J.Stephen Brantley
J.Stephen Brantley is an actor and playwright whose work has been commissioned by Lincoln Center Director's Lab and Performance Space 122, where his Distortion Taco: Analog Hunger In A Digital World was named a Village Voice Pick Of The Year. He's performed with Big Dance Theatre, Mabou Mines, Cucaracha, Lucky Artists and Emerging Artists Theatre, and at venues including Horse Trade, the Sanford Meisner, Soho Rep, HERE, The Brick and The Palladium.

J.Stephen is an award-winning graduate of NYU's Experimental Theatre Wing, a member of EAT, and a quintessential Scorpio. He can be seen in a variety of independent films.

THEATRE :
SLAP & TICKLE                                                  Rob #3 (Brett, Josh, David, Tim)                   Provincetown Theatre, David Drake
FIREPLACE POKER                                             Daryl                                                           Horse Trade Theatre, Michael Rau
CANADIAN TUXEDO                                            Lou                                                             Universal Theatre Festival, Jonathan Warman
PUNK ROCK LOVE SONG (Love’s Labours Lost)      Cost (Costard)                                             Horse Trade @ The Brick, Heidi Grumelot
THE DIVINE WILL OF RYAN MORGAN                    Father Gill                                                   Lucky Artists / BoCoCa Fest, Terra Vetter
FAMILY COMES FIRST                                        Caterpillar                                                   Emerging Artists Theatre, Dan Dinero
WEIMAR HOLE                                                   Gustav Friendly                                            Emerging Artists Theatre, Jonathan Warman
THE GAY BARBER’S APARTMENT                         Venice                                                        Sanford Meisner Theatre, Alex Hurt
A PERIOD PIECE                                                 Ethan                                                         American Globe Theatre, Chris Sanderson
SUGAR DOWN BILLIE HOAK                                 Duke                                                          The Palladium, Rebecca Holderness
DISTORTION TACO                                            Trip Rohrbacher                                          Performance Space 122, J.Stephen Brantley
SUBTERRANEANS                                               George                                                       SoHo Rep, David Greenspan
BUDD                                                                various roles                                               Cucaracha Theatre, Richard Caliban
GRETEL                                                             Vampire King/Uncle Jim                               NYU Loewe Theater, Kevin Kuhlke
BREMEN FREEDOM                                             Johann/Rumph                                            Cucaracha Theatre, Paul Lazar & Annie-B Parson


FILM :
CERTAIN DEATH                                                Gus                                                            Greg Lawson / Purchase
SOMETHING PRICELESS                                      Zeke                                                          Matthew Fels / Purchase
THE AUDITION                                                   Young Man                                                 George Bennett / Magic Bullet
BREATHLESS 2                                                   Peter                                                         Alessandro Spreafico
MOANS                                                             Phillip                                                         Filmracing / The MacArthur Genius…
THE LOUISIANA CONVERSATION                         Toothless                                                   Aaron Clayton, TLC
DELETED SCENES                                               J.D.                                                           Todd Verow / Bangor Films
UNSPOKEN DREAMS                                           Photographer                                              Michelle Barry / NYFA
BOXHEAD                                                          Exterminator                                               Randall Kaplan / Nihilove Pictures
CAMERON QUE SE DUERME…                              Beggar (Detective)                                      Alejandro Webelman / NYU
MEMORY OF FIRE                                               Butoh dancer                                              PBS American Experience
GROSS LITTLE VICTIM OF LIFE                            Dr. Bobo                                                    MTV/Golden Academy Pictures

TRAINING :
BFA, Acting, NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ Experimental Theatre Wing