Christian Baskous (AEA / SAG -AFTRA) has performed On and Off-Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, Circle in the Square, The New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theatre, the NYSF’s Shakespeare on Broadway company at the Belasco Theatre; in motion pictures (Glory, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Double Whammy); TV (Legwork, Swift Justice, Law and Order); at regional theatres including La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, ART, Yale Rep, Pittsburgh Public Theatre. He’s appeared off-off Broadway in plays by avant-garde luminaries Jeff Weiss, Mac Wellman, Ron Tavel and many others; a revival of Irene Fornes’ “The Danube” presented at The Public Theatre, Princeton University, The O’Neill Center and Trinity Rep.
Christian Baskous writes, directs and produces original films, plays and audio voiceplays.
Christian Baskous’ many audiobooks include titles by Jim Harrison, Devin Murphy, Charles Bukowski, Ben Fountain, Mitch Albom, James Rollins, Jim Fergus and many others, for Harper Audio, Blackstone, BBC Audiobooks America, McMillan, Audible, Penguin Audio and other publishers…. Highlights include eight of Charles Bukowski’s full-length works including “Ham on Rye”, “Post Office” and “Hollywood”. Richard Ford’s “Between Them”, was one of AudioFile Magazine’s “Best Audiobooks of 2017”. Christian Baskous’ work has been nominated for Audie awards and won a number of Headphones Awards. Recent books include the last seven of James Rollins’ Sigma thrillers including his collection UNRESTRICTED ACCESS and the novel THE LAST ODYSSEY (from Harper Audio), four books by the Canadian author Richard Wagamese (from Blackstone). Coming soon: Jim Harrisons’s THE ROAD HOME and SUNDOG.
Christian Baskous graduated from Juilliard (Group 12), spending a couple of years before that at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio.