A veteran of seven Broadway shows, Jason Gillman appeared as Freddie Benson opposite John Lithgow and Jonathan Pryce in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS on Broadway. Additional Broadway credits include CHICAGO, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, NEVER GONNA DANCE, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, HELLO DOLLY with Carol Channing, and most recently, the original company of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. He has performed nationally and internationally with several Broadway tours, traveling as far as Tokyo, Japan with CHICAGO THE MUSICAL. Jason has appeared at countless regional theatres across the country including The Fifth Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia), Coconut Grove Playhouse (Miami), Art Park (Buffalo), Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and The Berkshire Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Jason has also done extensive commercial and television work including appearances on LAW & ORDER, THE ROSIE O’DONNELL SHOW, THE DANA CARVEY SHOW, THE TODAY SHOW, and THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS. Jason was educated at the University of Florida where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and continued his training in NYC studying with TONY award winning director Vivian Matalon, who was a protege of Sandy Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse.
In addition, Jason and his wife Jackie Bayne have a company called Gotham Headshots, which combines his other area of expertise, photography, with the couple’s extensive Broadway background. Jackie and Jason travel regularly working with performing arts students all across the country to offer professional headshots and conduct master classes at universities such as North Carolina School of the Arts, Elon University, New World School of the Arts (Miami), The University of Florida, Colorado Mesa University and Texas Christian University.
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