Biography
Jean-Paul Demitri Zuhur is an American actor, writer, director and theatre-maker. He studied under Jack Ferver, Chiori Miyagawa, Geoff Sobelle, and others as a Theatre and Performance major at Bard College in upstate New York. Jean-Paul is currently based in San Francisco. He considers himself a global nomad, having spent a quarter of his life in the Middle East. He has participated in workshops with Anne Bogart and the Pig Iron School. On television he has appeared in The Outs series on HBO Go, and has worked commercially for Liberty First Credit Union as well as with Chamber Media. In Lincoln he has worked with Capital City Theatre, OmniArts Nebraska, Flatwater Shakespeare Company, and is a member of Red Theatre. Jean-Paul presented at the inaugural Fringe Theater Festival in Omaha, Nebraska with his original one man performance piece: T/B/A: Tired, Barren and Alone. Jean-Paul recently debuted on the Berkeley theater scene with Actors Ensemble of Berkeley.
Production History
Trinculo, The Tempest (2013, Bard College)
Witch #3/Ross, Macbeth (2014, Bard College)
Usher #4 Apologue (2015, Bard College)
Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (2015, Bard College)
Light Engineer/AD 448 psychosis (2015, Bard College)
Antonin Artaud Dead Poet’s House (2015, Bard College)
Cast-member, Red Theatre Presents: FTL (2018 Lincoln, NE)
Bellboy, No Exit (OmniArts Nebraska 2019, Johnny Carson Theatre UNL)
Freddie/Grass The Day Room (OmniArts Nebraska 2019, Johnny Carson Theatre UNL)*
Panthino/Outlaw, Two Gentleman of Verona (Flatwater Shakespeare Company 2019)
TBA: Tired Barren/Bored and Alone (Inaugural Omaha Fringe Festival, University of Omaha 2019)
Lennox/Murderer, Macbeth (Flatwater Shakespeare Company 2019)
Cop/Corrections Officer/Farmer, Starkweather (Capitol City Theater 2020)
Pale, Burn This (OmniArts Nebraska 2020, Johnny Carson Theatre UNL)
TV/Film Credits
Extra, The Outs HBOGo Series (2016)
JP, Hard Drive Short Film (2018)
Man 2, Inner Worlds Web Series (2021)
Man 1, Liberty First Credit Union Commercial (2021)
Frankie, For The Love of Dick Upcoming Film (2022)
* Nominated for Best Supporting Actor BroadwayWorld
Liberty First Credit Union Commercial (2021)