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Bernard Telsey (b. February 8, 1960) is a casting director and co-founder of MCC Theater. In the 1980s, he began working for Simon & Kumin Casting as an assistant, then a casting director at Risa Bramon & Billy Hopkins Casting. Shows his company has cast include (Broadway) Rent, Wicked, In the Heights, South Pacific, Hairspray, Equus, Legally Blonde, A Catered Affair, The Homecoming, Talk Radio, November, Grey Gardens, The Color Purple, The Rocky Horror Show, All Shook Up, Tarzan, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, (Off-Broadway) reasons to be pretty, 50 Words, Almost an Evening, and De La Guarda. He has cast for several theatre companies including the Atlantic Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Westport Playhouse, New York Theatre Workshop, Drama Dept, ACT in San Francisco, La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Hartford Stage, and Goodman Theatre. Films cast include Rachel Getting Married, Sex and the City, Margin Call, Across the Universe, Dan in Real Life, Pieces of April, Rent.Rent established Telsey as someone who casts unconventional shows, which got him assigned to cast The Capeman. He is notable for discovering Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp, and Jesse L. Martin.Telsey has also served for seven years as the New York Vice-President of the Casting Society of America.
Date Of Birth 1960-02-08 Profession Casting Director, Casting Department, Actor
Casting Director Title Year Status Character Mary Poppins Returns 2018 pre-production On Monday of Last Week 2017 Short completed The Greatest Showman 2017 filming Making History 2017 TV Series pre-production Atypical 2017 TV Series 1 episode pre-production Aardvark 2016 completed This Is Us 2016-2017 TV Series 13 episodes One Day at a Time 2017 TV Series 10 episodes Conviction 2016-2017 TV Series 9 episodes I'm Dying Up Here 2017 TV Series 1 episode Drew 2016 TV Movie George Takei's Allegiance 2016 Hairspray Live! 2016 TV Movie Miss Sloane 2016 Rupture 2016/I The Family 2016 TV Series 11 episodes Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2016 The New Yorker Presents 2016 TV Series documentary 3 episodes Grease Live! 2016 TV Movie Tallulah 2016 The Wiz Live! 2015 TV Movie Flesh and Bone 2015 TV Mini-Series 8 episodes Ithaca 2015 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 2015 TV Series 1 episode The Intern 2015/I Ricki and the Flash 2015 Focus 2015/II Members Only 2015 TV Movie Into the Woods 2014 Peter Pan Live! 2014 TV Movie A Most Violent Year 2014 The Last Five Years 2014 Stage Fright 2014/I Song One 2014 Masters of Sex 2013 TV Series 12 episodes The Sound of Music Live! 2013 TV Movie Smash 2012-2013 TV Series 32 episodes The Big C 2011-2013 TV Series 27 episodes The Ordained 2013 TV Movie Modern Love 2012 TV Movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012 A Gifted Man 2011-2012 TV Series 16 episodes Joyful Noise 2012 Friends with Kids 2011 Margin Call 2011 Main Street 2010 Jonah Hex 2010 Sex and the City 2 2010 Howl 2010 as Bernie Telsey The Other Woman 2009 I Love You Phillip Morris 2009 as Bernie Telsey Rachel Getting Married 2008 Sex and the City 2008 The Dissection of Thanksgiving 2008 Dan in Real Life 2007 Legally Blonde: The Musical 2007 TV Movie The Gamekillers 2007 TV Series 1 episode Across the Universe 2007 Then She Found Me 2007 as Bernie Telsey Lovely by Surprise 2007 Intolerable 2006 Short Ira & Abby 2006 Gamekillers 2006 TV Movie Rent 2005 Carlito's Way: Rise to Power 2005 Video The Unseen 2005 Keane 2004 Whoopi 2003 TV Series 4 episodes Undefeated 2003 TV Movie Camp 2003 Pieces of April 2003 The Grey Zone 2001 as Bernie Telsey Far East 2001 TV Movie Finding Forrester 2000 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 2000 Death of a Salesman 2000 TV Movie The Bone Collector 1999 The High Life 1996 TV Series Heading Home 1995 A Modern Affair 1995 Maestro 1987 Short as Bernie Telsey
Casting Department Title Year Status Character Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 2015-2017 TV Series original casting - 28 episodes George Takei's Allegiance 2016 casting Conviction 2016 TV Series additional casting - 1 episode Penny Dreadful 2014-2016 TV Series casting - 27 episodes The Family 2016 TV Series casting - 1 episode Looking 2014 TV Series casting director - 1 episode Line of Sight 2014 TV Movie casting director: New York / casting director: new york A Gifted Man 2011 TV Series casting - 1 episode Leave It on the Floor 2011 casting associate Restless 2011/I additional casting Independence Day 1996 casting: New York
Actor Title Year Status Character Dead Presidents 1995 Protester #1 The Doors 1991 Young Man with Pam (as Bernie Telsey)
Thanks Title Year Status Character Leave It on the Floor 2011 thanks
Self Title Year Status Character Smash 2013 TV Series Himself Casting By 2012 Documentary Himself (uncredited) The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards 2012 TV Special Himself Holly's World 2010 TV Series Himself Rent: Casting 2009 Video documentary short Himself Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods 2008 TV Series Himself - Judge Working in the Theatre 2007 TV Series documentary Himself No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' 2006 Video documentary Himself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - New York Broadway Theatre - Comedy 2012 Robert Altman Award Independent Spirit Awards Margin Call (2011) 2007 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Best Comedy Pilot Casting Ugly Betty (2006)
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2016 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special Grease Live! (2016) 2016 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy The Intern (2015) 2016 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Comedy Ricki and the Flash (2015) 2016 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - New York Broadway Theatre - Musical 2016 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Regional Theatre East 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy Into the Woods (2014) 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot - Comedy Looking (2014) 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot - Drama Masters of Sex (2013) 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - New York Theatre - Musical 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Special Theatrical Performance East 2015 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Regional Theatre West 2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series The Big C (2010) 2012 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Drama Margin Call (2011) 2012 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy Friends with Kids (2011) 2012 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot - Drama A Gifted Man (2011) 2012 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot - Drama Smash (2012) 2012 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Series - Comedy The Big C (2010) 2011 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) 2009 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Casting Rachel Getting Married (2008) 2008 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio Feature - Comedy Dan in Real Life (2007) 2008 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio Feature - Drama Across the Universe (2007) 2006 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Ensemble Rent (2005) 2004 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Best Casting for Feature Film, Independent Camp (2003) 2004 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Best Casting for Feature Film, Independent Pieces of April (2003) 2001 Artios Casting Society of America, USA Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Finding Forrester (2000)
Known for movies Into the Woods (2014) as Casting Director
The Intern (2015) as Casting Director
The Bone Collector (1999) as Casting Director
Focus (2015) as Casting Director