Gil Bar-Sela

Gil Bar-Sela is a New-York City based actor and has been recognized by the press and critics in both the U.S and Israel for his remarkable stage presence and distinctive dramatic and comedic talent. A native of Israel, Gil began his career at the age of sixteen, when he starred in the longest running musical in Israel’s history King David. Having established national reputation on stage, he continued playing leading roles in theater and television, among them, the nation’s highest rating drama Cheers To Love, the prime time special Carmen, the original hit musical King Arthur and the winner of Best Ensemble Award at the Israel National Theater Festival, Oedipus.

In the U.S, Gil pursued advanced training at the renowned Circle in the Square Theater School, where he achieved distinction as an outstanding performer. He performed in the show A Company of Angels for Showtime producer and director John Moser and has garnered critical acclaim for his performance in the comedy Chicken Delight produced by the Tony award winning Theater Company The Glines. Gil starred in the national tours of One Night and Four Hearts (Equalogy Inc.) and performed in numerous New-York stage production; He played leading roles in Poppies (New-York International Fringe Festival), The Seagull (Schapiro Theater), Love; a Tragic Etude (Caracas- New York collective), Lilith (Core Theater Co.) and Bury the Dead (Abingdon Theater).

Gil has recently completed shooting the feature film Restless, for the critically acclaimed director Amos Kolek. Other film credits include Places for director Isaac Yeshurun, the American-Israeli co-production Make-Up, Failing Better Now for director Keren Atzmon and Between Something and Nothing for director Todd Verow (release: Summer 2008).

Gil is fluent in English (standard American dialect) and Hebrew and is extremely skillful with most European and American dialects.

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• Height 5'9"
• Weight 153 lbs.
• Hair Brown
• Eyes Blue

NEW-YORK THEATER

Six, Chagai
The New Group, Dir: Ian Morgan

The Diary of a Scoundrel, Yegor Gloumov (lead)
Circle in the Square Theater, Dir: Moni Yakim

Bury The Dead, Driscoll
Abingdon Theater

Poppies, Janko (lead)
New-York Fringe Festival

Love, a Tragic Etude, Fernando (lead)
Krain Theater, Dir: Juan Souki

The Seagull, Konstantine (lead)
Schapiro Theater, Dir: Saheem ali

Lilith, David
Core Theater Co.

Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Edmund (lead)
Theater Studio Inc.

Chicken Delight, Splash (lead)
The Glines Theater Co.

Salome, Page of Herodias
Theater for the New City

Land, Holy, Officer
Rising Phoenix Repertory, Dir: Zohar Tirosh Polk

REGIONAL THEATER

The Group, Morris Carnovsky
The Actors Theater of Louisville, KY, Dir: Ronald Rand

One Night, Will (lead)
Equalogy National Tour

Four Hearts, Matt (lead)
Equalogy National Tour

Company of Angels, Max
Bendheim Theater, Heartsdale, NY, Dir: John Moser
(Director of programming, "Showtime").

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE; ISRAEL

King David, Joab (lead)
National tour

Oedipus, Narrator
The National Theater Festival, Dir: Sedi Tzarfati
(Winner: Best Ensemble)

King Arthur, Mordred
Cinerama Theater, Dir: Yaron Kafkafi

Carmen, Soldier
Rosin Theater, Dir: Yaron Kafkafi

FILM

Between Something and Nothing, Ramon (co-star)
Bangor Films, Dir: Todd Verow

Places, Rob (supporting lead)
Dir: Isaac Yeshurun
(Winner: Best Director, Israel International Film Festival)

Restless, Moti (featured)
Berlin Film Festival 2008
Dir: Amos Kolek

Zula Move, Ido (lead)
Columbia Film Festival, Dir: Zohar Lavi

Failing Better Now, Director (featured)
Twinpool Productions, Dir: Karen Atzmon

Make-Up, Oren (lead)
Dir: Inbal Gilboa

TELEVISION; ISRAEL

Cheers to Love, Yotam (principal)
Channel 3

Carmen, Soldier
Channel 2

Summer Fun, Ensemble
Channel 6

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Circle in the Square Theater School Professional Workshop (2 years)

Acting Technique:Terese Hayden, Jacqueline Brookes. Scene Study: Alan Langdon, Maria Tucci, John Stix. Shakespeare, Classical Text: Edward Berkeley, John Bolger. Physical Acting, Clowning, Mask, Improvisation: Moni Yakim, Jonah Emsig, Mina Yakim. Voice: Dr. Lucille Rubin, Andrea Haring. Speech, Dialects: Leigh Dillon, K.C. Ligon. Dance: Larry Crabtree, Albert Stephenson. Stage Combat, Alexander: B.H. Barry, Daniel Singer. Singing Technique, Singing Interpretation:Kryste Andrews, Sara Lazarus, Richard Lissemore.

