Gregg Edelman
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | September 12, 1958
Occupation(s) | Stage, film, voice, television actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Known for | Into the Woods, Cabaret |
Spouse | Carolee Carmello (1995–2015) |
Children | Zoe & Ethan |
Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American movie, television and theatre actor.
Biography
Edelman was born in Chicago, Illinois, attended Niles North High School, where he starred as Li'l Abner opposite future soap star Nancy Lee Grahn, and was trained at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). He was married from 1995 to 2015 to actress Carolee Carmello; they first met during the run of City of Angels, and later during another production. They have two children, a daughter Zoe and son Ethan.
He made his Broadway debut in the 1979 production of Evita and started attracting attention for his performance as Cliff in the 1987 Broadway revival of Cabaret. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the first Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
Stage credits
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Selected filmography
- Little Children (2006)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Hollywood Ending (2002)
- Cradle Will Rock (1999)
- Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998) Father Joseph (singing)
- Anastasia (1997) (voice)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (voice, uncredited)
- Hudson River Blues (1997) as Dudley
- The First Wives Club (1996)
- Green Card (1990)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- The Manhattan Project (1986)
Awards and nominations
- 1990: Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, City of Angels
- 1993: Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Anna Karenina
- 1998: Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, 1776
- 1998: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, 1776
- 1998: Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, 1776
- 2002: Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Into the Woods
- 2002: Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Into the Woods
- 2004: Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Wonderful Town
Quotes
"I started crying like a teenage girl." - Gregg Edelman on learning of his Into the Woods Tony nomination, to Broadway.com, May 2002.
- 1958 births
- American male film actors
- American male musical theatre actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- Drama Desk Award winners
- Living people
- Male actors from Chicago
- People from Leonia, New Jersey
- Northwestern University School of Communication alumni
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors