AMARA JAMES AJA
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
Résumé Print Résumé
Theater | ||
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Love's Labor's Lost |
Ferdinand of Navarre |
Smith Street Stage |
Do Not Tell Them I Am A Prince |
Edafe Okporo |
Waterwell |
The West End |
Heath |
Cincinnati Playhouse |
The White Devil |
Marcello |
Red Bull Theater |
The Tempest |
Sebastian |
Oregon Symphony |
Tender Napalm |
Man |
HERE Arts Center |
In the Heat of the Night |
Virgil Tibbs |
Barter Theatre |
Peter and the Starcatcher |
Alf |
Argyle Theatre |
Twelfth Night |
Orsino/Andrew Aguecheek |
The Old Globe (Globe for All) |
The Blameless |
Howard |
The Old Globe |
Hamlet |
Marcellus, u/s Hamlet |
The Old Globe |
Richard II |
Bushy/Scroop, u/s Henry Bolingbroke |
The Old Globe |
Love's Labor's Lost |
Dumaine, u/s Boyet |
The Old Globe |
Macbeth |
Bloody Captain, u/s Macduff |
The Old Globe |
Red Velvet |
u/s Ira Aldridge |
The Old Globe |
Selected Workshops & Readings | ||
Dutchman/Lady and the Tramp |
Clay/Psyche |
Classix/Billie Holliday |
Best Part of Night Is Black |
Kareem |
CNTR Arts |
Two Noble Kinsmen |
Arcite |
Hudson Valley/The Public |
The Takedown |
Vershinin |
The Old Globe |
Television | ||
Search Party |
Co-Star |
MAX/dir. John Lee |
Madam Secretary |
Sgt Johnston (co-star) |
CBS/dir. Sam Hoffman |
Film | ||
The Other Side of the Moon |
Lead |
No Preserves |
Hype Man |
Lead |
NYU Student Film |
Home School |
Supporting |
Mattocrat Productions |
MFA, University of San Diego/Old Globe | ||
Acting |
Rick Seer |
Ray Chambers |
Voice |
Jan Gist |
Pamela Vanderway |
Movement |
Brian Byrnes |
Maria Carrera |
BA, Cornell University | ||
Acting |
Carolyn Goelzer |
Michael S Kaplan |
Shakespeare |
Bruce Levitt |
Godfrey Simmons |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 6' |
Weight: 215 lbs |
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Combat - Stage, Football, Rugby, Weight Lifting, Wrestling, Vocal Style: Rapper, African Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent
Amara James Aja is a Nigerian-American actor, director, and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. Amara’s career spans classic and new plays, developed and performed in New York and around the country. His work has been seen at regional theatres, Off-Broadway, and in schools and correctional facilities in New York and California. MFA, Acting: Old Globe/University of San Diego, BA, Government: Cornell University.