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Joshua Elijah Reese

Joshua Elijah Reese (born July 14, 1984) is an American actor.

Joshua Elijah Reese
Born
Joshua Elijah Reese

(1984-07-14) July 14, 1984 (age 39)
OccupationActor
Years active2000s–present
Website

Early life edit

Joshua Elijah Reese was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a child, he enjoyed performing with his elementary and middle school choirs. In high school, he had aspirations of pursuing a variety of sports especially basketball. The dream ended when he failed to make the school’s basketball team. He was disappointed but encouraged by his English teacher to audition for the annual high school musical. He landed a role and has never looked back. Throughout his high school experience, he had the opportunity to play increasingly challenging roles, including the character Baker in Into the Woods. The role earned him a Best Actor nomination from the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s Gene Kelly Awards. Reese is a graduate of Perry Traditional Academy high school (Pittsburgh Perry) and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Point Park University.

Career edit

He started his professional acting career while still in college performing in numerous theatrical stage productions in Pittsburgh's theatre scene: City Theatre (The Brothers Size; Flight), Pittsburgh Public Theater (Ain’t Misbehavin’), Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre (Julius Caesar), Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company (James McBride; Corps Values; A Question of Taste; Jitney), and Kuntu Repertory Theatre (Sarafina).[1]

In 2007, he attained his first television role in The Kill Point, an eight episode television series that is distinguished as the first original drama to air on Spike TV.[2][3] He played the key role of Derzius, a US Marine recently returned from serving in Iraq. The series follows the action that ensues when Derzius, along with his marine cohorts, attempt to pull off a major bank heist. The next year, Reese played the character of Billick in the indie-thriller film Homecoming starring Mischa Barton. The film has become an instant cult classic.[4] In 2009, Reese was named one of the Young Pittsburghers to watch by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.[5] The same year he filmed two movies, the independent film Trapped and the Twentieth Century Fox film Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington.

Reese returned to the stage in 2010, starring in the world premiere of playwright Cori Thomas’ When January Feels Like Summer at the Pittsburgh City Theatre which won the Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging playwright. In the spring, he took on the role of Darnell aka Youngblood in his first August Wilson production, Jitney, with the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company. Later that summer, he played the role of Ogun Size in the west coast premiere of playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size at the Magic Theatre (San Francisco, California).[6][7][8][9][10] It is the second time that Reese will appear in a production of The Brothers Size. He played Elegba in the Pittsburgh City Theatre production.

He appeared in Val Kilmer’s independent film Riddle and the film One for the Money starring Katherine Heigl.

Filmography edit

Television credits edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Pittsburghcitypaper.ws".
  2. ^ Keveney, Bill (2007-07-19). "Spike's aiming higher with 'The Kill Point'". USA Today. from the original on 2009-06-15.
  3. ^ "The Kill Point". IMDb. 22 July 2007.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  5. ^ "Young Pittsburghers to watch in 2009".
  6. ^ "Theater review: 'The Brothers Size'". 23 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Theater Review: 'The Brothers Size' scorches San Francisco". 22 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Pittsburghcitypaper.ws".
  9. ^ "Playwrights Theatre takes August Wilson's 'Jitney' for gritty trip".
  10. ^ "Production History – Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company".

External links edit

  • Joshua Elijah Reese at IMDb

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Joshua Elijah Reese born July 14 1984 is an American actor Joshua Elijah ReeseBornJoshua Elijah Reese 1984 07 14 July 14 1984 age 39 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United StatesOccupationActorYears active2000s presentWebsitewww joshuaelijahreese com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Television credits 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Joshua Elijah Reese news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Joshua Elijah Reese was born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania As a child he enjoyed performing with his elementary and middle school choirs In high school he had aspirations of pursuing a variety of sports especially basketball The dream ended when he failed to make the school s basketball team He was disappointed but encouraged by his English teacher to audition for the annual high school musical He landed a role and has never looked back Throughout his high school experience he had the opportunity to play increasingly challenging roles including the character Baker in Into the Woods The role earned him a Best Actor nomination from the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera s Gene Kelly Awards Reese is a graduate of Perry Traditional Academy high school Pittsburgh Perry and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Point Park University Career editHe started his professional acting career while still in college performing in numerous theatrical stage productions in Pittsburgh s theatre scene City Theatre The Brothers Size Flight Pittsburgh Public Theater Ain t Misbehavin Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre Julius Caesar Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company James McBride Corps Values A Question of Taste Jitney and Kuntu Repertory Theatre Sarafina 1 In 2007 he attained his first television role in The Kill Point an eight episode television series that is distinguished as the first original drama to air on Spike TV 2 3 He played the key role of Derzius a US Marine recently returned from serving in Iraq The series follows the action that ensues when Derzius along with his marine cohorts attempt to pull off a major bank heist The next year Reese played the character of Billick in the indie thriller film Homecoming starring Mischa Barton The film has become an instant cult classic 4 In 2009 Reese was named one of the Young Pittsburghers to watch by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette 5 The same year he filmed two movies the independent film Trapped and the Twentieth Century Fox film Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington Reese returned to the stage in 2010 starring in the world premiere of playwright Cori Thomas When January Feels Like Summer at the Pittsburgh City Theatre which won the Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging playwright In the spring he took on the role of Darnell aka Youngblood in his first August Wilson production Jitney with the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company Later that summer he played the role of Ogun Size in the west coast premiere of playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney s The Brothers Size at the Magic Theatre San Francisco California 6 7 8 9 10 It is the second time that Reese will appear in a production of The Brothers Size He played Elegba in the Pittsburgh City Theatre production He appeared in Val Kilmer s independent film Riddle and the film One for the Money starring Katherine Heigl Filmography editHomecoming 2009 Billick Trapped 2009 Detective Jimmy Ingraham Unstoppable 2010 Young Engineer Riddle 2010 Deputy Clark One for the Money 2012 Deputy The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Mercenary at City HallTelevision credits editThe Kill Point 2007 TV series Derzius Three Rivers 2009 TV pilot EMTReferences edit Pittsburghcitypaper ws Keveney Bill 2007 07 19 Spike s aiming higher with The Kill Point USA Today Archived from the original on 2009 06 15 The Kill Point IMDb 22 July 2007 Movie Review Homecoming Starring Mischa Barton Cleveland Leader Archived from the original on 2010 12 14 Retrieved 2010 08 25 Young Pittsburghers to watch in 2009 Theater review The Brothers Size 23 September 2010 Theater Review The Brothers Size scorches San Francisco 22 September 2010 Pittsburghcitypaper ws Playwrights Theatre takes August Wilson s Jitney for gritty trip Production History Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company External links editThe Official Joshua Elijah Reese Website Joshua Elijah Reese at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joshua Elijah Reese amp oldid 1188405030, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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