Biography

John Herzog has been a professional actor for more than 35 years and had the good fortune to work on Broadway, in films, television and in regional theatres throughout the country. Starting early while still a student at Hollywood High School, his love of theatre and its literature has been the central focus of his life. He recently returned from the William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence Kansas where he was privledged to create the role of William Inge in the brand new biographical play “Touched” by Marcia Cebulska.

While young he played Claude, one of the two leads in the tribal love rock musical Hair for producer Michael Butler. Los Angeles, Broadway and the national tour kept him busy for nearly two years before he moved on. He’s played in theatres across the country in roles as diverse as Sky Masterson in Guy’s and Doll’s, Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Doc Delaney in Come Back Little Sheba, Macheath in Threepenny Opera, George in Same Time Next Year, Ben Stark in Rocket to the Moon, Laertes in Hamlet, Doc Porter in Crimes of the Heart and the list goes on to include over 60 productions. In addition he has participated in upwards of 100 staged readings over the past three decades. The theatres he’s played include The Biltmore in NYC, Portland Stage Co., Delaware Theatre Co., Indiana Repertory Co., Los Angeles Theatre Center, Arizona Theatre Co., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, LaJolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum – New Works Festival, North Coast Repertory Theatre and his home theatre The Los Angeles Repertory Co.

He hasn’t completely neglected television and film. Most recently he starred as Sam Blacker in the independent feature Rogues and was in the feature film Human Highway directed by rock star Neal Young and Dean Stockwell along side Sally Kirkland, Dennis Hopper and Russ Tamblyn. He’s also been seen in numerous television programs (Making a Living, Open All Night, The Powers of Mathew Star, etc.) including a recurring stint as Dave Adler, Asa’s wisecracking pilot on One Life to Live for ABC.

John is also the proud Papa of daughter Molly.