FRANK BLOCKER
AEA, SAG, AFTRA ... actor home, playwright
Hair: Brown       Eyes: Brown/Green
Height: 6'3"       Weight: 180lbs.       Voice: Baritone, 2nd Tenor

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SOLO SHOWS & MULTIPLE ROLE ASSIGNMENTS
STABILIZED, NOT CONTROLLED 20 characters Stage Left Studio Theatre
FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY 20 characters Stage Left Studio Theatre
THE DEEP THROAT SEX SCANDAL 4 characters 45 Bleecker
SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL * 17 characters Stage Left Studio Theatre & others
EULA MAE’S BEAUTY, BAIT & TACKLE 5 characters The José Quintero Theatre
SUITE ATLANTA 6 characters 78th Street Studio Theatre
STAGE THIS! 3 characters 78th Street Studio Theatre
1 MAN, 40 CHARACTERS, 60 MINUTES 40 characters Atlanta's Cabaret Theatre
THE WHITNEY BONNEVILLE STORY 5 characters 14th Street Playhouse
GREATER TUNA Arles/10 characters Tri-Cities Theatre
* DRAMA DESK AWARD Nomination for Solo Performance
OFF & OFF-OFF BROADWAY
FORBIDDEN KISS LIVE Featured Soloist Baritenor Cheryl King Productions
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA Mr. Peachum/others Peculiar Works Project
WEST/EAST VILLAGE FRAGMENTS ** Prisoner Peculiar Works Project
THE DON QUIXOTE PROJECT Don Quixote Peculiar Works Project
EDWARD II Mortimer The Bank Street Theatre
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Roderick Usher The Independent Theatre
** OBIE AWARD
REGIONAL
SECOND SAMUEL Frisky Madison Aurora Theatre
YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Chris 14th Street Playhouse
DAMN YANKEES Mr. Applegate Neighborhood Playhouse
VERDICT Karl Hendryck Tri-Cities Theatre
ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST Ben Savannah Theater Company
CHAPTER TWO Leo Repertory Theatre of America
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES Herb Repertory Theatre of America
 
FILM / TV / INDUSTRIAL / VIDEO
LAW & ORDER: SVU Brownstone Man NBC/Universal/Peter Leto
LESTER AND MARYAM Lester NYU Grad Film/Laura Moss
THE ANNIVERSARY Paul (lead) Hofstra/Michael Mayer
RED MOONFLOWER BLOOMING Jameson Kelly (lead) Hofstra/Bryan Ridgell
THE REHEARSAL The Playwright Gregory Nissen
WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT Homer Jones Jerry Reed / RCA RECORDS
JUST ANOTHER DAY Lead The Coca-Cola Company
MANAGEMENT TRAINING VIDEO Lead United Parcel Service
 
RADIO
MOBY IN THE MORNING Aunt Pearl KICKS-FM 101.5 / Atlanta
 
TRAINING
Southeastern Oklahoma State University & Cameron University / B.A. Theatre Arts, Honors Graduate I provide training and coaching to actors in characterization and voice
 
SPECIAL SKILLS
Character Voices / Dialects: Southern, English, Russian, Australian, Irish, German…what else ya got?
 

       

What the Critics Say:
"Let's get to the meat: the redoubtable character actor Blocker delivers."
  - New York Magazine, 2010, The Deep Throat Sex Scandal

"As always, it’s Blocker who proves to be the real delight of the evening."
  - New York Press, 2010, The Deep Throat Sex Scandal

"If this were a musical, the big show stopper would belong to Blocker."
  - CurtainUp, 2010, The Deep Throat Sex Scandal

"Mr. Blocker is a standout … apparently, he can act in any position."
   - New York Times, 2009, Southern Gothic Novel

"What a delight to watch even villainous characters imbued with so much life and charm."
   - Backstage Magazine, 2009, Southern Gothic Novel

"Mr. Blocker believes so utterly in the roles he plays that he becomes these personages."
   - The Philadelphia Bulletin, 2009, Southern Gothic Novel

"Frank Blocker is a fascinating Mortimer."
   - Theater Mania, 2005, Edward II

"Frank Blocker as Roderick Usher could simply sit on stage and stare at the audience for the hour and I’d still be petrified."
   - Talkin’ Broadway, 2004, Fall of the House of Usher

"Blocker steals the show."
   - New York Times, 2001, Eula Mae’s Beauty, Bait & Tackle