Animal Actors for all your Animal Actor Needs
WORLD'S LARGEST PROVIDER
Over 35 years of experience in providing affection-trained Exotic and Domestic Animals for the Television and Motion Picture Industry. We specialize in providing script breakdowns, coordinators and Hollywood's top trainers and wranglers.
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Animal Actors who will steal your show.
Animal actors from Amazing Animal Productions, Inc. have over 35 years of experience providing animal actors for movies, television,
talk shows, commercials, photography, live events and everything else animal actor related!
Amazing Animal Productions have expanded our movie operations into Texas, Michigan, Louisiana, Iowa, Washington, New Mexico, Utah and will be soon adding Arizona We are registered with each state’s film commission and have a physical presence in each of these states due to the tremendous tax incentives provided to the film industry.
We now have an International presence with our first Amazing Animal Productions office in Sweden which is run by one of our former US trainers, Lina Kimball
Whether you need animal actors to star in
your production, animal actors to add ambiance to the background or animal actors to do your stunts, we will provide the animal actors you need!
Animal actors from Amazing Animal Productions, Inc. are personally trained by our staff of experienced animal lovers. We pride ourselves on
taking special care of our animal actors. All our animal actors are treated with respect, kindness and love.
Amazing Animal Productions would
also like extend a thank you to the numerous zoos from around the world that create a safe environment for a variety of animals, as well as a
wonderful place for children to experience nature's gift to humanity. Below are a few of our favorite zoos to visit.
Do you need animal actors for your western?
Westerns are our specialty! We provide everything from wranglers, coordinators, stunt persons, and of course animal actors! Please take a look at our recent credits and photos.
Click the banner above to learn about our exciting Affection Training classes! Learn to be an Animal trainer and work with our Animal Actors!
Latest news in the Animal Actors spotlight
May 26, 2009 - Sleepthief, "World Gone Crazy" video with Coury Palermo - directed by Eric Hueber ( and featuring our Animal Actor wolf "Nova")
May 2009 - pre-production of “Death Keeps Coming” - written and directed by Derek Milton and produced by Tony Tarrantino - starring Martin Kove, Chad Everett, Dee Wallace, Stella Stevens, Ernest Borgnine. Christopher Schauerman and Muse Watson. This film will feature animal actors Tabu the black leopard, Dakota the black wolf and our African vulture. Our head trainer,
Sid Yost, will be the First Assistant Director on this movie.
March 19 – April 12, 2009- Amazing Animals Live on Stage – Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Lodge – Utica, Illinois – featuring our animal actors Timber and Nova the wolves, Boomer the Psychic Dog, Bull and Dozer tea cup pot bellied pigs, reptiles and insects, ferrets, birds of prey and our new mountain lion, Kato.
March 4, 2009 – completed 4-day video shoot in Utah for the musical group, “Sleepthief” and their “World Gone Crazy” album – Our animal actor wolves Timber and Nova were on set and the video will feature Nova. …Without giving away the plot, our wolves, mountain peaks, snow, frozen lakes, green-screens, falls from rocks, and a bit of blood. There---now you can go and try to figure out what this video is about!!!
February 2009 – Our animal actor, Jinx the Cat, is in the first scene of the movie, “Book of Eli”, a post-apocalyptic thriller filming in Albuquerque, NM starring Denzel Washington. Nailing his bar scene in three takes, Jinx got a standing ovation led by Denzel himself. Release date is scheduled for June 2010.
Fall 2008– Our animal actor, Cheyenne the Grizzly Bear filmed Spike TV’s “A Thousand Ways To Die” #412 Em-Bear-Assed. Cheyenne and head trainer, Trevor Fowler, re-enacted a mauling scene in Palmdale. Season opener, aired February 8, 2009.
Fall 2008 – Bravo’s “Millionaire Matchmaker” featured our animal actors, Shirkan the tiger, Cheyenne the Grizzly Bear and Romeo the Lion….Aired February 2009.
October 2008 – ABC’s “Opportunity Knocks” with our animal actor, Tabu the black leopard.
September 2008 - completed filming on “Year One”, a movie written and directed by Harold Ramis and starring Jack Black and Michael Sera. Filmed in Shreveport, LA and Truth or Consequences, NM with our animal actors working on and off through the year. Working with Jack Black was a thrill and doubly exciting since it was the first film for our animal actors Romeo the lion and Shirkan the tiger. Our animal actor, Tanner the Red Fox, was in the first scene shot in the movie with Tanner trying to steal food off the campfire spit from Jack Black’s character Release date scheduled for June 2009.
