JESSE KODAMA
About Jesse
Jesse Kodama is an actor with a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts - Performance from Boston University. He is currently working on stage and film, and is seeking
representation.
In Fall of 2023, he made his regional theater debut at the Huntington Theatre
in Joshua Harmon’s epic, Prayer for the French Republic, directed by Loretta
Greco, and after studying Classical Acting at LAMDA in the spring, he brought
his classical chops to the Classic Theatre of Maryland in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream in the Summer of 2024.
In his final year at BU, Jesse was in a new play, Soft Star by Tina Esper, returning
to Boston Playwrights’ Theatre after having been in a workshop of Quantum Eve
by Brandon Zang. And in his final semester, he worked on classic plays such as
American Buffalo and Richard III.
In Spring/Summer of 2026 he played back to back leading roles in Martin
McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan and Jack Canfora's new play, The Vienna
Lessons.
His characters have ranged from those with a youthful innocence and sincerity, to
those with an animalistic fervor who passionately fight tooth & nail for what they
believe in and need to survive. He is driven by his belief in the necessity of
empathy and his commitment to the lifelong journey to the truth.
Jesse also has an education and experience in directing, which has made him
into a well rounded storyteller, and more malleable to honor whatever the director’s
vision might be.
He is passionate about working in film and television, after having worked on
several short films at Boston University, an independent film Still His directed by
Jake Hotaling, which will be coming out soon, and on bigger productions, such
as A Complete Unknown and Apple TV's Your Friends and Neighbors.
