Len Cariou
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Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor. He grew up and attended schools in East Kildonan, including Miles MacDonell Collegiate for grades 10 and 11.
Cariou is best known for originating the role of Sweeney Todd in the original 1979 production of the Stephen Sondheim musical: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
He has also had appearances onstage in the musicals Applause (1970), A Little Night Music (1973), and recently, in the Tony Award-winning play Proof with Anne Heche, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. On film, Cariou can be seen in About Schmidt (2002), Thirteen Days (2000), Lady In White (1988), The Four Seasons (1981), and the 1977 Harold Prince-directed film version of A Little Night Music. He has also appeared in various television series such as The West Wing, Law & Order, The Practice and Murder, She Wrote.
In 2004, he was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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- Len Cariou narrated Major League Baseball's World Series films from 1992-1997.
- Len also does a number of books on tape, most frequently, Michael Connelly's books.
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