John Robert Magaro (born February 16, 1983) is an American actor. He has acted in the films '' Not Fade Away'' (2012), '' The Big Short'' (2015), '' Carol'' (2015), ''

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'' (2018), '' First Cow'' (2019), '' Showing Up'' (2022), ''The Mistress'' (2022), and '' Past Lives'' (2023). He has also acted in the

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series '' Orange Is the New Black'' (2015–2019) and ''

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'' (2019) and the

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series '' Crisis in Six Scenes'' (2016). He made his Broadway debut as Earl Williams, the escaped convict, in the revival of '' The Front Page'' in 2016.

Early life

Magaro was born February 16, 1983, in

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, the son of Wendy and James Magaro, and grew up in nearby Munroe Falls. His father is of Italian descent and his mother is

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; his parents were teachers. While attending school within the Stow-Munroe Falls City School District, Magaro began acting in local theater, including shows at the Cleveland Play House and the Kent State Porthouse Theatre at Blossom Music Center, and Weathervane Playhouse in Akron. As a youth, Magaro also appeared in television commercials, and had a role in a '' Rescue 911'' episode. *

Career

After graduating from Stow-Munroe Falls High School in 2001, Magaro went on to study theater at Point Park University in

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. Among his acting highlights are '' The Big Short'' and '' Carol'' (2015). His early film work included '' The Brave One'', the

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film '' Taking Chance'' and a lead role in the

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'' My Soul to Take''. Magaro also appeared in eleven episodes of '' Orange Is the New Black'', spanning seasons 3-7. In 2008, Magaro starred in the popular Walmart x Coke holiday commercial, which played in movie theaters across the country. One of Magaro's earliest appearances was as an extra in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film ''

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;'' he revisited the events of the

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in 2024's '' September 5''. Magaro was the lead in the 2012 film '' Not Fade Away'', which earned him the HFF Spotlight award. In 2019, he portrayed the lead role of "Cookie" in Kelly Reichardt’s critically acclaimed film '' First Cow'', for which he was nominated for a 2020 Gotham Award as Best Actor.

Personal life

Magaro is married to fashion designer Janice Hong, who gave birth to their first child in 2020. Magaro also struggles with an

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Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magaro, John 1983 births American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Jewish American male actors Living people Male actors from Akron, Ohio Point Park University alumni 21st-century American male actors American people of Italian descent 20th-century American male actors American male child actors American male video game actors 21st-century American Jews