Justin Blanchard

Justin Blanchard
Born Justin Wayne Blanchard
United States Texas, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 2006 - present
Website
http://www.justinblanchard.com

Justin Blanchard is a Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre, film, and television actor. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association.

Education

Blanchard was born and raised in South Texas and attended Texas Military Institute. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting 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. At the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, Blanchard was featured in the original cast of Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate, which went on to become one of the "top ten most produced plays of 2009-2010" (Theatre Communications Group).

Career

Justin Blanchard has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, 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 playing Jesus in the East Coast premiere of Lloyd Suh's Jesus In India, Iachimo in Fiasco Theater's Cymbeline, Willoughby in Sense & Sensibility at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and Iago in Othello at the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis. Justin also starred opposite Antonio Banderas 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 has been featured in commercials for Oscar De La Renta (w/ Rooney Mara, Dir.: David Fincher) and the MTV: Safe Sex campaign. He has appeared in independent films including The Middleman (Dir.: by Heath Cullens), Over There (Dir.: Mark Parees), and Alyssa & Sara (Dir.: Josh Wick). Justin is also a voice-over actor and is credited with recording the audiobooks for Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Blanchard is a member of Partial Comfort Productions, a Manhattan based theater company showcasing new plays, and The 52nd Street Project, which matches inner city kids with professional theatre artists to create original theatre in New York City. He is also the founder of Brooklyn Shakes, a collaborative arts project in Brooklyn, NY.

ACTING PERFORMANCES
Production Role Venue Notes
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
VERITAS Stan Off-Broadway HERE ARTS Directed by Ryan J. Davis
2010 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for "Best Ensemble"
The play by Stan Richardson is about the Secret Court of 1920 at Harvard University
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
Vania & Sonio & Masha & Spike Spike Regional McCarter Theater (Reading) Directed by Christopher Durang
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
A Christmas Carol Marley Regional McCarter Theatre Directed by Michael Unger
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

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Justin Blanchard.
    -Playbill.com
    -New York Times
    -Washington Post
    -Bloomberg
    -New York Times
    -arts World Financial Center.com
    -Backstage
    -VERITAS Ensemble receives 2010 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award
    Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep
    Top Ten Most Produced Plays of 2009-2010.
    Google Books

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