Biography

John is an actor, screenwriter and playwright. He hails from Florida and is a graduate of the University of Florida. In 1985, he and a partner formed the comedy group COMEDIA in Atlanta, Georgia. He was brought to Los Angeles by ABC two years later and has since built an impressive, nearly forty-year body of work in TV, film, and theater.

Since 1993, he periodically traveled throughout the country performing his critically acclaimed one-man show, FATHER, SON & HOLY COACH, which is the tale of a father who wants a do-over in life and is determined to do so vicariously through his son. Posey seamlessly portrayed two dozen different people in the physical 90-minute production. It may be the only live production you'll ever see where the stage performer wrestles with himself and loses.

Posey has also worked extensively in network voice-over and TV commercial markets.

As a screenwriter, John has written screenplays for SONY, Disney and HBO. His feature script LEGENDARY, starring Patricia Clarkson, Danny Glover, John Cena and Tyler Posey was released in the Fall of 2010.

John is a speechwriter, and a ghostwriter and has written on a wide range of subject matter. He has also created original syndicated programming for radio.

John is also a popular SCENE STUDY teacher. He has worked on both coasts with actors of all ages - kids to adults - locally and abroad - since 2014. He teaches live classes and classes via Zoom, as well as private coaching and self-taping. ([email protected] OR johnposeystudios.com). John reaches as far back as 50 years to find great written material from film and stage for class work.

SOME POSEY TRIVIA

Tyler Posey is one of three other actors in the house and has worked consistently since the age of eight. He headlined MTV's hit series TEEN WOLF and the TEEN WOLF film, among many others.. John and Tyler have worked together on both stage, film and television.

Jesse Posey, a one-time collegiate baseball pitcher, has just joined his brother and Pops in the business. He can be seen as CHRIS PEREZ in the Netflix limited series SELENA. (December 2020).

Daughter Jamie McRae is a most talented triple threat, acting since 6, and currently training at AMDA in New York.

He lives in the Los Angeles area and is married to Amy Lord. They share seven children together.

A LITTLE MORE POSEY TRIVIA

John began his career in radio at WDVH AM in Gainesville, Florida.

He took a motorcycle trip across the country at the age of 16 and barely lived to tell about it.

John's brother, David, was an All-Conference kicker for the University of Florida football team and later kicked for the New England Patriots.

He is the cousin of retired race car driver/race commentator Sam Posey.

He was one of the original "ball boys" for the Miami Dolphins, along with the son of Larry King.

And, yes, it's true, he was the original "Dad" on the ABC TV series FULL HOUSE. After having watched nearly every episode of the long-running sitcom, John's youngest son, Jesse, found the original pilot of FULL HOUSE, with his dad in the lead role, a little "disturbing".