Michael Cerveris

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Michael Cerveris
Born November 6, 1960 (1960-11-06) (age 47)
Bethesda, Maryland
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Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is a Tony Award-winning American singer, guitarist and actor.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Cerveris was born in Bethesda, Maryland to a professor of music father and a dancer mother.[1] He is a 1979 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and a 1983 graduate of Yale University.

[edit] Acting career

The star of multiple Broadway shows, Cerveris has played roles ranging from Tommy in 'The Who's Tommy', Thomas Andrews (designer of the R.M.S. Titanic) in Titanic: The New Musical to John Wilkes Booth in Assassins. He took part in the musicals Fame, The Apple Tree and Spring Awakening, and earlier in his career appeared for a few scenes as singer in the movie Tokyo Pop. He offers his song from that film on his web page for free. He costarred in the film, The Mexican alongside Julia Roberts and James Gandolfini, and guest starred in the hit tv shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (as Syd "Booth" Goggle aka The Strip Strangler) and 21 Jump Street, among others.

Cerveris played the title role in a new production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which opened on Broadway on November 3, 2005. This revival won him a third Tony award nomination, as well as rave reviews from The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal. It closed on September 3, 2006.

He has been nominated for the American Theatre Wing's Tony Award four times. His first nomination was for his Broadway debut in 1993, for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for The Who's Tommy. Cerveris was nominated again in 2006 for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Sweeney Todd. He won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as John Wilkes Booth in the revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins. Most recently, he has been nominated for the 2007 Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in LoveMusik (music by Kurt Weill, book by Alfred Uhry, directed by Hal Prince).

[edit] Music career

Cerveris played guitar as a member of Bob Mould's touring band supporting the album The Last Dog And Pony Show. A performance at The Forum in London was recorded and released as BobMouldBand: LiveDog98 (Granary Music 2002). His debut solo album, Dog Eared (Low Heat Records 2004), was co-produced with Kyle Usselton and includes guest appearances from Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney), Ken Stringfellow (Posies, R.E.M.), Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Kevin March (Guided by Voices), Anders Parker (Varnaline), and Laura Cantrell.

He has also contributed vocals to a song that was part of a ringtone project by They Might Be Giants

[edit] Broadway productions

[edit] West-End productions

[edit] Off-Broadway productions

  • Macbeth (1983) Malcolm
  • Life Is A Dream (1984) Astolfo
  • The Games (1984) Young Man
  • Green Fields (1985) Levi-Yitshok
  • Total Eclipse (1985) Rimbaud
  • Blood Sports (1986) Nick
  • Abingdon Square (1986) Frank
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998/99) Hedwig
  • Fifth of July (2003) Kenneth Talley
  • The Apple Tree (2005) Snake
  • King Lear (2007) Kent

[edit] Filmography

  • Doubletake (1985) (TV)
  • Fame (1982) TV Series (1986-1987)
  • Quantum Leap (TV)
  • Strangers (1990/I)
  • Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1990)
  • Steel and Lace (1991)
  • A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)
  • Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001) (TV)
  • The Mexican (2001)
  • The American Embassy (2002) (TV)
  • Temptation (2004)
  • Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2007)
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007) (TV) (episode "Depths")
  • Cirque du Freak (2008)

[edit] Discography

  • BobMouldBand: LiveDog98 (2002)
  • Dog Eared (2004)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Best Featured Actor

Preceded by
Dick Latessa
for Hairspray		 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
2004
for Assassins		 Succeeded by
Dan Fogler
for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michael Cerveris, Star File: Broadway.com Buzz

[edit] External links

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