Jonno Roberts

Jonno Roberts telah berakting di AS sejak tiba dari Selandia Baru pada tahun 1999. Ia telah menjadi pemain populer di panggung dan layar, tampil di seluruh AS dan Eropa. Dia dengan cepat mendapatkan reputasi atas penampilan kerasnya di sejumlah produksi yang telah diakui sebagai landmark teater Amerika, termasuk produksi "BUG" Tracey Letts yang terkenal di New York (dia menggantikan Michael Shannon dalam peran utama); sebagai Eilif dalam "Keberanian Ibu" karya Janos Szasz yang menghancurkan di American Repertory Theatre; sebagai Edmund si Bajingan untuk "King Lear" karya Stacy Keach di Teater Goodman, Chicago; dan dalam satu-satunya produksi Amerika sutradara Catalan terkenal Calixto Bieito - "Camino Real", juga di Goodman. Dia diprofilkan sebagai artis terkenal oleh National Endowment for the Arts. Sebelum pindah ke AS, ia terkenal di Selandia Baru sebagai seorang komedian, dan kadang-kadang masih terlihat tampil di tempat legendaris LA Largo, bersama teman lama dan mitra komedi Rhys Darby. Jonno menerima gelar Master dari Institute for Advanced Theatre Training di Universitas Harvard, dan dari Moscow Arts Theatre School.

Jonno Roberts has been acting in the US since arriving from New Zealand in 1999. He has become a popular performer on stage as well as screen, performing throughout the US and Europe. He rapidly gained a reputation for hard-hitting performances in a number of productions that have been acknowledged as American theatre landmarks, including the hit New York production of Tracey Letts' "BUG" (he replaced Michael Shannon in the lead role); as Eilif in Janos Szasz' devastating "Mother Courage" at the American Repertory Theatre; as Edmund the Bastard to Stacy Keach's "King Lear" at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago; and in notorious Catalan director Calixto Bieito's sole American production - "Camino Real", also at the Goodman. He was profiled as a notable artist by the National Endowment for the Arts. Before moving to the US, he was best known in New Zealand as a comedian, and can still be occasionally seen performing at the legendary LA venue Largo, alongside longtime friend and comedy partner Rhys Darby. Jonno received a Masters degree from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, and from the Moscow Arts Theatre School.