Jeremy Radin is a writer, actor, and consultant. He’s appeared on many television shows (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, CSI, Criminal Minds) and films, most recently co-starring in the WB film The Way Back (dir. Gavin O’Connor, 2020). He studied acting for over a decade at The Beverly Hills Playhouse, eventually becoming a teacher, and is a founding member of The Public Assembly, a Los Angeles-based theater company. He has also taught with the Hollywood Immersive Program and at Get Lit: Words Ignite. His poetry has been published widely and he is the author of two full-length collections: Slow Dance with Sasquatch (Write Bloody Publishing, 2012) and Dear Sal (Not A Cult Press, 2022).
In coming up with the name, I thought about different kinds of guiding lights. This brought me to the difference between a lighthouse and a lantern. A lighthouse is a fixed position that you move toward. No matter what knowledge or wisdom you gather along the way, the destination does not change. A lantern, however, is a light that goes with you. In this way, you become the destination—a lantern better shows you where you already are, not where you’re going. It is not necessary for you, as a storyteller, to arrive at a fixed location some (perhaps uncrossable) distance away in order for your work to have worth. It’s already right there—you may just need a bit of assistance in seeing it.
Jeremy has surely been alive for four thousand years, and in each of those years he took notes on the devastating, hysterical, morbidly undignified experience of being a person. His mischievous depth, sparkling patience, and seemingly supernatural compassion lend themselves gorgeously to his coaching. If you have the chance to work with this man, waste no time. He makes me a discernibly better artist.
—Genevieve Angelson, actress, The Afterparty, This Is Us, Good Girls Revolt
“Jeremy Radin is a massive talent in his thirties who has the wisdom of a 90 year old man crammed inside of the body of a 91 year old man. Every book he has edited for my press turned into a top seller through his keen eye for editorial and a creative instinct that is matchless. I would hire him anytime for any project.”
—Derrick Brown, comedian, author of Born in the Year of the Butterfly Knife, Scandalabra, Strange Light, President of Write Bloody Publishing
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“Jeremy Radin is the most literate, insightful, and generous coach with whom I have worked. I consider him more of a shaman. He is supernaturally talented at analysis and a tremendously tender hand in guiding performance. It is not hyperbolic to say he is the best—a true artistic mentor and mystic.”
—Erica Dasher, actress, Jane by Design, Lusty Crest, Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt (Broadway)
“No one understands story like Jeremy. If it's a script, play, or poem that he's reading, he knows how to break it down and share what the writer is communicating. He is so good at clearly seeing the goal of the writer. If it's his own writing, then you are in for a treat. Jeremy will break your heart, make you laugh, and challenge the way you think, all in a matter of seconds.”
—Aaron Leddick, actor, Survival, All American, S.W.A.T
“Jeremy is a consummate artist. He performs and writes with a deep understanding of the beauty of the imperfection of humanity. He makes us want to understand it better. I may sound like I’m blowing smoke. I’m not. Jeremy is a walking breathing human heart.”
—Ramiz Monsef, actor, Modern Family, Shameless, Rajiv Joseph’s Letters of Suresh (original cast, Off-Broadway), and playwright, The Ants, The Unfortunates, 3 Farids
“When I took Jeremy’s poetry workshop I felt like a great and playful writer. His approach to guiding through the writing and acting process is light and full of rich thought. And he’s wicked smart with endless resources. As we all wrote and shared, his feedback and direction stirred newer brighter ideas and grounded us in a wash of confidence that’s always needed practicing any form of self expression. You want a friend, you want someone who’s capacity is larger than your own to expand what you think you know. Jeremy is that friend and teacher.”
—Rachel Keller, actress, Tokyo Vice, Legion, Fargo