America’s Online Commercial Acting Coach

Meet Coach Mike

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"He’s helped thousands of actors book TV commercials and launch real acting careers."

Coach Mike Pointer, founder of Hey, I Saw Your Commercial!, is one of America’s most respected commercial acting coaches.

For more than 25 years, Mike has booked hundreds of national commercials, trained thousands of actors, and developed a proven step-by-step system that helps beginners and working actors book real jobs—fast.

Mike’s system blends on-camera technique, audition strategy, mindset training, and business mastery. His clear, direct coaching approach has helped actors sign with top agencies, deliver stronger auditions, and build successful commercial acting careers.

He is also the author of five books — Feeling Great, How to Develop Self-Confidence, Love Is Not the Four-Letter Word, How to Book TV Commercials, and Programming Your Mind for Success — and serves as a contributing expert for Casting Frontier.

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Coach Mike Pointer is an experienced commercial actor and national commercial acting coach with more than 25 years in the industry. He has appeared in hundreds of national TV commercials and has trained thousands of actors through his online commercial acting program, Hey, I Saw Your Commercial. Mike specializes in commercial audition technique, cold reading skills, improvisation, booking strategies, and helping actors sign with top talent agencies. His classes include live Zoom training, on-camera commercial technique, business-of-the-business lessons, and a complete framework for beginners and working actors to book consistent commercial work.