Geoffrey Cantor (actor)


Geoffrey Paul Cantor is an American actor and occasional acting coach. He is primarily known for his portrayal as Mitchell Ellison on Daredevil and The Punisher.

Biography

Cantor was born on an Air Force base in California. When his father, an Air Force captain and flight surgeon, finished his service, the family moved to Philadelphia. They moved a few more times as his father completed his internship and residency, and settled in Bergen County. His father was involved in community theatre and his mother is a painter. Both of them enjoyed the arts and this resulted in Cantor's appreciation as well, especially the theater. "We were sort of progressive, liberal, Jewish people. I grew up in a time when were sort of at the cutting edge of that."
While attending Amherst College, Cantor came to find acting the most rewarding and intriguing art form, particularly British theatre which he found the most inspirational. Geoffrey graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in theater, and furthered his acting education at Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and then at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London, England.

Career

He made his TV acting debut in Night Network before appearing in a variety of television shows such as The Street, The Kill Point, All My Children, Life on Mars, , Deception and House of Cards He gained sudden recognition in 2015 for his role in Daredevil as Mitchell Ellison, the editor-in-chief of the New York Bulletin and boss to Ben Urich. A comic book fan, Cantor thinks his knowledge of Daredevil may have helped him get the role, even though his character does not appear in the comic book series. Despite this Cantor found his work on Daredevil the same as any other job, "Daredevil happened while I was about to do a play. For me there is no real difference between the core of the work. The real difference is the end experience." Cantor would reprise the role in season 2 of Daredevil, which sees Ellison take on a mentor role towards Karen Page, and as a guest star in The Punisher. He also voiced the paparazzo Beverly Felton in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998AnimaCam
1999Speed of LifeCarter
2001Double WhammyMaitre'd
2002Crazy Little ThingTodd
2002GarmentoFred Macmoudi
2005One Last Thing...Raul
2005The Notorious Bettie PageDirector at Audition
2007Suburban GirlLibrary Curator
2007Heavy PettingStefan Roche
2009Public EnemiesHarry Suydam
2010When in RomeDr. Moscowitz
2010Christopher DispossessedStephenShort
2010Fair GameAri Fleischer
2012Man on a LedgeGordon Evans
2012Men in Black 3TechnicianUncredited
2012Thanks for SharingAddict #4
2013SyrupExecutive #2
2013Bert and Arnie's Guide to FriendshipGerry the Editor
2014Beach PillowsLarry Fumuso
2014We'll Never Have ParisNeighbor
2014CreamenMr.Popivanov Short
2014Bird PeopleAllan
2014The Longest WeekIntellectual #1 Subway
2015A Warrior's TailSemi-Baron Fafl
2015FishbowlGerry Saxon
2015411ArthurShort
2016Hail, Caesar!Sid Siegelstein
2016BlingAdditional Voices
2017IronwoodProfessor Gerry Williams
2017This isn't happeningEdgarShort
2017On the Way NorthThe Bearded ManShort
2017Anna & The AsteroidHomeless ManShort
2018Hot AirStanley
2020Russian AmericanMiroslav Roach, ESQ
2020An American PickleDavid

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003ManhuntInnocent
2004'PedestrianUncredited
2010Alan WakeClay Steward, Alvyn Derleth, Mr. Jones
2011'Radio Voices
2013Grand Theft Auto VBeverly Felton