DAVID BECK
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA Eligible
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Heightened Language: Poetry and Shakespeare (Performance Video) Quicktime
"Beauty That is Never Old" by James Weldon Johnson (Death of Classical at Greenwood Cemetery); Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare from the film "Backup Plan" (Blue Slate Films)
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Film Reel 1 (Performance Video) Quicktime
British dialect - 0.01-0.27 Quirky/Sensitive/Off-beat - 0.28 Vulnerable/Emotional - 1:23 Underdog - 2:33 Paternal/Angry - 2:50
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Workplace Serio-Comedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
Quick-witted, kind co-worker with good facial expressions
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Reel 2 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Paternal; Concerned father British Gold Digger (BRITISH dialect) - 0.39 Suicidal Lover - 1:13 Comedic - 2:01
Résumé Print Résumé
AGENT: UIA Talent Agency 212-969-1797 | ||
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THEATRE: OFF-BROADWAY/OFF-OFF BROADWAY/REGIONAL | ||
A Touch of the Poet |
Dan Roche (u/s Maloy, Creegan, Gadspy) |
Irish Rep/dir. Ciaran O'Reilly |
In a Dark Dark House |
Drew/Lead |
NY ART/dir. Sam Helfrich |
Hamlet |
Horatio/Supporting |
Mirror Rep/dir. Sabra Jones |
Our Town |
George Gibbs/Lead |
Mirror Rep/dir.Charles McAteer |
The More Loving One* |
Matt/Lead |
La Mama/dir. Craig Baldwin |
*Best Play 2011 NY Fringe |
Extension at SoHo Playhouse |
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Hands of Light (reading w/Brian Cox |
Holy Man/Supporting |
Players Club/dir. Tricia Parks |
Doubtless |
Brother/Supporting |
59E59Theatres/dir.Jack Hofsiss |
On a Bench |
Robert/Lead |
59E59 Theatres/dir.Merri Milwe |
Animals Out of Paper |
Andy/Lead |
Great Griffon/dir. Merri Milwe |
Walking the Road |
The Companion/Lead |
1stIrish NYC/dir. John Brant |
Never in My Lifetime |
Tom/Lead |
3 Isles, NYC/dir. Tim Ruddy |
Rabbit Hole |
Jason/Supporting |
Human Race,OH/dir.Scott Stoney |
The Long Ride Home |
Paul/Lead |
Cherry Lane/dir. A. Merenda |
The Seagull |
Treplev/Lead |
Columbia Stages/dir. Osh Jones |
Confessions |
Hippolytus/Lead |
NY Fringe/dir. D. Cheng |
Lily's Crossing |
Albert/Lead |
ArtsPower National Tour |
The Silent Boy |
Jacob/Lead |
ArtsPower National Tour |
Private Life of the Master Race |
The Young Man/Supporting |
Roust, NYC/dir. James P. Gates |
I Kreon |
Tiresias' Boy, Chorus/Supporting |
Roust, NYC/dir. Aole T. Miller |
Doctor Faustus |
Wagner, Chorus/Supporting |
Toy Box, NYC/dir. Jon Barsness |
Three Sisters |
Baron Tuzenbach/Supporting |
Columbia/supv. Brian Kulick |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Starveling/Supporting |
Dog Run Rep/dir. Jeff Cohen |
Macbeth |
Macduff/Supporting |
Queens Shakespeare/dir.N.Asher |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Benedick/Lead |
Ivoryton, CT/dir. Julia Kiley |
Pied Piper of Hamelin |
Pied Piper/Lead |
Ivoryton, CT/dir. Julia Kiley |
FILM/TELEVISION | ||
Fleishman is in Trouble |
Co-star |
Hulu/dir.Shari Springer Berman |
The Food That Built America |
Henry Rudkin (Lead) |
History Channel |
Backup Plan |
Lead |
Blue Slate Films/dir. D. Beck |
Spring Street |
Lead |
The Great Griffon/dir. D. Beck |
For Francis |
Lead |
Starr Films/dir. A. Letizia |
Re-Do |
The Pianist |
Starr Films/dir. A Letizia |
Messy the Web Series |
Co-Star |
dir. Nicole Ansari |
The Exalted |
Lead |
Griffon Films/dir. Viktor Luna |
The New Life |
Lead |
Levy Productions |
Bulletboy |
Lead |
Starr Films/dir. A. Letizia |
Jimmy and the Double Barrel |
Lead |
Third Floor Productions |
RELEVANT SKILLS | ||
Excellent Classical Pianist |
Acoustic Guitar, Self-Taught |
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Dialects: Standard British, Cockney, American Southern, |
Russian, Hungarian, Brooklyn |
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EDUCATION | ||
Master Class: Kathleen Turner |
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Marymount Manhattan College: |
Bachelor of Arts |
Magna Cum Laude |
Studied with: Michelle Bossy (Primary Stages/ESPA) |
John McCormack (E.S.T.) |
Alex Neil, Liz Swain, |
Richard Niles, Debbie Lee Jones |
Fay Simpson (Lucid Body) |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'7" |
Weight: 150 lbs |
Eyes: Hazel |
Hair Color: Honey Brown |
Hair Length: Short |
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PROFESSIONAL PIANIST, Baseball, Cycling, Equestrian - General, Ice Skating, Jump Rope, Kick Boxing, Soccer, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - butterfly, Swimming - freestyle, Yoga, Guitar, Host, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Piano, Singer, Teleprompter, Voiceover, American - New England Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Birmingham Accent, British - Cockney Accent, British - Geordie Accent, British - Scouse/Liverpool Accent, British - Yorkshire Accent, German Accent, Hungarian Accent, Irish Accent, Russian Accent
David Beck is a character actor who has played everything from a concerned working class father, to an overly optimistic calculus teacher, to a British lovesick soldier, to a drunk Irish nationalist. Recent credits include Fleishman is in Trouble on Hulu, starring Claire Danes and Jesse Eisenberg as well as the Outer Critics Award nominated Touch of the Poet at the Irish Rep, Off Broadway.