# Jason Hale

jason hale (1971-07-03) July 3, 1971 is an American actor, international theatre director, and Professor of theatre. He is the Chair of the Theatre Department at Bilkent University-Faculty of Music and Performing Arts in Ankara, Turkey. Hale spent over a decade working as a professional actor, performing at many New York and regional ensemble theaters and acting in several independent and feature films, but he is better known as a theatre director and teacher of Method acting and Viola Spolin improvisation, guided by a nearly two-decade association with John Uecker, George Morrison, Mike Nichols, and Paul Sills.