Artist

Jeffrey Blair Cornell

Resident Company Member

Oedipus: King/Colonus: Kreon

PlayMakers: After over 30 years Jeff is celebrating his final season as a resident company member with PlayMakers Rep. He has acted over 90 roles including Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, Roy Cohn in Angels in America, Henry IV in Parts I and II, Brutus in Julius Caesar, and Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady.  Other favorites roles include Elyot in Private Lives, Father Flynn in Doubt, Vanya in Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike, Caliban in The Tempest, and Herr Schultz in Cabaret.  Last season saw Jeff as Duncan/Siward in Macbeth, Clay/Sam in Primary Trust, Boris Kolenkhov inYou Can’t Take It With You, and Bullock in A Good Boy (with Hidden Voices).

New York: Two by Two, Down to Earth, Serious Business.

Regional: Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, among others.

Education/Other: Studied at HB Studios in New York with Uta Hagen, Austin Pendleton, and Elizabeth Wilson and received his MFA from the PATP/UNC-Chapel Hill. Recently retired from UNC’s  Department of Dramatic Art as Associate Chair, he currently serves as Visiting Lecturer.

Shows at PlayMakers