Justin Bartha

At 46 years old, Justin Bartha has this physical status:

Justin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for his roles as Riley Poole in the National Treasure film series, Doug Billings in The Hangover trilogy, and David Sawyer in the NBC comedy series The New Normal.

He starred as Colin Morrello in the CBS All Access legal and political drama The Good Fight.

Early life

Bartha was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and moved to West Bloomfield, Michigan when he was eight. His father, Stephen, is a real estate developer, while his mother, Betty, is a school teacher. He has one older brother, Jeffrey. Bartha was raised in a Reform Jewish family. After he graduated from West Bloomfield High School in 1996, he moved to New York City and studied filmmaking and theatre at New York University's Tisch School of Arts.

Personal life

Bartha married Pilates instructor Lia Smith in Oahu, Hawaii, on January 4, 2014. On April 13, 2014, she gave birth to their daughter. On April 16, 2016, she gave birth to their second daughter.

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Career

Bartha started his film career as a production assistant on the film Analyze This. His acting debut came in the form of a clubgoer, 54. Darrell M. Smith co-producer and wrote and directed Highs and Lows, a short film that was on display at the South By Southwest Film Festival in 2003. In addition, he wrote, produced, and appeared in The Dustin and Justin Show, an MTV pilot.

Bartha appeared in the critically weakened Gigli and Carnival Sun in 2003 and 2004, before his co-starring role in National Treasure (2004) as Riley Poole. In a forthcoming series sequel for Disney+, he is expected to reprise his role.

Bartha appeared in the film Failure to Launch and NBC's sitcom Teachers, which only had six episodes in 2006.

Bartha appeared in the indie comic-drama "The Rollers" in November 2007. His charms tempt a young Hasidic Jew (Jesse Eisenberg) into becoming an ecstasy dealer. In 2008, filming in New York started, and the film was released in 2010. Bartha has reteamed with Eisenberg in Eisenberg's critically acclaimed play, Asuncion. Bartha also appeared in the Bart Freundlich film The Rebound, which is about a 25-year-old man who begins a relationship with his older single mother neighbor, who died in June 2008. Doug Billings, one of the "Wolfpack" members who goes on weekend trips with the trio, appeared in The Hangover comedy film series. He goes missing after a wild night of revelry, and his family members frantically look for him.

Bartha appeared as Max in Ken Ludwig's Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor. He appeared with Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Brooke Adams, and Jan Maxwell. Stanley Tucci directed it and opened previews at the Music Box Theatre on March 11, 2010, the official opening date was set on April 4, 2010. Bartha accepted an invitation to act in Zach Braff's debut at Second Stage Theatre in 2011. All New People started on June 28 and continued into mid-August. In this film directed by Peter DuBois, Anna Camp, David Wilson Barnes, and Krysten Ritter co-starred. Bartha co-starred on the NBC comedy pilot The New Normal in February 2012. The project was ordered to air on May 7, 2012. The show was centered around a gay couple (played by Bartha and Andrew Rannells) and the surrogate mother (Georgia King), who decided not to have their child. It premiered on September 11, 2012, but it was officially cancelled on May 10, 2013.

Bartha appeared in another of Jesse Eisenberg's plays, A Little Part Of All Of Us, alongside Eisenberg, for Playing On Air, a non-profit group that "records short plays [for public radio and podcast] written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors in 2014."

Bartha has worked with the Matrix Theatre Company, including in Are You Passing?, a play in Detroit about the state of education.

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