The Talent Group

The Talent Group is Pennsylvania and Ohio’s premier full-service agency for models, actors, voices and live promotional talent

Our team of agents have unquestionably the most experience and knowledge of any agency in the region, and that experience and expertise is what puts us ahead of the competition.

The Talent Group was founded in 1994 by Stephen Black and Richard Kohn becoming the first SAG-AFTRA franchised talent agency in Pittsburgh. Together they have over seventy-five years combined experience in the entertainment industry; in front of the camera, as agents and in television and film production. Mr. Black was a successful actor,director and highly respected acting teacher in New York, Toronto and Los Angeles. Mr. Kohn was a voice-over agent at J. Michael Bloom & Associates in New York and then worked in Los Angeles, as Director of Program Development for D. L. Taffner where he developed television pilots for all four major networks.