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, 2022.
Colin and his partner in all things, Chad Hylton, have launched their Film House, C. H. Squared Films. 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.
Two Short Films from C.H. Squared Films premiered at the Big Apple Film Festival, 2024; Impressions (starring Henning and Hylton) and “Penelope!” (directed by Henning). Most recently, Henning was at The Chain NYC Film Festival, hosted by The Chain Theatre, where C.H. Squared Films’ short pilot, Eden for Two screened.
C.H. Squared Films’ upcoming feature, Appalachian Dog, has been acquired by Buffalo 8: Post-WWII Appalachia provides the setting for a tense reunion between a husband and wife, who find their relationship lost somewhere in the years that have passed; despite this, they carry on, until forced to confront the truth of what lies between them.
“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes”
–Edna St Vincent Millay
Actor – Film & TV
Appalachian Dog (upcoming) | Writer/Director, Feature |
Lead – Teddy
Maggie & Shelly (upcoming) | Co-Writer/Dir. Chad Hylton, Short |
Supporting – The Man
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)