Jack Plotnick
American actor
Jack Plotnick is an American film and television actor, writer, and producer. Notable main television roles include Lovespring International, Drawn Together, and Action. Notable film roles include Gods and Monsters, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Rubber, and Wrong.
Career
Plotnick is possibly best known for his role as Edmund Kay in the 1998 period drama Gods and Monsters, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and recurring roles on the television series Ellen and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, his role as part of the main cast of Drawn Together, his leading performance in the film Wrong and his drag persona, "Evie Harris" in Girls Will Be Girls. He had a recurring role on The Mentalist as crime scene technician Brett Partridge. Plotnick directed and co-wrote the 2014 science fiction comedy Space Station 76.
Personal life
Plotnick was born in Worthington, Ohio, the youngest of four children, and graduated from Worthington High School in 1987. He attended Carnegie Mellon University. Plotnick was raised Jewish, and is gay.
Awards
Along with co-stars Miss Coco Peru and Varla Jean Merman, Plotnick shared the Best Actor Grand Jury Award at Outfest 2003 and "Best Actress" honors at the 2003 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for his role in Girls Will Be Girls.
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