Paul Brissett
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April 17, 2018Paul’s current news
"Paul Brissett gives an astonishing performance as Lionel. He inhabited this difficult role with utter and complete commitment and made you feel all of the love and the frustration that his caregivers feel for him. It's one of the most amazing performances I've seen all year."
— Carly, Minnesota Theater Love, reviewing "Facility"
Biography
Paul is a retired journalist and corporate communicator whose love for theater was born in kindergarten, when he was cast as captain of the toy soldiers in the Christmas program. Since then he has played roles from classic to contemporary, comedy to drama, in more than 20 productions—his favorites being Faber in Theater in the Round’s “Fahrenheit 451,” Danforth in “The Crucible” and Greg in “Sylvia,” both at the Duluth Playhouse, and the Ghost in Wise Fool Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
Since moving to Minneapolis in July 2015, he’s been a member of Raye Birk’s Actors Workout and has worked steadily on stage and camera.
Résumé
PAUL BRISSETT
218-428-4540
[email protected]
Ht: 5’6” • Wt: 162 • Shirt 16-32 (M) • Pants: 36X27 • Waist: 36 • Suit: 42S • Shoe: 8 1/2 • Hair: Gray • Eyes: Brown
THEATER
TITLE • ROLE • VENUE • DIRECTOR
Facility • Lionel • Minnesota Fringe Festival • Phil Darg
& Sabes Jewish Community Center
Volpone • Corbaccio • Classical Actors Ensemble • Joseph Papke
The Merchant of Venice • Balthazar/Jailer • Classical Actors Ensemble • Kate Powers
A View From the Bridge (scene) • Eddie Carbone • Actors Workout Showcase • Phil Bratnober
Fahrenheit 451 • Faber • Theater in the Round • Linda Paulsen
The Miser • Harpagon • Wise Fool Shakespeare, Duluth • Liz Larson
The Crucible • Danforth • Duluth Playhouse • John Pokrzywinski
Hamlet • Ghost • Wise Fool Shakespeare, Duluth • John Pokrzywinski
The Government Inspector • School Principal • Play Ground, Duluth • Bob Mitchell
Sylvia • Greg • Duluth Playhouse • Jean Olson
Barefoot in the Park • Victor Velasco • County Seat Theatre, Cloquet • Larry Anderson
The Road to Mecca • Marius • Dark Horse Theatre, Duluth • Julie Unulock
Macbeth • Duncan • Duluth Playhouse • Colleen Daugherty
Romeo and Juliet • Lord Capulet • Duluth Playhouse • Christy Montour-Larson
COMMERCIAL VIDEO/PRINT
Comcast • Video out-of-house • Man in concourse
Afton • Video out-of-house • Wedding guest
United Health Care • Internet Video • Principal
3M Product rollout • Print • Principal
Grason-Stadler • Internet Video • Client
Polinsky Rehabilitation • Video out-of-house • Physician
FILM
TITLE • ROLE • • DIRECTOR
Dig • Byron • Charlie Berg, HCTC
History Channel feature • Peasant • Ben Krueger
VOICE
PRODUCTION • ROLE • STUDIO • DIRECTOR
War of the Worlds • Newscaster • KUMD-FM, Duluth • Frank Gerval
Woody Guthrie Tribute • Various • KUMD-FM, Duluth • Lawrance Bernabo
TRAINING
TITLE • STUDIO • INSTRUCTOR
Level 1 Voiceover • Guthrie Theatre • Jim Cada
Acting • Guthrie Theatre • Candace Barrett Birk, Laura Esping
Actors Workout • Raye Birk
On-Camera class • Babs Casting • Barbara Shelton
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Basic hand-to-hand stage combat, boxing, football, soccer, wrestling, U.S. Army small arms, carpentry
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