Robert Stanton (actor)

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Robert Stanton
Born
Robert Lloyd Stanton

(1963-03-08) March 8, 1963 (age 61)
Education New York University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, playwright
Years active1985–present

Robert Lloyd Stanton (born March 8, 1963) is an American actor, director and playwright. [1]

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Early life

Stanton was born on March 8, 1963, in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in Annandale, Virginia, the son of federal workers Billie Loree (née Baker) and Lloyd Winter Stanton, Jr. [2]

Career

Theater

Stanton trained at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program [3] and began his acting career in Joseph Papp's production of the play Measure for Measure at the Delacorte Theater in 1985. He was in the resident company of the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1989 to 1991.

He appeared on Broadway in James Graham’s Ink , George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan , John Guare's A Free Man of Color , Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart , Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia , and Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business . Two-dozen Off Broadway credits include David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers , A. R. Gurney's A Cheever Evening, and Caryl Churchill's Owners and Traps. He won an Obie Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his performance in David Ives's All in the Timing in 1994. He directed the premiere of Ives's play Don Juan in Chicago Off-Broadway in 1995.

In 2008 and 2009, he appeared in Off-Broadway productions of Love Child, a 22-character farce for two actors, with his co-writer, Daniel H. Jenkins.

In March and April 2012, he appeared in the Eugene O'Neill play Strange Interlude at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, in the role of Charles Marsden; he returned in January 2016 to play Mr. Puff in Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Critic and Moon in Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound on a double-bill, winning the company's Emery Battis Award for his performances. [4]

Film and television roles

Stanton made a brief appearance in the 1988 thriller The House on Carroll Street . In 1992, he appeared in the films A League of Their Own and Bob Roberts . In 1993, he appeared in his first major supporting role, playing Henry Mitchell in Dennis the Menace for writer-producer John Hughes.

He played John Chapman in the 1994–95 television show The Cosby Mysteries .

He later appeared in a variety of films, including Don't Drink the Water (1994 film) , Striptease , Washington Square , Red Corner , Next Stop Wonderland , Mercury Rising , The Quiet American , Head of State , The Stepford Wives, Find Me Guilty , Confessions of a Shopaholic , two sequels to Luc Besson's Arthur and the Invisibles , playing Armand Montgomery, father to Freddie Highmore's Arthur, and Jason Bourne .

Stanton appeared in episodes of the television shows Law & Order , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Frasier , Ed , Third Watch , Damages , NYC 22 , The Good Wife , and Orange Is the New Black .

He also played Anthony “Robi” Frobisher, boss to mass killer Mr. Mercedes , in David E. Kelley’s 2017 television adaptation of Stephen King’s novel.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 The House on Carroll Street Dionysus
1990Love or MoneyDudley
1992 A League of Their Own Western Union Delivery Man
1992 Bob Roberts Bart Macklerooney
1993 Dennis the Menace Henry Mitchell
1996 Striptease Erb Crandal
1997 Washington Square Arthur Townsend
1997 Hudson River Blues Jeff
1997 Red Corner Ed Pratt
1998 Next Stop Wonderland Robert
1998 Mercury Rising Dean Crandell
2000 Happy Accidents Fetishist
2002 The Quiet American Joe Tunney
2003 Head of State Advisor
2004 The Stepford Wives Ted Van Sant
2005 Find Me Guilty Chris Newberger
2006The ConventionGood SamaritanShort film
2008 Gigantic James Weathersby
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Derek Smeath
2009 Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard Armand MontgomeryFrench: Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard, also known in English as Arthur and the Invisibles 2 or simply Arthur 2 as well as Arthur and the Great Adventure for its UK re-release
2010 Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Armand MontgomeryFrench: Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes, also known in English as Arthur and the Invisibles 3 or simply Arthur 3 as well as Arthur and the Great Adventure for its UK re-release
2015 True Story Jeffrey Gregg
2016 Jason Bourne Government Lawyer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White Lloyd-SmithTelevision movie
1991 Law & Order Jed KnoxEpisode "The Wages of Love"
1994 Don't Drink the Water Mr. BurnsTelevision movie
1994–1995 The Cosby Mysteries Medical Examiner John Chapman14 episodes
1995 Central Park West (also known as C.P.W.)Tom Chasen2 episodes
1996–1997 Cosby Mr. Acker2 episodes
1997 Law & Order Jacob SutterEpisode "Harvest"
1998 Frasier BenEpisode "The Zoo Story"
2000 Ed Arthur DailyEpisode "Just Friends"
2001 Third Watch Donald SimkinsEpisode "Duty"
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dennis GriscomEpisode "The Third Horseman"
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit P.B.A. RepresentativeEpisode "Rotten"
2003 Law & Order Tim GraysonEpisode "Seer"
2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Dr. PatzEpisode "Secrets and Lies"
2005 Jonny Zero StuartEpisode "Bounty"
2006 Law & Order Douglas PrestonEpisode: "Avatar"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mr. Nower, School OfficialEpisode: "Three-in-One"
2011 Damages Pastor Stephen YatesEpisode "Next One's on Me, Blondie"
2012 NYC 22 Steve CowanEpisode "Jumpers"
2013 The Good Wife Hugh SaxonEpisode "Going for the Gold"
2013 Orange Is the New Black Maury Kind2 episodes
2014 Elementary Stan KovacevicEpisode: "The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville"
2014 Alpha House Van PingreeEpisode: "Gaffergate"
2015 The Blacklist Verdiant BossEpisode: "Eli Matchett (No. 72)"
2017–2018 Mr. Mercedes Anthony "Robi" Frobisher10 episodes
2021 New Amsterdam HankEpisode: "Death Begins in Radiology"
2022 Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Marshall Clanton6 episodes [5]
2022 Blue Bloods Connor KellyEpisode: "Homefront"

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References

  1. Barron, James (March 13, 1994). "Robert Stanton, An Actor Speaks". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. Robert Stanton biography at filmreference.com
  3. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  4. "Emery Battis Award 2016". Stages Donor Update 2016–2017 Season, Issue 1. January 2017.
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