Stephen Spinella

Stephen Spinella
Born	Stephen Nicholas Spinella October 11, 1956 Naples, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Stephen Nicholas Spinella (born October 11, 1956)^[1] is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Life

Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic.^[2] He grew up in Glendale, Arizona and graduated from the University of Arizona drama department. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982.^[3]

Spinella won consecutive Tony-awards for Best Featured Actor and Best Actor for his performance as Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead.

Personal life

Spinella is openly gay.^[4]

Work

Stage

• April 1985: A Bright Room Called Day – Baz (workshop production directed by Tony Kushner)
• May 4, 1993 – December 4, 1994: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Prior Walter/Man in Park
• November 23, 1993 – December 4, 1994: Angels in America: Perestroika – Prior Walter
• December 14, 1997 – August 30, 1998: A View from the Bridge – Alfieri
• December 3, 1998 – March 21, 1999: Electra – Servant to Orestes
• January 11, 2000 – April 16, 2000: James Joyce's The Dead – Freddy Malins
• December 4, 2002 – January 26, 2003: Our Town – Simon Stimson
• December 10, 2006 – 2007: Spring Awakening – Adult Men
• May 15, 2009 – June 28, 2009: The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures – Pill
• October 19, 2010 – November 7, 2010: An Iliad - The Poet

Film 1995: Virtuosity as Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer 1996: Faithful as Young Man at Rolls 1996: Tarantella as Frank 1997: The Jackal as Douglas 1997: David Searching as Hummus Guy 1997: Love! Valour! Compassion! as Perry Sellars 1998: The Unknown Cyclist as Doug Stein 1998: Great Expectations as Carter Macleish 1999: Cradle Will Rock as Donald O'Hara 1999: Ravenous as Knox 2001: Bubble Boy as Chicken Man 2004: House of D as Ticket Seller 2004: Connie and Carla as Robert/Peaches 2007: And Then Came Love as Stuart 2008: Stone & Ed as Concierge 2008: Milk as Rick Stokes 2010: Rubber as Lieutenant Chad 2012: Lincoln 2012: House of Dust 2014: The Normal Heart as Sanford

Television 1993: And the Band Played On as Brandy Alexander 1997: What the Deaf Man Heard as Percy 2000: Law & Order as Andy Polone 2001: The Education of Max Bickford as Rex Pinsker 2002: Alias as Kishell; Harkin 2002: Ed as Bob McCarthy 2003: Frasier as Randall Schoonover 2004: Huff as Mr. Heard 2005: Will & Grace as Bret 2005: Without a Trace as Joel Kemper 2006: Everwood as Father Patrick 2006: 24 as Miles Papazian, 10 episodes 2006: Heroes as Oliver Dennison 2006: Grey's Anatomy as Malar Pascowitz 2007: Nip/Tuck as Dr. Capler 2008: Desperate Housewives as Dr. Heller You're Gonna Love Tomorrow (5x01) What More Do I Need? (5x07) City on Fire (5x08) Everybody Says Don't (5x23) 2009: Big Love as Eric (Season 3, Episode 4) 2015: "The Knick"

References

1. "Biography for Stephen Spinella". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
2. "Stephen Spinella profile". Filmreference. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
3. 1, 2011 "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni" Check |url= value (help).
4. Weber, Bruce (June 5, 1993). "A Gay Actor's Temptation to Keep Good Health in the Closet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

External links

• Stephen Spinella at the Internet Broadway Database
• Stephen Spinella at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephen Spinella Downstage Center XM radio interview by the American Theatre Wing, December 2006
• Stephen Spinella interviewed in Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video by the American Theatre Wing, September 1993