Daniel Passer is an actor who has appeared in film, television, and stage productions. He was the lead clown and comedy conceptor for the world tour of Cirque du Soleil's spectacle Zarkana directed by François Girard. Passer has taught commedia/clown/improvisation at the Moscow Art Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Brown University, Harvard University, Cornell University, California Institute of the Arts, Trinity College, the Second City, University of Redlands, and University of Alaska. He is also a founding member of the clown troupes Your New Best Friends (World Stages, New York City), Gods of Sex, and The Rotten Plantains (45 Bleecker, New York City).