Paul Henderson

Known for his tall rotund stature and prolific sense of humor Paul Henderson is a multitalented actor writer comic and musician He began making Super 8mm films at the age of 12 and later performed in Southeastern regional theater and music on the Gulf Coast before being discovered by director Alan Parker and being cast in the Academy Awardwinning Mississippi Burning 1988 Henderson moved to Los Angeles in 1988 where he began performing standup comedy and quickly became a regular performer and doorman at the World Famous Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip There he met and became friends with comic legends including Sam Kinison with whom he would go on to work as an opening act in Kinisons Outlaws of Comedy It was at the Comedy Store where Henderson began a career as a comedy writer creating often uncredited material for many wellknown comics and as an occasional contributing joke writer to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992 In 1991 Henderson became associated with comic actor Andy Dick and has since written performed and collaborated with Dick on many projects including The Andy Dick Show 2001 Division III Footballs Finest 2011 and countless podcasts and live musical comedy performances at clubs and colleges across America As a performer Paul Henderson specializes in dialects impressions and twisted characterizations He is also an accomplished singer and writer of songs in a wide variety of musical genres usually choosing to showcase these talents under his pseudonym The Guise As of 2022 Paul Henderson lives in Los Angeles and is writing and developing several upcoming film and television projects