Theo Stockman

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Theo Stockman
Born (1984-12-27) December 27, 1984 (age 39)
Other names"Firecracker"
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • disc jockey
Years active2007–present
Website www.theostockman.com

Theo Stockman (born December 27, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and DJ, known for his roles in Broadway musicals such as Hair , American Idiot , and American Psycho , numerous roles on television including Alaska Daily , Inside Amy Schumer , High Maintenance , Private Practice , The Following , Shades of Blue , Law & Order: SVU , and for his role in Stephen King's A Good Marriage . He plays the recurring characters of Josh on Netflix's Bonding and Jacob on Apple TV's WeCrashed .

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Early life

Stockman is the son of author Jayne Anne Phillips and physician Mark Stockman. He graduated from Concord Academy in 2003. While there, he was an active member of the theatre program, performing as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and multiple characters in The Laramie Project . In his senior year of high school, Stockman adapted The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the stage and directed it as part of the academy's Directors Seminar. [1] [2]

Stockman graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama in 2007, after studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the Experimental Theatre Wing, and the International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam. [2] He portrayed Claude Bukowski in a "no hair" production of the musical Hair , where all cast members sported shaved heads. [2] In 2007, Stockman played Dionysus in The Bacchae at the International Theatre Festival in Warsaw, for which he was awarded Best Lead Actor. [3]

Career

Stockman was an original cast member in the Tony Award-winning 2009 Broadway revival of Hair , performing as a Member of the Tribe and as the characters Hubert, the Nazi Principal, and John Wilkes Booth. He performed in the 40th anniversary concert production at the Delacorte Theater, followed by the revival at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. He then transferred with the show to Broadway.

Stockman then starred as The Representative of Jingletown in American Idiot on Broadway, after appearing in workshops and the original Berkeley run. [4] American Idiot premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre on September 4, 2009, [5] and transferred to the St. James Theatre on Broadway, where it opened on April 20, 2010. Stockman left the show on January 30, 2011.

In 2012, Stockman starred as Danny Mueller in the Off-Broadway play An Early History of Fire by David Rabe, produced by The New Group. [6]

In June 2013, he joined the cast of Peter Askin's film adaptation of Stephen King's novella A Good Marriage , portraying Donnie Anderson. [7]

Stockman returned to Broadway in 2016, playing the role of Timothy Price in the musical American Psycho , written by Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

Stockman starred as Steve Rubell in This Ain't No Disco at the Atlantic Theater Company, written by Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers). The world premiere musical ran Off-Broadway, summer 2018. He recently starred as the villainous Ashby Givens in the world premiere 2022 musical Black No More at The New Group, written by Black Thought and John Ridley.

Stockman plays Pete's boyfriend Josh in both seasons of the Netflix original series Bonding, written and directed by Rightor Doyle.

Most recently, he can be seen as the recurring character of Jacob on Apple TV+'s WeCrashed, opposite Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. Stockman also plays suspect Ezra Fisher on Alaska Daily on ABC, starring Hilary Swank.

On stage, Stockman most recently played Caliban in the Public Works Public Theater production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Delacorte Theatre, opposite Renée Elise Goldsberry.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Home Charles
2014 And So It Goes Pet Store Employee
A Good Marriage Donnie Anderson
2017 The Boy Downstairs Eliot

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 30 Rock EphraimEpisode: "Apollo, Apollo"
Cupid DJEpisode: "Shipping Out"
2011 Nurse Jackie Kyle FinchEpisode: "Fuck the Lemurs"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation SladeEpisode: "Bittersweet"
Private Practice WesEpisode: "Step One"
2012 Blue Bloods Timothy AbbeyEpisode: "Parenthood"
I Just Want My Pants Back GregEpisode: "Love Equation"
Made in Jersey Micah SchraftEpisode: "The Farm"
2013 High Maintenance ThomasEpisode: "Elijah"
2013–2015 Inside Amy Schumer Tim / Conor2 episodes
2014 The Following PatrickEpisode: "Teacher's Pet"
Olive Kitteridge Sean O'CaseyEpisode: "Security"
2016 Shades of Blue Officer HollisterEpisode: "Good Cop, Bad Cop"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Michael WheelerEpisode: "Heightened Emotions"
2018–2021 Bonding Josh11 episodes
2022 WeCrashed Jacob7 episodes
2022–2023 Alaska Daily Ezra Fisher2 episodes

Stage

YearTitleRoleLocation
2007–2009 Hair Hubert Delacorte Theater and Al Hirschfeld Theatre
2009The Last Goodbye Benvolio Montague Joe's Pub
2009–2011 American Idiot Rep of Jingletown Berkeley Repertory Theatre and St. James Theatre
2012An Early History of FireDanny Mueller The New Group at Acorn Theater
2015–2016 American Psycho Timothy Price Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
2018This Ain't No DiscoSteve Rubell Atlantic Theater Company
2022 Black No More Ashby Givens The New Group
2023 The Tempest CalibanDelacorte Theater

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