Stephen Spinella

Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956) is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Early life
Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic. He grew up in Glendale, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982.

Spinella won consecutive Tony awards for Best Featured Actor and Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993) and Angels in America: Perestroika (1994) respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead.

Personal life
Spinella is gay.

Stage

 * April 1985: A Bright Room Called Day – Baz (workshop production directed by Tony Kushner)
 * May 4, 1993 – December 4, 1994: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Prior Walter/Man in Park
 * November 23, 1993 – December 4, 1994: Angels in America: Perestroika – Prior Walter
 * February 14, 1995 – September 17, 1995: Love! Valour! Compassion! – Perry Sellars
 * December 14, 1997 – August 30, 1998: A View from the Bridge – Alfieri
 * December 3, 1998 – March 21, 1999: Electra – Servant to Orestes
 * January 11, 2000 – April 16, 2000: James Joyce's The Dead – Freddy Malins
 * December 4, 2002 – January 26, 2003: Our Town – Simon Stimson
 * December 10, 2006 – 2007: Spring Awakening – Adult Men
 * May 15, 2009 – June 28, 2009: The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures – Pill
 * October 19, 2010 – November 7, 2010: An Iliad – The Poet
 * December 2, 2012 – December 23, 2012: Volpone – Volpone
 * April 21, 2014 – May 4, 2014: The Velocity of Autumn – Chris
 * April 17, 2018 – July 22, 2018: Angels in America – Roy M. Cohn
 * March 20, 2019–present: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Vernon Dursley/Severus Snape/Lord Voldemort

Film

 * 1995: Virtuosity as Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer
 * 1995: Tarantella as Frank
 * 1996: Faithful as Young Man at Rolls
 * 1997: The Jackal as Douglas
 * 1997: David Searching as Hummus Guy
 * 1997: Love! Valour! Compassion! as Perry Sellars
 * 1998: The Unknown Cyclist as Doug Stein
 * 1998: Great Expectations as Carter Macleish
 * 1998: Out of the Past as Michael Wigglesworth (voice of)
 * 1999: Cradle Will Rock as Donald O'Hara
 * 1999: Ravenous as Knox
 * 2001: Bubble Boy as Chicken Man
 * 2004: House of D as Ticket Seller
 * 2004: Connie and Carla as Robert/Peaches
 * 2007: And Then Came Love as Stuart
 * 2008: Stone & Ed as Concierge
 * 2008: Milk as Rick Stokes
 * 2010: Rubber as Lieutenant Chad
 * 2012: Lincoln as Congressman Asa Vintner Litton
 * 2012: House of Dust as Psychiatrist
 * 2018: Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Paul
 * 2019: Windows on the World as Albert
 * 2019: Bad Education as Thomas "Tom" Tuggiero

Television

 * 1993: And the Band Played On as Brandy Alexander
 * 1997: What the Deaf Man Heard as Percy
 * 2000: Law & Order as Andy Polone
 * 2001: The Education of Max Bickford as Rex Pinsker
 * 2002: Alias as Mr. Kishell; Boyd Harkin
 * 2002: Ed as Bob McCarthy
 * 2003: Frasier as Randall Schoonover
 * 2004: Huff as Mr. Heard
 * 2005: Will & Grace as Bret
 * 2005: Without a Trace as Joel Kemper
 * 2006: Everwood as Father Patrick
 * 2006: 24 as Miles Papazian, 10 episodes
 * 2006: Heroes as Oliver Dennison
 * 2006: Grey's Anatomy as Malar Pascowitz
 * 2007: Nip/Tuck as Dr. Capler
 * 2008: Desperate Housewives as Dr. Heller
 * "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" (5x01)
 * "What More Do I Need?" (5x07)
 * "City on Fire" (5x08)
 * "Everybody Says Don't" (5x23)
 * 2008: The Mentalist (Season 2x19) as ADA Marc Odenthal
 * 2009: Big Love as Eric (Season 3, Episode 4)
 * 2014: The Normal Heart as Sanford
 * 2015: The Knick as A.D. Elkins
 * 2018: Elementary (Season 6, Episode 10) Professor Merrick Hausmann
 * 2019: Tales of the City (episode: "The Price of Oil") as Chris
 * 2019: The Blacklist (Season 6, Episode 9: Minister D) as Jordan Loving