Paul Marcarelli

Education

He is a native of North Haven, Connecticut, where he attended North Haven High School and received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Fairfield University.

Career

He appeared in all of his Verizon commercials wearing a gray Verizon jacket and his own horn-rimmed glasses until 2010. In February 2011, he revived his role as the Verizon test man in a commercial advertising the release of the iPhone 4 for Verizon

In 2002, he started appearing as the "Test Manitoba" character in Verizon Wireless commercials, for which Entertainment Weekly named him one of most intriguing people of 2002. Marcarelli had already appeared in numerous commercials for companies including Old Navy, Merrill Lynch, Dasani, and Heineken.

He also performed in industrial and promotional films, and as a voiceover artist for Comedy Central, United Airlines and Aetna Insurance, among others

Mobius"s production of The Adding Machine, in which he played the lead role, garnered the award for excellence in overall production from the New York International Fringe Festival in 2001. And his 2005 production, Bridezilla Strikes Back! Marcarelli appeared on The Price Is Right during the showcase sponsored by Verizon Wireless.

He also co-wrote the storyline for the 2011 independent film The Green, for which he also wrote the screenplay.

Achievements

• Starring Cynthia Silver, which The New York Times called "irresistible," won the Fringe"s overall excellence award for outstanding solo show. He has a twin brother, Matthew, the current Assistant Chief of Operations at the New Haven Fire Department and New Haven 20 member which won a land mark case before the Supreme Court.

Membership

A founding member of New York"s Mobius Group Productions, Marcarelli produced and performed in works by Eric Bogosian, Warren Leight, and Richard Nelson. The signature white hard hats used in the commercials were worn by members of the studio audience. Marcarelli is also a founding member of the Table Ten Films production company.