Gregg Edelman

Gregg Edelman
Born (1958-09-12) September 12, 1958 (age 66)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)theatre, film, voice, television actor
Years active1979–present
Known forCity of Angels
Into the Woods
Cabaret
SpouseCarolee Carmello (1995–2015)
Children2

Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in City of Angels (1990), Anna Karenina (1993), 1776 (1998), and Into the Woods (2002). His other Broadway credits include Cabaret (1987), Anything Goes (1989), Falsettos (1992), Passion (1994), Les Misérables (1999), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), and Water for Elephants (2024).

Edelman made his film debut in The Manhattan Project (1989). Edelman has since acted in films such as Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Little Children (2006), The Proposal (2009), and She Said (2022). He has also taken recurring roles in shows such as the NBC police procedural Shades of Blue, the Netflix political drama House of Cards, and the USA Network series The Sinner.

Early life and education

Edelman was born in Chicago, Illinois, attended Niles North High School, where he starred as Li'l Abner opposite future soap star Nancy Lee Grahn, and was trained at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).

Career

He made his professional debut in the 1979 tour of Evita and started attracting attention for his performance as Cliff in the 1987 Broadway revival of Cabaret. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the first Broadway revival of Into the Woods.[1] "I started crying like a teenage girl." - Gregg Edelman on learning of his Into the Woods Tony nomination, to Broadway.com, May 2002.[1]

Personal life

He was married from 1995 to 2015 to actress Carolee Carmello; they first met during the run of City of Angels, and later during another production.[2] They have two children, a daughter Zoe and son Ethan.[3]

Friend and Academy Award winning actor J.K. Simmons credited Edelman for helping him when he was a struggling actor.[4]

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 The Manhattan Project Science Teacher [5]
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors Chris [5]
1990 Green Card Phil [5]
1996 The First Wives Club Mark Loest [5]
1997 Hudson River Blues Dudley [5]
1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Chorus Voice; uncredited [5]
1997 Anastasia Ensemble Voice [5]
1998 Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night Father Joseph Singing voice [5]
1999 Cradle Will Rock Blitzstein [5]
1999 Puppet Oscar [5]
2002 Hollywood Ending Galaxie Executive [6]
2002 City by the Sea A.P.C. Johnson [5]
2004 Spider-Man 2 Dr. Davis [7]
2006 Little Children Richard Pierce [8]
2009 The Proposal Lead Cousin Malloy [5]
2012 Liberal Arts Robert [5]
2014 Night Has Settled Dr. Root [5]
2015 Jane Wants a Boyfriend Father [5]
2016 Larchmont Arthur Burch [5]
2019 All the Little Things We Kill Agent Bracken [5]
2022 She Said David McCraw [5]
2023 She Came to Me Dustin Haverford [5]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1985 Spenser: For Hire Dr. Ed Howard Episode: "The Killer Within" [5]
1996 Central Park West Concierge Episode: "Public Execution" [5]
1996 Passion Colonel Ricci Filmed musical production [5]
2001 Ed Tom Respaldi Episode: "Hook, Line and Sinker" [5]
2003 Hack Ryan Ambrose 5 episodes [5]
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Boyce Wainwright Episode: "Ex Stasis" [5]
2003–2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Lucas / Daniel Brown 2 episodes [5]
2009 Law & Order Toshack's Attorney Episode: "All New" [5]
The Good Wife Aaron Abbott Episode: "Unorthodox" [5]
2010 Mercy Mr. Noland Episode: "There is No Superwoman" [5]
As the World Turns Leland Price 1 Episode [5]
2011 Onion SportsDome Evan Collier Episode 1.7 [5]
2012 30 Rock Dr. Melvoin Episode: "Standards and Practices" [5]
2014 Blue Bloods Seymour Kerwin Episode: "Secret Arrangements" [5]
2016 Shades of Blue Priest 2 episodes [5]
Deadbeat Pharmacist Episode: "Hawk Smith" [5]
BrainDead Dr. Matthews Falcon Episode: "The Path to War, Part 2" [5]
2017 Madame Secretary Pay Findaly Episode: "Persona Non Grata" [5]
2018 House of Cards Stan Durant 3 episodes [5]
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Stan Episode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy" [5]
2019 Evil Rodney Match Episode: "October 31" [5]
2020 The Sinner Philosophy Professor 2 episodes [5]
Billions Chairman of the Board Episode: "The Limitless Shit" [5]

