MICHAEL JAY HENRY - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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Represented by:

Brilliant Talent Management - NY (NY) (908) 884-1688

FILM

Bad Education*

SUPPORTING opp. Hugh Jackman

HBO dir. Cory Finley

Intern on Parade

LEAD (tyrannical boss)

dir. Chris Leoni

Lola Does Manhattan

SUPPORTING (self-help enthusiast)

dir. Rob Margolies

When It Pays

SUPPORTING (helpful, clueless dad)

dir. Marisa Bertani

Full Tilt

LEAD

dir. Hunter Whaley

The Big Whatsit

SUPPORTING

dir. Hunter Whaley

Joy

LEAD

dir. Emilee Wermenchuk

Jack Magic

LEAD

dir. Sam Block

The Blue Die

LEAD

dir. Robert Snow

Top Dog

SUPPORTING

dir. Julie Tokarz

Batsh*t Bride

SUPPORTING

dir. Jonathan Smith

*Winner! Emmy Award Best Film

Winner! Artios Best Film

TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

COSTAR opp. Naomi Watts

FX dir. Gus Van Sant

Pandora's Box

GUEST STAR

Investigation Discovery

Six Degrees of Murder

RECURRING

Investigation Discovery

Diabolical

COSTAR

Investigation Discovery

Shadow of Doubt

COSTAR

Investigation Discovery

Pros & Cons

COSTAR

YouTube dir. Jeff Barry

We Speak NYC

COSTAR

WNYE, dir. George Lavoo

Snap Judgment

GUEST STAR

Court TV

ActorsLife

GUEST STAR

MNN

OFF-BROADWAY (World Premieres)

A Child is in the House

LEAD

New York Theater Workshop

Vitagraph Story

LEAD

The Flea

Life of a Trotskyist

LEAD

The Tank Theater

Art of the Cross & Double Cross

LEAD

Abingdon Theater dir. S. Jobes

Shredders

LEAD

WestBeth Theater

Devils of Loudon

SUPPORTING

La MaMa, Dzieci Theater Co.

The Jeckyll & Hyde Club

LEAD

Immersive Improv

NEW YORK & REGIONAL THEATER

The Quarrel

LEAD (Rabbi Rasseyner)

Barrington Stage Company

Playboy of the Western World

LEAD (Christy Mahon)

Triad Theater

To Begin the World Over

LEAD (Host / M.C.)

Irondale Theater

Elephant Dreams

SUPPORTING (Ross & Snork)

Joyce Soho & Dixon Place

Lovers & Other Strangers

LEAD (Johnny)

M.Chekhov dir. Ann Bowen

East Village Fragments

LEAD

Peculiar Works

Mud

LEAD (Henry)

Emergent Theatre Co.

Two Gentlemen of Verona

SUPPORTING (Launce)

Woodstock Shakespeare Fest

MUSICAL THEATER

The Spickner Spin*

LEAD

NYC Fringe Festival

Retrograph

LEAD

The Slipper Room

A Fool's Mass

LEAD

La MaMa, Dzieci Theater Co.

Floyd Collins

SUPPORTING (Doyle)

The Gallery Players

Arresting Dilemma of Mr. K

ENSEMBLE

PlayLab NYC

Mr. Shakespeare & Mr. Porter

Puck, Ghost, Seyton, Burgundy

Medicine Show Theater Ensemble

*Winner! NYC Fringe Fest

IMPROV & COMEDY SHOWS

ASSSSCAT

opp. Amy Pohler & Matt Walsh

Uprights Citizens Brigade

Robot TV

House Team Weekly Show

UCB dir. Matt Walsh

Pop. 5

dir. Matt Walsh

Amnesia Wars' Herd

Metropolitan Playhouse

Intense Apathy*

West End Gate

There’s No Law Trio

Physical/Vocal Improv

Brick, Roulette, Triskelion

The Brothers Grinn

Tri-State Area

*FINALIST! NYC Improv Comp

IMPROV & COMEDY TRAINING

Upright Citizens Brigade

Improv (levels 1-5)

Amy Pohler, Matt Walsh,

Matt Besser, Ian Roberts

The Groundlings

Improv

Gary Austin (10 years)

Second City

Improv

Michael Gellman (8 years)

Chicago City Limits

Improv (levels 1-5)

Terry Sommers, Rob McCaskill

Magnet Theater

Improv

Rachel Hamilton

Artistic New Directions

Improv

Keith Johnstone, Dave Razowksy

Pandemonium Studio

Clown & Commedia

Chris Bayes

Spymonkey Theater

Clown & Commedia

Aitor Basauri

ZAP studios

Improv (physical/vocal)

Ruth Zaporah

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Oberlin College

BA: Theater & Government

Yale Law School

JD: Law

Bob Krakower Studio

On-Camera

Bob Krakower (Master Level)

Eric Reis (4 years)

ARG Studio

On-Camera

Anthony Robert Grasso

Sluberski Studio

On-Camera

Ted Sluberski

AGR Studio

On-Camera

Canedy Knowles

Carol Fox Prescott Studio

Scene Study

Carol Fox Prescott (10+ years)

Michael Kostroff Studio

Scene Study

Michael Kostroff (5 years)

HB Studios

Scene Study

William Hickey

Synaesthetic Studio

Scene Study (Grotowski)

Stephen Wangh, Erica Fae

Raina van Waldenburg

Stephen Jobes Studio

Scene Study

Stephen Jobes

Royal Shakespeare Company

Classical & Shakespeare

Patsy Rodenburg, Rosey Hay

Shantigar Studio

Open Theater

Jean-Claude van Itallie

Magnet Theater

Commercial

T.J. Mannix

The Network

Commercial

Scott Wojcik, Tisha Ioli

Singing

Musical Theatre

Laura Menard, Eddie Sayegh

Eddie Strauss, Jeannette Lovet

Richard Armstong

Voice

Linklater & Voiceover

Andrea Haring,Wenndy Mackenzie

Think Tony Shaloub, Richard Schiff, Stephen Root. Extensive IMPROV & COMEDY experience. Smart, sweet, funny, professional type with a character edge and goofy charm. Great with comedy, complex language, and improv. Put him in a suit in any procedural (also middle managers, school principals, therapists and rabbis). Yale Law School Graduate with decades of acting training under master teachers from Shakespeare to Clown. Acting is my job, divorce mediator for fun. LOCAL HIRE NYC & HUDSON VALLEY.

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 160 lbs

Divorce Mediator, EU and US Passport, Great with kids, I Dance, People Laugh, Improviser, Music Together Teacher, Recovered Attorney, Tongue-Skewering, Boating - Sail, Body Surfing, Bowling, Canoeing, Cycling, Ice Skating, Kayaker, Ping Pong, Pogo Stick, Rollerblading, Running - Long Distance, Sailing, Sailor, Snorkeling, Snow Skiing - Cross Country, Snow Skiing - Downhill, Snow Skiing - General, Swimming - ability - general, Yoga, Autoharp, Brass Instruments, French Horn, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Singer, Ukulele, Vocal Range: Bari-Tenor, Whistler, Wind Instrument, American - New York Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Eastern European Accent, French Accent, Irish Accent, Jewish/Yiddish Accent, Russian Accent