JUSTIN BARTHA

'Justin Bartha' (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for co-starring in the film ''National Treasure''.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

Footnotes

External links

Biography

Early life

Bartha was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His father, Stephen, is a real estate developer, while his mother, Betty, is a school teacher. Bartha had a Jewish upbringing.^[1] His family moved to West Bloomfield, Michigan when Bartha was nine years old. While at high school, he muddled his way into acting after breaking his wrist trying out for the school's tennis team. After scoring a role in the local production of A Midsummer Night's Dream he formed a children's theatre group of 15 where he performed for children in hospitals and at elementary school. After he graduated from West Bloomfield High School in 1996, he set his sights on New York, eventually training at New York University's Meisner Extension.^[2]

Career

He began his movie career behind the camera as a production assistant on the film ''Analyze This''. His acting debut came a year later in a short film called ''Tag'' in 1999. He wrote and directed a short film, ''Highs and Lows'', which was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2003. Additionally, for MTV he wrote, produced and starred in an MTV pilot called the ''The Dustin and Justin Show''.[1]^[3] He has stated that he would like to continue working behind the camera in the future. Alongside this, he had minor roles in critically acclamed ''Gigli'' and ''Carnival Sun'', before his co-starring role in ''National Treasure'' (2004) as Riley Poole.
In 2006, Bartha had a supporting role in ''Failure to Launch'' and starred in the television sitcom ''Teachers'' which premiered on March 28th, 2006 on NBC, and was cancelled May 15, 2006 due to low ratings.
He currently lives in New York City.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	''	Riley Poole
2006	''Teachers''	Jeff Cahill
2006	''Failure to Launch''	Ace
2005	''Trust the Man''	Jasper
2004	''National Treasure''	Riley Poole
2004	''Strip Search''
2003	''Carnival Sun''	Adam Roam
2003	''Gigli''	Brian
1999	''Tag''	Kip Woffard

Footnotes

1. Double Take: West Bloomfield’s Justin Bartha goes high profile in two new Hollywood roles Suzanne Chessler
2. "Justin Bartha Biography" paraphrased from ''Justin trained at New York University’s Meisner Extension''. Retrieved September 16 2006
3. "Justin Bartha Biography". Retrieved September 16 2006.

External links

★ Justin Bartha photo gallery

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Justin Bartha Website [2]