Whit Hertford

Whit Hertford

Hertford in East London UK
Other names Whitby Hertford
Occupation Actor, director, writer, voice actor
Years active 1985–present

Whit Hertford is an American actor, director and writer.

Theatre


Artistic Director of the London, UK based theatre company, Riot Act.

His plays The Misbegotten Hope of the Dirty Bird (or A Meditation on the Proper Use of Firearms in Dramatic Literature), an adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull and Dóttir, a bleak absurdist drama about seven of Shakespeare's motherless daughter archetypes, both premiered at The Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton. Recently, he directed the debut production of Coverage, a reworking of Julius Caesar by Ashley Pearson.

He received his MFA in theatre directing from The University of Essex's East 15 and studied in Moscow at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). Whit has also directed at the Arcola Theatre in East London and serves as an Associate Director at The Courtyard Theatre .

Other plays he's written include: Bloke, Lunatic (a reimagining of the classic Bram Stoker "Dracula" story), Endangered Species, The Space Program, Anatomy of Arithmetic, The Heimlich Maneuver,' Hero & Leander (an adaptation of the poem by Christopher Marlowe) and Houses (a new version of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet").

Film and television

His film career spans three decades and began at an early age, most notably with his appearance in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

In 2009 he co-founded the independent film company Sneak Attack (film company),[1] with director Ryan Darst. Their award-winning short and full-length films (written by Hertford) have screened at festivals all over the US and UK with performances from actors such as: Jon Heder, Nora Kirkpatrick, Matt L. Jones, Brian Huskey, Mary Kate Wiles, Lauren Lapkus, Kyle Mooney, Matt Bush, Rusty Schwimmer, Nick Thune, Johnny Pemberton and Brandon Quinn.

In 2014 he received Best Actor awards for his work as geneticist Jesse Darden in the science fiction independent feature film The Perfect 46[2] from the Other Worlds Film Festival in Austin, Texas and Filmquest Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 2015 he portrayed the role of iconic cult leader and convicted killer, Charles Manson, in the coming of age 1960s era thriller, Prettyface.

From 2005 to 2011, he was a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles as a sketch writer, performer and improviser. During that time he recurred as "Officer / Detective Ross" on the FOX comedy Raising Hope and as the tyrannical rival choreographer Dakota Stanley during the first season of Glee. Other TV credits include Psych, various appearances on Conan and as the voice of Cadet Kryze on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853548/
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771506/

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.