Justin Bartha

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Justin Bartha
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Bartha in 2016
Born (1978-07-21) July 21, 1978 (age 46)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater Tisch School of the Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Lia Smith
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(m. 2014)​
Children2

Justin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor. In film, Bartha has played Riley Poole in the National Treasure film series and Doug Billings in The Hangover trilogy. His television roles include David Sawyer in the NBC comedy series The New Normal as well as Colin Morrello in the CBS All Access (later Paramount+) legal and political drama The Good Fight.

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Early life

Bartha was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and moved to West Bloomfield, Michigan when he was eight. [1] His father, Stephen, is a commercial real estate agent while his mother, Betty, is a school teacher. He has one older brother, Jeffrey. Bartha was raised in a Reform Jewish family. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] After he graduated from West Bloomfield High School in 1996, he moved to New York City and studied filmmaking and theatre at New York University's Tisch School of Arts. [7]

Career

Bartha began his film career behind the camera as a production assistant on the film Analyze This . His acting debut came with his first film, 54 , as a clubgoer. He wrote and directed a short film, Highs and Lows, which was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2003. [8] Additionally, he wrote, produced, and starred in an MTV pilot called The Dustin and Justin Show. [8]

Bartha co-starred opposite Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken and Al Pacino in the critically bashed Gigli in 2003, before his co-starring role in the National Treasure franchise (2004; 2007) as Riley Poole. [9] He reprised the role in the series continuation for Disney+. [10]

In 2006, Bartha co-starred in the film Failure to Launch [11] and NBC's sitcom Teachers which only aired six episodes. [12]

In November 2007, Bartha was cast in an indie drama, Holy Rollers . His character lures a young Hasidic Jew (Jesse Eisenberg) into becoming an ecstasy dealer. Filming began in New York in the spring of 2008, and the film was released in 2010. [13] Bartha re-teamed with Eisenberg for Eisenberg's critically acclaimed play, Asuncion. [14] Bartha also starred alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Bart Freundlich film, The Rebound which is about a 25-year-old man who starts a romance with his older single mother neighbor, the film began shooting in April 2008 in New York and finished in June. In The Hangover comedy film series, he played Doug Billings, one of the "Wolfpack" members who goes on weekend trips with the trio. After a wild nights of partying, he goes missing and his friends frantically search everywhere for him.

Bartha starred as Max in the Broadway revival of the play Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. He performed alongside Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Brooke Adams, and Jan Maxwell. A farcical comedy, it was directed by Stanley Tucci and started previews at the Music Box Theatre on March 11, 2010, with the official opening date on April 4, 2010. It was nominated for a Tony award for best revival of a play. In 2011, Bartha signed on to star in the premiere of Zach Braff's play All New People at Second Stage Theatre. All New People began June 28 and ran through mid-August. Anna Camp, David Wilson Barnes and Krysten Ritter co-starred in this production under the direction of Peter DuBois. [15] In February 2012, Bartha signed on to co-star on the NBC comedy pilot The New Normal . [16] On May 7, 2012, NBC ordered the project to series. [17] The show was centered around a gay couple (played by Bartha and Andrew Rannells) and the surrogate mother (Georgia King) they selected to bear their child. It premiered on September 11, 2012, [18] but was officially canceled the next year on May 10, 2013. [19]

In 2014, Bartha starred in another of Jesse Eisenberg's plays, A Little Part of All Of Us, alongside Eisenberg, for Playing On Air, a non-profit organization that "records short plays [for public radio and podcast] written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors." [20] [21]

Bartha has worked with the Matrix Theatre Company, guest directing their Teen Company in Are You Passing?, a play on the state of education in Detroit.

In 2018, Bartha co-starred as Colin Morrello in the first two seasons of the critically acclaimed CBS all-access drama, The Good Fight . In 2021, Bartha signed on to play Robert Morgenthau in the second season of the critically acclaimed EPIX hit drama, Godfather of Harlem and co-starred opposite Jason Momoa in the Netflix movie Sweet Girl . In 2022, Bartha starred in the controversial and critically acclaimed standalone episode in the third season of Atlanta called, The Big Payback . Bartha plays a man named Marshall Johnson who finds out he must pay slavery reparations.

Personal life

Bartha married Pilates instructor and creator of B The Method [22] [23] Lia Smith in Oahu, Hawaii, on January 4, 2014. [24] On April 13, 2014, she gave birth to their daughter. [25] On April 16, 2016, she gave birth to their second daughter. [26]

Acting credits

Film

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 54 ClubgoerUncredited
1999TagKip WoffardShort film
2003 Gigli Brian
Carnival SunBrianShort film
2004 National Treasure Riley Poole
2005 Trust the Man Jasper Bernard
2006 Failure to Launch Philip "Ace"
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Riley Poole
2008 New York, I Love You JustinSegment: "Randy Balsmeyer"
2009 The Hangover Doug Billings
Jusqu'à toi JackAka Shoe at Your Foot; also executive producer
The Rebound Aram Finkelstein
2010 Holy Rollers Yosef Zimmerman
2011 The Hangover Part II Doug Billings
Dark Horse Richard
2013 The Hangover Part III Doug Billings
CBGB Stiv Bators
2014 Brahmin Bulls Alex
2016 White Girl Kelly
Sticky Notes BryanAlso known as The Backup Dancer
2018 Driven Howard Weitzman
Sorry for Your Loss Ken
2019 Against the Clock Peter HobbsAlso known as Headlock and Transference
2021 Sweet Girl Simon Keeley
2022 Dear Zoe David Gladstone
2024NukedJack Langer [27]

Television

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Strip Search —Television film
2006 Teachers Jeff CahillMain cast; 6 episodes
2009 WWII in HD Jack Werner (voice)Miniseries; 5 episodes
2012–2013 The New Normal David SawyerMain cast; 22 episodes
2016 Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Josh BarrettMain cast; 13 episodes
2017–2018 The Good Fight Colin MorrelloMain cast; 17 episodes
2019 Drunk History Thomas H. Ince Episode: "Drunk Mystery II"
2020; 2022The Accidental Wolf—
2021; 2023 Godfather of Harlem Robert Morgenthau Recurring; 7 episodes
2021 The Other Two HimselfEpisode: "Brooke & Cary Go to a Fashion Show"
2022 Atlanta Marshall JohnsonEpisode: "The Big Payback"
National Treasure: Edge of History Riley PooleEpisode: "Charlotte"

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRoleRef.
2014"Imagine" (UNICEF: World version)VariousHimself [28]

Theatre

Theatre
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 64th Tony Awards Performing Artist
Lend Me a Tenor MaxBroadway revival
Music Box Theatre
2011 All New People Charlie Second Stage Theatre
AsuncionVinnyOff-Broadway
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
2013 The Sunshine Boys Ben Ahmanson Theatre
Center Theatre Group
2015PermissionEricMCC Theater

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2003 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Gigli Nominated
Worst Song (for "Baby Got Back")Nominated
2009Awards Circuit Community AwardsBest Cast Ensemble [29] The Hangover Nominated

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