JUD MEYERS
Jud launched his career on the stages of England, where he won the prestigious Martini/Rossi National Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance of Mercutio alongside Michael Sheen's Romeo in the Royal Exchange's production of Romeo & Juliet.
He also won the Evening News National Theatre award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Arnold Epstein in the British Premiere of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues. He appeared alongside Timothy West in the Theatre Royal's World Premiere of Himself and appeared as Biff in the famous Octagon's production of Death of a Salesman.
Jud added to his Royal Exchange credits, appearing in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge and Eric Bogosian's Drinking in America. He appeared in Brighton Beach Memoirs at the Library Theatre and the Off-West End World Premiere of Angels Still Falling, detailing the life of Jack Kerouac.
Traveling back to the US, Meyers appeared in a leading role alongside the legendary Julie Harris (winner of five Tony Awards) and Philip Baker-Hall (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), playing Andrey Tolstoy in the New York Phoenix's World Premiere of Sonya.
Meyers also put in a star turn with the Phoenix as Gethin Price in the first ever US production of Comedians. While at the Phoenix, he appeared in the New York Premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Missing Marissa/Kissing Christine and then shifted over to the Helen Hayes Theatre and starred as Lawrence Vail in the New York revival of Once in a Lifetime.
While still on the East Coast, he appeared in the Off-Broadway World Premiere of Furious, produced by the New York Theatre Alliance and Directed by Tony-Award winner, David Elliott. He also appeared alongside the brilliant Joseph Maher in the Long Wharf Theatre’s production of The Entertainer.
Jud then appeared in Shimmer, a widely hailed Off-Broadway One-Person show at the Irish Repertory Theatre, where he played twenty different characters. Following the success of its New York run, it transferred to Los Angeles, with long stays at the Two Roads Theatre, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and the most recent revival at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood.
Once in Los Angeles, he stayed on and took a turn as a Director for the Los Angeles Premiere of Tucumcari at the Matrix Theatre, starring Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black, Egg). This led to his next big challenge as a writer, director, producer and actor in the Festival feature film, The Peppermint Tree, starring Reiner, David Alan Basche (The Exes), William Marsh (Saving Private Ryan) and Kirk Baltz (Reservoir Dogs).
As a supporting film actor, Jud recently appeared in the horror franchise film Night Games and previously, had a blast playing Fitz, the crazy henchman who suffers a bloody death at the hook of Tony Todd's Candyman in Day of the Dead.
In the world of television, Jud most recently appeared as the British assassin, Michael Simmons on The Blacklist. He appeared in the short-lived NBC series, First Years, starring Samatha Mathis and Sydney Poitier and Directed by Scott Winant and Timothy Busfield. He appeared in Sherman's March, also a pilot for NBC and two intense episodes of Law and Order, Directed by Ed Sherin. In the UK, Jud was a guest-star on both Stealing the Fire for Alan Bell at the BBC and as a deaf, but deadly CIA agent in Atonement, starring Alfred Molina (Boogie Nights, Spider-Man).
He has a passion for working with Children's Charity organizations. His company has built reading rooms for LA+USC Children's Hospital and LA County Hospital. He's also raised tens of thousands of dollars for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, championing their Make March Matter annual events.
When not acting, Jud works as a teaching artist for Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), developing, programming and teaching writing and acting to incarcerated students at the Sing-Sing Correctional maximum-security prison in NY.
