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FILM

4G Love

LEAD

dir. Lee Ross

In Memoriam

LEAD

dir. Stephen Cone

Sketch

LEAD

Mindlight Films

TELEVISION/WEBSERIES

Alabama Chrome

SERIES REG.

Boothorn Productions

The Reynolds Influence*

LEAD

Split Pillow

Pitchman*

SERIES REG.

Mindlight Films

*Finalist for 2007 Chi. Comedy Pilot Competition

THEATRE

LOS ANGELES

GONe

Solo Performance

NT/David Foster Wallace

Guided Consideration of a Lamentable Deed

DARREN/ALEX

Needtheater (NT)/Frank Basloe

The Web

Chris (LEAD)

Needtheater (NT)/ M.J. Garces

Katzelmacher

Franz (PRINCIPAL)

Needtheater (NT)

The Country Club

Zip (LEAD)

Hollywood Fight Club

CHICAGO

Cadillac

Gary (LEAD)

Chicago Dramatists/ Ed Sobel

Film Crew

Joe (LEAD)

Goodman/ Anthony Moseley

The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow

Todd (PRINCIPAL)

Collaboraction/ Cecile Keenan

General Desdemona

Rick Porter (PRINCIPAL)

Ed. Int. Fringe/ Alex Harvey

Guinea Pig Solo

Bicylce Cop (SUPPORTING)

Collaboraction/ A. Moseley

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Saint Thomas (SUPPORTING)

Steep Theater/ Brad Akin

Richard II

Duke of Aumerle (PRINCIPAL)

A.R.T./ Robert G. Anderson

Ambition Facing West

Young Stipan/Jim (LEAD)

Thunder and Lightning

Incoming, Sketchbook '04

Jacob (LEAD)

Collaboraction Theatre Co.

Icarus' Mother

Howard (PRINCIPAL)

The Barstow Project

NEW YORK

Richard & Anne

Kent/Clarence (PRINCIPAL)

Mirror Repertory Company

Leaving Eden

by Chiori Miyagawa (reading)

NYTW/ dir. Stephanie Gilman

General Desdemona

by Egan Reich (reading)

78th Street Theatre Lab

NORTHWESTERN

This Is Our Youth

Warren (LEAD)

Jones/ Matt Wells

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Freddie (PRINCIPAL)

Barber Theater/ Craig Kinzer

Borders of Paradise

Rob (PRINCIPAL)

Louis Room/ Matt Arigo

Bent

Uncle Freddie (CAMEO)

Shanley Pavillion/ Matt Parker

Our Country's Good

Campbell/Arscott (SUPPORTING)

Barber Theater/ David Downs

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Meisner Technique

Monica Payne, Rob Mello

School at Steppenwolf- Chicago

Viewpoints

J. Perry, A. Billings, K. Rubinstein

School at Steppenwolf- Chicago

Text Analysis

Shannon Cochran

School at Steppenwolf- Chicago

Practical Aesthetics

Brad Akin

Needtheater

Classical Technique

David Downs

Northwestern University

On Camera Technique

John Swanbeck

Commercial Technique

Sean Bradley, David Murphy, Claire Simon

Audition Workshops

Phyllis Schuringa, Linda Lowy

Winner of the 2008 LA Weekly Award for Best Direction of a Comedy, Associate Artistic Director of Needtheater in Los Angeles, Acting teacher and member of faculty at AMDA, Contributing columnist to BACKSTAGE. www.ianforester.com

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 175 lbs

Carpentry, Directing, Driving Instructor, Forklift Operator, Host/MC, Metalworking, Producing, Teaching, Truck Driver (no semi), Billiards/Pool Player, Bowling, Combat - Stage, Cycling, Cycling - Mountain Biking, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating, Kayaker, Rappelling, Roller Hockey, Rollerblading, Sailing, Shooting - Revolver/Automatic, Shooting - Rifle, Shooting - Skeet/Trap, Skateboarding, Snorkeling, Snow Skiing - General, Squash, Swimming - ability - general, Yoga, Chef, Firearms, Host, Juggler, Licensed Driver, Teleprompter, Voiceover, British - BBC English Accent, Irish Accent, Scottish Accent