Jonathan Judge-Russo

Jonathan Judge-Russo (born January 19, 1983) is an American actor and producer. He has acted on television, film, and the stage. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jeremy on the Netflix original comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Gary Ryan on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as being the Founding Artistic Director of Animus Theatre Company in New York City. 2Education Judge-Russo is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School, The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the British American Drama Academy, and The Actors Center. At the above combined institutions, he studied with Alan Langdon, Sir Ben Kingsley, Alan Rickman, Chris Bayes, Earle Gister, Edward Berkeley, and John Barton. He received a BA in Theatre and Creative Writing from Loyola University Maryland and graduated from Regis High School in 2001. 2Career Jonathan Judge-Russo was a member of the cast of Jumpers for Goalposts at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, that received a 2016 nomination for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Play. He was a member of the cast of Falling at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Other New York credits include such theatres as the Signature Theatre (Somewhere with You), The Cherry Lane Theatre (John Patrick Shanley’s Where’s My Money?), The Irish Repertory Theatre (Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon), the Irish Arts Center (The Irish Play), and the Irondale Center (Treasure Island). He has performed at the Metropolitan Opera on three occasions, in productions of La Fanciulla del West and Wozzec