Jonathan Majors Jonathan Majors
Union affiliation:
AEA

Manager:
Soffer/Namoff Entertainment
Geoff Soffer
646-705-0051
 
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown

Jonathan Majors will not be present at the Yale School of Drama Showcase in New York City or Los Angeles. Jonathan is currently on location filming When We Rise, an ABC miniseries written by Dustin Lance Black and directed by Gus Van Sant.

Production Experience

Title

Role

Place

Director


Theatre

 

 

 

The Oresteia

Agamemnon

Yale School of Drama

Yagil Eliraz

The Commedia Project

Ensemble

Yale School of Drama

Christopher Bayes

The Children

Affinity

Yale School of Drama

Jessica Holt

The Seagull

Sorin

Yale School of Drama

Jessica Holt

Cardboard Piano

Pike/Paul

Yale School of Drama

Cole Lewis

The Brothers Size

Ogun

Yale Cabaret

Luke Harlan

Touch Cardboard

Kyle

Yale Cabaret

Julian Elijah Martinez

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Simon

Yale Repertory Theatre

Liz Diamond

Henry V

Henry V

Chautauqua Theatre Company

Evan Cabnet

Our Town

Howie Newsome

Chautauqua Theatre Company

Paul Mullins

A Raisin in the Sun

Walter Lee

Chautauqua Theatre Company

Ethan McSweeney

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Sylvester

The Greene Space

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

The Tempest

Sebastian

Chautauqua Theatre Company

Jade King Carol

Fences

Cory

The Greene Space

Kenny Leon

Cry Old Kingdom**

Henri Max

Humana Festival ’13

Tom Dugdale

27 Ways I Didn’t Say “Hi”
to Laurence Fishburne

Jonathan

Humana Festival ’13

Meredith McDonough

Evelyn and His Brothers

Leslie

NTI Eugene O’Neill

Lexy Leuczler

Fences

Cory

Virginia Stage Company

Derrick Sanders

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Valentine

Founders Theatre

Denis Sanders

As You Like It

Orlando (u/s)

Bernstein Theatre

Tony Simotes

Revolutionary Moments

Ira Aldridge

Shakespeare & Company

Dennis Krausnick

Every Actor

Buddy/Fellowship

Shakespeare & Company

Bill Barclay

George Washington’s Boy*

Hercules

Shakespeare & Company

Ted Lange

Kaufman’s Barbershop*

Walter

Shakespeare & Company

Reggie Life

Fences

Cory

UNCSA

Michelle Shay

A Soldier’s Play

PFC. Peterson

UNCSA

Steven Anthony Jones

A Streetcar Named Desire

Mitch

UNCSA

Rob Ruggiero

Tracers

Sgt. Williams

UNCSA

Robert Francesconi

Mystery of Edwin Drood

James Throttle

UNCSA

John Langs

Much Ado About Nothing

Dogberry

UNCSA

Robert Francesconi

Our Country’s Good

Black Caesar

UNCSA

John Langs

* Denotes New Play
** Denotes World Premiere

 

 

 

Education

School

Degree

Area of Study

Teacher

University of North Carolina
School of the Arts

BFA

Acting

 

Yale School of Drama

MFA

Acting

 

 

 

Acting

Ron Van Lieu, Evan Yionoulis, David Chambers, Robert Woodruff

 

 

Acting/Shakespeare/Text

Peter Francis James, James Bundy, Steven Skybell

 

 

Speech-Dialect

Beth McGuire, Jane Guyer Fujita

 

 

Voice

Walton Wilson, Grace Zandarski, Louis Colaianni, Dawn-Elin Fraser

 

 

Alexander Technique

Jessica Wolf, Bill Connington

 

 

Singing

Glenn Seven Allen, Anne Tofflemire

 

 

Stage Combat

Rick Sordelet, Michael Rossmy

 

 

Dance for Actors

Lori Leshner, Moncell Durden

 

 

The Body as Source

Erica Fae

 

 

Voice Over

Billy Serow

 

 

Clown/Commedia

Christopher Bayes

 

 

Theater Games

Justine Williams

 

 

Creating Actor-Generated Work

Joan MacIntosh

 

 

Acting for Camera & Professional Preparation

Ellen Novack, Gregory Berger-Sobeck

 

 

Yoga

Annie Piper

 

Awards and Honors

Lloyd Richards Scholarship; Jerome L. Greene Scholarship; NSAL 2015 Drama Competition Winner

 

Special Skills

Mask; Red Nose; Clowning; SAFD Recommended Certification; Unarmed; Knife; Sword & Shield; Small Sword; Tumbling; Basketball; Football; Golden Gloves Boxer (12years); IPA; Accents (on request); Extremely Physical