Bryan Batt

• Name — Bryan Batt • Born — 1 March 1963 • Birthplace — New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. • Education — Tulane University • Occupation — Actor, author • Years Active — 1988–present • Relatives — Jay Batt (brother)

Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle (née Mackenroth), an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John Batt. His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School (a preparatory school in New Orleans) and Tulane University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

In 2010, Batt published a memoir about his mother entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother. She died in December 2010. In 2011, he published a second book, Big, Easy, Style, which focuses on interior design and home furnishings. On September 28, 2014, Batt married his long-time partner Tom Cianfichi, an event planner. Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1997 — As the World Turns — Teddy — Episode: "1.10423" • 2003, 2011 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Hugo, Hutton Mays — Episodes: "Suite Sorrow", "Trophy Wine" • 2007–2009 — Mad Men — Salvatore Romano — Regular role (seasons 1–3) • 2009 — Ghost Whisperer — Maitre D' — Episode: "Do Over" • 2010 — Ugly Betty — Spencer Cannon — Episodes: "The Past Presents the Future", "Hello Goodbye" • 2015–2016 — Scream — Mayor Quinn Maddox — Recurring role (seasons 1–2) • 2016 — NCIS — Dalton Greenbrick — Episode: "Sister City: Part I" • 2016 — NCIS: New Orleans — Dalton Greenbrick — Episode: "Sister City: Part II" • 2018 — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Dr. Stone — Episode: "Night at the Concord" • 2019 — The — Philip Hefflin / Carl (voice) — Episode: "Mad About the Toy" • 2019 — Tales of the City — Chris Bauer — Episode: "The Price of Oil" • 2019 — EastSiders — Richard — Episodes: "Both Sides Now", "Always Upwards" • 2020 — The Blacklist — Antony Eagleton — Episode: "Victoria Fenberg" • 2021 — The Premise — Charles — Episode: "Butt Plug"

Broadway • Year — Title — Role — Venue • 1987 — Starlight Express — Rocky I/Greaseball — Gershwin Theatre • 1992 — Cats — Munkustrap — Winter Garden Theatre • 1993 — Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Reuben/Pharaoh — Minskoff Theatre • 1994 — Sunset Boulevard — u/s Joe Gillis/Ensemble — Minskoff Theatre • 1994 — Beauty and the Beast — Lumière — Lunt-Fontanne Theatre • 1997 — The Scarlet Pimpernel — standby Percy/Pimpernel — Minskoff Theatre • 1999 — Saturday Night Fever — Monty — Minskoff Theatre • 2000 — Seussical — Alternate Cat in the Hat — Richard Rodgers Theatre • 2004 — La Cage aux Folles — standby Albin — Marquis Theatre Off-Broadway • Year — Title — Role — Venue • 1986 — Too Many Girls — Al — Equity Library Theatre • 1990 — Grease — Kenicke — Darien Dinner Theater • 1990 — The Golden Apple — Patroclus — York Theater • 1991 — Give My Regards to Broadway — Choir — Carnegie Hall • 1993 — Jeffrey — Darius/Man in bed — WPA Theatre and Minetta Lane Theatre • 1996–98 — Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back — Various — Triad Theater • 1998–98 — Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act — Performer — Stardust Theatre • 1998 — I Love New York — Performer — Rainbow and Stars • 1998 — Ascendancy — Performer — Rattlestick Theatre • 1998 — In the Beginning — Performer — Maine State Theatre • 2022 — To My Girls — Bernie — Tony Kiser Theater • 2023 — Pay the Writer — Bruston Fischer — Pershing Square Signature Center, Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre Regional • Evita – Che (Carousel Dinner Theater) • Grease – Kenicke (Darien Dinner Theater) • Trixie True, Teen Detective – Dick Dickerson (Boston Post Road Stage Co.) • Romeo and Juliet – Paris (New Orleans Center Stage) • The Lover – John (New Orleans Center Stage) • Action – Jeep (New Orleans Center Stage)