1. Michael Cerveris has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sunday in the Park with George, Road Show, and Passion.
27 Facts About Michael Cerveris
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In 2004, Cerveris won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Assassins as John Wilkes Booth.
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Michael Cerveris was born in Bethesda, Maryland, and raised in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Michael Cerveris's mother, Marsha, was a dancer, and his father, Michael Cerveris Sr.
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Michael Cerveris had roles in several Off-Broadway productions, starting with Macbeth in 1983 as Malcolm and including Total Eclipse in 1985 as Rimbaud at the Westside Theatre, Abingdon Square in 1987 as Frank at the Women's Project, and Blood Sports in 1987 as Nick at the New York Theatre Workshop.
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Michael Cerveris had appeared in Tommy in the La Jolla Playhouse prior to Broadway.
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Michael Cerveris next appeared in the Broadway musical Titanic in 1997 as Thomas Andrews.
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Michael Cerveris played the role of John Wilkes Booth in the Broadway musical Assassins in 2004, and won the Tony Award, Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
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Michael Cerveris played Posthumus Leonatus in the Broadway revival of Cymbeline from December 2,2007, to January 6,2008.
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Michael Cerveris appeared Off-Broadway in the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical Road Show at the Public Theater in 2008 as Wilson Mizner.
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Michael Cerveris appeared opposite Mary-Louise Parker in the limited Roundabout Theatre Company production of Hedda Gabler from January 2009 to March 2009.
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Michael Cerveris next played Dr Givings in the Broadway comedy by Sarah Ruhl, In the Next Room, starting in October 2009.
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From March 2012 to January 2013, Michael Cerveris played Peron in the Broadway revival of Evita.
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In 2000 Michael Cerveris played the lead role of Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the West End.
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Michael Cerveris had previously played the role Off-Broadway from July 8,1998, to August 4,1998 and again from February 1999.
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Michael Cerveris was a Garland Award winner, and Ovation Award nominee.
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Michael Cerveris has appeared several times at the Ravinia Festival Concerts, including: Passion, Sunday in the Park with George, and Anyone Can Whistle in 2005.
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Michael Cerveris has appeared in films such as Lulu on the Bridge, The Mexican, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Stake Land, Detours, and Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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Michael Cerveris appeared as The Observer at several real-life events covered by FOX as part of a viral marketing campaign for the series.
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Michael Cerveris appeared as Ted Gunn, head of the Behavioral Science Unit in the second season of Mindhunter.
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Michael Cerveris played guitar as a member of Bob Mould's touring band supporting the album The Last Dog And Pony Show.
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In 2011, Michael Cerveris founded the Americana-Country band Loose Cattle with longtime collaborator Kimberly Kaye.
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Michael Cerveris has contributed vocals to "My Other Phone Is a Boom Car" as part of a ringtone project by They Might Be Giants for Wired Magazine in March 2007.
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In 2018 Michael Cerveris was honored by The United States Conference of Mayors and Americans for the Arts with the Citizen Artist Award, presented at the annual Mayors' Conference in Washington DC.
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Michael Cerveris has performed at many events, to honor or celebrate notable performers and creatives.
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Michael Cerveris performed at The Drama League gala, A Musical Celebration of Broadway on February 7,2011, which honored Patti LuPone.
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Michael Cerveris was once in a relationship with Beth Ostrosky, an actress who is married to Howard Stern.