Frank Vincent Ferrante was born on April 26,1963 and is an American stage actor, comedian and director known for his improvisation and audience interactive comedy.
15 Facts About Frank Ferrante
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Frank Ferrante had previously won New York's 1987 Theatre World Award for 'Outstanding Debut' for the same role.
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Frank Ferrante's father was a stockbroker; his mother was a housewife and preschool teacher.
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Frank Ferrante attended Catholic schools including Christian Brothers-run La Salle High School in Pasadena, California where he first performed comedy.
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At eleven, Frank Ferrante received his first paying theater job at the Sierra Madre Puppet Theater Workshop operating marionettes for puppeteer Virginia Austin Curtis who sculpted the ventriloquist doll Mortimer Snerd for Edgar Bergen.
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Frank Ferrante went on to portray Groucho from age 15 to 85 in the New York City, London and PBS television versions of Arthur's play.
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Frank Ferrante was 23 years old when Groucho: A Life in Revue opened off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1986.
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Frank Ferrante played the Groucho inspired roles Off-Broadway in The Cocoanuts in 1996 and regional productions of Animal Crackers at Goodspeed Opera House, The Huntington Theatre, Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse and Arena Stage.
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In July 2018, Frank Ferrante reprised his role in The Cocoanuts directing it for the Heritage Theatre Festival in Charlottesville.
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At the Walnut in 2017, Frank Ferrante directed and starred as Pseudolus in the Stephen Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and he was picked as a top ten performance of 2017 by The Wall Street Journal.
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In 2019, Frank Ferrante returned to the Walnut Street Theatre to direct and play the lead Tito Merelli in Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors.
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Since 2001, Frank Ferrante has performed his improvisationally based comedy in the European style cirque show Teatro ZinZanni playing an outrageous Latin lover named Caesar.
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In ZinZanni, Frank Ferrante played opposite legendary cabaret star Liliane Montevecchi, Joan Baez, Sally Kellerman and The Motels' Martha Davis.
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Frank Ferrante spent years performing the role in San Francisco, Seattle, Amsterdam and Chicago.
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Frank Ferrante guest starred as a talking mime in Robert Corrdry's Emmy Award-winning Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.