Henry LeBlanc
BIO
Where the Heart Is:
A native New Englander, Class Valedictorian, and Eagle Scout from Boston; Henry made his way to Los Angeles, like many actors via New York City. After receiving his MFA Professional Actor Training at the renowned Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, under Master Teacher William Esper, (and one class with Sandy Meisner himself) his very first professional acting job was Off-Broadway, opposite Hal Holbrook in KING LEAR at The Roundabout Theater. He followed that amazing acting debut with a second dazzling Roundabout appearance opposite Karen Allen in THE COUNTRY GIRL. Two for Two, not a bad start. While in NYC, he appeared in over 50 Off-Broadway Stage productions, plus, numerous Features and TV shows, including Law and Order, One Life To Live, and Another World. He also co-founded the highly regarded, Kraine Theater, located in the East Village and still going strong today.
Acting World:
Since coming to Los Angeles twenty years ago, Henry has fully embraced the creative life of a working SAG-AFTRA actor in Hollywood. He has worked steadily in the Television and Film industry, including eight years on THE TONIGHT SHOW w/JAY LENO, plus appearances on PERRY MASON, AGENTS OF SHIELD, THE BOLD and THE BEAUTIFUL, AMERICAN HORROR STORIES, WILD WEST CHRONICLES and even working with Chris Rock on The 88th Oscars. He has appeared as the lead of many independent features which have won Best Picture, Grand Jury Prize, Two REMI’s, Best Ensemble, and a Berlin Film Fest Selection. Recently, he narrated a 220,000 word, 15 character, Fantasy book for Young Adults called SPIRITS of SARANA. Always returning to his stage roots, The Daily Variety referred to his performance in the Lead role of the West Coast Premiere of JUDGMENT at NUREMBERG as “Immaculate.”
Producer/Writer:
As a Producer, he decided to share his love of Film by co-founding the BLOCK ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL, now entering its sixth season. Occurring the end of May and located off the coast of Rhode Island, on beautiful Block Island, the BIFF is now host to an International array of films and Guest Speakers including Director Daniel Adams (The Lightkeepers and The Walk) and Writer Peter Filardi (Flatliners). Films have screened from over 30 countries around the world.
Henry himself has produced two features which received critical acclaim in the NY Times and Variety, and a REMI winning Short Film, at WorldFest, Houston. Since stepping into the world of writing, he has completed three screenplays, a television pilot, and a stage play. His latest screenplays have garnered recognition in several film festivals, and the attention of several major Hollywood agencies, including CAA.
The Other Side:
In addition to his performance and creative career, Henry is a private Acting Coach and a professor at UCLA, in the Entertainment Studies Program. He loves to give back to the Entertainment community and share his gifts with up and coming actors and performers. He is a very active member of St Monica’s Parish and a Men’s Cornerstone Brother. In his spare time, you’ll find him biking along the beach path from Redondo Beach up to Santa Monica and back! He has run the LA Marathon five years in a row and adores chasing a little white ball, all over a bunch of really green places, while yelling FORE!
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VIDEO REELS
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THE TONIGHT SHOW w/JAY LENO
AMERICAN HORROR STORIES
BIKER / DRAMA
COMEDY DRUNK
PRIEST
DRAMA SPEED REEL
VO: COMMERCIAL DEMO
AUDIOBOOK
CARTOON ANIMATION
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
MOVIE REVIEW | ‘RESILIENCE’
Lives of Deception, Revealed in Extreme Close- Up
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Resilience,” Paul Bojack’s dour examination of unexamined lives, is a slow-burning morality tale
simmering with self-interest. One of those rare ensemble dramas whose actors work toward common goals rather than individual awards, the movie resolves its creeping escalation of poor judgment and reprehensible behavior with surprising emotional force. By the end, no illusion is left standing, even if getting there demands more patience than the average viewer might be willing to muster.
Alternating intense close-ups with abrupt crosscutting, “Resilience” builds its splintered narrative around Jimmy (Henry LeBlanc), a nondescript middle manager with a drinking problem, an imaginary girlfriend and an expensive call girl habit. After faking a work history for his uncle Hodge (Al Rossi), a poor schlub on the brink of homelessness, Jimmy is dismayed to receive threats of exposure from Hodge’s volatile son (Steve Wilcox). Fearing for his job, Jimmy embarks on a conciliatory mission as self-serving as it is ill-fated.
Pinning the actors like moths on a specimen tray, Mr. Bojack’s camera reveals a morally compromised world where ends justify means and deception smoothes every relationship. No one here is remotely likable — even Jimmy’s new girlfriend turns out to be a fearful single mother looking for a soft place to fall — but their ethical trade-offs are uncomfortably familiar. Yes, we all lie, and mostly it’s O.K. Until suddenly it’s not.
RESILIENCE
Opens today in Manhattan.
Written and directed by Paul Bojack; director of photography, Michael Parry; edited by Brad Mays; music by Markian Fedorowycz; produced by Cynthia Wright; released by Lost Battalion Films. At the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street, East Village. Running time: 96 minutes. This film is not rated.
http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/movies/15resi.html?pagewanted=print (1 of 2)1/12/2007 3:11:25 AM
Resilience – Review – Movies – New York Times
WITH: Henry LeBlanc (Jimmy), Al Rossi (Hodge), Julie Alexander (Roya), Steve Wilcox (Andrew) and Amy Arce (Smith).
VARIETY REVIEW
Resilience
A Lost Batallion Films release and production. Produced by Cynthia Wright. Executive producers, Andy Kurylko, George Boychuk. Directed, written by Paul Bojack.
With: Henry LeBlanc, Al Rossi, Julie Alexander, Steve Wilcox, Amy Arce.
By PETER DEBRUGE
Like a working-class “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” “Resilience” hooks an ordinary man with a high- stakes moral dilemma and watches him squirm on the line. Devoid of irony or the wink-wink quirkiness that typifies other indie pics, Paul Bojack’s rough-edged portrait of desperate souls observes as a series of little white lies and not-so-innocent omissions turn fatal: Lonely human resources manager Jimmy (Henry LeBlanc) ends up with blood on his hands after refusing to let a well-intentioned workplace indiscretion jeopardize his cushy job. Arthouse audiences who welcome challenging material will find sustenance in film’s fractured narrative and unflinching characterizations.
Though “Resilience” opens with Jimmy hiring a call girl to play out his fantasy of cheating on a nonexistent girlfriend, as sleazebags go, he’s no worse than the other rock-bottom types who inhabit Bojack’s world. There’s his borderline homeless uncle (Al Rossi), the desperate alcoholic love interest (Julie Alexander) and his unscrupulous cousin (Steve Wilcox), who’s contemplating a date with an underage hooker. Bojack studies these individuals with an almost Sartrean curiosity, damning Jimmy not with a smoking gun but the sound of a dead man’s voice on his answering machine.
