John Rothman has worked continuously on stage, screen, and television for forty years. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theaters, and in plays directed by the likes of Mike Nichols, Michael Blakemore and Trevor Nunn. He is especially proud of his collaborations with playwright and director Richard Nelson.
As a young actor, John wrote and starred in the Off- Broadway hit The Impossible H.L. Mencken. He went on to write and co-star in the Sundance-selected short Good Night Valentino, a movie about Mencken and Valentino’s unlikely friendship. In his film career, John has worked with directors Paul Greengrass, Alan J. Pakula, Anthony Minghella, and Penny Marshall among many others. His first film was Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories and he was featured in three more movies directed by Allen. He has been in over a hundred films—among them, Sophie’s Choice, Ghostbusters, Picture Perfect, Pr
John Rothman has worked continuously on stage, screen, and television for forty years. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theaters, and in plays directed by the likes of Mike Nichols, Michael Blakemore and Trevor Nunn. He is especially proud of his collaborations with playwright and director Richard Nelson.
As a young actor, John wrote and starred in the Off- Broadway hit The Impossible H.L. Mencken. He went on to write and co-star in the Sundance-selected short Good Night Valentino, a movie about Mencken and Valentino’s unlikely friendship. In his film career, John has worked with directors Paul Greengrass, Alan J. Pakula, Anthony Minghella, and Penny Marshall among many others. His first film was Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories and he was featured in three more movies directed by Allen. He has been in over a hundred films—among them, Sophie’s Choice, Ghostbusters, Picture Perfect, Prime, United 93, and The Devil Wears Prada, as well as many independent films that have screened at Sundance and other film festivals including Laurie Simmons’ My Art shown at the Tribeca Film Festival this year.
John has guest-starred on innumerable TV shows and was a series regular on ABC’s Birdland.
John serves on the New York board of SagAftra, on the national TV/Theatrical negotiating committee. He is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Ensemble Studio Theater, and The Actors Center.
