Justin Gordon

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Justin Gordon is an American actor, stage director, film producer, and painter. He is known for his work on Mike Flanagan's films Absentia, Oculus, and Before I Wake.

Life and career

Born in Bakersfield, California{{Cite web |date=2017-03-10 |title=Where are they now? Local Actors |url=https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/justin-gordons-path-to-acting-from-bakersfield-to-la |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=KERO 23 ABC News Bakersfield |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-03-10 |title=Where are they now? Bakersfield actor Justin Gordon |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-now-bakersfield-actor-justin-171638027.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}} and raised in the small Sierra Nevada town of Posey, Gordon fostered a creative spirit due to the natural solitude and beauty of his hometown surroundings. After attending a summer acting and directing program at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, UK, Gordon went on to obtain his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while working in regional theatre around the United States. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2009. His first major film role was as the by-the-book Detective Lonergan in Mike Flanagan's horror film Absentia, produced by FallBack Plan Productions{{cite web |title=Absentia |date=2011-06-04 |website=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419035001/https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/absentia-1117945387/ |archive-date=2023-04-19 |url-status=live |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/absentia-1117945387/}} (where Gordon was a founding partner). Since then, he has appeared in two other of Mike Flanagan's films: Oculus (serving also as an Associate Producer) [http://www.metacritic.com/movie/oculus/details Metacritic] and Before I Wake.

Painting

File:"Sunday No. 3," by Justin Gordon. Acrylic, sand and postage stamp on canvas.jpg

In addition to his work in film and theatre, Gordon is an avid painter, working in the style known as action painting, made prominent by Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline.

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" \| Notes
2011 \| Absentia \| Detective Lonergan \|Producer
2012 \| The Unbreakable Sword \| Lt. Alex Corringfield \|
2012 \| Unlucky Lucky \| Jim \| Short
2014 \| Oculus \| Mark (Supervisor) \| Associate Producer
2015 \| Before I Wake \| Dr. Tennant \|
2015 \| The Hunting of Lost Characters \| John John \| Short
2015 \| Fun Sized Horror: Volume Two \| Evan \| Segment: Pinned
2017 \| Age of the Living Dead (Series) \| Phillip \| Six Episodes
2018 \| Gehenna: Where Death Lives \| Tyler \|
2023 \| The Fearway \| Michael \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

2011

| Absentia

| Detective Lonergan

|Producer

2012

| The Unbreakable Sword

| Lt. Alex Corringfield