AL BERNSTEIN: After graduating from York University in Toronto, Al set his sights on New York City to become a working actor and a good actor. Al’s training began at Circle in the Square with Jacqueline Brookes, Terry Hayden and Alan Langdon and moved to Uta Hagen’s HB Studio with Carol Rosenfeld. Al worked and performed on the New York stage for many years until he was accepted in to his dream program, Actors Studio Drama School at the New School University where he received his MFA. He studied intensively with theatre’s top coaches such as Elizabeth Kemp, David Gideon, Arthur Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Susan Batson, Sandra Seacott, Sam Schacht, Carlin Glynn, and many more. Film/TV credits include: Super Zero, Nikita, Reign, Nikolai, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days, Godsend, Nip/Tuck, Everybody Hates Chris, Cursing Hanley, John Boxing John, Deadly Deceit, Street Time, Sue Thomas FBEye, Doc, The Series. Theatre Credits include: Off Broadway: The Interrogation, The Dance of Chance, Have You Heard Uncle Dan Sing? (Circle in the Square). Off-Off Broadway: Will (written by Al Bernstein), Machine Head (Theatre Studio), Port St. Joe (The Actors Institute) Los Angeles: 2013 Winner! LA Drama Critics Awards for Best Production, Director, Adaptation, Actor (Troy Kotsur) CYRANO (World Premiere, DeafWest/Fountain Theatre), 2011 Ovation & LA Weekly Award winning Best Musical, Best Musical Director, Best Director, HOBOKEN TO HOLLYWOOD (Edgemar Centre for the Arts), Acts on the Edge (ETG), The Sunshine Boys (the Odyssey Theatre with Hal Linden and Allan Miller). Toronto: Abu Ghraib Triptych (World Premiere, Alley Theatre Workshop), Red Light Winter (Alley Theatre Workshop). Today, Al works as an actor, writer and teacher in Los Angeles, Toronto & NYC.
