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Justin Blanchard
BornJustin Wayne Blanchard
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
EducationNew York University (BFA)
Brown University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Justin Blanchard is an American actor who has performed in television, film, theatre and radio. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Actors' Equity Association.

Education

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Blanchard grew up in San Antonio, Texas and resides in Los Angeles, California. He earned his BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, training at the CAP21 musical theater program, the Experimental Theatre Wing and the Stonestreet Film and Television Studio. He received his MFA in Acting from Brown University. Blanchard has performed professionally for more than 20 years, and is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Actors' Equity Association.

Blanchard is an alumnus of Texas Military Institute. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as a Company Commander in TMI's Corps of Cadets.

Career

Justin Blanchard has performed in television, film, theatre and radio. Blanchard made his Broadway debut as 2nd Lieutenant Hibbert in Journey's End. Journey's End was Blanchard's first ever audition in New York City.

In television and film, Blanchard has been a Guest Star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and co-starred in the PBS special The Mystery of Matter: Marie Curie. Other notable television appearances include All My Children, Guiding Light, and One Life to Live. He appeared in commercials for Oscar De La Renta and the MTV: Safe Sex campaign. In film, he has co-starred in The Middleman (Dir: by Heath Cullens), Over There (Dir: Mark Parees), and Alyssa & Sara (Dir: Josh Wick). He has also done voiceover work for audiobooks such as Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, a podcast adaptation of a play by J.M. Barrie, video games and commercials.

Notable theatrical performances include: King of Navarre in Love's Labour's Lost for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston Common, Hamlet in Hamlet and Henry V in Henry V for New York Classical Theatre (Off-Broadway), and Iachimo in Fiasco Theater's Cymbeline.

ACTING PERFORMANCES
Production Role Venue Notes
Journey's End 2nd LT Hibbert Broadway Belasco Theatre Directed by David Grindley
Tony Award
Drama Desk Award
Outer Critics Circle Award
Drama League Award
New York Drama Critics Circle - Special Citation
Zorba Nikos Pre-Broadway Workshop David Leveaux - Director
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
Macbeth Malcolm Off-Broadway Theatre for a New Audience Directed by Arin Arbus
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
Othello Iago Regional Actors Theatre of Louisville Directed by Bruce Longworth
A Civil War Christmas Chester Regional Long Wharf Theatre Directed by Tina Landau
Premiere of Paula Vogel's play
Argonautika Hylas Regional Berkeley Repertory Theatre
McCarter Theatre
Shakespeare Theatre Washington D.C.
Premiere directed by 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
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

  1. Brantley, Ben (2007-02-23). "For Comrades in Arms, Waiting and Nothingness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  2. ^ Marks, Peter (2007-02-23). "'Journey's End': The Horrors Of War in The Trenches". Washington Post. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  3. "The Will (1913) by J. M. Barrie". Lost Plays Podcast. October 16, 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  4. ^ "Shakespeare on the Run: Hamlet". New York Times. 2010-04-01. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  5. Brantley, Ben (2011-02-04). "Black-Magic Woman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  6. Brantley, Ben (2011-03-25). "The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-16.

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