In one paragraph
Recurring on Peacock's Dr. Death opposite Mandy Moore. Founder of Plumwheel and RAGnos Labs. Eight hundred recorded conversations on what AI is doing to work.
The bio
I'm a New York actor, entrepreneur, and strategist (he/they). I grew up in the Santa Monica Mountains, trained at the SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory, and have spent over two decades working in front of and behind the camera.
My most recent television credit is a recurring role on Peacock's Dr. Death opposite Mandy Moore. Earlier on screen: Jack in the Vimeo Original web series The Outs, plus guest spots on Billions, Quantico, Shades of Blue, New Amsterdam, Blue Bloods, Ray Donovan, and The Baker and the Beauty. On stage I was part of Lincoln Center Theater's War Horse at the Vivian Beaumont. Voice work includes the Audible Original Hot White Heist (directed by Alan Cumming, with Bowen Yang) and the podcast Welcome to Night Vale.
I'm CCO and co-founder of Plumwheel, an AI-powered storytelling agency for B2B founders, and the founder of RAGnos Labs, an AI build lab partnering with founders to ship AI-native products end to end. Through PowerToFly I've hosted over 800 interviews with executives, founders, and creators on AI, the future of work, and what makes leaders worth listening to. The PowerToFly webinar series I host on AI and neurodiversity is SHRM-eligible and has been adopted as a student resource by university career services and HR programs at Buffalo, Pomona, and Richmond.
Behind the camera, my theater photography has run in The New York Times, Time Out New York, Backstage, and Playbill. The portfolio lives at huntercanningphoto.com. I've been a photographer in residence at The Flea Theater, the New Light Theater Project, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the Fordham theater program, and Barnard College's theater program.
Throughline
Twenty years of narrative storytelling, across mediums.
Stills. In front of and behind the camera. On stage. In voice work. Now in AI products and AI-native business transformation.
If you want the long version of how this happened, the origin story starts at age six.
What I do
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Acting
Recurring on Peacock's Dr. Death. Jack in The Outs. Lincoln Center War Horse.
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Projects
Founder of Plumwheel and RAGnos Labs. A long-running theater photography practice.
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Talks
800 recorded conversations on what AI is doing to work. Keynotes and live interview hosting.
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Personal
Raised in the Santa Monica Mountains. BFA, SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory. Lives in NYC with his chihuahua, Francis.
Queer and neurodiverse (dyslexia, ADHD). Both shape the work, particularly at the intersection of AI tools and creative practice that runs through Plumwheel and RAGnos Labs.
On the SAG and WGA picket lines and using ChatGPT the same week. That discomfort is where the teaching starts.
Often asked
Is Hunter Canning the same person as Hunter Lee Canning?
Yes. Hunter Lee Canning is the current name; Hunter Canning is the credited form on twenty years of acting and theater photography work, including Peacock's Dr. Death, The Outs, Lincoln Center War Horse, and theater photography in The New York Times, Playbill, and Backstage. The IMDb profile (nm1968459) and pre-2024 credits read as Hunter Canning. Same person.
What does Hunter Lee Canning do?
Three things in parallel: New York actor (Peacock's Dr. Death, The Outs, Lincoln Center War Horse, voice work for Audible and Welcome to Night Vale), founder (CCO and co-founder of Plumwheel, founder of RAGnos Labs), and AI keynote speaker and conference interviewer (over 800 recorded interviews with executives and founders through PowerToFly; SHRM-eligible AI + neurodiversity webinar series).
Where is Hunter based?
New York City. Hunter trained at the SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory and has been based in New York for over two decades. Pronouns: he/they.
For inquiries
Bookings open.