Summer 2008 – Our animal actor, Cheyenne the Grizzly Bear filmed “Fired Up” a comedy about Cheerleading Camp. Cheyenne had to learn to retrieve candy and had a scene stealing the kids clothes while skinny dipping . Release date February 20, 2009.
2008 – “Adventure Scouts Honor” with animal actor, Cheyenne the grizzly bear chasing a stoner down a hill from a party and later stopped the car with some of the same guys and mauled their car.
January 29, 2007 -
Our grizzly bear got hired for a Dirty Job recently - shooting a cover
for Fast Company Magazine! Just another example of our animal actors working hard on a fun photo shoot!
November 17, 2007 -
Our animal actors come in all flavors, especially the Flavor of Love! Working with Flav on his hit VHI television series was quite an experience for our animal actors. Romeo the baby lion cub, Pauley the blue and gold macaw, and Sundar the tiger all put their animal actor skills to use.The last animal to come out for the show was Sundar, the 350lb. Bengal tiger. We decided to stage a Hollywood mauling with “George Ego Much,” one of our stunt trainers, taking a full running hit from Sundar the animal actor tiger. Everyone was screaming and the control room was going crazy. When Sid “The Kine’ Yost told the tiger “That’s All,” the animal actor jumped off by command and George “Ego Much” and Sid “The Kine” Yost turned and pointed at Flav and said “You’ve just been punked!” Episode airs in March 2008. Please watch our animal actor pranksters!
August 13, 2007 -
Jungle party anyone? Well of course our animal actors would love to attend! MTV is setting the party for "My Super Sweet Sixteen" a show that airs on MTV about teens having a huge sixteenth birthday party. When they said party animals, the animal actor showcase said "why not?" Our exclusive animal actors included our black panther Tabu, Sundar our Siberian Tiger, Sierra our cute wolf pup and Tanner the fox. Hope to see you at the party, you animal and animal agency lovers!
August 6, 2007 -
The Animal Actors Showcase wants to know if you are ready for Tiger Beer. We had the privilege of having our beautiful Siberian tiger Sundar as the mascot for the new tiger beer by Budweiser. Our animal actor Siberian tiger had a great time with Evina and friends. Evina also had the pleasure of making friends with one of our most famous animal actors, our albino Burmese python - which she draped around her body while walking around the event. The Animal Actor Showcase would like to thank Tiger Beer and Budweiser for the great time had by all, and call Amazing Animal Productions for all of their animal agency needs.
July 31, 2007 -
Aly & AJ Michalka from MTV's Punk'd are throwing a Jungle themed party in Laguna Beach, California for their movie "My Super Sweet Sixteen". So what could be great for a jungle theme party? Of course, you need the greats of the jungle. The animal actors showcase provided Aly & AJ Michalka with our animal actor Leopard and Tiger. You can’t have a super sweet sixteen Jungle party without having a Leopard and Tiger for the guests of honor. Make sure you check out Aly & AJ Michalka and see our Animal actors showing some of their beach expertise.
July 24, 2007 - Comedy Central is thinking Knight Rider with Oz the Dog. Our loveable animal actor Oz is just great in this role. Oz is magnificent that is why as an animal actor he has his own private staff. He was working at a animal agency but we gave he his own personalized collar and dog house and that inked the deal. Take a peek at our animal actor Oz the Dog in this week's animal actors showcase.
July 17, 2007 -
Black Bear animal actors? Of course we have Black Bear animal actors! In fact, we were asked to have our Black Bear animal actor make his presence known in the new movie Jake's Corner being filed in Arizona.
This is a great movie from Jeff Santo. His last movie The Old Cub received rave reviews from pretty much everyone including the LA Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, Rocky Mountain News, USA Today, and Premiere Magazine. So when someone asks for a black bear actor, do you have one? Well, of course we have a great Black Bear animal actor!
July 10, 2007 -
We all love the interesting stories of the Forensic Files. In this new story, we thought a Kangaroo animal actor would be great, and so did they. Tune in to the Forensic Files to see the antics of our animal actor Kangaroo, from our Australian animal agency friends.
