Stephen Spinella

Stephen Spinella studied at University of Arizona, New York University Tisch School of the Arts and Glendale High School. The recorded working language is Italian and English. The field of work recorded is acting. Distinctions recorded are Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

• Name — Stephen Spinella • Born — 11 October 1956 • Birthplace — Naples, Italy • Education — University of Arizona (BA) New York University (MFA) • Years Active — 1993–present • Awards — Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1993) Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play (1994) • Occupation — Actor

Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic. He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982. Spinella won consecutive Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America: Perestroika in 1993 and 1994, respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2000 for James Joyce's The Dead.

Spinella is gay.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1993 — And the Band Played On — Brandy Alexander — Television film • 1997 — What the Deaf Man Heard — Percy — Television film • 2000 — Law & Order — Andy Polone — Episode: "High & Low" • 2001–2002 — The Education of Max Bickford — Rex Pinsker — 10 episodes • 2002–2005 — Alias — Mr. Kishell / Boyd Harkin — 3 episodes • 2002 — Ed — Bob McCarthy — Episode: "Ends and Means" • 2003 — Our Town — Simon Stimson — Television film • 2003 — Frasier — Randall Schoonover — Episode: "Sea Bee Jeebies" • 2004 — Without a Trace — Joel Kemper — Episode: "Shadows" • 2004 — Huff — Mr. Heard — 2 episodes • 2005 — Everwood — Father Patrick — Episode: "Pieces of Me" • 2005 — Will & Grace — Bret — Episode: "Love Is in the Airplane" • 2006 — Grey's Anatomy — Malar Pascowitz — Episode: "Begin the Begin" • 2006 — 24 — Miles Papazian — 10 episodes • 2006 — Nip/Tuck — Dr. Capler — Episode: "Burt Landau" • 2006 — Heroes — Oliver Dennison — Episode: "Nothing to Hide" • 2007 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Morgan — Episode: "Alternate" • 2008 — ER — Henry Lotery — Episode: "Age of Innocence" • 2008–2009 — Desperate Housewives — Dr. Heller — 4 episodes • 2009 — Big Love — Eric — Episode: "On Trial" • 2010 — Numbers — Hans Stollbach — Episode: "And the Winner Is..." • 2010 — The Mentalist — ADA Marc Odenthal — Episode: "Blood Money" • 2012 — Made in Jersey — Judge Ronald Winston — Episode: "The Farm" • 2013–2016 — Royal Pains — Russell Berger — 12 episodes • 2014 — The Normal Heart — Sanford — Television film • 2015 — Code Black — Ted — Episode: "You Are the Heart" • 2015 — The Knick — A.D. Elkins — 4 episodes • 2018 — Elementary — Professor Merrick Hausmann — Episode: "The Adventure of the Ersatz Sobekneferu" • 2019 — The Blacklist — Jordan Loving — Episode: "Minister D (No. 99)" • 2019 — Tales of the City — Chris — Episode: "The Price of Oil" • 2020 — Almost Family — 2 episodes • 2021 — New Amsterdam — Howie Cournemeyer — Episode: "The Legend of Howie Cournemeyer" • 2022 — The Gilded Age — Julius Cuyper — Episode: "Let the Tournament Begin" • 2022 — Bull — Garrett Sinclair — Episode: "Dark Horse" • 2023 — City on Fire — Dr. Altschul — Episode: "We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us" • 2026 — Best Medicine — Greg Garrison

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — A Bright Room Called Day — Baz — Theatre 22; workshop production directed by Tony Kushner • 1988 — L'Illusion — The Amanuensis — Perry Street Theatre • 1993–1994 — Angels in America: Millennium Approaches — Prior Walter/Man in Park — Walter Kerr Theatre • 1993–1994 — Angels in America: Perestroika — Prior Walter — Walter Kerr Theatre • 1994 — Love! Valour! Compassion! — Perry Sellars — New York City Center • 1995 — Troilus and Cressida — Pandarus — Delacorte Theater • 1997 — A Question of Mercy — Thomas — New York Theatre Workshop • 1997–1998 — A View from the Bridge — Alfieri — Criterion Center Stage Right • 1998–1999 — Electra — Servant to Orestes — Ethel Barrymore Theatre • 1999 — James Joyce's The Dead — Freddy Malins — Playwrights Horizons • 2000 — Belasco Theatre • 2001 — The Seagull — Medvedenko — Delacorte Theater • 2002 — Elle — Usher — Zipper Theatre • 2002–2003 — Our Town — Simon Stimson — Booth Theatre • 2004 — Svejk — Svejk — The Duke on 42nd Street • 2006–2007 — Spring Awakening — Adult Men — Eugene O'Neill Theatre • 2009 — The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures — Pill — Guthrie Theater • 2010 — An Iliad — The Poet — McCarter Theatre • 2011 — The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures — Pill — The Public Theater • 2012 — An Iliad — The Poet — New York Theatre Workshop • 2012 — As You Like It — Jaques — Delacorte Theater • 2012 — Volpone — Volpone — Lucille Lortel Theatre • 2014 — The Velocity of Autumn — Chris — Booth Theatre • 2014 — A Man's a Man — Bloody Five — Classic Stage Company • 2015 — Hamlet — Polonius — Classic Stage Company • 2016 — Coriolanus — Sicinius Velutus — Barrow Street Theatre • 2018 — Angels in America — Roy Cohn — Berkeley Repertory Theatre • 2019–2026 — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child — Vernon Dursley/Severus Snape/Lord Voldemort — Lyric Theatre • 2026 — Jerome — Con — Playwrights Horizons