eye-lines, I can help.

I’m a writer, actor and director and I bring this experience to every coaching session. Whether you need to mine your audition for choices, find the funny in the performance, or just hit your eye-lines, I can help.

James Gangl is an asset that I’ve used to help me book multiple roles in film and TV. James is excellent at taking the choices I’ve already made and elevating them to the next level. He creates a supportive environment that allows me to try things in my scenes that I wouldn’t otherwise. I love working with James.
— Alex Knight (Narcos, Breaking Bad, Last Week Tonight)
James is enthusiastic, patient and will always help me find the funny. If it’s for a self tape, he will not let let me press send until I am happy. If I am going into the room, I always feel prepared. James has helped me book parts.
— Stefanie Drummond (Mean Girls, Bosch, Fuller House)
James is the first person I reach out to before any audition. His notes are thoughtful and specific and I always leave with insight into the text and character that I never would have discovered on my own. I booked the biggest job of my career, a series regular on an NBC / Universal family sitcom, off of a self-tape that he coached and recorded with me. A session with James is always time well spent!
— Allison Price (Bajillionaires)

Improv Training

James and his team of improvisers create custom workshops that focus on Story Telling,  Communication, Team Work and Creativity for industry leaders  like  Cadbury, Cossette Communications and the Canadian Marketing Association... and that's just th…

James and his team of improvisers create custom workshops that focus on Story Telling, Communication, Team Work and Creativity for industry leaders like Cadbury, Cossette Communications and the Canadian Marketing Association... and that's just the C's! Contact James to help spark the imagination of your team.

Thanks so much to you and your team for creating a great session that met our requirements very well. The team both enjoyed it and felt like it helped build and sharpen skills. You guys knocked it out of the park for us again!
— Mark Emond, CEO Demand Spring
If you are looking for facilitator who can put everyone at ease, make everyone laugh, and build comradery in a group or team, then look no further. James is a gem.
— Annie Simpson, M Ed | Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto