John Magaro
John Magaro (born February 16, 1983 in Akron , Ohio ) is an American actor .
Life
Magaro grew up in Munroe Falls , a suburb of Akron. He has a brother four years older than him. His parents, who were both teachers, separated when Magaro was 13 years old.
Magaro was already interested in acting as a teenager. He performed skits and appeared on a radio show he initiated at summer camp.
In the mid-2000s he moved to New York City and appeared in first short films. After supporting roles in numerous film and television productions, he took on the lead role of Alex in Wes Craven's horror film My Soul to Take in 2010 . In 2012 he starred alongside James Gandolfini in David Chase 's first feature film Not Fade Away . This was followed by roles in films such as Unbroken and Carol . Since 2015 he played the character of Vince Muccio in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black . In the same year he received a leading role in the Oscar-nominated literary adaptation The Big Short . For this role, he and the rest of the cast received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award in the Best Acting Ensemble category .
He is engaged to Janice Hong and lives with her in New York City.
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Prisoners of War (short film)
- 2006: Level Red (short film)
- 2007: Bomb (short film)
- 2007: Law & Order (TV series, one episode)
- 2007: The Stranger Within You (The Brave One)
- 2007: The Life Before Her Eyes (The Life Before Her Eyes)
- 2008: Long legs, short lies and a touch of truth ... (Assassination of a High School President)
- 2008: We Pedal Uphill
- 2009: Taking Chance (TV movie)
- 2009: The Box - You are the experiment (The Box)
- 2010: My Soul to Take
- 2011: Down the Shore
- 2011: Body of Proof (TV series, one episode)
- 2012: Liberal Arts
- 2012: Person of Interest (TV series, one episode)
- 2012: Not Fade Away
- 2013: Deep Powder
- 2014: Unbroken
- 2015: Don't Worry Baby
- 2015: Carol
- 2015: The Big Short
- 2015–2016: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2015–2017: Orange Is the New Black (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2016: The Finest Hours
- 2016: Crisis in Six Scenes (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2017: War Machine
- 2017: Marshall
- 2018: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV series)
- 2018: Operation: Overlord (Overlord)
- 2019: The Umbrella Academy (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2019: First Cow
Web links
- John Magaro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Magaro in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Magaro ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at film-zeit.de, accessed on July 18, 2016
- ↑ a b c d Britta Lokting: 'Big Short' Actor John Magaro Is Hiding in Plain Sight at forward.com, accessed on July 20, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magaro, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron , Ohio , United States |