Acting
Jon Osbeck
EN cinema · 15 credits
Jon Osbeck – American actor, director, writer, and producer, with no publicly recorded birthplace or birthday. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he earned a B.A. in Film and Journalism (Summa cum laude) from Capital University and has been active since 1985. His most notable film roles include Army Doctor in A Man Called Otto (2022, directed by Marc Forster), Sarah's Brother in Dark Waters (2019, directed by Todd Haynes), Security Officer Williams in The Public (2018, directed by Emilio Estevez), Jon Carr in A Kind of Murder (2016), Provost in Goat (2016), and Cliff in Chain of Command (2015). On television he is best known for his series regular role as Bob the Announcer in A League of Their Own (2022, Amazon Prime, 7 episodes), created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, and as Billy's Lawyer in American Rust (2021). As a filmmaker he wrote and co-directed Minus One (2010, Best Narrative Feature at the GI Film Festival), directed Supper (2021), and served as director, writer, and producer on Down to the Felt (2025). He won Best Actor for his performance in the independent short Eroded.
Known for
Filmography
My Mother the Madam
as Mike Lancaster, Director, Producer
Down to the Felt
Director, Writer
A Man Called Otto
as Army Doctor
Dark Waters
as Sarah's Brother
The Public
as Security Officer Williams
Holding Patterns
as Ernie Tucker
Goat
as Provost
A Kind of Murder
as Jon Carr
Chain of Command
as Cliff
The Christmas Spirit
as Jerry
The Other Men in Black
as The Ba'al Shem Tov / Rabbi Eizik Taub
Minus One
as David Solomon, Director, Writer
Horrors of War
as Lieutenant John Schmidt