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SAG /AFTRA - AEA (917) 597-0604

jay@jmadisonjohnston.com

Height: 5’11’’   Weight: 185

Coming Soon…

Film

Theatre

Television

Training

Ernie Martin – 4yrs, Scene Study, Sensory, Improv, Directing

Frank Corsaro – 3 yrs.  Scene Study

Lane Smith – 4 yrs. Script Analysis, Scene Study, Sensory

Shelly Winters – 1yr. Scene Study

Joan D’Incecco – Soap Class

SAG Foundation – Voice-over Lab & On Camera Class

In Touch Radio - Reader for the Blind – 3yrs

Special Skills

Musician/Singer/Songwriter – Guitar, Harmonica, Country, Blues, Folk (Baritone)

Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist, Marathoner

Education

BA English,  2yrs Graduate Assistant, English, University of  Memphis

Theater Companies

Actors Studio, Lifetime Member, Ernie Martin Studio Theater Co.

Bio

J. Madison Johnston is an actor, novelist, poet and singer/songwriter.  He was recently Dale Harding in Barefoot Theater’s sold out production of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST in New York. 

He played Butch Honeywell and later, Judge Littlefield in the Actors Studio and LaMama productions of LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT.  He was Father Lux in OUR LADY OF 121st ST at the Actors Studio. 

He starred in the film short, REMEMBERING COLIN STAHL, which was featured at the Holly Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood.  He was the lead in the short, AMERICANISM, soon to be released, and had a prominent role in LISTEN F$CKERS, a film by Sayer Player.

His play, PAINTED GORILLAS was produced in London and New York City. He is the author of two novels, and is a published poet.

He has a CD out, MAGNOLIA MAN, for which he wrote the music and lyrics, and he plays and sings around NY/NJ with his band, The Honky-Tonk Scoundrels.

He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. He is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA.