Ian Petrella

Ian Petrella (b. 1974) started his acting career at the age of three and is best known for playing Randy Parker in the classic holiday film "A Christmas Story".

Through his teen years Petrella continued acting, and later began to study comedy improv. He trained at L.A's famous Groundlings Comedy Theater. At the age of 17 he was the youngest person ever to audition, and be accepted to attend classes. In the 1990s, Petrella got a small gig as a production assistant on a puppet show and discovered that he enjoyed working with puppets. Petrella studied the art of marionette puppetry in the Czech Republic; and while living in San Francisco, he studied film and performed puppetry independently for film and stage. Petrella's career as a puppeteer has involved work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, and the Henson Company's Brats of the Lost Nebula.