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1980 Camelot Lancelot Marriott Theatre, Illinois
Evita Ensemble US National Tour
1984 Oliver! Londoner Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway [9]
1986 Cats Bustopher Jones / Gus / Growltiger (replacement) Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway [10]
1987 Cabaret Clifford Bradshaw Imperial Theatre, Broadway [11]
US National Tour [12]
1989 Anything Goes Billy Crocker Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway [13]
City of Angels Stine Virginia Theatre, Broadway [14]
1991 Arthur the Musical Arthur Goodspeed Opera House [15]
1992 Anna Karenina Constantine Levin Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway [16]
1993 Greetings Andy Gorski Off-Broadway [17]
Falsettos Marvin US National Tour [12]
Marvin (replacement) John Golden Theatre, Broadway [18]
1994 Passion Colonel Ricci Plymouth Theatre, Broadway [19]
1997 1776 Edward Rutledge Criterion Center, Broadway [20]
1999 Les Misérables Javert (replacement) Imperial Theatre, Broadway [21]
2001 Thief River Ray 2 / Reese Off-Broadway [22]
Reefer Madness Lecturer Off-Broadway [23]
2002 Into the Woods The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [24]
2003 Wonderful Town Robert Baker Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway [25]
2004 Opening Doors Performer Concert [26]
2005 Flight Charles Lindbergh Off-Broadway [27]
2006 Rags Nathan World AIDS Day Concert, New York City [28]
2008 A Tale of Two Cities Dr. Alexandre Manette Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway [29]
Show Boat Steve Carnegie Hall [30]
2011 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd The Drury Lane Theatre [31]
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Reverend Mr. Crisparkle Studio 54, Broadway [32]
2013 Secondhand Lions: A New Musical Garth 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle [33]
2014 A Little Night Music Fredrik Egerman Stockbridge
2015 First Wives Club Aaron Chicago [34]
2017 Candide Voltaire New York City Opera
2020 The Perplexed Ted Resnik New York City Center
2024 Water for Elephants Mr. Jankowski Imperial Theatre, Broadway [35]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Project Result Ref.
1990 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical City of Angels Nominated [14]
1993 Best Featured Actor in a Musical Anna Karenina Nominated [16]
1998 Best Featured Actor in a Musical 1776 Nominated [20]
2002 Best Featured Actor in a Musical Into the Woods Nominated [36]
1998 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical 1776 Won [20]
2002 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Into the Woods Nominated [37]
1998 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical 1776 Nominated [20]
2004 Outstanding Actor in a Musical Wonderful Town Nominated [38]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gregg Edelman Profile" Archived 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine, broadway.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  2. ^ Filichia, Peter. "Getting to Know Carolee Carmello", theatermania.com, April 3, 2002
  3. ^ Feldberg, Robert. "My oh my oh, he's come a ways", The Record (Bergen County), November 23, 2003. Accessed March 31, 2011. "When it was announced Gregg Edelman would be in the cast of the Broadway production of Wonderful Town - which opens tonight at the Al Hirschfeld Theater - it hardly registered as a surprise. That's because Edelman, who lives with his family in Leonia, is a hardy perennial on Broadway."
  4. ^ "Show Rundown: January 28, 2015". Howard Stern. 28 January 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap "Gregg Edelman - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Hollywood Ending, tcm.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  7. ^ Spider-Man 2, tcm.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  8. ^ Little Children, tcm.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  9. ^ Oliver!, playbill.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  10. ^ Cats, playbill.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  11. ^ Cabaret, ibdb.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  12. ^ a b Gregg Edelman IBDB
  13. ^ Anything Goes, playbill.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  14. ^ a b City of Angels, playbill.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  15. ^ Richards, David. "Sunday View. Madcap Arthur Meets the 90's", The New York Times, August 18, 1991
  16. ^ a b Anna Karenina, playbill.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  17. ^ Greetings, lortel.org, accessed April 26, 2016
  18. ^ Falsettos, playbill.com, accessed April 27, 2016
  19. ^ Passion ibdb.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  20. ^ a b c d 1776, playbill.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  21. ^ Les Misérables, ibdb.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  22. ^ Thief River, lortel.org, accessed April 26, 2016
  23. ^ Reefer Madness, lortel.org, accessed April 26, 2016
  24. ^ "'Into the Woods' Broadway", playbill.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  25. ^ "'Wonderful Town' Broadway", playbill.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  26. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Edelman, Clark, Carmello and Baldwin Set for Sondheim's Opening Doors", playbill.com, July 27, 2004
  27. ^ Sommer, elyse. "A CurtainUp Review. 'Flight: The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh'", curtainup.com, May 13, 2005
  28. ^ Lipton, Brian Scott. "Carolee Carmello and Gregg Edelman to Star in 'Rags' Benefit", theatermania.com, October 30, 2006
  29. ^ Finkle, David. "Review. 'A Tale of Two Cities' ", theatermania.com, September 18, 2008
  30. ^ Suskin, Steven. "Review: ‘Show Boat in Concert’", Variety, June 8, 2008
  31. ^ Highlights from Drury Lane's Sweeney Todd Starring Gregg Edelman and Liz McCartney
  32. ^ "'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Broadway", playbill.com, accessed April 26, 2016
  33. ^ "Gregg Edelman, Mark Jacoby and Johnny Rabe Cast in Secondhand Lions Musical Premiere" playbill.com
  34. ^ Jones, Chris. "Not so sweet revenge in pre-Broadway 'First Wives Club' ", Chicago Tribune, March 12, 2015
  35. ^ "Water for Elephants (Broadway, 2024)". Playbill. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  36. ^ "'Millie' Leads the Tony Nominations With 11; 'Morning's' Earns 9". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  37. ^ Simonson, Robert. "'Millie', 'Success' Lead 2002 Drama Desk Nominations", playbill.com, April 30, 2002
  38. ^ "2004 Outer Critics Noms Out; Wicked Takes 10", broadway.com, April 18, 2004