John Cabrera

John Cabrera

Infobox Actor


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birthname = John Peter Cabrera
birthdate = birth date and age|1975|08|26
location = Miami, Florida, United States
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John Cabrera (born August 26, 1975) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Brian Fuller on the television show "Gilmore Girls" on The WB (later The CW). He has also appeared on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, NCIS, American Dreams, Miracles, and .

He was born in Miami, Florida and attended Miami Killian High School (class of 1993) where he first began his training as an actor. He later attended DePaul University's The Theatre School (formerly The Goodman School of Drama) in Chicago, Illinois where he received a BFA in Acting. Other acting colleagues from the school include long time friends Judy Greer, Michael Muhney, and Sean Gunn.

In 1998 he joined a collective of theatre professionals and helped found Collaboraction, a multi-disciplinary theatre ensemble best known for its mixed media theatre festival Sketchbook which he co-created with Collaboraction artistic director Anthony Moseley. In 2001 Cabrera received a Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for his role as Nat in Collaboraction's stage production of Refuge (by Jessica Goldberg).

John moved to Los Angeles in 2000, where he has been working as an actor in the fields of Television, Film, and Theater. He has worked at such theaters as Mark Taper Forum's Taper Too, and South Coast Repertory.

Although he is best known as an actor, John is also a director of films including the short film "Crazy Love" by Jenelle Riley and the featurette "The Man Who Invented the Moon". The film was written by long time colleague and friend Lee Kirk and stars Sean Gunn.

In 2007, John directed long time friend Jenna Fischer (NBC's The Office) in a music video for singer songwriter Willie Wisely's single, "Through Any Window".

References

* [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003574566 Backstage review of My Wandering Boy]
* [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117798172.html?categoryid=33&cs=1 Variety review of Good Thing]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010216/ai_n13898332 Chicago Sun Times article "Staging Ground for Creativity"]
* [http://www.performink.com/archives/awards/jeffs/01JeffCitationWinners.html PerformInk's list of 2001 Joseph Jefferson Citation Winners]

External links

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* [http://www.johncabrera.com Official Blog]
* [http://www.twitter.com/johncabrera John Cabrera on Twitter]
* [http://www.myspace.com/johncabrera Official Myspace Page]
* [http://www.collaboraction.org Collaboraction]


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