GENEST, Edmund (Edmond Genest)

PERSONAL

Career: Actor.

Awards, Honors: Barrymore Award nomination, outstanding performance by a leading actor in a play, 1996, for Broken Glass.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Inspector Hound, The Real Inspector Hound, and Holmes, After Magritte, Theatre Four, New York City, 1972.

Understudy for the roles of Arthur, Chamberlain, M.P., and French, M.P., Dirty Linen & New–Found– Linen, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1977.

Dr. Barr and understudy for the roles of Andrew Eden, Dr. Travers, Peter Kershaw, and Philip Hill, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Trafalgar Theatre, New York City, 1979.

Dr. Paul Jacobs and understudy for the role of Dr. David Scott, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1980.

Theodore Tilton, Onward Victoria, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1980.

Frank Hunter, The Browning Version, Roundabout Stage II, New York City, 1982.

Henry and Max, The Real Thing, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Captain Isaac Whitaker, A Few Good Men, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1989–1991.

Austin, Later Life, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1993.

Greg, Sylvia, Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 1996.

Dr. Chapman, A Question of Mercy, Plays & Players, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.

Cardinal Barberini, Galileo, Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, CT, 1998.

Dr. Chapman, Pygmalion, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bristol, CT, 1998.

Don Quixote and Baron de Charlus, Camino Real, F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, Madison, NJ, 1999.

The Last Hurrah, Huntington Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1999.

The Game of Love and Chance, Theater Ten Ten, New York City, 2000.

Malvolio, Twelfth Night, F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 2000.

Arsenic and Old Lace, City Center, New York City, 2000.

The devil, Synergy, Alley Theatre, 2001.

Tchebutykin, Three Sisters, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Madison, NJ, 2001.

Standby Edgar, Dance of Death, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 2001–2002.

Carr Gomm/Belgian policeman, The Elephant Man, Royale Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Alcandre, The Illusion, F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater, 2002.

Standby for the role of Edward, The Retreat from Moscow, Booth Theatre, New York City, 2003.

(As Edmond Genest) Kramer, Diosa, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 2003.

Don John, Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, 2003.

Also appeared in Escape from Happiness; Pantomime; The Seagull; A Question of Mercy; Cyrano de Bergerac; La ronde; Our Town; Later Life; Artists and Admirers; as Mr. Vanislaw, Betty's Summer Vacation, O'Reilly Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA; Philip, Broken Glass, Philadelphia Theatre Company.

Film Appearances:

All the Young Wives, 1974.

Sam, Naked Rider, EMC, 1978.

Calder assistant, Hanky Panky, Columbia, 1982.

Reporter, Without a Trace, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1983.

(As Edmond Genest) Husband #6, The Man without a Face, Warner Bros., 1993.

Loft party guest, Six Degrees of Separation, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

Sara's dad, Body Shots, New Line Cinema, 1999.

(As Edmond Genest) Auctioneer, Uptown Girls, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Wendell Barnes, Loving, ABC, 1994.

Dr. Borkow, As the World Turns, CBS, 1997.

Vincent Van Dyke, One Life to Live, ABC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

John Van Lew, A Special Friendship, CBS, 1987.

Alden Rice, Blind Spot, CBS, 1993.

Francesco, Gia, HBO, 1998.

(As Edmond Genest) Sarcastic dentist, Oxygen, Cinemax, 1999.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Quentin Byrd, Private Sessions, NBC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Charles Janaway, Lethal Innocence, PBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Burl Dodds, "Play It Again, Sammy," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1988.

John Blanchard, "Severance," Law & Order, NBC, 1992.

Warren Stevenson, "Castoff," Law & Order, NBC, 1998.

Defense Attorney Robertson, "Judge and Jury," The Practice, ABC, 1999.