Geoffrey JD Payne was born in Warwick New York and later raised in the artistic seaside community of Rockport Massachusetts At the age of 16 Payne attended a workshop in upstate NY to begin his training There he was scouted and went on to a mentorship for 3 years in musical theater At age 19 Payne was encouraged to branch out into New York City After receiving a scholarship he attended the Weist Barron School for TV Film In 2006 Payne began his immersive training at the prestigious Stella Adler Studio of Acting Upon graduation in 2008 Geoffrey appeared in several OffBroadway and OffOff Broadway theater productions Some credits include Choose Your Grown Adventure This is Our Youth Books On Tape and Humans Anonymous At that time Geoffrey cofounded The Altruistic Theater Company Since 2016 Payne acted in a short film written by the Oscar winning writer Nicolas Giacobone and director Miguel J Soliman entitled Desde El Principio Birdman or The unexpected Virtue of Ignorance The Revenant Other short film credits include The Quiet and Boys Toys Geoffreys focusing his efforts on his current work entitled Headway
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