Jerome Herbert "Chip" Zien was born on March 20,1947 and is an American actor.
25 Facts About Chip Zien
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Chip Zien is best known for originating the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of the musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim.
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Chip Zien created the role of Mr Bungee in the original production of A New Brain.
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Chip Zien is known for providing the voice of the titular character in the film Howard the Duck.
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Chip Zien was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School and later from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Later, Chip Zien received acclaim in the role of Marvin in William Finn's first musical, In Trousers, which ran Off-Broadway in 1979.
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In 1998 Zien was featured in another Finn musical when he played a children's show host called Mr Bungee, dressed as a frog, in A New Brain Off-Broadway at the Lincoln Center Mitzi E Newhouse Theater.
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Chip Zien received a 1999 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for this role.
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Chip Zien appeared in the Off-Broadway play Isn't It Romantic by Wendy Wasserstein in a Playwrights Horizons production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, opening in June 1984.
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Chip Zien was nominated for the 1984 Drama Desk Award, Featured Actor in a Play.
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Chip Zien originated the role of the Baker in Into the Woods in 1986 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and on Broadway in 1987.
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Chip Zien starred on Broadway in Ride the Winds, The Suicide, Grand Hotel and The Boys from Syracuse.
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In 2005, Chip Zien played the part of Goran in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Broadway.
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In 2007, Chip Zien was a replacement in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables in the role of Monsieur Thenardier.
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From April 1 to June 19,2011, Chip Zien appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The People in the Picture, which played at Studio 54 on Broadway.
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Chip Zien appeared in a revival of Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park from August 9 to September 1,2012.
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Chip Zien played the Mysterious Man, the father of the character he had originated in the original production 26 years prior.
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Chip Zien appeared in the Broadway musical It Shoulda Been You at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre as Murray with music by Barbara Anselmi, book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove.
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Chip Zien originated the role of Older Rabbi Josef Roman Cycowski of the famous Comedian Harmonists both Off-Broadway and on Broadway in the musical Harmony at both the Museum of Jewish Heritage at the National Theater Folksbiene and the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
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In 1973, Chip Zien made his television debut on an episode of Love, American Style.
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Immediately after Love, Sidney's cancellation, Chip Zien was cast in a similar role on the ABC sitcom Reggie, an American adaptation of the British series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
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Chip Zien later starred on the short-lived CBS drama Shell Game in 1987.
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From 1999 to 2000, Chip Zien had a recurring guest role on the CBS primetime drama Now and Again as Gerald Misenbach.
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Chip Zien played Dr Marsh in the vampire comedy film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead.
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Chip Zien is married to former dancer and dancing instructor Susan Pilarre; the couple has two children.