Jack Wetherall



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Biography :
Jack Wetherall is an accomplished veteran actor and director for the stage. He most recently played William Shakespeare in an exciting, well-received new play called Swansong at Lucille Lortel's White Barn Theatre in Connecticut and will reprise his role in an upcoming new production of the play directed by Robin Phillips.
Wetherall's acting credits on the New York stage include his portrayal of the title role in Broadway's The Elephant Man, Warwick in Henry VI. His credits at the renowned Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, during Robin Phillips' artistic direction include Malcolm in Macbeth, Octavius in Julius Caesar, Demetrius in Midsummer Night's Dream and Ferdinand in The Tempest.
His numerous American and Canadian regional theater performances include Oscar Wilde in Gross Indecency at the Cincinnati Playhouse; title role in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Guthrie Theatre; title role in Richard II at the Utah Shakespeare Festival; title role in Macbeth and Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Long Wharf Theatre; and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard for A.C.T. (San Francisco). Wetherall is a two-time DramaLogue winner for his performances as Jack Tanner in Man and Superman for A Noise Within, and Dionysus in The Bacchae, produced at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. Wetherall was a proud member of the original cast of the new musical Larry's Party for Toronto's Canadian Stage.
Wetherall directed the Alberta Citadel Theatre's production of Our Town, Measure for Measure at the Center Theatre in Chicago, and As You Like It at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York. He has assisted the great director Robin Phillips on many productions including Stratford's Young Company and the Broadway production of Jekyll and Hyde. Wetherall can also be seen featured in the film This Time Forever.


Filmography :
Third Man Out (2005) (TV) .... John Rutka
Yesterday (1981) .... Moose

Notable TV appearances :
"Relic Hunter" playing "Fletcher" (episode # 2.5)
"The Guiding Light" playing "Judge"
"Santa Barbara" .... Director (1992)