Macon Blair

Macon Blair
Blair in 2025
Born	1974 (age 50–51) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter comic book writer
Spouse	Lee Eddy
Children	2

Macon Blair (born 1974) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comic book writer and actor known for his roles in the films Blue Ruin (2013) and Green Room (2015), ^{[1] [2] [3]} as well as his directorial debut I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017).

Life and career

Blair was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and began working with his childhood friend Jeremy Saulnier in 2007 on the film Murder Party . In 2013, he played Dwight Evans in the critically acclaimed film Blue Ruin . In 2015, he starred in Saulnier's film Green Room . ^{[4] [5]}

Blair co-wrote and starred in the dark comedy Small Crimes starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. ^[6] Blair made his directorial debut on I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore . ^[7] It had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and won that festival's Grand Jury Prize. ^{[8] [9]} It was released on February 24, 2017, by Netflix. ^[10]

On March 24, 2019, it was announced that Blair would write and direct The Toxic Avenger reboot for Legendary Pictures. ^[11]

Blair is also a comic author and created comics for Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics. ^[12] Together with artist Joe Flood, he released the graphic novel Long Road to Liquor City in 2019. ^[13]

He is married to actress Lee Eddy. Together they have two sons, Buck and Sonny. ^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2013	The Monkey's Paw	No	Yes
2017	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	Yes	Yes
	Small Crimes	No	Yes
2018	Hold the Dark	No	Yes
2023	The Toxic Avenger	Yes	Yes
	57 Seconds	No	Yes
2024	Brothers	No	Yes
TBA	The Shitheads	Yes	Yes

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2007	Murder Party	Executive producer
2011	You Hurt My Feelings	Assistant producer
2015	Green Room	Co-producer
2024	Rebel Ridge	Executive producer

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Murder Party	Macon
2011	You Hurt My Feelings
2012	The Man from Orlando	Glenn
	Hellbenders	Macon
2013	Blue Ruin	Dwight Evans
2015	Green Room	Gabe
2016	Gold	Connie Wright
2017	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	Bar Dude
	Small Crimes	Scotty Caldwell
	The Florida Project	John
	Logan Lucky	Special Agent Brad Noonan
	Mustang Island	Bill
2018	Thunder Road	Dustin Zahn
	Hold the Dark	Shan
2019	Kindred Spirits	Alex
2020	The Hunt	Oliver Fauxnvoy
	I Care a Lot	Feldstrom
2023	Oppenheimer	Lloyd K. Garrison
	The Toxic Avenger	Dennis
	Lousy Carter	Dick Anthony
2024	The Thicket	Malachi Deasy

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2019	Room 104	Yes	Yes	Episode "The Plot"

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Swamp Thing	Phantom Stranger	3 episodes
2021–22	Reservation Dogs	Rob	2 episodes
2025	Mo	Jack	1 episode
	The Lowdown	TBA	Upcoming series

References

1. Hill, Logan (April 18, 2014). "Schoolmates Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair Make 'Blue Ruin'". New York Times. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
2. Whittaker, Richard (April 22, 2016). "Mopping Up the Red in Green Room". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
3. "Macon Blair". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
4. Mancini, Vince (April 14, 2016). "Frotcast: Macon Blair And Jeremy Saulnier From 'Green Room'". UPROXX. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
5. Lambie, Ryan (May 13, 2016). "Green Room review". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
6. McNary, Dave (May 11, 2016). "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Starring in Dark Comedy 'Small Crimes' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
7. "Macon Blair". Filmmaker Magazine . July 25, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
8. Patten, Dominic (December 5, 2016). "Sundance 2017: Robert Redford, New Rashida Jones Netflix Series, 'Rebel In The Rye' & More On Premiere, Docu, Midnight & Kids Slates". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 15, 2016.
9. Barsanti, Sam (January 29, 2017). "Sundance gives top prize to I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore". The A.V. Club .
10. "Netflix Announces Slate of Original Films, Documentaries and Series at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival". The Futon Critic . December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
11. "Macon Blair to Direct and Write 'Toxic Avenger' Reboot for Legendary". Variety. March 21, 2019.
12. Macon Blair . In leagueofcomicgeeks.com, access date January 4, 2024.
13. Long Road to Liquor City . In: simonandschuster.com, access date January 4, 2024.
14. Faires, Robert (February 6, 2015). "Delighted Lee: Actor Lee Eddy is back onstage in Austin after five years away, and boy, is she happy". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved August 16, 2018.

External links

• Macon Blair at IMDb