John Ahlin is an actor, writer and playwright living in New York, 36 floors above the Theater district with actress Jean Tafler and their wonderful daughter, Charlotte.

Acting credits on Broadway include: Waiting for Godot (with Bill Irwin, Nathan Lane, John Goodman and John Glover), Journey’s End (2007 Tony Award Best Revival), The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Voices in the Dark, One Mo’ Time, Whoopee! and Macbeth.

Off-Broadway John portrayed Orson Welles in Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow and has appeared as Falstaff six times, most recently in Henry IV at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Other regional theater work includes American Buffalo and The Seafarer at TheaterWorks Hartford. The Drawer Boy at Studio Arena in Buffalo, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing at Pittsburgh Public Theater and Floyd Collins at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Old Globe Theatre and Goodman Theatre. Other regional theaters include: Repertory of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Prince Music Theatre, Syracuse Stage, George Street Playhouse and the Goodspeed Opera House.

TV credits include: Law and Order: SVU (multiple episodes), Third Watch, As the World Turns, The Education of Max Bickford as well as numerous commercials and voiceovers.

As a writer John has written scores of scripts for the comedy group Movie Madness. Half a dozen educational plays of his have been performed around the country and his plays What the Morph Brothers Did, Death Down East and The Brain Show have all been produced.

Actors Theatre of Louisville 2001 In-house Play competition awarded John first prize for his 10 minute play Nem and his recent play Gray Area won the Virtual Theatre Project’s ‘The Pen Is A Mighty Sword’ international play competition, receiving highly acclaimed productions in Los Angeles and New York.