John Magaro

    Actor, Producer, Director

    Birthdate: Feb 16, 1983

    Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA

    John Robert Magaro was born in 1983 in Akron, Ohio, to Wendy and James Magaro, and was raised in the local suburb Munroe Falls. He began appearing in local theatre productions in and around Cleveland and Akron.

    In film, Magaro has starred in Paramount's Overlord (2018), directed by Julius Avery. He was also seen in Reginald Hudlin's "Marshall," alongside Chadwick Boseman, in Netflix's "War Machine," starring Brad Pitt, and also in Paramount's award winning "The Big Short." "The Big Short" was awarded Best Ensemble by the National Board of Review for 2015 and received the Ensemble Performance Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival, as well as being nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble and a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Additionally, Magaro earned a Hollywood Spotlight Award from the Hollywood Film Awards for his performance in 2012's Not Fade Away (2012).

    No stranger to the small screen, Magaro is known for his work in "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," Woody Allen's "Crisis in Six Scenes," and for his memorable recurring role on Netflix's "Orange is the New Black."

    A stage actor as well, Magaro starred in the Public Theatre's premiere of "Illyria," playing the Public's founder Joseph Papp. He also had a flashy supporting role in Scott Rudin's revival of "The Front Page," directed by Jack O'Brien, opposite Nathan Lane, John Slattery and John Goodman. Magaro also played the male lead in the critically acclaimed production of "Tigers Be Still," written by Kimberly Rosenstock and directed by Sam Gold for the Roundabout Theatre Company.

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      Omaha

      asDad
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      The Bride!

      asClyde
    • 2025 |

      KÖLN 75

      asKeith Jarrett
    • 2025 |

      Materialists

      asMark P.
    • 2024 |
      Covid 18½: The Making of a Film in a Global Pandemic
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      The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killeras Keane
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      September 5

      asGeoffrey Mason
    • 2024 |

      Day of the Fight

      asPatrick
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      LaRoy, Texas

      asRay
    • 2023 |
      Day of the Fightas Patrick
    • 2023 |
      Under the Boardwalkas Manny
    • 2022 |
      The Mistressas Parker
    • 2023 |

      Past Lives

      asArthur
    • 2023 |

      Big George Foreman

      asDesmond
    • 2022 |

      Call Jane

      asDetective Chilmark
    • 2021 |
      18½as Paul
    • 2021 |

      The Many Saints of Newark

      asSilvio Dante
    • 2021 |

      Lansky

      asYoung Meyer Lansky
    • 2021 |

      The Birthday Cake

      asCousin Joey
    • 2020 |

      First Cow

      asCookie
    • 2018 |

      Overlord

      asPFC Lyle Tibbet
    • 2017 |
      War Machineas Cory Staggart
    • 2017 |

      Marshall

      asIrwin Friedman
    • 2016 |

      The Finest Hours

      asErvin Maske
    • 2015 |
      Don't Worry Babyas Robert Lang
    • 2015 |

      Carol

      asDannie McElroy
    • 2014 |

      Unbroken

      asTinker
    • 2013 |
      Deep Powderas Cota
    • 2011 |
      Down the Shoreas Martin Reed
    • 2012 |
      Not Fade Awayas Douglas
    • 2012 |
      Liberal Artsas Dean
    • 2010 |
      My Soul to Takeas Alex
    • 2007 |
      The Life Before Her Eyesas Michael Patrick

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