David Shiner (clown)

David Shiner is an American actor, clown, playwright and theater director.

Shiner was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Francis Shiner, a computer programmer, and a homemaker mother. The lanky Shiner, usually donning a small dunce cap, started as a street mime, first in Colorado, and later in France and Germany. He managed to get multiple gigs with various circuses, including performances with the German Circus Roncalli and the Swiss National Circus . In between he toured performing a dual act with Ren Bazinet.

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