Blake DeLong

Blake DeLong is an American actor who performs on stage and in film and television. Born in Dallas in 1980, he is best known for creating the parts of Andrey and Old Bolkonsky in the musical Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812. He took the lead opposite James Hand in Matt Muir's Thank You a Lot (2014), which opened the SXSW Film Festival. His screen credits include Ava DuVernay's series When They See Us and supporting parts in Spike Lee's Pass Over, plus Sister Aimee and Late Night, both shown at Sundance in 2019. He won praise for playing the axe murderer William Kemmler in Michael Almereyda's Tesla, a 2020 Sundance film. His stage work includes Othello at New York Theatre Workshop, and he took the part of David Amram in Illyria, staged at the Public Theater, and appeared in the sixth Broadway staging of Death of a Salesman with Wendell Pierce.