Don Stephenson
Don Stephenson | |
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Born |
Donald Ragan Stephenson IV 10 September 1964 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States |
Occupation | Actor, Director |
Spouse(s) | Emily Loesser (1991-present) 4 children |
Don Stephenson (born September 10, 1964) in Chattanooga, Tennessee is an American actor, and director. He is a graduate of Hixson High School in Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee. He has numerous credits on both television and in Broadway plays. He starred as Leo Bloom in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of The Producers. Also on Broadway he created the role of Renfield in Dracula and the role of Charles Clarke in Titanic. Other Broadway credits include Parade, By Jeeves, Wonderful Town, Private Lives, Rock of Ages, and Pardon My English. He recently appeared in the Encores special event of "The Bandwagon".
His most recent Broadway appearance was as the D'ysquith family in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of " A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder". Off Broadway he created the role of Fidele in "Death Takes A Holiday" , he played Sid Davis in Take Me Along at Irish Rep, Anatoly in Chess, and Zach in The Tavern at Equity Library Theatre.
On television he appeared as himself on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. He played the role of David Jordon on the soap Another World and has done guest starring roles on The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Now and Again, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Glee. In 2009 he shot the pilot for the Showtime series called Possible Side Effects.[1]
In the summer of 2014 he filmed a role in the untitled "Woody Allen Summer Project".
As a director he has directed critically acclaimed productions of The 39 Steps, Noises Off, Lend Me a Tenor , (BroadwayWorld Nomination for Best Director), Deathtrap, Titanic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Oleanna, "The Cottage", and The Great Unknown. He developed and directed the new chamber version of "Titanic" in 2012. This scaled down version of the show used 20 actors playing all of the roles, an abstract set design, projections, and new orchestrations. Stephenson restored previously cut material from the original Broadway production and reassigned and reordered the existing material. This new intimate version opened in July 2012 at The Hangar Theatre to critical acclaim and was nominated for 11 BroadwayWorld Awards including Best Director. This production was subsequently remounted at Westchester Broadway Theatre in January 2014. He also directed the staged concert of Titanic at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
He is married to Emily Loesser, daughter of Guys and Dolls composer Frank Loesser.
Selected filmography
- 3 lbs (2006) as Dr. Lex Nylan
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004) as himself
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003) as Derek Singer
- As the World Turns (2002) as Julian
- Ugly Betty 2009 as Tweedy Man
- Law & Order 2010 as Don Morgan
- Now and Again as David Cox
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Bernard Sweet
- All My Children as Malcolm Berry
- Another World as David Jordan
- Possible Side Effects pilot as Tom Cauldron
- By Jeeves as Bingo Little
- Glee 2011 as J. Alexander
- 30 Rock
- The Good Wife as Bob Lochness
Broadway
- Dracula, the Musical (2004–2005) as Renfield
- Private Lives (2002) as Victor Prynne
- By Jeeves (2001) as Bingo Little
- The Producers (2003) as Leo Bloom
- Parade (1998–1999) as Mr. Peavy
- Titanic (1997–1999) as Charles Clarke
- Rock of Ages 2009 as Hertz Klienman
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder 2014 as the D'ysquith family
- " Wonderful Town" as Frank Lippincott
- " Pardon My English" as Dickie Carter
- " The Bandwagon" as Hal Meadows
References
External links
- Don Stephenson at the Internet Movie Database
- Don Stephenson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Don Stephenson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database