Manoel Felciano

Manoel Felciano (born November 12, 1970)^[1] is an American actor, singer, and songwriter.

Manoel Felciano
Born	(1970-11-12) November 12, 1970 (age 54)
Education	Yale University New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer, songwriter
Years active	2005–present

Career

He received a humanities degree from Yale University.^[2] Felciano attended the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2004.^[3] He joined the American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco)'s core acting program in 2009, having previously performed there in Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo and Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll.^[2]

Felciano is known for playing Tobias Ragg in the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. In this production, all of the actors played their own instruments, with Felciano playing the piano, violin and clarinet.^[4][5]

He appeared in the "Reprise" (Los Angeles) production of Sunday in the Park with George in January 2007.^[6] He appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Three Sisters in July 2008, as "Andrei".^[7] He appeared at the Kennedy Center in Ragtime in April to May 2009, as "Tateh".^[8] He performed in the stage musical Anastasia at Hartford Stage (Connecticut) as "Gleb". The production ran from May 12 to June 12, 2016.^[9]

Profiled as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre by Columbia University School of the Arts in 2022.^[10]

Personal life

His father is Richard Felciano, a contemporary composer and UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus, and his mother is Rita Felciano, a dance critic.^[2]

Theatre credits

Broadway

• Cabaret - Swing (Broadway debut), 1998-1999
• Jesus Christ Superstar - Ensemble & u/s Judas Iscariot and Annas, 2000
• Brooklyn - u/s Taylor Collins, 2004-2005
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Tobias Ragg - (Tony Award nomination), 2005-2006
• Disaster! - Wealthy Man/Taxi Driver/Workman 2 & u/s Tony, Ted, & Maury, 2016
• Amelie - Raphael/Bretodeau, 2017
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Horace Gilmer, 2019
• Dear Evan Hansen - Larry Murphy, 2022
• Parade - Tom Watson, 2023

Off-Broadway

• Much Ado About Nothing, 2004
• Shockheaded Peter, 2005
• Trumpery, 2007
• Ragtime - Tateh, 2013
• The Changeling, 2016
• By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, 2019
• Parade, 2022

American Conservatory Theater^[11]

• Clybourne Park
• Round and Round the Garden
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle
• November
• Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo
• Rock 'n' Roll
• A Christmas Carol

Regional (U.S.)

• Anastasia - Gleb (Hartford Stage), 2016
• Side Show (Kennedy Center), 2014
• Ragtime - Tateh (Kennedy Center), 2009
• Three Sisters (Williamstown Theatre Festival), 2008
• Sunday in the Park with George (Reprise Theatre Company), 2007

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role
2009	Uncertainty	Greg
Television
Year	Title	Role
2009	Life on Mars	Bradley Thomas (Episode: "Let All the Children Boogie")
2009	The Unusuals	Jeremy Foer (Episode: "The Apology Line")
2010	Trauma	Frank (Episode: "Tunnel Vision")
2014	NCIS	CIA agent Jim Brisco (Episode: "Page Not Found")
2016	Elementary	Franklin (Episode: "A Study in Charlotte")

Discography

Cast albums

• 1998 — Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording
• 2004 — Brooklyn: The Musical (2004 Original Broadway Cast)
• 2005 — Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
• 2017 — Amélie - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Solo recordings

• • 2008 — Moonshot (Debut album)
  • Tracks: 1/Keep it Slow 2/Another Day 3/Ready to Fly 4/Time 5/Sing it to Me 6/Wake Up 7/Don't Feed The Beast 8/Faux Pas 9/More Than You Know 10/Louisiana 1927