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The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is a school for the performing arts located at 115 East 15th Street in New York City, and at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, that is dedicated to teaching the techniques of method acting developed by Lee Strasberg. [1]

The institute was founded in 1969 by Strasberg, teacher and artistic director at the famed Actors Studio. With a reputation for being very rigorous and holding high standards for its students, the Strasberg Institute is one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world. It also has a special program with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where students can study in an 8 credit program. [2] The institute is currently under the artistic direction of Anna Strasberg [3].

Numerous students of the Strasberg Institute have gone on to distinguished careers throughout the entertainment industry, receiving nominations for Tonys, Oscars and Emmys.

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Method acting is an acting technique in which actors try to replicate real life emotional conditions under which the character operates, in an effort to create a life-like, realistic performance.
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Lee Strasberg

January 20, 1978: Lee Strasberg talks about his craft during a two-week seminar in Germany.
Birth name Israel Lee Strassberg
Born November 17, 1901
Budzanów, Austria-Hungary
Died February 17, 1982
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The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
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Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU).

The school was founded in 1965. It has 2,700 undergraduates (in 7 programs) and 500 graduate students (in 10 programs).
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New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan.
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Tony Award

Designed by Herman Rosse, 1949
Awarded for Excellence in theatre
Presented by American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers
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First awarded 1947
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Academy Award

Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
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Country United States
First awarded May 16, 1929 to honor achievements of 1927/1928
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Emmy Award

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Will Arnett

Will Arnett in Arrested Development as George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth
Birth name William Emerson Arnett
Born May 5 1970 (1970--) (age 37)
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Loo Brealey (born 1979) is an English actress.

Born Louise Brealey in Bozeat [1] , Northamptonshire, England, at age 9 she won a scholarship to attend the Dame Alice Harpur School in Bedford.
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Steve Buscemi

Birth name Steven Vincent Buscemi
Born November 13 1957 (1957--) (age 51)
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Roberto Cannavale (born May 3, 1971, Union City, New Jersey) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor.

Born to an Italian father and a Cuban mother, Cannavale began his acting career in the theater – with no official acting training – and gained early film roles
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Barney Cheng (born February 1, 1971) is a Chinese actor.

He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, and speaks Mandarin fluently. His family emigrated to the United States when he was 12-years-old and he grew up in Brea, California.
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Jill Clayburgh

Born March 30 1944 (1944--) (age 63)
New York City

Jill Clayburgh
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Kevin Corrigan

Born March 27 1969 (1969--) (age 38)
The Bronx, New York

Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan
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Claire Danes

Claire Danes in Toronto for a MuchOnDemand in promotion of Stardust.
Birth name Claire Catherine Danes
Born March 12 1979 (1979--)
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Rosario Dawson

Born May 9 1979 (1979--) (age 28)
New York, New York, U.S.
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Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro, 2007.
Birth name Robert Mario De Niro, Jr.
Born July 17 1943 (1943--) (age 64)
New York City, New York, U.S.
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Matt Dillon

Birth name Matthew Raymond Dillon
Born January 18 1964 (1964--) (age 43)
New Rochelle, New York,  United States

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Jennifer Esposito

Born March 11 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Brooklyn, New York
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Sherilyn Fenn

Sherilyn Fenn, interviewed for the Twin Peaks: season 2 DVD release, 2006
Birth name Sheryl Ann Fenn
Born January 01 1965 (1965--)
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Sally Field

Birth name Sally Margaret Field
Born November 6 1946 (1946--) (age 61)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
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Jorja Fox

Birth name Jorja-An Fox
Born July 7 1968 (1968--) (age 39)
New York, New York, USA

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James Gandolfini

Birth name James R. Gandolfini
Born September 18 1961 (1961--) (age 46)
Westwood, New Jersey

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Emmy Awards
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Teri Garr

Teri Garr at the AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) benefit
Birth name Teri Garr
Born November 11 1944 (1944--) (age 64)
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Rebecca Gayheart

Born July 12 1971 (1971--) (age 36)
Hazard, Kentucky

Spouse(s) Eric Dane (29 October 2004 – present)

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Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper at the 62nd Academy Awards, March 26, 1990
Birth name Dennis Lee Hopper
Born May 17 1936 (1936--) (age 71)
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