Stephen Spinella

Stephen Spinella
Born	(1956-10-11) October 11, 1956 (age 68) Naples, Italy
Education	University of Arizona (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956) ^[1] is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Early life and career

Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic. ^[1] He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, ^[1] and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982. ^[2]

Spinella won consecutive Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993) and Angels in America: Perestroika (1994), respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead .

Personal life

Spinella is gay. ^[3]

Work

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	A Bright Room Called Day	Baz	Workshop production directed by Tony Kushner
1988	L'Illusion	The Amanuensis
1993–1994	Angels in America: Millennium Approaches	Prior Walter/Man in Park
1993–1994	Angels in America: Perestroika	Prior Walter
1994	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Perry Sellars
1995
1995	Troilus and Cressida	Pandarus
1997	A Question of Mercy	Thomas
1997–1998	A View from the Bridge	Alfieri
1998–1999	Electra	Servant to Orestes
1999	James Joyce's The Dead	Freddy Malins
2000
2001	The Seagull	Medvedenko
2002	Elle	Usher
2002–2003	Our Town	Simon Stimson
2004	Svejk	Svejk
2006–2007	Spring Awakening	Adult Men
2009	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures	Pill
2010	An Iliad	The Poet
2011	The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures	Pill
2012	An Iliad	The Poet
2012	As You Like It	Jaques
2012	Volpone	Volpone
2014	The Velocity of Autumn	Chris
2014	A Man's a Man	Bloody Five
2015	Hamlet	Polonius
2016	Coriolanus	Sicinius Velutus
2018	Angels in America	Roy M. Cohn [4]
2019–present	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Vernon Dursley/Severus Snape/Lord Voldemort

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Tarantella	Frank
1995	Virtuosity	Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer
1996	Faithful	Young Man at Rolls
1997	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Perry Sellars
1997	David Searching	Hummus Guy
1997	The Jackal	Douglas
1998	Great Expectations	Carter Macleish
1998	The Unknown Cyclist	Doug Stein
1998	Out of the Past	Michael Wigglesworth (voice)
1999	Ravenous	Knox
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Donald O'Hara
2001	Bubble Boy	Chicken Man
2004	Connie and Carla	Robert/Peaches
2004	House of D	Ticket Seller
2007	And Then Came Love	Stuart
2008	Stone & Ed	Concierge
2008	Milk	Rick Stokes
2010	Rubber	Lieutenant Chad
2012	Lincoln	Congressman Asa Vintner Litton
2012	House of Dust	Psychiatrist
2016	The Lennon Report	Dr. Richard Marks
2018	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Paul
2019	Windows on the World	Albert
2019	Bad Education	Thomas "Tom" Tuggiero

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	And the Band Played On	Brandy Alexander	Television film
1997	What the Deaf Man Heard	Percy	Television film
2000	Law & Order	Andy Polone
2001–2002	The Education of Max Bickford	Rex Pinsker
2002–2005	Alias	Mr. Kishell / Boyd Harkin
2002	Ed	Bob McCarthy
2003	Our Town	Simon Stimson	Television film
2003	Frasier	Randall Schoonover
2004	Without a Trace	Joel Kemper
2004	Huff	Mr. Heard
2005	Everwood	Father Patrick
2005	Will & Grace	Bret
2005	Without a Trace	Joel Kemper
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Malar Pascowitz
2006	24	Miles Papazian	10 episodes
2006	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Capler
2006	Heroes	Oliver Dennison
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Morgan
2008	ER	Henry Lotery
2008–2009	Desperate Housewives	Dr. Heller	4 episodes
2009	Big Love	Eric
2010	Numbers	Hans Stollbach
2010	The Mentalist	ADA Marc Odenthal
2012	Made in Jersey	Judge Ronald Winston
2013–2016	Royal Pains	Russell Berger
2014	The Normal Heart	Sanford	Television film
2015	Code Black	Ted
2015	The Knick	A.D. Elkins
2018	Elementary	Professor Merrick Hausmann
2019	The Blacklist	Jordan Loving	Episode: "Minister D (No. 99)"
2019	Tales of the City	Chris	Episode: "The Price of Oil"
2020	Almost Family
2021	New Amsterdam	Howie Cournemeyer
2022	The Gilded Age	Julius Cuyper
2022	Bull	Garrett Sinclair
2023	City on Fire	Dr. Altschul

References

1. "Stephen Spinella Biography (1956-)". Filmreference.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
2. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
3. Weber, Bruce (June 5, 1993). "A Gay Actor's Temptation to Keep Good Health in the Closet". The New York Times . Retrieved February 15, 2015.
4. Berkley Rep (April 2018). "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes at Berkley Rep". Berkley Rep. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

External links

• Stephen Spinella at the Internet Broadway Database
• Stephen Spinella at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• Stephen Spinella at IMDb  
• Stephen Spinella Downstage Center XM radio interview by the American Theatre Wing, December 2006
• Stephen Spinella interviewed in Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video by the American Theatre Wing, September 1993