Matthew Henerson

Actor

Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).

ASC DEBUT

THIS SEASON: Antonio and Verges in Much Ado About Nothing, Claudius and Ghost in Hamlet, and Junius Brutus in Coriolanus; Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol

OTHER THEATRE: Stan, SWEAT, Nathan Detroit, GUYS AND DOLLS (Northern Stage); Macbeth, MACBETH, (Bay Street Theater); Charlie Brown, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, Sipos, SHE LOVES ME, Ralph/Catlin, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, Player Murderer/Second Gravedigger, HAMLET (South Coast Repertory); Schultz, CABARET, Mr. Carter/Mr. Ayres, WHAT’S WRONG WITH ANGRY (Celebration Theatre Co.); Foreman, TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Laguna Playhouse); Sturdyvant, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (Mark Taper Forum); Van Buren, DAMN YANKEES, Nathan Detroit, GUYS AND DOLLS, Doolittle, MY FAIR LADY (Musical Theatre West); Goldberg, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Fluellen, HENRY V (New Fortune Theatre Co.); Geronte, THE HEIR APPARENT, Louis B. Mayer, WHEN GARBO TALKS, Scrooge, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (International City Theatre); Captain, WOYZECK (Ensemble Theatre Co.); Theo Maske, THE UNDERPANTS (North Coast Repertory); Geppetto/Ringmaster, PINOCCHIO (Deaf West); Burgess, CANDIDA (The Colony Theatre Co.); Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Dromio of Ephesus, COMEDY OF ERRORS, Ragueneau CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Ben Weatherstaff THE SECRET GARDEN (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Horatio, HAMLET, Albany, KING LEAR, Prosecutor, ROMANCE, Zimmer, BROOKLYN BOY (San Diego Repertory); Long John Silver, TREASURE ISLAND (Main Street Theatre Company); Camillo, WINTER’S TALE, Street Singer, THREEPENNY OPERA, Stanley, RICHARD III, Salesman AH, WILDERNESS! (A Noise Within); Chorus, HENRY V, Sir Toby Belch, TWELFTH NIGHT, Jess, COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), Duchess, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Fool, KING LEAR (Marin Shakespeare Festival); Pseudolus, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM…, Capulet, ROMEO AND JULIET (West Virginia Public Theatre); Bollingbroke, RICHARD II, Macbeth, MACBETH (Shakespeare, Etc.); Leontes, WINTER’S TALE (Women in Time); Caliban, THE TEMPEST, Oswald, KING LEAR (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Galileo, LIFE OF GALILEO, Enrico Fermi, ATOMIC BOMBERS (SummerArts 2000), Lin To, GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN (La Jolla Playhouse); Peter, ROMEO AND JULIET (Ahmanson Theatre); Sganarelle, DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, Schmitz, THE FIREBUGS (American Citizens’ Theatre); Old Mahon PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Furious Theatre Co.); Grumio, TAMING OF THE SHREW, Porter, MACBETH (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Harry, FLASHDANCE, THE MUSICAL (1st National tour.)

TV: ONE DAY AT A TIME, THE FOSTERS, MODERN FAMILY, HUNG, THE BERNIE MAC SHOW, TORN APART. Film: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, MARS NEEDS MOMS, THE JUNGLE BOOK, TICKING CLOCK

EDUCATION: BA, Yale University; MFA, University of California, San Diego

AWARDS: Ovation Award: Best Ensemble: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM; LA Stage Scene Award, Featured Actor, WHAT’S WRONG WITH ANGRY; Dean Goodman Choice Award, Supporting Actor, FIREBUGS; Craig Noel Award, Best Director of a Play, HENRY V

PRONOUNS: he/him