Michael Cerveris on Broadway: credits, career, nominations

Michael Cerveris

Michael Cerveris is a two-time Tony Award winning actor for his role as “John Wilkes Booth” in Assassins (Outer Critics Circle Award) and as “Bruce Bechdel” in Fun Home (Lucile Lortel Award, Grammy, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Award nominations). He has also garnered Tony Award nominations for his performances in Evita (Drama Desk Award nomination), Lovemusik (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations), Sweeny Todd (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Award nominations), and The Who’s Tommy (Grammy and Theatre World Awards, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination). Other Broadway appearances include In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play), Hedda Gabler, Cymbeline, and Titanic. Cerveris has also performed off-Broadway in productions of King Lear (Drama League Award nomination), Macbeth, Nikolai and The Others, and Sondheim’s Road Show, among others, and brought his performance as “Hedwig” from off-Broadway to Los Angeles and London’s West End.

His series appearances include HBO’s “The Gilded Age” (SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series), as well as HBO’s limited series “The Plot Against America”, and the Netflix series “Mindhunter”. He is recognizable to television audiences for his roles as “James Castro” on CBS’ “The Good Wife”, “Ramses IV” on Amazon’s “The Tick”, “Professor Pyg” on FOX’s “Gotham”, “Marvin Frey” on HBO’s “Treme” and the “Observer” on FOX’s “Fringe”. His other credits include the original television series version of “Fame”, his recurring role on “The Blacklist” and HBO’s limited series “Mosaic”. His film credits include the cult hits Stake Land, Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, and The Mexican opposite James Gandolfini with Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.

Cerveris also has a long career as a musician. He has sung with the New York City Opera and the New York Philharmonic, and at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and New Orleans’ JazzFest. He was the guitarist in punk icon Bob Mould’s touring band on his US/UK tour and has shared stages with Pete Townshend, Frank Black of the Pixies, The Breeders, Teenage Fanclub and Stone Temple Pilots. He has released two solo albums, Dog Eared and Piety. He tours and records with his Americana band, Loose Cattle, who have released several albums, including their live debut album North of Houston, the vinyl Pony Girl 45, a Christmas album Seasonal Affective Disorder, and Heavy Lifting. Their newest album Someone’s Monster will be released.

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