Gregory Charles Jones

Lecturer of Theatre Arts Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

Acting Technique, Improvisation, Shakespeare, Dialects/Accents

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Biography

A professional actor for 30 years, Charlie just earned his MFA in Performance Pedagogy at LMU.Most recently he guest starred in FBI (CBS). Select credits: MAGIC/BIRD (Broadway), recurring guest star EAST NEW YORK (CBS), featured in MÚSICA (Amazon Studios), VEEP (HBO), THE AMERICANS (FX), recurring roles on MADAM SECRETARY (CBS) and THE PATH (Hulu), James Langton in the RED DEAD REDEMPTION II video game (Rockstar), a Canadian lumberjack on the audio version of Seth Rogen’s YEARBOOK, and “that guy” on dozens of commercials. Charlie's teaching specialties include Knight Thompson Speechwork®, Shakespeare, short and long form improvisation, and gestural language as an acting tool. www.gregorycjones.com

Education

Tisch School of the Arts

BFA

Acting

1993

Loyola Marymount University

MFA

Performance Pedagogy

2025

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Areas of Expertise

Visual Gestural Communication
Dialects/Accents
Acting Technique
Improvisation
Shakespeare

Industry Expertise

Media - Broadcast
Performing Arts
Professional Training and Coaching

Accomplishments

Certified Teacher

2024-12-02

Knight-Thompson Speechwork®

Affiliations

  • SAG-AFTRA
  • Actors' Equity Association
  • Voice and Speech Trainers Association

Patents

Memiography

98917025

2025-07-08

A line memorization tool using visual gestural communication.

Courses

Improvisation: The Science of Intuitive Storytelling

Charlie developed this approach to written storytelling through improvisation as his thesis project, and LMU hired him to teach it as an elective in their undergraduate Theatre program.

Articles

For Working Actors Teaching Their Craft in College, Those Who Can Do, Teach

HowlRound Theatre Commons

Gregory Jones, Adrianne Krstansky

2023-08-24

I was lucky enough to meet Adrianne Krstansky in a regional production of John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea in 2005. We’ve remained close ever since, validating each other’s show-business anxieties as only fellow working actors can. When she’s not performing (most recently in The Art of Burning by Kate Snodgrass at Huntington Theatre and Hartford Stage), Adrianne is the Louis, Frances, and Jeffrey Sachar Chair in Creative Arts, Professor of Theater Arts at Brandeis University. She just won the Ronald and Deborah Rainer Distinguished Teaching Service Award in the Humanities and Creative Arts for “innovative teaching and extraordinary records of engaging, motivating, and inspiring students.”...

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Book Review - Plays of Our Own: An Anthology of Scripts by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Writers

Theatre Topics

Gregory Jones

2024-11-04

Note: To be published in the November 2024 issue.

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