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Justin Blanchard | |
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Born | Justin Wayne Blanchard San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Education | New York University (BFA) Brown University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | Official 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.
Production | Role | Venue | Notes | |
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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
- Brantley, Ben (2007-02-23). "For Comrades in Arms, Waiting and Nothingness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ^ Marks, Peter (2007-02-23). "'Journey's End': The Horrors Of War in The Trenches". Washington Post. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- "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.
- ^ "Shakespeare on the Run: Hamlet". New York Times. 2010-04-01. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- Brantley, Ben (2011-02-04). "Black-Magic Woman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- Brantley, Ben (2011-03-25). "The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-16.