Will Janowitz
Will Janowitz is an American born film, television and stage actor as well as writer. He is first generation American with his mother having been born in the Czech Republic and his father Berlin, Germany.
Biography
As a graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts (2000) he began acting professionally almost immediately, interrupted only by a brief stint as a Mary-Louise Parkers personal assistant on several film and television projects. One of his earliest film credits was a role in David Gordon Green's critically acclaimed George Washington 2000. In 2003 Will and college friend Bill English starred in The Pavement Series 2003 for Showtime exclusive in which they played zany sports inventors. Shortly after he landed his first Law and Order role in 2002 and the same year booked a recurring role on The Sopranos as Meadow Sopranos (Jamie Lynn Sigler) boyfriend Finn De Trolio. He would go on to do four seasons of the show accurately potraying a novices prospective of the organized crime ring and most notably outing Vito Spatafores (Joe Ganiscoli) one of Tony Sopranos James Gandolfini main foot soldiers. Later he would appear on Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2004- 2008. From 2004 and on Will appeared in various independent features including Bristol Boys 2005 a crime comedy along side his Sopranos co-star Max Casella and David Zayas (Dexter) and a supporting role in Backseat 2005; in the same year appeared in the cult video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories as the voice of Donald Love. Also, in that same year Janowitz joined Juliana Margulies and Michael Rispoli in Francine Volpe's Late Fragment, to be directed by Sopranos co-star Michael Imperioli. However due to scheduling conflicts the play did not premiere. Most recently Janowitz joined the ensemble cast of Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock 2009 and brandished a blonde wig and moustache to play Chip Monck, the festivals production designer. The same summer he went down south to Marietta, Georgia to play the role of Leo Frank along side HBO alumni Seth Gilliam The Wire in The People V. Leo Frank. The film explores the life and trial of Leo Frank an American born Jew who was lynched in Marietta, Georgia August 17th 1915 after being wrongly accused of the murder of a little girl who worked in his pencil factory. The case is widely regarded as a vast miscarriage of justice.
Writing
In the midst of his acting Janowitz has had several plays own creation produced, most notably Gnome a character he created at North Carolina, then more extensively at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. The show premiered at New York City's Zipper Theater 2006. The two man play explores the life of Gnome; a reclusive hundred and fifty year old author who claims to be the offspring of a Jewish mother and forest dwelling creature who left New York City and has taken up permanent residence in Central Park. Most recently Janowitz has written and developed a television series for Fox Studios called SuperEgo 2009 in which he plays Dr. Charlie Knight, a young, out of the box psychiatrist that uses his unorthodox approach to unlock patients potential.
References
Austin Chronicle [1]
External Links
Imdb [2]
Youtube Sports Inventors [3]