Jonno Roberts

Jonno Roberts has been acting in the US since arriving from New Zealand in 1999 He has become a popular performer on stage as well as screen performing throughout the US and Europe He rapidly gained a reputation for hardhitting performances in a number of productions that have been acknowledged as American theatre landmarks including the hit New York production of Tracey Letts BUG he replaced Michael Shannon in the lead role as Eilif in Janos Szasz devastating Mother Courage at the American Repertory Theatre as Edmund the Bastard to Stacy Keachs King Lear at the Goodman Theatre Chicago and in notorious Catalan director Calixto Bieitos sole American production Camino Real also at the Goodman He was profiled as a notable artist by the National Endowment for the Arts Before moving to the US he was best known in New Zealand as a comedian and can still be occasionally seen performing at the legendary LA venue Largo alongside longtime friend and comedy partner Rhys Darby Jonno received a Masters degree from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and from the Moscow Arts Theatre School