Justin Blanchard

Justin Blanchard

Born	Justin Wayne Blanchard 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