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Actor - Professor - Award-winning Screenwriter.

Nate Bynum

Nate is a senior professor of theatre at UNLV and an active member of all professional acting guilds (SAG/AFTRA and AEA). A Graduate Dean’s Fellow from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Nate formerly held a tenured position at Mississippi State University and has taught at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

As a screenwriter, he is the winner of the 2023 Big Apple Film Festival in Episodic/Serial Drama (BAFF) 

Bynum specializes in on-screen acting and maintains a visible presence in
Hollywood, regularly guest-starring alongside industry A-listers.

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Over the years, Nate has been seen in

Films

Film (Partial List)
  • The Street Avenger
  • The Legend of Johnny Jones
  • Iron Man 3
  • Stealing Las Vegas
  • Benji: Off The Leash
  • Miss Congeniality 2
  • The Rainmaker
  • My Dog Skip
  • Stuey
  • The People VS Larry Flynt
  • CandyMan
  • Once Upon A Time
Role
  • Lead
  • Supporting
  • Featured
  • Lead
  • Lead
  • Supporting
  • Supporting
  • Supporting
  • Supporting
  • Featured
  • Featured
  • Supporting

Produced by

  • Matt Clark/Angry Trolls
  • Matt Clark/Angry Trolls
  • Shane Black/Marvels
  • Francisco Menendez/New Horizons Pictures
  • Joe Camp/Benji Pictures
  • John Pasquin/Castle Rock
  • Francis Ford Coppola/Constellation Ent.
  • Jay Russell/Alcon Entertainment
  • A.W. Vidmer/AWV Productions
  • Milos Forman/Columbia Pictures
  • Bill Condon//Polygram Filmed
  • Tim Reid/BET Productions

Tv.

Series Name
  • Outer Banks
  • Wu-Tang Clan: An American Saga
  • Ambitions
  • Crash
  • How To Get Away With Murder
  • Deputy
  • The Christmas Hotel
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Grey’s Anatomy
  • Parenthood
  • Franklin and Bass
  • Journeyman
  • CSI: Las Vegas
  • Touched By An Angel
  • Queen
  • Walker, Texas Ranger
Role
  • Recurring
  • Large Co-Star
  • Recurring
  • Recurring
  • Guest Star
  • Co-Star
  • Supporting Lead
  • Co-Star
  • Co-Star
  • Co-Star
  • Co-Star
  • Co-Star
  • Co-Star
  • Guest Star
  • Co-Star
  • Co-Star
Aired on
  • NETFLIX
  • HULU
  • OWN
  • STARZ
  • ABC
  • FOX
  • LIFETIME
  • FOX
  • ABC
  • NBC
  • TNT
  • NBC
  • CBS
  • CBS
  • CBS
  • CBS

Equity

Name
  • Urinetown
  • Seven Guitars
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Music Man
  • Man of La Mancha
  • The Boys Next Door
  • Angels In America
Role
  • Caldwell B. Cladwell
  • Red Carter
  • Lord Montague
  • Charlie Cowell
  • Pedro
  • Lucien P. Smith
  • Belize
Staged in
  • Nevada Conservatory
  • Nevada Conservatory
  • Arkansas Rep. Theatre
  • Lyceum Theatre, MO
  • Lyceum Theatre, MO
  • American Stage, FL
  • Nevada Conservatory

Training

  • Master of Fine Arts in Acting (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)
  • Advanced Audition Technique (Margie Haber Studios)
  • Acting Extensive (Courtney Burr/Margie Haber Studios)
  • Carolyn Barry Commercial Class (Carolyn Barry Studios)

Special Skills

  • Singing (baritone)
  • College Professor
  • Speaking Legalese/Medical Terminology
  • Archery (beginning)
  • Cable Talk Show Host
  • Ear Prompter Proficient
  • Southern U.S. Dialect
  • Caribbean Dialect
  • Standard American English
  • Lecturing
  • Running
  • Weightlifting

Going Off Script

Nate Bynum says today’s actors need to be more than just performers.

Nate in the commercial for PassITOn.com

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