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BIO

Christian Camargo is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work on stage, television, and film. Born in New York City in 1971, Camargo grew up in a creative family. His mother is a painter, and his father is a playwright and theater director.


Camargo attended Hobart College in upstate New York, where he studied English and theater. After graduation, he moved to London to study at the Drama Centre London. He then returned to the United States and began his career in theater.
Camargo made his Broadway debut in 1999 in the play "Kit Marlowe" alongside Brian Cox. He then went on to appear in several other Broadway productions, including "All My Sons" in 2008, "The Seagull" in 2008, and "Hamlet" in 2009, where he played the title role opposite Jude Law.
In addition to his work on stage, Camargo has also had a successful career in television and film. He is perhaps best known for his role as Brian Moser, also known as the Ice Truck Killer, in the first season of the hit Showtime series "Dexter." He also appeared in the films "The Hurt Locker" in 2008, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" in 2011, and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" in 2012.
Camargo has also worked behind the camera, directing and producing several independent films. In 2013, he directed the film "Days and Nights," which starred Allison Janney, Jean Reno, and Katie Holmes. The film was loosely based on Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull," which Camargo had previously appeared in on Broadway.
Most recently, Camargo has appeared in the Netflix series "The Umbrella Academy" as Dr. Elliot Handler. He also had a recurring role on the Showtime series "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" in 2020.

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STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Theatre for a New Audience Off-Broadway Production, 2016
Pericles

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2013
Mercutio

[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company Production, 2011
Trofimov

[Off-Broadway]
2009
Hamlet

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2008
George Deever

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
2000
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
1999
Horatio

[Broadway]
1996
Edward Sergeant

[Off-Broadway]
1996
Earl of Cambridge/Duke of Orleans


Awards and Nominations


winner
Obie Awards - 2009 - Special Citations

Christian Camargo, Hamlet

News


Theatre For A New Audience Founder Jeffrey Horowitz To Retire

Jeffrey Horowitz, Founder of Theatre for a New Audience, having led and grown the not-for-profit organization since 1979, will retire on August 31, 2025, at the end of TFANA's just-announced season of Shakespeare alongside plays by classical and contemporary playwrights.
Theatre For A New Audience Presents EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS/EXPLORING THE HISTORIES Beginning This Week

Theatre for a New Audience  presents EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOPS/EXPLORING THE HISTORIES.  Performances run January 26-February 5, 2023.
Theatre for a New Audience Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring New York Premieres, Shakespeare Plays & More

Theatre for a New Audience has announced its 2022-23 season, its 43rd, held at TFANA’s home, Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.
Jason Mamoa's SEE to Conclude With Third Season on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ today unveiled a first-look at the third season of the epic, post-apocalyptic global hit series “See,” which will make its global debut in August. Starring Jason Momoa, the eight-episode third season will mark the last chapter of the series and will premiere with the first episode, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
VIDEO: 1091 Pictures Debuts Trailer for STUDENT BODY Horror Film

From 1091 Pictures, Student Body is a horror thriller from Writer/Director Lee Ann Kurr. The film stars Christian Camargo, Montse Hernandez, Cheyenne Haynes, Harley Quinn Smith, Austin Zajur, & Anthony Keyvan. Watch the new trailer now!
Broadway Rewind: Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad Bring ROMEO AND JULIET Back to Broadway

Today we rewind to 2013 for the latest revival of Romeo and Juliet. The classic play opened on September 19 the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 93 performances.
Rom Com GODFREY Adds Iliza Shlesinger; STUDENT BODY Rounds Out Cast

Deadline reports that Iliza Shlesinger has joined the cast of 'Godfrey,' a new romantic comedy also starring Cleopatra Coleman and Nick Thune.
Milwaukee Rep's PTI Ensemble Performs LOST GIRL

Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents the World Premiere production of Lost Girl by Kimberly Belflower performed by the 2017/18 Professional Training Institute (PTI) ensemble this July 19-22, 2018 in the Stiemke Studio.  PTI is an advanced actor-training program for students in 8th-12th grade who may have an interest in pursuing a career as a professional theater artist.   The 2017/18 PTI ensemble features sixteen students hailing from fourteen different high schools who received free training from some of the top theater professionals in the world, culminating in this capstone performance  of Lost Girl where they will be employed as paid, professional actors.
Review: IRONBOUND Proves When the Going Gets Tough, Tough Darja Gets Going. Again and Again.

