Gregory Jones

Biography

Completing his masters in Performance Pedagogy at LMU, Gregory is a professional actor recently relocated from New York City. Most recently he recurred as Jimmy Smits’s boss in the police drama EAST NEW YORK on CBS. Other credits: MÚSICA feature film on Amazon, MAGIC/BIRD on Broadway, recurring roles on MADAM SECRETARY (CBS) and THE PATH (Hulu), James Langton in the RED DEAD REDEMPTION II video game, a Canadian lumberjack on the audio version of Seth Rogen’s YEARBOOK, and “oh yeah that guy” on Liberty Mutual TV commercials. With a BFA in Acting from Tisch School of the Arts, Gregory's teaching specialties include Knight Thompson Speech and accentwork, Shakespeare, short and long form improvisation, and gestural language as an acting tool.

Education (2)

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts: BFA, Acting 1993

Loyola Marymount University, College of Communication and Fine Arts: MFA, Performance Pedagogy 2025

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Areas of Expertise (1)

Speech and Accents, Shakespeare, Improvisation, Visual Gestural Communication

Industry Expertise (3)

Media - Broadcast

Performing Arts

Professional Training and Coaching

Affiliations (1)

• SAG-AFTRA, Actor's Equity Association

Links (2)

• Website
• IMDb Profile

Articles (2)

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.