Christian Barillas

Christian Barillas

Biography

Christian Barillas’ theater credits include Yerma at The Huntington; Native Gardens (directed by Jason Alexander) and As You Like It (directed by Bill Rauch) at Pasadena Playhouse; Curve of Departure, Amadeus, Peter and the Starcatcher and The Motherf**ker with the Hat (LADCC nomination) at South Coast Repertory; Pride & Prejudice and Twelfth Night (directed by Darko Tresnjak) at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Romeo & Juliet and Richard III at Utah Shakespeare Festival; Lydia at Yale Repertory and Denver Center (world premiere); and Sonia Flew at Laguna Playhouse. On television, Christian recurred as Ronaldo opposite Nathan Lane on Modern Family. Other television highlights include appearances on The Handmaid’s TaleThe Kominsky MethodGrace & FrankieThe ResidentThe Bridge and as a series regular on the CBS pilot for The Jim Gaffigan Show. His film credits include Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths. Barillas attended the University of North Carolina and received his MFA from UCLA. christianbarillas.com

Past Performances

MAINSTAGE—Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize
Category: Mainstage Productions June 28 through July 24

Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Anna in the Tropics, centers on a sultry and steamy cigar factory in 1929 Tampa, Florida, where the lives of a Cuban-American family are challenged by the vices and temptations that surround them.