Longtime talent manager Tucker Voorhees has been named a parter at Artists First, the personal representation and packaging agency formerly called Principato Young Entertainment.
With the firm for over a decade, Voorhees’ stable of actors, writers and directors includes Matt Walsh (“Veep”), Rhys Darby (“Wrecked”), Jon Daly (“I’m Dying Up Here’), Johnny Pemberton (“I Feel Bad”) and Streeter Seidel (“Saturday Night Live”).
“Tucker embodies the culture of Artists First and is someone who cares deeply about the organization and we welcome him in helping us guide the company into our next evolution of growth,” CEO Peter Principato said in a statement.
Voorhees is a credited producer on the MTV cult sketch show “Human Giant” and Spike TV’s “Players.” He’s currently an EP on PopTV’s “Hot Date.”
Artists First, which counts 21 managers, serves as a management and production company in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
Clients include Jordan Peele, Kenya Barris, John M. Chu, Tiffany Haddish, Awkwafina, Regina Hall, Will Arnett, Ike Barinholtz, Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Judy Greer, and Ed Helms.
They currently have “black-ish,” “The Last O.G.,” “grown-ish” and “The Gong Show” on the air, as well as produced feature films like “Central Intelligence,” “A Futile & Stupid Gesture” and “Keanu.”