Patrick Russell makes his MTC debut in Othello, the Moor of Venice. He was recently in Body Awareness at Aurora Theatre Company, where he also appeared in Trouble in Mind and Awake and Sing!. His other Bay Area credits include Once in a Lifetime and A Christmas Carol at A.C.T. and Care of Trees with Shotgun Players. He is in the upcoming feature film Us. Russell is a graduate of A.C.T.'s MFA program, where he appeared in Philistines, Good Breeding, Little Shop of Horrors, Romeo and Juliet, Ubu Roi, The Lady from the Sea and Our Lady of 121st Street. He earned a BFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he appeared in Translations, Pentecost and The Lesson. He serves on the faculty of the A.C.T. Conservatory's Young Conservatory and Studio A.C.T. programs.