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Joe Mantello

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  • Director
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Born December 27, 1962 in Rockford, Illinois, US as Joseph Mantello, he is an American actor, director, and producer, best known for his work in Broadway theatre. His mother Judy was of half Italian descent and his father Richard Mantello, an accountant, was of Italian descent. He graduated the North Carolina School of the Arts and in 1984 moved to New York City. His first acting roles were in the plays "Walking the Dead" and "The Baltimore Waltz" and in 1993 he played Louis in the original Broadway production of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America". The production won both Tony and Drama Desk awards, and Mantello himself was nominated for both as well. He later switched from acting to directing, winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2003 for Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out" and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical a year later for Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins". He directs a wide variety of shows on Broadway, his directing credits include the hit musical "Wicked" and the play "The Boys in the Band", which was later made into the movie The Boys in the Band (2020). He also returns to acting from time to time, both on Broadway (as Ned in Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" and as Tom in Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie") and in television (in a smaller role of Mickey in The Normal Heart (2014) and as Dick Samuels in Hollywood (2020), both directed by Mantello's friend Ryan Murphy). In 2018 he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. He lives in New York City with his partner Paul Marlow.
BornDecember 27, 1962
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BornDecember 27, 1962
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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Matt Bomer, Mart Crowley, Brian Hutchison, Joe Mantello, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Tuc Watkins, Robin de Jesus, Jim Parsons, Michael Benjamin Washington, Charlie Carver, and Brian Bowen Smith in The Boys in the Band (2020)
Joe Mantello and Mark Ruffalo in The Normal Heart (2014)
Joe Mantello and Jim Parsons in The Normal Heart (2014)
Joel Grey and Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello and Marc Platt
Joe Mantello in American Horror Story (2011)

Known for

The Normal Heart (2014)
The Normal Heart
7.9
TV Movie
  • Mickey Marcus
  • 2014
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
Love! Valour! Compassion!
7.0
  • Director
  • 1997
Matt Bomer, Brian Hutchison, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Tuc Watkins, Robin de Jesus, Jim Parsons, Michael Benjamin Washington, and Charlie Carver in The Boys in the Band (2020)
The Boys in the Band
6.8
  • Director
  • 2020
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in Wicked (2003)
Wicked
8.7
  • Director
  • 2003

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Actor

  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
    • Gino Barelli
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Accidental Wolf (2018)
    The Accidental Wolf
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • The Watcher (2022)
    The Watcher
    • John Graff
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Hollywood (2020)
    Hollywood
    • Dick Samuels
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Clayton Howe's Entertainmentx (2018)
    Clayton Howe's Entertainmentx
    • Podcast Series
    • 2018
  • The Normal Heart (2014)
    The Normal Heart
    • Mickey Marcus
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    • Philip Marco
    • Public Defender
    • TV Series
    • 1991–1998
  • Mariel Hemingway, Mädchen Amick, Michael Michele, John Barrowman, Melissa Errico, Justin Lazard, and Tom Verica in C.P.W. (1995)
    C.P.W.
    • Ian Walker
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, and Sheila Kelley in Sisters (1991)
    Sisters
    • Adam Olderberg
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • Blair Brown in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
    The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
    • Mickey
    • TV Series
    • 1990
  • Cookie (1989)
    Cookie
    • Dominick
    • 1989

Director

  • Matt Bomer, Brian Hutchison, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Tuc Watkins, Robin de Jesus, Jim Parsons, Michael Benjamin Washington, and Charlie Carver in The Boys in the Band (2020)
    The Boys in the Band
    • Director
    • 2020
  • A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway (2018)
    A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway
    • Director (original broadway production directed by)
    • TV Special
    • 2018
  • Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in Wicked (2003)
    Wicked
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
    Love! Valour! Compassion!
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Three Hotels (1990)
    Three Hotels
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1990

Additional Crew

  • Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore (2005)
    Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore
    • original stage production director
    • TV Special
    • 2005
  • Bash: Latter-Day Plays (2001)
    Bash: Latter-Day Plays
    • stage director
    • TV Movie
    • 2001

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Hollywood
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Hollywood
Hollywood (Spanish/Spain Trailer 1 Subtitled)
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Hollywood (Spanish/Spain Trailer 1 Subtitled)

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Joe R. Mantello
  • Born
    • December 27, 1962
    • Rockford, Illinois, USA
  • Parents
      Judy Mantello
  • Other works
    Directed "Take Me Out", a play by Richard Greenberg (Donmar Warehouse, London, England, UK).
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    Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award: in 2003 as Best Director (Play) for "Take Me Out." and in 2004 as Best Director (Musical) for a revival of "Assassins." He has also received two other Tony nominations: in 1993, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," and in 1995, as Best Director (Play) for "Love! Valour! Compassion!".
  • Quotes
    For some reason, I was deeply ashamed of the theater early on. I think it had to do with this growing sense I was gay, although I couldn't have put a word to it back then. Where I grew up, boys played sports. When [my teacher] Mrs. Windsor wrote in my yearbook, 'Have you ever considered a career in the theater?' it was literally like she wrote the word 'faggot.'

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