#71 | Jeremiah Caleb | Singapore to the Groundlings

Actor Jeremiah Caleb on growing up in Singapore and South Wales, musical theatre in New York, the Groundlings in LA, and starting a staffing business. Jeremiah Caleb was born in Singapore and spent his early years in South Wales before traveling to the US for higher education. He then began his career in New York City, trained in Musical Theater at the American Musical & Dramatic Academy, and later at the Groundlings in Los Angeles, California where he found his footing. Caleb also showed some entrepreneurial savvy by opening his own staffing network. To learn more about Jeremiah: www.jeremiahcaleb.com, www.calebstaffingnetwork.com Chapters 0:00 Welcome Jeremiah Caleb 2:32 Growing up in a Singapore built on reclaimed land 5:04 Meeting a well-travelled American 7:36 Lambing season and the wilds of Wales and Scotland 10:08 Becoming a New Yorker 12:42 Shakespeare, Chaucer and his first musical 15:12 Musical theatre kids 17:42 A touring children's show in a bodysuit 20:14 Performing for the Red Hat Society 22:48 Saying goodbye in the lobby 25:20 The audition where nobody looked like him 27:58 Twenty years of a marriage in the industry 30:28 Bartending and waiting tables between jobs 32:58 India on screen and Slumdog Millionaire 35:33 Starting a nonprofit for children 38:08 Giving it eight weeks 40:44 Arriving in LA without a car 43:20 Short films, television and commercials 45:51 The Toyota Corolla 48:21 An old college friend in LA 50:51 Why commercials no longer pay the bills 53:27 The Soup Nazi 55:59 Becoming a business in the pandemic 58:31 Being the mentor he always wanted 1:01:04 Business partners and different visions 1:03:34 Starting over 1:06:08 The creative arts as a small business 1:08:47 Running the business without a salary 1:11:21 A great team, manager and agents 1:13:51 When opportunity meets preparation 1:16:27 Marriage and staying together 1:18:59 A model staffing division 1:21:36 Thinking he had nothing to say 1:24:13 Finding inclusive people in LA 1:26:48 A commercial everyone sees 1:29:25 His first camcorder 1:31:56 Thank you for coming by The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com