GRANT SCHUMACHER

Bio: Grant Schumacher is a New York based actor/writer. You can see him in the film Gazer, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this past May and was acquired by Metrograph Pictures for a February 2025 theatrical release. He can be seen in Whelm, where his portrayal of the notorious bank robber and Great Depression-era gang leader John Dillinger was called, "imposing and mythic." Whelm premiered at Heartland Film Festival before a 35 mm Road Show premiere at the Fine Arts Theatre Beverly Hills. He is an alumnus of the UTA Hagen institute at HB Studio. ​

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Film/TV:​

• My Best Friend’s Dead, Lead, Bruce Wemple/Archstone Ent.

• Island Escape, Lead, Bruce Wemple/Epic Pictures

• The Tomorrow Job, Lead, Bruce Wemple/Epic Pictures

• The Retreat, Lead, Bruce Wemple/Uncork’d Ent.

• Left Hand, Lead, Skyler Lawson (short)

• Gazer (Prem. Cannes ‘24), Supporting, Ryan J.Sloan/Metrograph Pictures

• Only Good Feelings (co-writer), Supporting, Shervin Nassi (Post-prod)

• First Contact, Supporting, Bruce Wemple/Uncork’d Ent.

• Whelm, Supporting,  Skyler Lawson/Gravitas

• Monstrous, Supporting, Bruce Wemple/Uncork’d Ent.

• Lake Artifact, Supporting, Bruce Wemple/Gravitas

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Theater:

• Be A Good Little Widow, Craig. Open Variations Theatre

• The Doorman. Doorman. HB Playwrights Studio

• Touch Not My Heart. Luke Goldman. American Theatre of Actors

• Last Call, Marty, Hudson Guild Theatre

• Leading Ladies, Butch/Frank, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (CHI)

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