Now playing at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, the 80-minute play IRONBOUND by award-winning playwright Martyna Majok recounts the hard luck life of Polish immigrant Darja and the men she chooses to have in it. Moving between 2014, 1992, and 2006 - but not necessarily in that order - this wry drama points out that sometimes survival is the only measure of success. No doubt the title of her play, though set at a bus stop a quarter of a mile from Elizabeth, NJ, makes sense since that blue-collar town is just like where Darja works in a nearby noisy paper factory and as a maid for a wealthy married woman, and yet still suffers through poverty, abusive husbands who drink too much, single motherhood, and then an adult son who steals her car and abandons her with no way to get to work other than the bus, which of course is always late.
VIDEO: Meet Marin Ireland and the Cast of IRONBOUND at the Geffen Playhouse

At once humorous and heartrending, Ironbound spans 22 years to tell the story of Darja, a Polish immigrant getting by on a cleaning job, aggressive pragmatism and sheer will. In this wry drama, award-winning playwright Martyna Majok points out that sometimes survival is the only measure of success.
Photo Flash: Marin Ireland Leads the Cast of IRONBOUND at the Geffen Playhouse

At once humorous and heartrending, Ironbound spans 22 years to tell the story of Darja, a Polish immigrant getting by on a cleaning job, aggressive pragmatism and sheer will. In this wry drama, award-winning playwright Martyna Majok points out that sometimes survival is the only measure of success.
Christian Camargo Joins The Cast Of IRONBOUND at The Geffen Playhouse

The Geffen Playhouse today announced that Christian Camargo (Penny Dreadful, The Hurt Locker) has joined its West Coast Premiere of Martyna Majok's Ironbound, directed by Tyne Rafaeli (Actually). Camargo will play Tommy alongside Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland (Broadway's reasons to be pretty, Amazon's Sneaky Pete) as Darja and Josiah Bania (The Good Wife) as Maks, both of whom are reprising their Off-Broadway roles in the Geffen production, and Marcel Spears (The Mayor) as Vic.
Mark Rylance-Led FARINELLI AND THE KING Begins Tonight on Broadway

The critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies) Mark Rylance, begins tonight, December 5, 2017 in advance of an opening night on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street).
Cast Complete for Mark Rylance-Led FARINELLI AND THE KING on Broadway

Producers Sonia Friedman, Shakespeare's Globe and Paula Marie Blackare have announced complete casting for the critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award-winner (Twelfth Night, Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies) Mark Rylance.
Henry Christensen III Retires as Chairman of TFANA's Board

Theatre for a New Audience has announced the retirement of Henry Christensen III as Chairman of the Theatre's Board, a position he has held since 2012, due to health reasons. Theodore C. Rogers and Robert Buckholz will succeed Mr. Christensen as TFANA's Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively. Mr. Christensen will continue as a member of the Board of Directors.
Milwaukee Rep Presents SO THRIVE MY SOUL by PTI Students

Repertory Theater presents the inaugural Professional Training Institute's production of So Thrive My Soul, in the Stiemke Studio July 13 - 16, 2017. The Professional Training Institute (PTI) is a free yearlong advance actor training program for students in 8th-12th grade who may have an interest in pursuing a career as a professional theater artist.
Mark Rylance to Reign on Broadway in FARINELLI AND THE KING This Winter

Mark Rylance, three-time Tony Award winner (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing, Twelfth Night) and Academy Award-winner (Bridge of Spies), will return to Broadway in the critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe production of FARINELLI AND THE KING, a new play with music by author and composer Claire van Kampen, it was announced today by producers Sonia Friedman, Shakespeare's Globe and Paula Marie Black.
BWW Review: THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE, Royal Court

While An American in Paris captures the dreamy glamour of old Hollywood, Simon McBurney rivetingly evokes its seedy, cynical underbelly, from backroom deals to drug busts and mobsters. Yet it is, in its own way, just as dazzling - a paean to Tinseltown myth-making as well as a blackly comic deconstruction.
Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins' NICE FISH Transfers to the West End

Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins' critically acclaimed new comic play NICE FISH will transfer to the West End this winter, following sold-out seasons at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge and St Ann's Warehouse in New York. Directed by Claire van Kampen, the production runs at the Harold Pinter Theatre 15 November-21 January 2017, with press night on 25 November.
Photo Flash: Kathryn Hunter, Julie Taymor, Jonathan Cake and More Attend Theatre for a New Audience's Shakespeare Gala

Acclaimed classical actor Kathryn Hunter received the Samuel H. Scripps Award for Extraordinary Commitment to Promoting the Power of Language in Classical and Contemporary Theatre at Theatre for a New Audience's Spring Gala Celebrating Shakespeare's 452nd Birthday, last night at Capitale on the Lower East Side. Scroll down for photos from the event!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Christian Camargo been in?

Christian Camargo has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Christian Camargo been in?

Christian Camargo has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Christian Camargo been nominated for?

and Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Hamlet.

What awards has Christian Camargo won?

Christian Camargo has won Special Citations at the Obie Awards for his performance in Hamlet.

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