Stephen Spinella Explained

Stephen Spinella
Birth Date:	11 October 1956
Birth Place:	Naples, Italy
Education:	University of Arizona (BA) New York University (MFA)
Yearsactive:	1993–present
Occupation:	Actor

Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956) is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Early life

Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic.^[1] He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982.^[2]

Spinella won consecutive Tony awards for Best Featured Actor and Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in (1993) and (1994) respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead.

Personal life

Spinella is gay.^[3]

Work

Stage

• April 1985: A Bright Room Called Day – Baz (workshop production directed by Tony Kushner)
• May 4, 1993 – December 4, 1994: – Prior Walter/Man in Park
• November 23, 1993 – December 4, 1994: – Prior Walter
• February 14, 1995 – September 17, 1995: Love! Valour! Compassion! – Perry Sellars
• 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
• December 2, 2012 – December 23, 2012: Volpone – Volpone
• April 21, 2014 – May 4, 2014: The Velocity of Autumn – Chris
• April 17, 2018 – July 22, 2018: Angels in America – Roy M. Cohn^[4]
• March 20, 2019–present: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Vernon Dursley/Severus Snape/Lord Voldemort

Film

• 1995: Virtuosity as Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer
• 1995: Tarantella as Frank
• 1996: Faithful as Young Man at Rolls
• 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
• 1998: Out of the Past as Michael Wigglesworth (voice of)
• 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 as Congressman Asa Vintner Litton
• 2012: House of Dust as Psychiatrist
• 2018: Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Paul
• 2019: Windows on the World as Albert
• 2019: Bad Education as Thomas "Tom" Tuggiero

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 Mr. Kishell; Boyd 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)
• 2008: The Mentalist (Season 2x19) as ADA Marc Odenthal
• 2009: Big Love as Eric (Season 3, Episode 4)
• 2014: The Normal Heart as Sanford
• 2015: The Knick as A.D. Elkins
• 2018: Elementary (Season 6, Episode 10) Professor Merrick Hausmann
• 2019: Tales of the City (episode: "The Price of Oil") as Chris
• 2019: The Blacklist (Season 6, Episode 9: Minister D) as Jordan Loving

External links

• • • • 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stephen Spinella Biography (1956-). Filmreference.com. April 10, 2008. June 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620194004/http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Stephen-Spinella.html. live.
2. Web site: NYU Graduate Acting Alumni. December 1, 2011. May 30, 2012. https://archive.today/20120530061847/http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html. dead.
3. News: A Gay Actor's Temptation to Keep Good Health in the Closet . June 5, 1993 . Bruce . Weber . The New York Times. February 15, 2015.
4. Web site: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes at Berkley Rep. Berkley Rep. April 2018. Berkley Rep. May 28, 2018.