Gregg Edelman

Gregg Edelman (born September 12, 1958) is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in City of Angels (1990), Anna Karenina (1993), 1776 (1998), and Into the Woods (2002). His other Broadway credits include Cabaret (1987), Anything Goes (1989), Falsettos (1992), Passion (1994), Les Misérables (1999), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), and Water for Elephants (2024).

Gregg Edelman
Born	(1958-09-12) September 12, 1958 (age 66) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)	theatre, film, voice, television actor
Years active	1979–present
Known for	City of Angels Into the Woods Cabaret
Spouse	Carolee Carmello (1995–2015)
Children	2

Edelman made his film debut in The Manhattan Project (1989). Edelman has since acted in films such as Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Little Children (2006), The Proposal (2009), and She Said (2022). He has also taken recurring roles in shows such as the NBC police procedural Shades of Blue, the Netflix political drama House of Cards, and the USA Network series The Sinner.

Early life and education

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).

Career

He made his professional debut in the 1979 tour 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.^[1] "I started crying like a teenage girl." - Gregg Edelman on learning of his Into the Woods Tony nomination, to Broadway.com, May 2002.^[1]

Personal life

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.^[2] They have two children, a daughter Zoe and son Ethan.^[3]

Friend and Academy Award winning actor J.K. Simmons credited Edelman for helping him when he was a struggling actor.^[4]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	The Manhattan Project	Science Teacher		[5]
1989	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Chris		[5]
1990	Green Card	Phil		[5]
1996	The First Wives Club	Mark Loest		[5]
1997	Hudson River Blues	Dudley		[5]
1997	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	Chorus	Voice; uncredited	[5]
1997	Anastasia	Ensemble	Voice	[5]
1998	Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night	Father Joseph	Singing voice	[5]
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Blitzstein		[5]
1999	Puppet	Oscar		[5]
2002	Hollywood Ending	Galaxie Executive		[6]
2002	City by the Sea	A.P.C. Johnson		[5]
2004	Spider-Man 2	Dr. Davis		[7]
2006	Little Children	Richard Pierce		[8]
2009	The Proposal	Lead Cousin Malloy		[5]
2012	Liberal Arts	Robert		[5]
2014	Night Has Settled	Dr. Root		[5]
2015	Jane Wants a Boyfriend	Father		[5]
2016	Larchmont	Arthur Burch		[5]
2019	All the Little Things We Kill	Agent Bracken		[5]
2022	She Said	David McCraw		[5]
2023	She Came to Me	Dustin Haverford		[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985	Spenser: For Hire	Dr. Ed Howard	Episode: "The Killer Within"	[5]
1996	Central Park West	Concierge	Episode: "Public Execution"	[5]
1996	Passion	Colonel Ricci	Filmed musical production	[5]
2001	Ed	Tom Respaldi	Episode: "Hook, Line and Sinker"	[5]
2003	Hack	Ryan Ambrose	5 episodes	[5]
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Boyce Wainwright	Episode: "Ex Stasis"	[5]
2003–2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Lucas / Daniel Brown	2 episodes	[5]
2009	Law & Order	Toshack's Attorney	Episode: "All New"	[5]
	The Good Wife	Aaron Abbott	Episode: "Unorthodox"	[5]
2010	Mercy	Mr. Noland	Episode: "There is No Superwoman"	[5]
	As the World Turns	Leland Price	1 Episode	[5]
2011	Onion SportsDome	Evan Collier	Episode 1.7	[5]
2012	30 Rock	Dr. Melvoin	Episode: "Standards and Practices"	[5]
2014	Blue Bloods	Seymour Kerwin	Episode: "Secret Arrangements"	[5]
2016	Shades of Blue	Priest	2 episodes	[5]
	Deadbeat	Pharmacist	Episode: "Hawk Smith"	[5]
	BrainDead	Dr. Matthews Falcon	Episode: "The Path to War, Part 2"	[5]
2017	Madame Secretary	Pay Findaly	Episode: "Persona Non Grata"	[5]
2018	House of Cards	Stan Durant	3 episodes	[5]
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Stan	Episode: "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy"	[5]
2019	Evil	Rodney Match	Episode: "October 31"	[5]
2020	The Sinner	Philosophy Professor	2 episodes	[5]
	Billions	Chairman of the Board	Episode: "The Limitless Shit"	[5]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1980	Camelot	Lancelot	Marriott Theatre, Illinois
	Evita	Ensemble	US National Tour
1984	Oliver!	Londoner	Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway	[9]
1986	Cats	Bustopher Jones / Gus / Growltiger (replacement)	Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway	[10]
1987	Cabaret	Clifford Bradshaw	Imperial Theatre, Broadway	[11]
			US National Tour	[12]
1989	Anything Goes	Billy Crocker	Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway	[13]
	City of Angels	Stine	Virginia Theatre, Broadway	[14]
1991	Arthur the Musical	Arthur	Goodspeed Opera House	[15]
1992	Anna Karenina	Constantine Levin	Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway	[16]
1993	Greetings	Andy Gorski	Off-Broadway	[17]
	Falsettos	Marvin	US National Tour	[12]
		Marvin (replacement)	John Golden Theatre, Broadway	[18]
1994	Passion	Colonel Ricci	Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	[19]
1997	1776	Edward Rutledge	Criterion Center, Broadway	[20]
1999	Les Misérables	Javert (replacement)	Imperial Theatre, Broadway	[21]
2001	Thief River	Ray 2 / Reese	Off-Broadway	[22]
	Reefer Madness	Lecturer	Off-Broadway	[23]
2002	Into the Woods	The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince	Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
			Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway	[24]
2003	Wonderful Town	Robert Baker	Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway	[25]
2004	Opening Doors	Performer	Concert	[26]
2005	Flight	Charles Lindbergh	Off-Broadway	[27]
2006	Rags	Nathan	World AIDS Day Concert, New York City	[28]
2008	A Tale of Two Cities	Dr. Alexandre Manette	Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway	[29]
	Show Boat	Steve	Carnegie Hall	[30]
2011	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Sweeney Todd	The Drury Lane Theatre	[31]
2012	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Reverend Mr. Crisparkle	Studio 54, Broadway	[32]
2013	Secondhand Lions: A New Musical	Garth	5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle	[33]
2014	A Little Night Music	Fredrik Egerman	Stockbridge
2015	First Wives Club	Aaron	Chicago	[34]
2017	Candide	Voltaire	New York City Opera
2020	The Perplexed	Ted Resnik	New York City Center
2024	Water for Elephants	Mr. Jankowski	Imperial Theatre, Broadway	[35]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
1990	Tony Award	Best Actor in a Musical	City of Angels	Nominated	[14]
1993		Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Anna Karenina	Nominated	[16]
1998		Best Featured Actor in a Musical	1776	Nominated	[20]
2002		Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Into the Woods	Nominated	[36]
1998	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	1776	Won	[20]
2002		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Into the Woods	Nominated	[37]
1998	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	1776	Nominated	[20]
2004		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Wonderful Town	Nominated	[38]