Producer
Father of Robert Christopher Anson Jordan III and Nina Jordan.
Grandson of Learned Hand. Stepson of Newbold Morris.
He was the managing artist for the LA Actors Theater in Los Angeles in the 1970s where he produced, directed and wrote his own plays.
He won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for directing Czech playwright Vclav Havel s "Largo Desolato" at the Taper, Too in 1987.
Won an Obie for his acting in the Vclav Havel play "Protest" in New York and later at Los Angeles Taper, Too.
Lived with Blair Brown from 1976-1985; the relationship produced one son, Robert Christopher Anson III.
He was a longtime companion of actress Marcia Cross.
Was originally chosen to play Dr. Charles Nichols in The Fugitive , but became too ill to work.
He directed fellow actor Raul Julia in "Macbeth" at the Public Theatre in New York.
He won an Obie Award for his performance in Czech playwright Vclav Havel s "A Private View" for the 1983-1984 Off-Broadway season.
Once owned two dogs - one named after Robert Redford , the other after Alfred E. Neuman.
In 1975, broke his ankle playing "MacDuff" to Charlton Heston s "Macbeth" and performed in a cast and using a crutch.
Was cast as Dr. Charles Nichols in The Fugitive , and allegedly filmed a couple scenes, but ultimately had to drop out due to his failing health. He died shortly after the films release.
He was awarded the 1987 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Direction for "Largo Desolato" in a Mark Taper Forum production at the Mark Taper Forum Too in Los Angeles, California.
He was awarded the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "A Private View," at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre Too in Los Angeles, California.
In 2004 Jordan was nominated for a European Film Academy Award for his short film "La Nariz de Cleopatra".
The cardinal sin of a play is to sacrifice emotional truth to make a,philosophical point.
If you take it that the poet has words, the novelist a story, the,painter his paints, then my material is emotions. Emotions are what I,paint with.
