- Robin D. Stanton was born and brought up in Indonesia, an archipelagic country between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. He was told that his maternal grandmother was of Jewish descent even though his family was not observant and never explored his Jewish ancestry. He also has roots in the Tibetan, Bhutanese, German, and Irish ethnicities. Growing up, Robin was privately educated at a Catholic school even though he was never baptized a Catholic. He subsequently moved to Germany and went to school there for a few years. Having earned his German "Hochschulzugangsberechtigung," he initially expected to attend college in Europe. His family, however, ended up settling in Southern California.
Robin had delayed speech as a child and was a slow reader, which would lead him to acquire an inferiority complex. He became used to being shunned by his peers and having few friends. He did not develop confidence in his reading skills until he encountered at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) a Princeton scholar by the name of Professor Kirstie McClure, who convinced him that critical and deep reading would be a useful practice in graduate-level studies. While his passion for film started at an early age, Robin did not begin to explore his artistic side until later on. He became passionate about classical music when he met a young Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California (USC) who would start tutoring him in classical piano in 2018. Encouraged by his expert tutor two years later, Robin participated in the prestigious World Bach Competition at the Boulder Bach Festival in 2020 and took third place at the event. He also crossed paths with a couple of graduates of The Juilliard School who highly commended his artistic talent around this time.
Robin eventually caught the acting bug and decided to study the craft of acting and storytelling shortly after. As he started submitting self-tapes of monologues showcasing his acting chops, he began attracting the attention of directors and producers who would cast him in various roles in a number of productions. He was cast by Emmy-winning producer Zachary Weil to play a witty and glib character in Dead Mail (2024), which kicked off its world premiere at SXSW Festival 2024. In the gangster film Jack & Lou: a Gangster Love Story starring Linda Hamilton, Robin was cast by College Emmy winner Robin Wang in the role of an intimidating and hot-tempered figure. Stanton also had a supporting role in the comedy Miami Bici 2 (2023) alongside Danny Trejo and Charlotte McKinney. On television, he was a supporting cast member of the hugely successful series The Dropout (2022). With these diverse roles helping establish his reputation as an actor with a commanding presence, Robin is determined to continue delivering as a force to be reckoned with.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges
- Among his favorite British actors are Tom Holland, Nicholas Hoult, Freddie Highmore, and Asa Butterfield.
- His favorite screen acting performance is Robert Downey Jr. in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023).
- Has sent to casting directors his portrayal of the character of Peter Isherwell from Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021), originally played by Mark Rylance, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep.
- In one of his self-taped auditions, Robin depicted the character of Brendan Flynn (from John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt") and paid tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman, having received an Oscar nod for his rendition. Shanley's film stars, opposite Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis.
- Has learned the craft of acting from a number of coaches and actors. Notably, Robin received tips and advice from Al Pacino, who, along with Alec Baldwin and Ellen Burstyn, had presided over The Actors Studio since 2017. Past presidents of The Studio include Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Elia Kazan, and Lee Strasberg.
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