Justin Blanchard
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| Born |
Justin Wayne Blanchard Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998 - present |
| Website | http://www.justinblanchard.com |
Justin Blanchard is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Education
Mr. Blanchard is originally from Texas, and attended high school at the historic Texas Military Institute. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied in the CAP21 musical theater studio, the Experimental Theatre Wing and the Stonestreet Film and Television Studio.
He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from the Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company Consortium and was featured in numerous plays at Trinity Rep.
Career
Justin Blanchard has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in film and television. Blanchard made his professional debut on Broadway as Hibbert in Journey's End. Journey's End received the 2007 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award and a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle all for "Best Revival of a Play." Recent theatrical credits include "Love’s Labour’s Lost" (King of Navarre) for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, "Midsummer Night’s Dream" (Lysander) for Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, "The Changeling" (Jasperino) for Red Bull Theater, "Into the Woods" for Fiasco Theater at the Roundabout Theater Company.
Other notable roles include: Iachimo in Fiasco Theater’s Cymbeline (tour), Hamlet in "Hamlet" for New York Classical Theater, Frank in "The Witch of Edmonton" for Red Bull Theater, Henry in "Henry V" for New York Classical Theater, Malcolm in "Macbeth" for Theatre For a New Audience, and Iago in Othello at the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis. Justin also starred opposite Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera in the pre-Broadway workshop of Zorba.
In television and film, Blanchard has guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the PBS special The Mystery of Matter: Marie Curie. Other television appearances include All My Children, Guiding Light, and One Life to Live. He is featured in commercials for Oscar De La Renta (w/ Rooney Mara, Dir.: David Fincher) and the MTV: Safe Sex campaign. He is featured in the independent films The Middleman (Dir: by Heath Cullens), Over There (Dir: Mark Parees), and Alyssa & Sara (Dir: Josh Wick). He voiced roles in the audiobooks for Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
| Production | Role | Venue | Notes | |
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| Journey's End | 2nd LT Hibbert | Broadway | Belasco Theatre | Directed by David Grindley Swept all awards in 2007 for "Best Revival of a Play," including: Tony Award Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle Award Drama League Award New York Drama Critics Circle - Special Citation |
| Zorba | Nikos | Pre-Broadway | Workshop | Performance included: Antonio Banderas as Zorba Chita Rivera as the Leader Deanna Dunnigan as Madame Hortense Alexandra Silber as The Widow David Leveaux - Director Fran and Barry Weissler - Producers Music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb Based on the book by Joseph Stein |
| Henry V | Henry V | Off-Broadway | New York Classical Theatre | Directed by Stephen Burdman Featured production in the 2011 NYC River to River Festival |
| The Witch of Edmonton | Frank Thorney | Off-Broadway | Red Bull Theater Co. | Directed by Jesse Berger Reviews |
| Macbeth | Malcolm | Off-Broadway | Theatre for a New Audience | Directed by Arin Arbus Reviews |
| Hamlet: Prince of Denmark | Hamlet | Off-Broadway | New York Classical Theatre | Directed by Stephen Burdman Performed in the World Financial Center |
| Sense and Sensibility | Willoughby | Regional | Actors Theatre of Louisville | Directed by Jon Jory Reviews |
| Othello | Iago | Regional | Actors Theatre of Louisville | Directed by Bruce Longworth Reviews |
| A Civil War Christmas | Chester | Regional | Long Wharf Theatre | Directed by Tina Landau World premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel's play |
| Argonautika | Hylas | Regional | Berkeley Repertory Theatre McCarter Theatre Shakespeare Theatre Washington D.C. |
World premiere directed by Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman |
| As You Like It | Orlando | Regional | Hangar Theatre | Directed by Kevin Moriarty |
| Hamlet | Laertes | Regional | Trinity Repertory Company Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis |
Directed (Trinity Rep) by Brian McEleney Directed (St. Louis Shakespeare) by Bruce Longworth |
| Law & Order: Special Victims' Unit (Svengali) | Edgar Rabinowicz (a/k/a Agent Mayhem) |
Television | NBC | Clip |
| Mystery of Matter:Marie Curie | Andre DeBierne | Television | PBS | |
| The Middle Man | Luke | Film | Short | Directed by Heath Cullens 2007 LA Shorts Festival |
| Over There | Dominick | Film | Short | Directed by Marc Parees |
| Cilantro: Robot Wrangler | Cilantro | Film | Short | Directed by Brad Winderbaum |
| Alyssa & Sara | Aaron | Film | Short | Directed by Josh Wick |
References
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- Justin Blanchard at the Internet Movie Database
- Justin Blanchard Reel
- Broadway World - News Articles
- Broadway World - Event Photos
- Journey's End:
- Hamlet:
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