John Livingston is an actor and the brother of actor Ron Livingston.[1][2] He is best known for playing Rand in the 2003 Sundance-winning movie Dopamine, Matt 'Bunz' Bernstein in The Sterling Chase (1999), and Walter, a love interest for Ellen DeGeneres in her 1996 movie Mr. Wrong, along with a wide variety of TV roles and other movie roles.
Career
editHis first acting job was as an urchin in the Cedar Rapids Community Theater production of Scrooge.[3]
He was music director for the Stanford Mendicants in 1992, an a Capella troupe of undergraduates.[4][5][6]
Best known for playing Walter, a love interest for Ellen DeGeneres in her movie Mr. Wrong (1996),[7] and for starring in the Sundance award-winning movie Dopamine (2003).[8][1][9] Other movie roles include portraying Charley Harling in My Antonia (1995), Doug in The Hungover Games (2014), and Sam Patterson in Amelia 2.0 (2017), based on the play The Summerland Project.[10][11][12][13][14] He also appeared in The Net (1995), Friends 'Til The End (1996),[15] and EDtv (1999), reteaming with DeGeneres in a similar role as in Mr. Wrong.[10][11] He starred as "Matt 'Bunz' Bernstein" in The Sterling Chase (1999).[16]
His TV roles include a regular role on the short-lived CBS sitcom Love & Money[17] and guest-starring and recurring parts in Murder, She Wrote, Crossing Jordan, The Closer, Bones, JAG, NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, CSI, Chicago Hope, and Clueless.[10][11] His first television role was playing Todd in an episode of Saved by the Bell: The New Class in 1994.[11] He also appeared in TV movies like Betrayed: A Story of Three Women (1995), as Charlie Nelson; Ice (2001); and The Long Shot (2004), as Ross Garrett. He played Seth in CBS Schoolbreak Special.[11]
Personal life
editHe is married to Jenni Blong since 2006.[18][19] He is the brother of Ron Livingston and brother-in-law of Rosemarie DeWitt.[1] Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Kurt Livingston, an aerospace/electronics engineer, and Linda (née Rinas), a Lutheran pastor.[20][21][22] He attended high school in Marion, Iowa and went on to graduate from Stanford in 1993[5][6] with a degree in psychology. His sister, Jennifer Livingston, and brother-in-law, Mike Thompson, were TV news personalities at WKBT-DT in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[23]
References
edit- ^ a b c August 18, EW Staff; EDT, 2003 at 04:00 AM. "Dopamine". EW.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
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- ^ "1992 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Results - Contemporary A Cappella Society". 1992-03-31. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ a b "Stanford Daily - Mendicants perform 50th anniversary reunion concert". Stanford Daily. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ a b "Alumni". STANFORD IMPROVISORS. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1996-02-16). "FILM REVIEW;Uh-oh, Dreamboat Is Wild And Crazy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "Projects - Sloan Science & Film". scienceandfilm.org. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Kehr, Dave (2003-09-07). "THE NEW SEASON/FILM; Hippies and Orphans, Desperados and Dummies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ a b c "John Livingston". BFI. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ a b c d e "John Livingston". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "Newstrack: 'Summerland' film, nurtured in Cedar Rapids, almost ready for its close-up". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Review: 'Amelia 2.0' gains new (artificial) life". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ Paradiso, Cinema. "The Summerland Project (aka Amelia 2.0) (2016) film". CinemaParadiso.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (1997-01-20). "Sincerest, and Most Dangerous, Form of Flattery". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (1999-10-25). "The Sterling Chase". Variety. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Wertheimer, Ron (1999-10-08). "TV WEEKEND; Pressing the Escape Button Won't Get You Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "Actor John Livingston, wife Jenny Blong and actor Ron Livingston..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ ""The Hungover Games" - Los Angeles Premiere | Jeffrey Mayer". www.jeffreymayerphotography.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "Iowa briefs (third item)". Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque). Associated Press. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
[Ron] Livingston, 34, grew up in Marion where his parents, Kurt and Linda Livingston, still live. His route to Hollywood went from Marion High School to Yale, where he studied English and theater.
- ^ "'Practice' makes perfect : Ron Livingston joins top-rated ABC law team". The Washington Times. September 25, 2001. Retrieved October 25, 2013 – via Newsbank.(subscription required)
- ^ "Remembering Rinas - Marion Times - Online at". Mariontoday.org. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ "Married Wisconsin Anchors Leaving Station in May". adweek.it. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2023-06-02.