DAVID HENRY GERSON has trained as an actor in New York City with Wynn Handman and William Esper (Meisner Technique), in Los Angeles with Ivana Chubbuck, and in London at the British American Drama Academy. He holds a BA from Columbia University where he studied English, Film, Theatre and Visual Arts. Film and television credits include David Mamet's FOX TV Show 'The UNIT,' the leading role in the short film 'Junior,' as well as PBS and various commercial projects. His stage acting credits include the role of Stanley Kowalski in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (NYC), Sir Willful Witwoud in 'The Way of the World' (London), Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (NYC - Dir. Diane Paulus), and the role of young Bertram in 'All’s Well That Ends Well' (The Shakespeare Theatre, DC - Dir. Michael Kahn). In 2007, he co-produced and directed the US Premiere of Mick Gordon and AC Grayling’s ‘theatre essay’ entitled 'On Religion.' With actor and filmmaker Sirak M. Sabahat, he co-founded Exodus Films, a film company committed to effecting social change. He currently resides in New York.

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ABOUT DAVID HENRY GERSON

DAVID HENRY GERSON
New York, NY
DAVID HENRY GERSON grew up in Washington DC and studied theatre, film, visual arts, and literature at Columbia University. He has trained as an actor at the Ivana Chubbuck studios in LA, the Meisner technique with William Esper, and at The British American Drama Academy in London. He currently studies with Wynn Handman in New York City. David’s film and television credits include the leading role in the short film Junior, David Mamet's FOX TV Show The UNIT, PBS and various commercial projects. His stage acting credits include the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (NYC 2009), Sir Willful Witwoud in The Way of the World (Oval Theatre, London), Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro (Columbia University - Dir. Diane Paulus), and the role of young Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well (The Shakespeare Theatre, D.C. - Dir. Michael Kahn). In 2007, he co-produced and directed the US Premiere of Mick Gordon and AC Grayling’s ‘theatre essay’ entitled On Religion. With actor and filmmaker Prince Sirak Sabahat, he co-founded Exodus Films, a film company committed to effecting social change.
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