MICHAEL JAY HENRY
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
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Michael Jay Henry - Acting Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
Excerpts from "Pandora's Box", "Bad Education", "Joy", "Lola Does Manhattan", "Top Dog", "Six Degrees of Murder", "Full Tilt"
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Comedic Acting Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
Excerpts from scenes from "Lola Does Manhattan", "Full Tilt", "Doctored", "#ActorsLife"
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SUBMISSION (Indie Film, Drama) Self-Tape (Performance Video) Quicktime
[TED SWENSON] College professor and has-been novelist, accustomed to being in charge finds himself off-balance when involved with a flirty student, who flips the tables with an unpleasant truth. (Originally played by Stanley Tucci.)
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COUNTERPART (Starz Drama) Self-Tape (Performance Video) Quicktime
[ROLAND] Confident, controlled veteran diplomat takes his nepo-baby deputy down a rung. (Originally played by Richard Schiff)
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TAGGED (Fox Comedy Pilot) Self-Tape (Performance Video) Quicktime
[TOM] – Brainy, socially-awkward overthinker asks a colleague for some unusual assistance with a first date.
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#ACTORSLIFE (Comedy Webseries) Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[TALENT AGENT] Sleazy talent agent gives feedback on headshots to aspiring actors.
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JOY [Indie short film; comedy] Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[MR. JOHNSON] Dishwater-dull bored boss introduces a new hire to the team, and later busts some dance moves.
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PANDORA'S BOX Ep. 210 (ID True Crime) Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[DET. AARON SOCKWELL] Diligent detective investigating a hate crime.
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LOLA DOES MANHATTAN (Comedy web-series dir. Rob Margolies) Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[DON VERZANO] Overly-enthusiastic. fast-talking blind date gets passionate about the benefits of the cult he’s just joined.
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SHADOW OF DOUBT Ep. 209 (ID True Crime) Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[STEVE GUDERIAN]. Nervous timid suspect questioned about the murder of his boss
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FULL TILT (Indie film, dark comedy) Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[AL CAPONE] Footage. Un-respected small-time mob boss (“not THAT Al Capone!”) gets threatening over a frustrating plumbing problem.
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TOP DOG [Indie TV pilot; dramedy] Footage (Performance Video) Quicktime
[ELI] Creepy dude with no sense of boundaries hits on a woman at a bus stop.
Résumé Print Résumé
Represented by: |
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Brilliant Talent Management - NY (NY) (908) 884-1688 |
FILM | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Amnesia Wars' Herd |
Metropolitan Playhouse |
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Intense Apathy* |
West End Gate |
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There’s No Law Trio |
Physical/Vocal Improv |
Brick, Roulette, Triskelion |
The Brothers Grinn |
Tri-State Area |
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*FINALIST! NYC Improv Comp |
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IMPROV & COMEDY TRAINING | ||
Upright Citizens Brigade |
Improv (levels 1-5) |
Amy Pohler, Matt Walsh, |
Matt Besser, Ian Roberts |
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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 |
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Yale Law School |
JD: Law |
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Bob Krakower Studio |
On-Camera |
Bob Krakower (Master Level) |
Eric Reis (4 years) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Richard Armstong |
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Voice |
Linklater & Voiceover |
Andrea Haring,Wenndy Mackenzie |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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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
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.