Kevin Weissman
Kevin Weisman was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. The acting bug took
hold at TAFT High School in Woodland Hills, CA. At Taft, Kevin participated in
many theater festivals, performing scenes from both classical and contemperary
works. He decided to stay in Los Angeles, andreceived a BA from UCLA’s
prestigious School of Theatre/Film/Television. He also studied at New York ’s
Circle in The Square Theatre. At UCLA, Kevin met and worked with the other
founding members of the award winning, critically acclaimed Buffalo Nights
Theatre Company.
Kevin serves as
producer on most Buffalo Nights shows. As an actor, recent shows with the
company include the title role of Griffith J. Griffith in Robert Fieldsteel’s
Crazy Drunk (Garland Award for acting) at the landmark John Anson Ford
Theatre in Hollywood, one of the three ever- present clowns in Archibald
McCleish’s J.B., and the title role of Anatol in Arthur Schnitzler’s Anatol.
Other shows with the company include Jean Giraudoux’s Apollo of Bellac
(Garland for Production of the Year, 7 LA Weekly Award Nominations), Madman
and the Nun, The Firebugs, Suburban Motel, Ethan Lipton’s Hope on
the Range, Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy, Oscar Wilde’s Salome,
and the West Coast Premiere of Jonathon Marc Sherman’s Sophistry. Other
theatre favorites include ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Odyssey Theater),
The Greeks (Odyssey- 1999 Production of the Year, LA Weekly) and The
Goldoni Trilogy (Mark Taper).
Currently, Kevin plays
series regular, “Marshall J. Flinkman ” on ABC’s hit drama, Alias
(nominated for eleven Emmys last year) Other television credits include
recurring roles on Felicity, Roswell, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
guest appearances on X-Files, Frasier, E.R., Just Shoot
Me, and Drew Carey. Film work includes The Terminal ,Gone
in 60 Seconds, Robbers, Man of the Century (1998 Slamdance
Audience Award Winner).
Kevin is also
producing (and acting in), the feature film, The Illusion, directed by
company member Michael Goorjian. The Illusion is currently in post
production. Kevin also plays drums in the band, TRAINWRECK.
Kevin currently resides in Los Angeles. He's very close with all of his family,
most of whom live in Los Angeles.