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Barrett Foa

Actor | * 09/18/1977 (46) | Manhattan, New York City
Barrett Conrad Foa (born September 18, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, and actor, with over a decade in Broadway theatre shows. He has played many leading characters in off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. He has appeared in multiple Broadway shows, including Mamma Mia! and as Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q. From 2009 to 2021, he portrayed Eric Beale on the military police procedural NCIS: Los Angeles. ()

Barrett Foa is a series regular on the hit CBS drama, NCIS: Los Angeles (2009). He plays tech operator/surfer "Eric Beale" alongside Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J and Oscar winner Linda Hunt.Since moving to Los Angeles in January 2009, Foa has been a recurring guest on Entourage (2004) (as Ari's assistant), and the original NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003) and guest-starred on Numb3rs (2005) and The Closer (2005) opposite Kyra Sedgwick.On Broadway, Foa starred as the leads of both "Avenue Q" (Princeton and Rod) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear), and was in the original Broadway cast of "Mamma Mia!". He can be heard as "Jesus" on the 20th anniversary cast recording of "Godspell".He has played leading roles at Playwrights Horizons (where he starred in the world premiere of Adam Bock's play, "The Drunken City", a piece he helped workshop and develop), The Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, The York, and John Houseman, as well as at such reputable regional venues as Hartford Stage and The Shakespeare Theatre, D.C. (starring as "Claudio" in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"), Bay Street Theatre (starring opposite playwright Charles Busch), Paper Mill Playhouse, TheatreWorks in CA, The St. Louis MUNY, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Music Theatre of Wichita, Weston Playhouse, and Maine State Music Theatre. Born and raised in New York City, Foa graduated from The Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He attended Interlochen Arts Camp for four summers, spent a semester of college at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from one of the nation's top musical theatre programs, The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He resides in Los Angeles.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Movies with Barrett Foa as Actor(1)

as California Gays and The People That Love Them2008 Prop 8: The Musical

TV Shows/Series with Barrett Foa as Actor(4)

as Eric Beal2009 NCIS: Los Angeles
as Travis Myers2005 The Closer
as Matt Wolpert2004 Entourage
as Eric Beale2003 NCIS

Additional Information

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Full Name: Barrett Foa
Born: Sunday, 09/18 1977 (September) in Manhattan, New York City (current age: 46 years + 192 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Michigan, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Barrett Foa frequently works together with these people:
James Duff (6x, Crew)
Shane Brennan (6x, Crew)
Mercedes Mason (5x, Actress)
Marc Shaiman (5x, Crew)
Gary Glasberg (5x, Crew)
Frank Military (5x, Crew)
Kyra Sedgwick (4x, Actress)
Jeff Wolfe (4x, Actor)
Gil Grant (4x, Crew)
Michael M. Robin (4x, Crew)
David J. North (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:310272, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024