Justin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for his co-starring role as Riley Poole in the National Treasure films, as Doug Billings in The Hangover and Ace in "Failure to Launch".
[>>]Source: WikipediaJustin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for his co-starring role as Riley Poole in the National Treasure films, as Doug Billings in The Hangover and Ace in "Failure to Launch".
Early life
Bartha was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His father, Stephen, is a real estate developer, while his mother, Betty, is a school teacher. He has one sibling, a brother named Jeffrey. Bartha is Jewish. He was raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan. After he graduated from West Bloomfield High School in 1996, he set his sights on New York, eventually training at New York University's Meisner Extension.
Career
Bartha began his film career behind the camera as a production assistant on the film Analyze This. His acting debut came a year later in a short film called Tag in 1999. He wrote and directed a short film, Highs and Lows, which was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2003. Additionally, for MTV he wrote, produced and starred in an MTV pilot called the The Dustin and Justin Show. He played a major role in the critically bashed Gigli and Carnival Sun before his co-starring role in National Treasure as Riley Poole. On December 19 2007, Bartha appeared on the radio show Loveline to support National Treasure 2.
In 2006, Bartha had a supporting role in Failure to Launch and starred in the television sitcom Teachers which premiered on March 28, 2006 on NBC, and was cancelled May 15, 2006 due to low ratings.
In November 2007, Bartha was cast in an indie comic-drama, Holy Rollers. His character lures a young Hasidic Jew into becoming an ecstasy dealer. Filming is scheduled to begin in New York in the spring of 2008.
It has also been announced that Justin will star alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in the new Bart Freundlich film, The Rebound. The romantic comedy is about a 25-year-old man who starts a romance with his older single mother neighbor. The film began shooting in April 2008 in New York, and finished in June.
Filmography
Film
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1999
Tag
Kip Woffard
2003
Gigli
Brian
Carnival Sun
Adam Roam
2004
Strip Search
TV film
National Treasure
Riley Poole
2005
Trust the Man
Jasper Bernard
2006
Failure to Launch
Ace
2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Riley Poole
2009
The Station
Eric
TV film
The Rebound
Aram Finklestein
The Hangover
Doug Billings
Shoe at Your Feet
Jack
Holy Rollers
Yosef Zimmerman
post-production
Long Time Gone
Henry
pre-production
New York, I Love You
Sarah's boyfriend
WWII in HD
Jack Werner
Voiceover role only.
2011
The Hangover 2 (film)
Doug Billings
pre-production
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2006
Teachers
Jeff Cahill
Six episodes, main character
2009
Nyhetsmorgon
Baksmällan
One episode, Swedish television show
References
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External links
- at Allmovie
- at the Internet Movie Database
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National Treasure franchise
Films
National Treasure (2004) · National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Cast
Nicolas Cage · Justin Bartha · Diane Kruger · Jon Voight · Harvey Keitel
Crew
Jon Turteltaub · Jerry Bruckheimer · Cormac Wibberley · Marianne Wibberley · William Goldenberg · Trevor Rabin
Miscellaneous
List of National Treasure characters · National Treasure (soundtrack) · National Treasure: Book of Secrets (soundtrack)
v • d •
National Treasure franchise
National TreasureSoundtrack
Book of SecretsBook • Soundtrack
National Treasure 3
Cast
Nicolas Cage · Justin Bartha · Diane Kruger · Jon Voight · Harvey Keitel
Crews
Jon Turteltaub · Jerry Bruckheimer · Cormac Wibberley · Marianne Wibberley · William Goldenberg · Trevor Rabin
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