Stephen Spinella Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Stephen Spinella was born on October 11, 1956 in Naples, Campania, Italy as Stephen Nicholas Spinella. He is an actor, known for Milk (2008), Rubber (2010) and Lincoln (2012).
If you want to be a theater actor, where do you live now? Young actors struggle on a Broadway salary. A lot of them live in shoe boxes; some of them are literally three to a shoebox. New York has gotten prohibitively expensive.
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He was awarded the 1993 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Angels in America Part One Millennium Approaches," on Broadway in New York City.
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He was awarded the 1994 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actor in a Play for "Angels in America: Part Two: Perestroika," on Broadway in New York City.
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Kathleen Chalfant, K. Todd Freeman, Jeffrey King, Ron Leibman, Cynthia Mace, Joe Mantello, Ellen McLaughlin and he were awarded the 1992 Drama Logue Award for Ensemble Performance for "Angels in America" Part One "Millennium Approaches" and Part Two: "Perestroika" in a Gordon Davidson/Mark Taper Forum production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 1994 New York Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Play for "Angels in America: Part Two: Perestroika," on Broadway in New York City.
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Joe Mantello and he were awarded the 1993 New York Drama Desk Award for (tied) Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Angels in America Part One Millennium Approaches," on Broadway in New York City.
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Currently acting in the new musical "Spring Awakening" on Broadway as Adult Men. [November 2006]
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MFA in Acting - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1982).
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Moved to New York from Arizona, where he was raised, in 1979, and paid his dues for many years working in restaurants while acting in regional theater and off off Broadway shows.
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Vaulted from obscurity with his frighteningly realistic portrayal of AIDS-ravaged Prior Walter in Tony Kushner's two-part stage epic "Angels in America". An openly gay actor, he has since played in a number of gay-related themes on stage, film and TV.
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He attended Glendale High School in Glendale, Arizona, and then Phoenix College and the University of Arizona. He later studied at New York University where he met budding playwright Tony Kushner. After seeing him in a university production, Kushner invited Spinella to be in his play, "The Age of Assassins" and began writing parts specifically for the actor.
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He appeared for the first time on TV in a cameo as a man dying from AIDS complications in the Emmy-winning HBO movie _And the Band Played On (1993)_ (TV).
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Graduated from the University of Arizona drama department.
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Has won two Tony Awards for his roles in the two parts of "Angels in America": in 1993, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," and in 1994, as Best Actor (Play) for: "Angels in America: Perestroika." He was also Tony-nominated in 2000 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "James Joyce's The Dead."
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Music
Short completed
Jerry Wallace
Royal Pains
2013-2016
TV Series
Russell Berger
The Lennon Report
2016
Dr. Richard Marks
Damnation: The Flashback
2015
Short
Lester Marra
The Knick
2015
TV Series
A.D. Elkins
Code Black
2015
TV Series
Ted
The Normal Heart
2014
TV Movie
Sanford
House of Dust
2013
Psychiatrist
Made in Jersey
2012
TV Series
Judge Ronald Winston
Lincoln
2012
Asa Vintner Litton
Rubber
2010
Lieutenant Chad
The Mentalist
2010
TV Series
ADA Marc Odenthal
Numb3rs
2010
TV Series
Hans Stollbach
Desperate Housewives
2008-2009
TV Series
Dr. Samuel Heller
Big Love
2009
TV Series
Eric
The Awakening of Abigail Harris
2009
Short
Man of Reason
ER
2008
TV Series
Henry Lotery
Milk
2008/I
Rick Stokes
Stone & Ed
2008
Concierge
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2007
TV Series
Morgan
The Suzy Prophecy
2007
Short
Al
And Then Came Love
2007
Stuart
Heroes
2006
TV Series
Oliver Dennison
Nip/Tuck
2006
TV Series
Dr. Capler
24
2006
TV Series
Miles Papazian
Grey's Anatomy
2006
TV Series
Malar Pascowitz
Will & Grace
2005
TV Series
Bret
Alias
2002-2005
TV Series
Mr. Kishell / Boyd Harkin
Everwood
2005
TV Series
Father Patrick
Huff
2004
TV Series
Mr. Heard
House of D
2004
Ticket Seller
Without a Trace
2004
TV Series
Joel Kemper
Connie and Carla
2004
Robert / Peaches
Frasier
2003
TV Series
Randall Schoonover
Our Town
2003
TV Movie
Simon Stimson
The Education of Max Bickford
2001-2002
TV Series
Rex Pinsker
Ed
2002
TV Series
Bob McCarthy
Bubble Boy
2001
Chicken Man
Behind the Seams
2000
Ivan Todd
Law & Order
2000
TV Series
Andy Polone
Cradle Will Rock
1999
Federal Theatre - Donald O'Hara
Ravenous
1999
Knox
The Unknown Cyclist
1998
Doug Stein
Great Expectations
1998
Carter Macleish
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
TV Movie
Percy
The Jackal
1997
Douglas
David Searching
1997
Hummus Guy
Love! Valour! Compassion!
1997
Perry Sellars
Faithful
1996
Young Man at Rolls
Virtuosity
1995
Lindenmeyer
Tarantella
1995
Frank
And the Band Played On
1993
TV Movie
Brandy Alexander
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 48th Annual Tony Awards
1994
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Play
Working in the Theatre
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 47th Annual Tony Awards
1993
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Featured Actor in a Play
Showing Up
2014
Documentary
Himself
Milk: Hollywood Comes to San Francisco
2009
Documentary short
Himself
Character Studies
2007
TV Series
Himself
The 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards
2007
TV Special
Himself
Backstage with Connie and Carla
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Dressing in Drag: 'Connie and Carla'
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
Larry King Live
2004
TV Series
Himself
The 5th Annual Leo Awards
2003
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
The 54th Annual Tony Awards
2000
TV Special
Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
$1.7 Million
