BIOGRAPHY

John Robert Paisley is an award winning actor and director, working with theatres across North America, UK and Australia. Bob has played such challenging roles as Teach in American Buffalo, the title role in Faustus (LA Dramalogue Award), Tom in The Glass Menagerie, Heisenberg in Copenhagen, The Man in The Event, and the 42nd President in Bill Clinton Hercules.

He has directed productions for Theatre West Virginia, the Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Our Town Theatre Group and Fringe festivals in Kansas City, Bedford, UK, Adelaide, Australia and Edinburgh, Scotland.  TV and film credits include The Rosa Parks Story, General Hospital and the CBS TV murder mystery series, Scene of the Crime.

Bob performed throughout the Canadian Maritimes founding the King’s Theatre Festival in Annapolis Royal and Another Theatre Company in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre in Kansas City.

EXPERIENCE

Film/TV

Hope                                                  Ambler Films

The Empty Acre                              Senoreality Films

Scene of the Crime                         CBS Television

The Rosa Parks Story                    CBS MOW

Nicolas                                              Reef Point Films

General Hospital                             ABC

Selected Regional Theatre                                                               

Bill Clinton Hercules                       Theatre Tours International

Mary Stuart                                      Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

The Full Monty                                 Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

How to Succeed in Business…       Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

Driving Miss Daisy                          Central Standard Theatre

The Event                                            Central Standard Theatre

Pride and Prejudice                          Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

All My Sons                                         Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

Enchanted April                                  Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

Kiss of the Spider Woman                Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

Hedda Gabler                                      Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

The Crucible                                         Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

Copenhagen                                         Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

The Good German                               Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

The Sound of Music                             Ozark Actors Theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar                        Forrestburg  Playhouse

Lost in Yonkers                                     Forrestburg Playhouse

Popcorn                                                  B’ham Festival Theatre

The Diary of Anne Frank                    B’ham Children’s Theatre

Back to Beethoven                                Alabama Symphony

A Streetcar Named Desire                 Town and Gown, Birmingham

The Glass Menagerie                           Town and Gown, Birmingham

The Night of the Iguana                      B’ham Festival Theatre

Taking Sides                                          Terrific New Theatre

Romeo and Juliet                                  B’ham Children’s Theatre

American Buffalo                                  B’ham Festival Theatre

Look Homeward Angel                        Town and Gown, Birmingham

The Runner Stumbles                           Town and Gown, Birmingham

Dial “M” for Murder                             Parkway Playhouse 

Faustus                                                     Globe Theatre, LA

Billy Bishop Goes to War                     Theatre Newfoundland

Dracula                                                    Kings Theatre

Training                                                                                                                                                                                   Dalhousie University – Halifax – BA Theatre           David Mann - Los Angeles                                                     Ensemble Studio Theatre – New York                        Maruska Stankova –  Toronto

SKILLS AND QUALITIES

Skills:

1) Sports: Baseball, football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, horseback riding
2) Dialects: All British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, US - Southern, New England, Midwest
3) Languages Spoken: English, basic French, basic Spanish
4) Motor Vehicles: Stick Shift, Motorcycle, ATV