Jim Stanek

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Jim Stanek
Born
James Stanek

(1971-08-05) August 5, 1971 (age 53)
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationActor
Years active1996-present

James Stanek (born August 5, 1971) is an American theatre, film, and television actor.

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Early life

Stanek was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland and raised in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. He attended the Seneca Valley School District where he performed in such musicals as Grease and Little Shop of Horrors , among others. In Stanek's senior year of high school he auditioned for, and was accepted, into the Mini Stars musical theatre program at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. [ citation needed ]

He attended and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.

Personal life

Stanek and his wife, Beth, currently reside in Manhattan, where they raise their three sons.

Theatre credits

Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Tour Theatre

YearProductionRoleCategory
1996 Indiscretions Michael (standby)Broadway
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum HeroBroadway
1999Captain CourageousDanOff-Broadway
2000 Saturday Night u/s Campbell, McDonald, SorgeOff-Broadway
2001The Good CompanionsPerformerOff-Broadway
Cyrano de BergeracPerformerOff-Broadway
2003 Oh, Boy! JimOff-Broadway
2004 Best Foot Forward PerformerOff-Broadway
The Rivals Footman; u/s Bob Acres, David, FagBroadway
2005 Little Women (standby) Braxton, Laurie, Mr. Brooke, RodrigoBroadway
SlutDanOff-Broadway
2006 Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris PerformerOff-Broadway
Lestat LouisBroadway
2007 Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change PerformerOff-Broadway
Frankenstein, A New Musical Henry Clerval; u/s VictorOff-Broadway
2009 The Story of My Life EnsembleBroadway
Night SkyPerformerOff-Broadway
2010 Jacques Brel Returns PerformerOff-Broadway
2011Freud's Last SeasonC.S. LewisOff-Broadway
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn JohnnyOff-Broadway
Desperate WritersPerformerOff-Broadway
2013 A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder SwingBroadway
2015 Fun Home Bruce (standby)Broadway
2022-2023 Into the Woods Steward;
u/s Baker
Broadway
Steward;
u/s Baker
u/s Narrator/Mysterious Man
National Tour

Regional theatre

Filmography

YearTitleRoleTypeNotes
1998 Law & Order Arraignment ClerkTelevisionone episode
1998The AdversariesSeries RegularTV movieas "James Stanek"
2000Mary and RhodaOfficial Tour GuideTV movie
2000Brooklyn SonnetJimmy O'ConnerTV movieas "James Stanek"
2001MisGuiding LightFloyd BoydTV mini-series
2006BellaHenriFilm
2008 Olive Garden Olive Garden EnthusiastCommercial
2010 As the World Turns Nathan RandallTelevisionone episode
2011No Matter WhatBerkeleyFilm
2013 The Good Wife Todd KoopmanTelevisionone episode
2019 Mr Robot JasonTelevision

Discography

The Lestat original Broadway cast recording was recorded by Mercury Records on May 22, 2006, at Sony Studios in New York City. Planned release was July 11, 2006 but has been postponed indefinitely. In August 2006 after numerous rumors of an August release date, Elton John's website released this statement:

"We have received many messages asking when the Lestat cast album will be released. According to Elton's management, there are no plans to release the album at present." [1]

The cast album has still yet to be released.

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