John D. Alexander

John D. Alexander is a native New Yorker, where, as a lad, he began his acting career, and has spent the past 30 years in theatre, film, and radio. He has worked on such films as The Bronx Bull (opposite Paul Sorvino), Sanctioning Evil, The Mudge Boy (opposite Richard Jenkins and Emile Hirsch), American Gun (opposite James Coburn), Me, Myself, and Irene, and What Lies Beneath, as well as television work on Law & Order: SVU and a variety of commercials. Favorite roles include Prospero (The Tempest), Teach (American Buffalo), Pozzo (Waiting for Godot), Arthur Goldman (The Man in the Glass Booth), Johnny Pateen (The Cripple of Inishmaan), Orin the Dentist (Little Shop of Horrors), Arscott and Collins (Our Country's Good), Ross (The Elephant Man), Eddie Schultz (No Orchids for Miss Blandish), and Treat (Orphans). Mr. Alexander has worked as a dialect coach on Both Eyes Open: The Annie Oakley Story, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Hallelujah Girls, Oliver!, Steel Magnolias, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Dancing at Lughnasa, Our Country's Good, Fully Committed, Stone, various children's shows, and private workshops. He has taught acting at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, with the Summer Discovery Program, and in private workshops. Aside from skill with dialects, Mr. Alexander is proficient in the German language, fencing, firearms handling, and stage combat, and has experience in film stand-in work. He is a cofounder of Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, a 60-seat black box theater in Burlington, established to provide an affordable, professional venue for local theater artists, and is a member of both Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.