Seth Numrich | |
Birth Date: | January 19, 1987[1] |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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Occupation: | Actor |
Education: | Juilliard School (BFA) |
Seth Numrich (;[2] born January 19, 1987) is an American stage, television, and film actor.
Numrich was born in Minneapolis. He studied at The Juilliard School[3] graduating in acting in 2006 with Group 36[4] in acting. At the time, he was the youngest person to be admitted into Juilliard's Drama Division, a record previously held by actor Val Kilmer.[5]
He was a teaching artist for "Artists Striving to End Poverty" from 2005 to 2012.[6]
Numrich made his Broadway debut as Lorenzo in the 2010 revival of The Merchant of Venice and has played the boxer Joe Bonaparte in Golden Boy and as Albert in War Horse both at the Lincoln Center Theater on Broadway. He has also acted Off-Broadway in Slipping, Yosemite and Blind as part of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater program, in Too Much Memory, Favorites and Break Your Face on My Hand with Rising Phoenix Repertory, and On the Levee and Iphigenia 2.0 with Signature Theatre. Other roles include Gates of Gold with 59E59 Theaters and Dutch Masters with LAByrinth Theater Company and regionally in The History Boys, The Cure at Troy, Measure for Measure and The Judgment of Paris.
In 2013, he starred in Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams opposite Kim Cattrall at The Old Vic in the West End, London.[7]
In 2018, Numrich appeared in Tom Stoppard's Travesties on Broadway with the Roundabout Theatre Company.[8]
In 2022, he appeared in the Broadway premiere of Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt. In 2023, he performed in Irish Repertory Theatre's staging of Brian Friel's Translations and in 2024 he appeared the world premiere of J.T. Rogers' Corruption at Lincoln Center Theater.
On screen, Numrich is known for his lead role as cadet Sam Singleton/Romeo in Private Romeo, a 2011 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet directed by Alan Brown. He won award for "Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film" during 2011 L.A. Outfest collectively with five other actors from the same film.[9]
Numrich is also known for his roles as Benjamin Tallmadge in AMC's series , which ran from 2014 to 2017, and as Robin Lafferty in the miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven.[10]
In 2021, Numrich read Stephen King's novel Later (novel) as an unabridged audio-production.In 2022, he read Stephen King's novel Fairy Tale (novel) as an unabridged audio-production.
2010 | The Merchant of Venice | Lorenzo | Broadhurst Theatre | |
2011 | War Horse | Albert | Lincoln Center Theater | |
2012 | Golden Boy | Joe Bonaparte | Lincoln Center Theater at the Belasco Theatre | |
2013 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Chance Wayne | The Old Vic | |
2018 | Travesties | Tristan Tzara | Roundabout Theatre Company | |
2022 | Leopoldstadt | Jacob / Percy | Longacre Theatre | |
2024 | Corruption | James Murdoch | Lincoln Center Theater |
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