John Frey, a renowned actor, screenwriter, and teacher, has had a illustrious career spanning over 25 years, with international work in theater, film, and television.
As a screenwriter, John's credits include "Cabaret Maxime", which premiered at the Metrograph Theater in NYC in February 2020 and received the Best Film Award and Best Screenplay Nominee from the Portuguese Society of Authors in 2019. He also wrote "Operação Outono", which won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award from the Academy of Portuguese Cinema in 2013, and "The Lovebirds", which received the Best Screenplay Award at the Festival de Cine de Ourense in Spain in 2009. Additionally, John wrote "The Collection", which was showcased in New York City in 2005.
John's film acting credits include "The Hungry Ghosts" with Michael Imperioli, "On the Run" with Bruno de Almeida, "The Collection" with Bruno de Almeida, and "15 Months in May" with Anja Murmann, all in the USA. He has also appeared in several Portuguese films, including "Call Girl", "Em Câmara Lenta", "The Lovebirds", "Operação Outono", "A Palestra", and "Cabaret Maxime", as well as the Danish film "The Wake" with Michael Kvium and Christian Lemmerz, and the French film "Benoît Brisefer: Les Taxis Rouges" with Jean Reno.
John's television acting credits include "Rescue Me" with Dennis Leary in the USA and the TV miniseries "Mata Hari" with Rutger Hauer and Gérard Depardieu in Russia.
In theater, John has appeared in numerous productions, including "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "27 Wagons Full of Cotton", "Miss Julie", "Of Mice and Men", and the Bruce Nauman Retrospective at DIA Center for the Arts, written and directed by Tate Award winner Mark Wallinger.
John established the John Frey Studio for Actors in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2009, offering classes in the Meisner Technique. He was also the artistic director of Below The Belt Theatre Company in Lisbon, where he directed critically acclaimed productions of "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" and "The MotherF**ker with the Hat". Additionally, John directed various staged readings, including Denis Johnson's "Love's Debris" in conjunction with the Disquiet International Literary Program.
In New York City, John directed "Summer and Smoke", "Talk to Me Like the Rain", and "Let Me Listen and Call it Clover" on Theater Row. He was also an acting teacher at the William Esper Studio in NYC.
