Blake Merriman

SAG-AFTRA / EMC (847) 778-5118 BlakeMerriman@Gmail.com Height: 6’0’’ www.BlakeMerriman.com TV / FILM CRASHING Co-Star HBO / Gillian Robespierre DRINKING GAMES Lead Believe Ltd / Ryan Gielen THE GRADUATES Lead Believe Ltd / Ryan Gielen LAST DAYS OF SIMON Supporting Look-C Productions LLC / Eric Fischer CULT MOVIE Lead Shoot from the Hip Prods / Armando Diaz TATANKA RISES IN BUFFALO FALLS Lead 48 Hour Film Project / George Gross HAYWIRE Lead Ruddy Productions / Joshua Warr EXTRAORDINARY MAN Lead Markain Pictures / Seth Herron PARTY ON THE 49TH FLOOR Lead Michael Rose Films / Michael Rose THEATER BRILLIANT TRACES Henry Harry Workshop Theater / Joshua Warr ORION Sam Theatre Row / Joshua Warr A THOUSAND DEATHS Henry FringeNYC / Anthony P. Pennino I, HORATIO Horatio FringeNYC / Matt Bayer MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Dogberry Secret Theatre / Richard Mazda THE BACCHAE Chorus Secret Theatre / Rob Ribar TERRA FIRMA Teddy Fundamental Theater / Sam Underwood ALONE WITH FRIENDS Tom Fundamental Theater / Nicola Murphy BANQUET Anthony Ruddy Productions / Michael Kingsbaker SAY YOU LOVE SATAN Chad / Raphael Night Lights Theater / Eric Robertson SACRIFICES (THE DARE PROJECT) Sheldon taxdeductible theatre / Anthony P. Pennino THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Curtis (US: Lucentio) First Folio Shakespeare / Alison Vesely THE IMAGINARY INVALID Thomas Diafoirus Looking Glass Theatre / Aliza Shane STORY PIRATES Performer Arthur Seelen Theater / Lee Overtree FEATHERWEIGHT Ensemble member Magnet Theater / Peter McNerney BALM IN GILEAD Bob School at Steppenwolf / Jeff Perry THE SEAGULL Shamraev Northwestern / Danny Erdberg PIXIE DUST (world premiere) Pritchard Northwestern / Matt McKenna A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Pete The Droog Northwestern / Ian Forester TRAINING B.S. in Theatre, Northwestern University

Acting: David Downs, Voice: Sandra Marquez

The School at Steppenwolf Scene Study: Jeff Perry, Improv: Sheldon Patinkin, Viewpoints: Kim Rubinstein

Maggie Flanigan Studio Meisner: Maggie Flanigan, Audition: Kate Lacey, Michael Chekhov: Lenard Petit

IMPROV: Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet Theater, Second City, Improv Olympic SKILLS Classical Piano. Blues guitar (own guitar). Dialects: RP, Cockney, Irish Brogue, Scottish, Brooklyn. Conversational in French. Basic stage combat skills (hand-to-hand). A mean impersonation of “Cleveland” from the show “Family Guy.”