Colin Sphar is a US actor originally from Sacramento, who lives in Chicago and performs around the country. Colin is enthusiastic about building strong community with other artists and supporting the generation of new work and new interpretations that speak to our current world. He's enjoyed being a co-creator, producer, and collaborator on projects including the variety show The You're So Special, a play reading series of Safe, Three Queer Plays,  and the Back Room Shakespeare Project. Colin has received Ovation, Joseph Jefferson, and Elly Awards for his work.

 

Colin spends this spring in DC onstage in Suzan-Lori Parks's SALLY & TOM directed by Timothy Douglas at Round House Theatre. In Chicago, he appeared in the U.S. premiere of Laura Wade's POSH directed by Jonathan Berry at Steep Theatre, the world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's LUNA GALE directed by Robert Falls at the Goodman Theatre, as well as its west coast premiere at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles. Other regional theatre includes Jackie Sibblies-Drury's WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT... at Theater Emory, Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of DIAL M FOR MURDER at Theatre Squared, Lauren Gunderson's THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at Capital Stage, ROMEO & JULIET at Southwest Shakespeare, and work with Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Teatro Vista, Red Orchid, TimeLine, Primary Stages, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

 

He can be seen on TV in CHICAGO MED and CHICAGO P.D. (NBC), as well as independent film and television projects including Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom's BE HERE WITH ME, NINE LIVES directed by Dewayne Perkins, and the short film CON VEX directed by Samantha Aldana.  

 

Colin grew up acting, singing, and dancing professionally before graduating from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He studied internationally at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England and the Roy Hart Centre at Malérargues, France.