Adam Chanler-Berat

Adam Brian Chanler-Berat (born December 31, 1986) is an American stage and film actor and singer. He is best known for his work on Broadway, originating the roles of Henry in Next to Normal (2008–2011), Boy in Peter and the Starcatcher (2011–2013), and Nino in Amélie (2015–2017). Since 2021, he has played teacher Jordan Glassberg in HBO Max's Gossip Girl.

Adam Chanler-Berat
Born	(1986-12-31) December 31, 1986 (age 38) West Nyack, Rockland County, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Marymount Manhattan College[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	2006–present

Early life

Chanler-Berat was born in West Nyack, Rockland County, New York, to Shelley Chanler and Bert Berat.^[2]

Career

Theatre

Chanler-Berat made his Off-Broadway debut in the 2008 musical Next to Normal (originally stylized as next to normal), which later transferred to Broadway in 2009. He stayed with the show from its original production at Second Stage Theatre to its closing night on Broadway exactly three years later, being the only cast member to have done so.^[3]

Following Next to Normal's closing, Chanler-Berat was cast in the role of Boy (Peter) in the Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, based on the book of the same name. The show transferred to Broadway in early 2012, and he remained with the production until its closing during the January of the next year.

After Peter and the Starcatcher, Chanler-Berat participated in a number of Regional and Off-Broadway productions, including Fly By Night as Harold McClam,^[4] The Fortress of Solitude as Dylan Ebdus, Sunday in the Park with George as Georges Seurat, and Amélie as Nino, the latter of which transferred to Broadway in 2017.^[5]

In 2018, Chanler-Berat starred on Broadway in the play Saint Joan as the Dauphin, Charles VII.^[6]

Beginning in 2021, he starred in a limited run Off-Broadway revival of Assassins by Classic Stage Company. The production was directed by John Doyle.^[7] Chanler-Berat played John Hinckley Jr., the attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan.^[8] Originally scheduled to play from April 2 to May 17, 2020, it eventually ran from November 2, 2021 to January 24, 2022. ^[9] The production was nominated for a number of awards at the 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards, including Best Revival.

Film and television

In addition to his theatre work, Chanler-Berat has appeared in a number of supporting roles in television and film, beginning with an episode of Law and Order in 2006. Possibly his most notable on screen role is that of Viggo in Delivery Man, a 2013 movie starring Vince Vaughn. Chanler-Berat is currently featured in the reboot of Gossip Girl on HBO Max.

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Life Before Her Eyes	Ryan
2013	Delivery Man	Viggo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Law and Order	Jason Wade	Episode: "Magnet"
2013	The Good Wife	Tad Werner	Episode: "Invitation to an Inquest"
2013-14	It Could Be Worse	Ben Farrel	Web series; 15 episodes
2014	Veep	Mark	Episode: "The Choice"
2015	Elementary	Brady Dietz	Episode: "One Sherlock, One Holmes"
2017	Doubt	Lester	Episode: "Pilot"
2019	The Code	Lt. Glen 'One-N' Eick	3 episodes
2019	NCIS: New Orleans	Steven Marx	Episode: "Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom"
2019	Soundtrack	Asher Katz	Episode: "Track 8: Gigi and Jean"
2021-23	Gossip Girl	Jordan Glassberg	Main cast; 22 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Bully	Norton Williams	Motion capture and voice; as "Adam Chandler-Berat"

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Category	Theater	Notes
2008	Next to Normal	Henry	Off-Broadway	Second Stage Theatre	January 16 – March 16, 2008
2008-09			Regional	Arena Stage	November 21, 2008 – January 18, 2009
2009-11			Broadway	Booth Theatre	March 27, 2009 – January 16, 2011
2011	Peter and the Starcatcher	Boy (Peter)	Off-Broadway	New York Theatre Workshop	February 18 – April 24, 2011
2012-13			Broadway	Brooks Atkinson Theatre	March 28, 2012 – January 20, 2013
2011-12	Rent	Mark Cohen	Off-Broadway	New World Stages	July 14, 2011 – January 2012
2013	Animal Crackers	Zeppo, Horatio, John	Regional	Williamstown Theatre Festival	June 26 – July 14, 2013
2014	The Fortress of Solitude	Dylan Ebdus	Regional	Dallas Theater Center	March 7 – April 6, 2014
2014			Off-Broadway	The Public Theater	September 30 – November 16, 2014
2014	Fly By Night	Harold	Off-Broadway	Playwrights Horizons	May 16 – June 29, 2014
2015	Amélie	Nino	Regional	Berkeley Repertory Theatre	August 29 – October 18, 2015
2016-17			Regional	Ahmanson Theatre	December 4, 2016 – January 15, 2017
2017			Broadway	Walter Kerr Theatre	March 9 – May 21, 2017
2016	Sunday in the Park with George	George	Regional	Huntington Theatre	September 9 – October 16, 2016
2017	This Ain't No Disco		Workshop	Vogelstein Center	June 30 – July 2, 2017
2018	Saint Joan	Dauphin, Charles VII	Broadway	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre	April 3 – June 10, 2018
2018	The Year To Come	Jim	Regional	La Jolla Playhouse	December 4–30, 2018
2019	Nantucket Sleigh Ride	Poe	Off-Broadway	Newhouse Theater	February 21 – May 5, 2019
2020	How to Load a Musket	David	Off-off-Broadway	59E59 Theaters	January 11–26, 2020
2021-22	Assassins	John Hinckley Jr.	Off-Broadway	Classic Stage Company	November 2, 2021 – January 24, 2022
2023	A New Brain	Gordon Schwinn	Regional	Barrington Stage Company	August 16 – September 10, 2023
2023	I Can Get It For You Wholesale	Meyer Bushkin	Off-Broadway	Classic Stage Company	October 10 – December 3, 2023
2024	Titanic	First Officer Murdoch	Off-Broadway	Encores!

Staged readings and concerts

Year	Production	Role	Theater	Notes
2009	Band Geeks!		New World Stages	NAMT concert
2014	My Favorite Year	Benjy Stone	York Theatre Company	Musicals in Mufti concert
2015	Zorba!		New York City Center	Encores! concert
2017	My Favorite Year		Feinstein's/54 Below	Concert
2017	Darling Grenadine		New World Stages	NAMT concert
2019	The Last Sunday in June		Rattlestick Playwrights Theater	Reading
2020	Adrienne and The White Bird	The White Bird	Rattlestick Playwrights Theater	Reading

Discography

Podcasts

• The Fall of the House of Sunshine

Cast recordings

• 2009: Next to Normal (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• 2015: Fly By Night (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
• 2015: The Fortress of Solitude (Original Cast Recording)
• 2017: Amélie - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• 2020: (I Am) Nobody's Lunch (World Premiere Recording)

Personal life

Chanler-Berat is of Jewish descent.^[10]