Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-08-31
Deathday
1997-02-02
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Sanford Meisner
Biography
Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997) was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his approach differed markedly in that he completely abandoned the use of affective memory, a distinct characteristic of method acting. Meisner maintained an emphasis on "the reality of doing", which was the foundation of his approach. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sanford Meisner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
ER
as Joseph Klein
Mikey and Nicky
as Dave Resnick
The Last Movie Stars
as Self (archive footage)
Naked City
as Kip Harris
Tender Is the Night
as Franz Gregorovious
The Story on Page One
as Phil Stanley
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (archive footage)
Sanford Meisner Master Class
as Himself
Requiem
as Restaurant Patron