Justin Kirk Biography (2)
Born in Salem, Oregon, Kirk spent his childhood in Union, Washington, where he attended grade school on an Indian reservation. Kirk knew from three years old that he wanted to perform, and he made his acting debut at seven in a local college play. At 12, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended the Children's Theater School throughout high school.
After graduation, he moved to New York and enrolled at Circle in the Square, where he completed a two-year conservatory acting program. Afterwards, he soon landed his first role on Broadway, in Any Given Day at the Longacre Theatre, and quit his job as a bellboy at the Royalton Hotel. He has been working steadily ever since and is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the blind character Bobby in Love! Valour! Compassion! on Broadway and in the feature film adaptation. Kirk was honored with an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in the Ensemble.
Additional stage work includes Old Wicked Songs--at New York's Promenade Theatre and Los
Angeles' Geffen Playhouse--in which he starred as a piano prodigy, winning a Back Stage West Garland Award for Outstanding Performance. He also appeared in June Moon with the Drama Department, a theatre company of which he is a founding member.
On the big screen, Kirk appears in the feature film comedy Chapter Zero, starring Penelope Ann Miller and Dylan Walsh, and the independent thriller The Eden Myth. On his hiatus this summer, he co-starred in Harry Shearer's Call o' the Glen.
A self-described radio nerd, Kirk currently divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles.
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