Jay Russell

Gooper

Jay is delighted to return to Vienna’s English Theatre where he was last seen playing more than forty characters in the one man comedy Fully Committed. On Broadway he was seen in The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh. Off-Broadway he was seen recently in Our Town (Barrow Street) as well as Around the World in 80 Days (Irish Rep), The Normal Heart (Public), The Green Heart (MTC), Novel(SPF),  and Private Jokes, Public Places among others. National tours include Beauty & the Beast (Lumière) and Applause. Regionally, he has performed roles as varied as Abraham Lincoln and Oscar Wilde, and leading roles in new plays, musicals and classics at some of America’s finest regional theatres.
He recently appeared in the film Morning Glory directed by Roger Michell and starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton. His TV work includes roles on The Sopranos, Louie, Bored to Death, Ugly Betty, The Unusuals, Law & Order, Law & Order CI, Spin City and many more.

He has narrated numerous audio books as well as teaching Acting in New York City. Jay recently completed his first full-length play entitled Cradle & All.