Tim Jerome

Timothy (Tim) Jerome (born December 29, 1943, Los Angeles, California) is an American stage, film, and television actor.^[1]

Biography

After attending Cornell University, Ithaca College (BFA) and the Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music), Jerome made his Broadway debut in 1969 as Dr. Carrasco in “Man of La Mancha”.^[1] He has subsequently appeared in more than a dozen productions on Broadway, where he is currently starring as Monsieur Firmin in “The Phantom of the Opera”.

Jerome was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for Me and My Girl.^[2]^[3] As Alfred P. Doolittle in the 2007-2008 national tour of My Fair Lady he received the Carbonell Award and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award.^[4] He received a Special Award from the New England Theatre Conference in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement in the American Theatre.

The Founding President of the National Music Theater Network (the parent organization of the New York Musical Theatre Festival), Jerome is also the Founding President of Mainstreet Musicals, a non-profit organization that facilitates the development of new musicals.

A past board member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and former 1st Vice President of The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Jerome currently serves as a Councilor of the Actors’ Equity Association.

Film and stage appearances

Broadway

Phantom of the Opera (M. Firmin)
The Lyons (Ben Lyons - understudy)
Tarzan (Professor Porter)
Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (Alcindoro, Benoit)
Beauty and the Beast (Maurice)
Lost in Yonkers (Eddie)
Grand Hotel (Preysing)
Me and My Girl (Herbert Parchester)
Cats (Bustopher Jones, Asparagus, Growltiger)
The Moony Shapiro Songbook (Moony Shapiro)
Arthur Miller's Creation of the World and Other Business
The Magic Show
The Rothschilds (Amshel Rothschild; Nathan Rothschild)
Man of La Mancha (Dr. Carrasco)

Off-Broadway

Dracula (Little Shubert Theater)
Flamingo Court (New World Stages)

Regional

Arena Stage (Washington, DC)
Goodspeed Musicals (Chester, CT)
George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, NJ)
McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ)
North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA)
Phoenix Theatre (Purchase, NY)

Film

The Third Testament
Spiderman 2
Sidewalks of New York
Thirteen Days
Cradle will Rock
Celebrity
Mixing Nia
A Price Above Rubies,
Deconstructing Harry
Everyone Says I Love You
I.Q.
Husbands and Wives
Billy Bathgate
Betrayed
Compromising Positions

Television

Person of Interest
Third Watch
Law & Order
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Laverne & Shirley
The Tony Randall Show
Lou Grant
Barney Miller

References

1 2 Willis, John (1991). Theatre World, 1989-1990, p. 204. Crown Publishers. ISBN 0517584336
↑ Jones, Dylan (31 October 1988). "Radio dramas ride a wave of popularity". USA Today
↑ Christiansen, Richard (12 May 1987). "British Musicals Carry Off 32 Tony Nominations, 'Me And My Girl'". Chicago Tribune
↑ Jones, Kenneth (7 April 2008). "McKeever, York, Spamalot, Tei, Inishmore, Glengarry Win Carbonell Awards". Playbill

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