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Veteran talent agent and casting executive Jonathan Bluman is head of Casting for ABC Studios. In this role, he oversees all casting for the studio, reporting to Sharon Klein, EVP, Casting, Disney Television Studios.

Bluman was most recently vice president of Talent & Casting for the ABC Entertainment/ABC Studios casting department. In that role, he worked on a number of projects including ABC’s “The Rookie”; “Dollface” for Hulu, starring Kat Dennings, Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell and Esther Povitsky; “Big Shot,” starring John Stamos for Disney+, and “The Wilds” for Amazon. “The Wilds” cast, headed by Rachel Griffiths, was the result of an international search for young, unknown actresses to make up the ensemble cast.

Before joining ABC, Bluman was a talent agent at Endeavor/WME in Los Angeles from 2005 to 2016. He started as an agent in the talent department at Endeavor in 2005 and continued with the agency when it merged with William Morris in 2009. During this time, he represented a variety of actors in television and film, including Mahershala Ali, Maya Rudolph, Omar Epps, Adrianne Palicki, Benjamin Bratt, Cheryl Hines, and Melissa Rauch. Prior to joining Endeavor, Bluman was a talent agent at Paradigm Agency in both Los Angeles and New York.

He is a graduate of Queens College with a Bachelor of Arts in drama and theatre.