Welcome to the Showcase of professional Actor, Justin Ellis.

Justin was born and raised in the United Kingdom, in London/SE England. He moved to the USA in 2003.

Having worked extensively on the London & New York stage, Justin recently debuted in Los Angeles with a critically acclaimed new play Eternal Equinox- playing the dashing yet tormented real life mountaineer, George Mallory, who was the first to attempt to scale Mount Everest in the 1920s & who coined the phrase "Because it's there". More information can be found HERE.

Casting has been broad & diverse in the many different 'types' of characters Justin has played:

Previous Theatre credits include the title roles in The Tragedy of Abraham Lincoln (New York) and Frankenstein (London), George Gibbs in Our Town, Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet, Lord Byron in Bloody Poetry, Tom in Tom's Underwater Adventure and many more besides.

Numerous Independant Film credits include roles ranging from a vampire to a hit man to a homeless person to a psychopath to Dorian Gray to a con man to a Welsh nerd to various heroic, romantic 'Leading Men'. Most recently Justin was cast in a principal role in Warner Brothers' feature film August Rush. See the 'Video' section of this site or the home page to view demo reels, scenes from movies and even some full length short films that have been completed..

'Prototypes' which Justin Ellis has been often likened to is a Hugh Jackman and a 'young' Liam Neeson type.

Training has been extensive, comprehensive & ongoing (Justin very much believes in consistently 'working out' his acting 'muscles' between jobs, to keep the 'instrument' in optimum shape). Justin believes in entirely immersing himself in his craft, to continually and never endingly grow as an actor towards the life-long goal of continued expansion of mastery. Training extends between London, New York and Los Angeles.

Training has included the 2 year Acting Program at The City Literary Institute combined with workshops at The Actors Centre in London. From there, he studied extensively with international coach and lifetime member of New York's famous Actors Studio, Jack Waltzer in both London and New York (Jack is personal coach to Sigourney Weaver, Dustin Hoffman et al). Jack himself trained intensively and directly for many years with America's foremost teachers and directors of the Stanislavsky System, whose methods he adopts in his coaching. These include Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Bobby Lewis, Uta Hagen and Elia Kazan, among others.

More recently Justin finished another complete professional acting training program in New York with British award winning Director John Osborne Hughes in his comprehensive course The Spiritual Psychology of Acting - a uniquely powerful fusion of the system of Stanislavski, cutting-edge psychology and meditation.

Justin's portfolio of work ranges from contemporary to classic genres, from serious, emotionally challenging dramas, to action films to comedy, from supporting roles, to leading/principal roles to ensemble work, from classic theatre, to physical off-the wall stage work to feature films & Television.

"I am passionate about my work as an artist, commited to creating an outstanding performance & character in sincere service to the greater good of the production & the audience at large"- Justin Ellis

Justin is also currently in the process of writing & directing some new short films.

To date Justin lives between Los Angeles, New York City & London (though LA is his primary home for now), but plans on working wherever his career takes him, open to opportunity worldwide..

Watch this space!

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WARNING: THE INSIGHT AND AWARENESS THIS PERFORMER OFFERS IS GUARANTEED TO BLOW YOUR MIND AND FREE YOUR SPIRIT!