Jonathan Judge-Russo (born January 19, 1983) is an American actor and
producer. He has acted on television, film, and the stage. He is
perhaps best known for his roles as Jeremy on the Netflix original
comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Randy Platt and Gary Ryan on
the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as being the
Founding Artistic Director of Animus Theatre Company in New York City.
He is also a member of the cast of the controversial film A Rainy Day
in New York, directed by Woody Allen.Judge-Russo is a graduate of
Circle in the Square Theatre School, The Stella Adler Studio of
Acting, the British American Drama Academy, and The Actors Center. At
the above combined institutions, he studied with Alan Langdon, Sir Ben
Kingsley, Alan Rickman, Chris Bayes, Earle Gister, Edward Berkeley,
and John Barton. He received a BA in Theatre and Creative Writing from
Loyola University Maryland and graduated from Regis High School in
2001.Jonathan Judge-Russo was a member of the cast of Jumpers for
Goalposts at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, that received a
2016 nomination for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a
Play. He was a member of the cast of the Drama Desk Award nominated
Falling at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Other New York credits include
such theatres as the Signature Theatre (Somewhere with You), The
Cherry Lane Theatre (John Patrick Shanley’s Where’s My Money?),
The Irish Repertory Theatre (Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon),
the Irish Arts Center (The Irish Play), and the Irondale Center
(Treasure Island). He has performed at the Metropolitan Opera on three
occasions, in productions of La Fanciulla del West and Wozzeck.
Judge-Russo has performed regionally in the world premiere of Seth Zvi
Rosenfeld’s Downtown Race Riot (New York Stage and Film), the
United States premiere of Tom Wells’ Jumpers for Goalposts (Studio
Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Troilus and Cressida, and Comedy
of Errors (all with the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), as well as
Othello with the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. He played a lead role
in the First National Tour of Echoes of Ireland, written by Frank
McCourt and Malachy McCourt.Judge-Russo has acted in such television
shows as FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (twice),
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Elementary, Black Box, and White Collar as
well as such films as A Rainy Day in New York, Chess and Eat Me.
producer. He has acted on television, film, and the stage. He is
perhaps best known for his roles as Jeremy on the Netflix original
comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Randy Platt and Gary Ryan on
the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as being the
Founding Artistic Director of Animus Theatre Company in New York City.
He is also a member of the cast of the controversial film A Rainy Day
in New York, directed by Woody Allen.Judge-Russo is a graduate of
Circle in the Square Theatre School, The Stella Adler Studio of
Acting, the British American Drama Academy, and The Actors Center. At
the above combined institutions, he studied with Alan Langdon, Sir Ben
Kingsley, Alan Rickman, Chris Bayes, Earle Gister, Edward Berkeley,
and John Barton. He received a BA in Theatre and Creative Writing from
Loyola University Maryland and graduated from Regis High School in
2001.Jonathan Judge-Russo was a member of the cast of Jumpers for
Goalposts at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, that received a
2016 nomination for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a
Play. He was a member of the cast of the Drama Desk Award nominated
Falling at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Other New York credits include
such theatres as the Signature Theatre (Somewhere with You), The
Cherry Lane Theatre (John Patrick Shanley’s Where’s My Money?),
The Irish Repertory Theatre (Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon),
the Irish Arts Center (The Irish Play), and the Irondale Center
(Treasure Island). He has performed at the Metropolitan Opera on three
occasions, in productions of La Fanciulla del West and Wozzeck.
Judge-Russo has performed regionally in the world premiere of Seth Zvi
Rosenfeld’s Downtown Race Riot (New York Stage and Film), the
United States premiere of Tom Wells’ Jumpers for Goalposts (Studio
Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Troilus and Cressida, and Comedy
of Errors (all with the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), as well as
Othello with the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. He played a lead role
in the First National Tour of Echoes of Ireland, written by Frank
McCourt and Malachy McCourt.Judge-Russo has acted in such television
shows as FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (twice),
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Elementary, Black Box, and White Collar as
well as such films as A Rainy Day in New York, Chess and Eat Me.
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