Justin Bartha
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| Born | Justin Lee Bartha July 21, 1978 West Bloomfield, Michigan[citation needed] |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
Justin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for his co-starring role as Riley Poole in the National Treasure films. Bartha is dating actress ashley olsen
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Bartha was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[citation needed] His father, Stephen, is a real estate developer, while his mother, Betty, is a school teacher. Bartha is Jewish.[1][2] His family moved to West Bloomfield, Michigan when Bartha was nine years old.[citation needed] While at high school, he muddled his way into acting after breaking his wrist trying out for the school's tennis team.[citation needed] After scoring a role in the local production of A Midsummer Night's Dream he formed a children's theatre group of 15 where he performed for children in hospitals and at elementary school.[citation needed] After he graduated from West Bloomfield High School in 1996, he set his sights on New York, eventually training at New York University's Meisner Extension.[3] To quote his father, "Justin was born in Florida, raised in Michigan, but he's been a New Yorker all his life.[citation needed] He also loved his work with the National Treasure movies.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
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He began his movie career behind the camera as a production assistant on the film Analyze This.[3] His acting debut came a year later in a short film called Tag in 1999.[3] He wrote and directed a short film, Highs and Lows, which was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2003.[3][4] Additionally, for MTV he wrote, produced and starred in an MTV pilot called the The Dustin and Justin Show.[5][4] He has stated that he would like to continue working behind the camera in the future.[citation needed] Alongside this, he played a major role in the critically bashed Gigli and Carnival Sun, before his co-starring role in National Treasure (2004) as Riley Poole.[3]
In 2006, Bartha had a supporting role in Failure to Launch and starred in the television sitcom Teachers which premiered on March 28th, 2006 on NBC, and was cancelled May 15, 2006 due to low ratings.[3]
In November 2007, Bartha was cast in an indie comic-drama, Holy Rollers. His character lures a young Hasidic Jew into becoming an Ecstasy dealer. Filming is scheduled to begin in New York in the spring of 2008.[6][3]
It has also just been announced that Justin will star alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in the new Bart Freundlich film, The Rebound. The romantic comedy is about a 25-year-old man (Bartha) who starts a romance with his older single mother neighbour (Zeta-Jones). The movie is set to begin shooting in April 2008 in New York.[3] Also he is starting and starring in a film in 2008 called Shoe at your Foot; about a man named Jack who is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings -- especially his shoes -- and sets out to find him.[3]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Riley Poole | |
| 2006 | Teachers | Jeff Cahill | |
| Failure to Launch | Ace | ||
| 2005 | Trust the Man | Jasper | |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Riley Poole | |
| Strip Search | |||
| 2003 | Carnival Sun | Adam Roam | |
| Gigli | Brian | ||
| 1999 | Tag | Kip Woffard |
[edit] References
- ^ Chessler, Suzanne. "Double Take: West Bloomfield’s Justin Bartha goes high profile in two new Hollywood roles", Detroit Jewish News, 2006-03-09. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Justin Bartha Interview, National Treasure 2 - MoviesOnline
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Justin Bartha, Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b "Justin Bartha Biography". Retrieved September 16, 2006.
- ^ YouTube - The Dustin and Justin Show Pilot (Part 1)
- ^ Goldstein, Gregg. "Drug-dealing Jews inspire comic drama", Reuters, 2007-11-18. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
