John Magaro

Acting

John Magaro

Born 1983-02-16 · Akron, Ohio, U.S.

John Robert Magaro (born February 16, 1983) is an American actor. He has acted in the films Not Fade Away (2012), The Big Short (2015), Carol (2015), Overlord (2018), First Cow (2019), Showing Up (2022), The Mistress (2022), and Past Lives (2023). He has also acted in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black (2015–2019), The Umbrella Academy (2019) and the Amazon series Crisis in Six Scenes (2016). He made his Broadway debut as Earl Williams, the escaped convict, in the revival of The Front Page in 2016 Description above from the Wikipedia article John Magaro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Big Short poster
7.4

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

The Big Short

2015

The Bride! poster
6.1

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.

The Bride!

2026

Past Lives poster
7.7

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

Past Lives

2023

Materialists poster
6.3

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

Materialists

2025

The Many Saints of Newark poster
6.3

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.

The Many Saints of Newark

2021

Carol poster
7.5

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Carol

2015

The Box poster
5.6

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

The Box

2009

Overlord poster
6.7

On the eve of D-Day, a team of American paratroopers crash behind enemy lines and come face-to-face with a Nazi threat unlike any the world has ever seen.

Overlord

2018

Unbroken poster
7.4

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

Unbroken

2014

War Machine poster
5.6

A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.

War Machine

2017

September 5 poster
7.0

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

September 5

2024

Taking Chance poster
7.2

Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.

Taking Chance

2009

The Finest Hours poster
6.6

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

The Finest Hours

2016

The Brave One poster
6.6

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

The Brave One

2007

Big George Foreman poster
7.6

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

Big George Foreman

2023

Lansky poster
6.0

When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

Lansky

2021

Showing Up poster
5.9

In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

Showing Up

2023

Under the Boardwalk poster
7.3

Two crabs embark on an epic journey to get home after a storm sweeps them away. Their courage soon unites their families, paving the way for great summers to come.

Under the Boardwalk

2023

Marshall poster
7.2

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Marshall

2017

My Soul to Take poster
5.5

On the day the Riverton Ripper vanished without a trace, seven children were born. Today, they're all turning 16... and turning up dead.

My Soul to Take

2010

First Cow poster
7.0

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

First Cow

2020

Call Jane poster
6.5

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

Call Jane

2022

The Mastermind poster
5.7

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

The Mastermind

2025

Omaha poster
6.9

A father conceals the truth about his family’s seemingly spontaneous road trip across the American West.

Omaha

2025

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