Joshua Maurer

Joshua Maurer

Birth : , New Jersey

History

As an actor, Josh is best known for his groundbreaking portrayal of Private Roger Horn in the acclaimed CBS television series Tour of Duty. Josh was born and raised in New Jersey, growing up in the town of West Orange. Josh began his professional training with Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis and then received his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in history and drama. He later went on to star in a number of television movies and films. Novelist Paul Auster is his cousin.

Profile

Joshua Maurer

Movies

Papillon
Executive Producer
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
The Hoax
Producer
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Executive Producer
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Taken Away
Tom
A young single mother has to work late one night. Her daughter begs her to allow her to stay alone instead of going to a babysitter. The mother finally agrees. When the girl falls and is injured, police are called and she is taken to a hospital, the courts decide that the mother is unfit and take her daughter away. She must fight to all ends to get her back.
The Miracle Club
Writer
Four Dublin women come together on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Lourdes in France, where they discover the solidarity in their friendship and unveil their own personal miracles.