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About

Colin Henning was born in the Midwest and raised in the South before living in NYC; he is now hopping between these regions in the country all while fantasizing about living in Europe.  He received his BFA in Acting from SUNY Purchase. Passionate for work that stabs at the pressures that our culture and history place on us, he has a particular affinity for Period Pieces and true stories.

 

An actor with a focus on writing, he emphasizes studying the central themes of a work to influence the specification of character, and spontaneity of performance. 

And personally, he has been known to have a sense of humor.

Now streaming on Hulu, you can see Colin Henning in the second season of Wild Crime, directed by Gracie Award Winner, Lisa Wolfinger (Mercy Street, PBS). His own writing and directing is focused on crafting nuanced performances by combining romanticism and realism, and utilizing the actor’s language. Mrs Clinton, his feature comedy screenplay, landed as a Semifinalist in the Script Competition of the Raindance Film Festival. 

C.H. Squared Films is the business he runs with his partner in life and art, Chad Hylton. Aimed at crafting narratives supporting the underdog, C. H. Squared Films plays with genre and illustrates nuanced characters to create stories that are rooted in the now while still feeling timeless.

C.H. Squared Films’ short pilot, Eden for Two was an Official Selection of Dances with Films: New York, 2024. 

C.H. Squared Films’ debut feature, Appalachian Dog, a Southern Gothic piece, has been acquired by Buffalo 8, and will be released March 21, available on Amazon Prime & Tubi.

(...) Henning’s screenplay remains an absolute playground of tension. The writer/director is perhaps the best example of this in the leading role. With Teddy, it’s like watching a powder keg on screen, with the fuse already lit.
–Mark Lakatos, Take 2 Indie Review,  Appalachian Dog
Actor – Film & TV

Maggie & Shelly (upcoming) | Co-Writer/Dir. Chad Hylton, Short | 

Supporting – The Man

Appalachian Dog (upcoming) | Writer/Director, Feature |

Lead – Teddy

Eden for Two | Writer/Director, Short Pilot |

Lead – Istvan

Impressions | Dir. Chad Hylton, Short | 

Lead – Colin

Wild Crime - Season 2 | Hulu |

Recurring – Don Coelho

An Un-Ideal Husband | Dir. Chad Hylton, Short |

Lead – Lord Goring

The Princess and the Cactus | Dir. Chad Hylton, Animated Short |

Supporting – Narrator (Voice)

And Just Like That… | HBO MAX |

Background

Minyan | Dir. Eric Steel | 

Background

Parade People | Dir. Aidan Macaluso, Short |

Lead – Simon

Actor – Theatre

Protected | Theater for the New City | Dir. Shela Xoregos

Fred

Rooftop (Reading) | The Drama League | Dir. Mohammed Aghebati

Paul

Oasis | Silver Dream Productions |

Kyle the Travel Agent

Henry VI Part I | Purchase Rep | Dir. Christopher McCann

Gloucester 

Earthquakes in London | Purchase Rep | Dir. David Bassuk

Colin

We’re Gonna Be Okay | Purchase Rep | Dir. Basil Kreimendahl

Efran

Abigail/1702 | Purchase Rep | Dir. Elizabeth Van Dyke

Margaret Hale / The Devil

A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Purchase Rep | Dir. Christopher McCann

Egeus 

Director

Appalachian Dog | Feature Film | upcoming

Director, Writer, Actor​

Maggie & Shelly | Short Film | upcoming

Co-Director, Co-Writer (with Chad Hylton)

Penelope!” | Short Film | 2024

Director, Co-Writer (with Chad Hylton)

Eden for Two | Short Pilot | 2024

Director, Writer

SUNY Purchase | BFA Acting | 

Training

Acting for the Camera | Rosalyn Coleman | 

Singing | Tim Carless | 

Special Skills

Singing | Alto Saxophone | Weight Lifting | Proficient in IPA​ |

Accents/Dialects include: Polish, Hungarian (Budapest), British (URP, RP, East London), German (Berlin), French (Parisian, Quebecois), Boston, Southern (Non-Rhotic and Rhotic), New York (Brooklyn, Queens)

© 2024 Colin Henning. 
 

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