John Rothman

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John Rothman
Born
John Mahr Rothman

(1949-06-03) June 3, 1949 (age 74)
Education Wesleyan University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Years active1980–present
Family Thomas Rothman (brother)
Jessica Harper (sister-in-law)
Glenn Shadix (second cousin)

John Mahr Rothman (born June 3, 1949) is an American film, television, and stage actor.

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Life and career

Rothman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Elizabeth D. (née Davidson) and Donald N. Rothman, a lawyer. [1] [2] He is the brother of film executive Thomas Rothman. [3]

A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Yale School of Drama, his Broadway stage credits include Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad and the 2007 revival of Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss . He performed in numerous Off-Broadway productions including his own one-person play The Impossible H. L. Mencken.

Rothman portrayed Union General John F. Reynolds in Gettysburg (1993). He has appeared on such shows as Guiding Light , Blue Bloods , Law & Order , and Arrested Development .

Rothman also appeared in such comedic movies as Ghostbusters (1984), Big (1988), Jingle All the Way (1996), Say It Isn't So (2001), Welcome to Mooseport (2004), Taxi (2004), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), and portrayed real-life September 11 terror victim Edward Felt in the 2006 film United 93 .

Filmography

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References

  1. "John Rothman Biography". www.filmreference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  2. "They Know Drama". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. "Tom Rothman: A Hollywood executive and TV host". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. "Reagan V. Reagan" . Retrieved Sep 1, 2019 via www.imdb.com.