Justin Gordon is an American actor, stage director, film producer, and
painter. He is known for his work on Mike Flanagan's films Absentia,
Oculus, and Before I Wake.Born in Bakersfield, California and raised
in the small Sierra Nevada town of Posey, Gordon fostered a creative
spirit due to the natural solitude and beauty of his hometown
surroundings. After attending a summer acting and directing program at
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, UK, Gordon went on to obtain
his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while
working in regional theatre around the United States. He then moved to
Los Angeles in 2009. His first major film role was as the by-the-book
Detective Lonergan in Mike Flanagan's horror film Absentia, produced
by FallBack Plan Productions (where Gordon was a founding partner).
Since then, he has appeared in two other of Mike Flanagan's films:
Oculus (serving also as an Associate Producer) and Before I Wake.In
addition to his work in film and theatre, Gordon is an avid painter,
working in the style known as action painting, made prominent by
Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline.
painter. He is known for his work on Mike Flanagan's films Absentia,
Oculus, and Before I Wake.Born in Bakersfield, California and raised
in the small Sierra Nevada town of Posey, Gordon fostered a creative
spirit due to the natural solitude and beauty of his hometown
surroundings. After attending a summer acting and directing program at
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, UK, Gordon went on to obtain
his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while
working in regional theatre around the United States. He then moved to
Los Angeles in 2009. His first major film role was as the by-the-book
Detective Lonergan in Mike Flanagan's horror film Absentia, produced
by FallBack Plan Productions (where Gordon was a founding partner).
Since then, he has appeared in two other of Mike Flanagan's films:
Oculus (serving also as an Associate Producer) and Before I Wake.In
addition to his work in film and theatre, Gordon is an avid painter,
working in the style known as action painting, made prominent by
Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline.
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