Don Scardino

Donald Joseph Scardino (born February 17, 1949) is an American television director, producer, and retired actor.

Acting
Scardino was born in New York City, to jazz musician parents, Dorothy Denny Scardino and Charles Scardino. His first Broadway credit was as an understudy in The Playroom in 1965. Additional Broadway acting credits include Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, and King of Hearts. Off-Broadway he appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, and I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, he was also the lead in a B horror movie titled Squirm in 1976. He additionally starred in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, which ran from 1974 to 1982. In addition, he served as artistic director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991 to 1996. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas Guiding Light, All My Children, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, and Another World and the primetime series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and The Name of the Game. Feature film credits include The People Next Door (1970), Homer (1970), Rip-Off (1971), Squirm (1976), Cruising (1980) and He Knows You're Alone (1980).

In 2020, Scardino appeared as a guest on The Big Alakens Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Directing
Following his acting on the network soap operas, Scardino began to direct them. He directed episodes of Another World, One Life to Live, and All My Children. He went on to direct plays on and off-Broadway, including the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He has directed extensively in television, most notably Tracey Takes On... and 30 Rock. Feature film directing work includes Me and Veronica (Venice Film Festival), and Advice from a Caterpillar, winner, best comedy, at Aspen Comedy Festival. He directed the 2013 film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.

Awards and nominations

 * 1986 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Man in a Drama Series- Another World, Nominated
 * 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program- Tracey Takes on New York, Nominated
 * 1998 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program- Tracey Takes On..., Nominated
 * 1998 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety- Tracey Takes On..., Nominated
 * 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series- 30 Rock, Won
 * 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series- 30 Rock, Won
 * 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series- 30 Rock, Nominated

Selected directing credits

 * The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1988–1991)
 * A Few Good Men (1989 Broadway play)
 * Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993)
 * Law & Order (1991–2006)
 * Tracey Takes On... (1997–1998)
 * Cosby (1998–2000)
 * The West Wing (2000)
 * Ed (2002–2003)
 * Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002–2003)
 * Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (2003 Broadway play)
 * George Lopez (2004)
 * Hope & Faith (2004–2006)
 * Lennon (2005 Broadway musical)
 * 30 Rock (2006–2013)
 * Rescue Me (2007)
 * The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
 * 2 Broke Girls (2013–2017)
 * Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
 * Young Sheldon (2017)
 * LA to Vegas (2018)
 * Instinct (2018)
 * All About the Washingtons (2018)
 * The Cool Kids (2018)
 * New Amsterdam (2019)
 * The Conners (2020)
 * Our Almost Completely True Story (2021)
 * Only Murders in the Building (2021)

Selected producing credits

 * The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1988–1991)
 * Deadline (2000–2001)
 * 30 Rock (2006–2010)

Selected acting credits

 * The People Next Door (1970) as Sandy Hoffman
 * Homer (1970) as Homer Edwards
 * Rip-Off (1971) as Michael
 * Squirm (1976) as Mick
 * Cruising (1980) as Ted Bailey
 * He Knows You're Alone (1980) as Marvin Travis