Israel: Acting for Camera: Ruth Diches, Scene Study: Dina Doron, Singing: Dalit Kahana, Dance: Hilik Cohen.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Bilingual—English (standard American dialect) and Hebrew, Dialects: Standard British, Cockney, Liverpool, Irish, Scottish, Russian, Polish, Serbian, Italian, French, Israeli. Dance: Jazz, Hip-Hop, body percussion. Stage combat(Training: BH Barry: Hand on hand, rods, swords, fencing), military and weapon training (Basic training as a fighter in the IDF including M-16 and grenades), scuba diving, bar tending, bar flare, driving standard, roller-skating, clowning.

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"He has the type of presence when one sees the actor perform he or she will instantly fall in love with Gil."

Isaac Davis Jr, Junior's Cave. For the full interview with Gil Bar-Sela go to http://www.juniorscave.com/GilBarSela.html

"Best of all is Gil Bar-Sela who is hilarious as Splash. Bar-Sela’s characterization rises above caricature to fully-fleshed out satire and is a treat to watch."

Martin Denton, nytheater.com

"I could not help but notice the amazing talent of a young actor named Gil Bar-Sela portraying the role of biblical Jonathan."

Amir Kaminer, Yediot Achronot Newspaper.

"Bar-Sela’s work was compelling, versatile, full of life and deeply moving."

John Moser, Vice President of Original Programming, Showtime Networks.
(The Maldonado Miracle (Sundance, Tribeca Film Festival, Daytime Emmy) Director: Salma Hayek, with Peter Fonda. Reefer Madness, The Musical, (Sundance), with Alan Cumming and Neve Campbell. Bang Bang You're Dead (Peabody, 4 daytime Emmys) with Tom Cavanagh and Ben Foster. Rod Serling's A Storm in Summer (WGA winner, Daytime Emmy best film), with Peter Falk and Nastassja Kinski. Summer's End (2 Daytime Emmys, Chicago Film Festival) with James Earl Jones)

"Gil Bar-Sela has an excellent command of the actor’s instrument."

Ted Mann, Artistic Director and co-founder of Circle in the Square Theater.
(Producer of the American premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. Director of Mourning Becomes Electra with Colleen Dewhurst, The Iceman Cometh with James Earl Jones, A Moon for the Misbegotten with Salome Jens, Ah, Wilderness! with Geraldine Fitzgerald, The glass Menagerie with Maureen Stapleton and Rip Tom, Romeo and Juliet with Pamela Payton Wright, Where's Charley? with Raul Julia. Receiver of the 1999 Tao House Award from the Eugene O'Neill Foundation for his distinguished career in theater).

"Inhabiting such a complex character demands chameleon-like physicality, magnetic personality and star quality, which Mr. Bar-Sela possesses in abundance."

Moni Yakim, director.
(Broadway; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Metropolitan Opera: La Boheme, Gianni Schicci. Head of movement at the Julliard Drama School).

"Gil’s presence is incredibly charismatic, compelling and sincere… His performance was versatile and inspiring."

Zohar Tirosh, playwright and director.
( Don’t Be Late by Ali Scott at The Joseph Papp Public Theater,
Waltz, Choking on Water, Fog and Where the Streets Have No Name, Pieces)

"Bar-Sela stole the show, without doubt the most advanced and interesting actor on stage… One of the finest displays of acting I have seen in a long time."

Saheem Ali, director.
(Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), The Hairy Ape, The Fantasticks (Northeastern University), The Miser (American Repertory Theatre), The Ballroom (Theatre de la Jeune Lune), Wintertime (The Guthrie), Macbeth, Henry V (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company).

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new york, NY 10011
212-488-3500

Commercial:
Doug Kesten Paradigm Talent Agency
212-897-6400

Israel:
Sharon Cohen

011-972-54-4545595

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