July 4, 2007 -
With the summer movie season in full swing, the animal actor showcase is swinging too. The movie Happiness Runs features our trained animal actor Dogs, animal agency Cows and Frogs. Frogs? With the beautiful Calamigos Ranch in near Malibu California our animal actors were enjoying a beautiful sunny day. We even had the pleasure of taking a canoe ride. So is that why it’s great to be an animal actor? I would think so.
June 12, 2007 -
Our new animal actor website design is up and running! We think this is a great way to showcase our animal agency and all of our wonderful animal actors. Be sure to let us know what you think!
April 30, 2007 -
The Animal actors showcase wants to introduce you to Pebbles the chicken. So why did the chicken cross the road? Well in the new Nascar Internet promotion starring Pebbles our white chicken and Cheyenne our 4 month old grizzly bear you will find out.
April 4, 2007 -
Our animal actors are busier than ever! Also, watch for our new animal actor web design, coming soon! We'll be debuting a new, full service production company - whether you're filming with people or animal actors, we'll be able to arrange your shoot, provide the cameras, directors, and anything else you need to make your production a success!
March 1, 2007 -
Coming soon, you can see video highlights of our animal actors! For a preview, see the link near the top of the page. Our animal actors have been hard at work in movies, television, and print. See your favorite animal actors in our video showcase soon!
January 8, 2007 -
The animal actors showcase would like to thank all of you that have been
such an
inspiration to us in 2006. We know that 2007 will be even greater with
a host of
new surprises awaiting us and our animal actors. We look forward to your
continued support and to join us in meeting new friends of our animal
actors
showcase.
December 8th, 2006 - The Animal Actors Spotlight brings you the latest with one of our favorite
actors Mr. George Hamilton in a wild west style commercial for Ritz Crackers.
Three of our horses accompany actor George Hamilton in a great commercial.
November 20, 2006 -
It's that time of year to see Reindeer in the Animal Actors Spotlight. So when you see the M & M guys make sure you look for our
animal actor getting ready to fly off the roof top in this commercial.
Horses and computers- what do they have in common? The computer retailer Fry's thinks
that they have a lot in common. The Animal Actors Spotlight would like to introduce our animal actor Sergeant. His credits include great movies we all enjoy. He was the Hero Horse for "Scorpion King" & "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"
October 30 2006 -
The Animal Actors Spotlight would like to introduce you to our Animal Actor cat Pumba.
Pumba is an 8 year old Lynx Point. He has been featured in Imes commercials. This month Pumba graces us with his role in a Vtech commercial.
October 5, 2006 -
Animal Actors Spotlight has the cats that you all love to see. Our animal
actor cat named Niles was featured in a new Fancy Feast cat food commercial.
You have seen this animal actor in the "Ghost Whisperer" & "Ameritrade".
Niles is an 8 year old blue Abyssinian.
September 18 2006 -
Evan Almighty and our Animal Actor Cody team up on this new picture
from director Tom Shadyac.
The sequel to Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty is in the Animal Actors
spotlight this week as we report to you the news for the Animal Actors
spotlight from Amazing Animal Productions, Inc. In this new movie Morgan
Freeman, who portrayed God in the original movie, contacts Evan Baxter
to build an ark in preparation for a great flood. Evan Baxter (Steve
Carell), was the news anchor who was tormented by rival Bruce Nolan
onscreen at the Buffalo TV station. (*all chimps now retired)
August 30, 2006 -
Animal Actors Cody and Sable, our animal actor chimpanzees, are in the Animal Actors spotlight once again. The Reel
Monkey is this year's animal actors winner of the ShoWest
Awards. Animal Actor Cody, our animal actors chimpanzee, plays Texas Hold 'Em Vegas style on television. Animal actors playing poker and it's animal actors winner takes all! (*all chimps now retired)
Animal Actors Boomer, our five month old Australian Shepherd
animal actor, just finished shooting his first national television
commercial for Ameritrade! Dr. Pepper's "Running of the Bulls" at Universal
Studios, is in production August 11th with our amazing animal actors
production team of animal actors. See our great animal actors
and wolf animal actor at work!
August 2006 -
The animal actors spotlight wants to remind you that when you are looking for the right animal trainers or animal agency we have professionals ready to server all of your animal needs. Animal agency companies are welcome to call our animal trainers for advice and help with there agency needs.
Amazing Animal Productions list of favorite zoos to visit.
Los Angeles Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Cleveland Zoo
Smithsonian National Zooligical Park
Association of Zoos and Acquariams
National Geographic
Animal Planet Television
San Diego Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington
Oregon Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
