Barrett Foa

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Barrett Foa (2013)

Barrett Foa (born September 18, 1977 in Manhattan , New York City ) is an American actor , best known for his role as Eric Beale in Navy CIS: LA

life and career

Barrett Foa was born in Manhattan in 1977 . Having been able to put a puzzle together in record time at the age of three , he was accepted into the Dalton School . There he spent his last years of school. While in Dalton, he spent all four summers at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan . There he pursued his interest in the theater. He then studied acting at the University of Michigan , where he completed his studies with a Bachelor of Fine Arts . Foa spent a semester around the world studying Shakespeare and acting at RADA in London . In the summer, Foa worked at a Johnson-Liff casting. He spent each summer in theater groups including the London Barn Playhouse , the Maine State Music Theater , the Music Theater of Wichita and the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera .

After college, Foa got his first role as Jesus in the Off-Broadway - Revival Godspell . After that he played in many other productions. He made his Broadway debut in 2001 with the original cast of the musical Mamma Mia! . He left after six months to take a three-month job at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto , California , where he accepted the role in a new musical .

After playing Matt in The Fantasticks in St. Louis Muny , he was selected to play Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing at Hartford Stage and the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, DC . He also played the Mordred in Camelot at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey .

His last performance of Frederic in Pirates! he starred in a version of Pirates of Penzance in 2007. In 2009, Foa auditioned for the supporting role of Eric Beale in the television series Navy CIS: LA . In January 2010 the role was then expanded to the main role.

Barrett Foa is gay.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: Six Degrees (TV series, episode 1x08)
  • 2009: Numbers - The Logic of Crime ( Numb3rs , TV series, episode 5x17)
  • 2009: Navy CIS ( NCIS , TV series, two episodes)
  • 2009: The Closer (TV series, episode 5x04)
  • 2009–2010: Entourage (TV series, two episodes)
  • since 2009: Navy CIS: LA ( NCIS: Los Angeles , TV series)
  • 2011: Submissions Only (TV series, episode 1x04)
  • 2013: My Synthesized Life (TV series, 2 episodes)

Web links

Commons : Barrett Foa  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wl-romer: gay actors. In: imdb.com. IMDb, September 4, 2011, accessed June 13, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Foa, Barrett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 18th September 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan , New York City, New York, United States