Eric Bogosian Biography (1953-)

Born April 24, 1953, in Boston, MA (some sources say Woburn, MA); son of Henry (an accountant) and Edwina (a hairdresser and instructor) Bogosian; marriedJo Anne Bonney (a graphic designer and director), October 1984 (some sourcessay 1980 or 1990); children: Harris Wolf, another son. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.;Contact: c/o Ararat Productions, P.O. Box 24, New York, NY 10013.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director
Birth Details: April 24, 1953; Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Careful Moment (one-person play), St. Mark's Church, New York City, 1977
(Off-Broadway debut) Men Inside and Voices of America (double-bill of one-person plays), New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre,1982
FunHouse (one-person play), New York Shakespeare Festival, PublicTheatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1983
Special Effects, 1983
Drinking in America (one-person play), American Place Theatre, NewYork City, 1986
Barry Champlain, Talk Radio (one-person play), New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1987
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (one-person play), Performance Space 122, 1988, then Orpheum Theatre, both New York City, 1990-1991
Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead, Minetta Lane Theater, New York City, 1994
Suburbia, Mitzi Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1994
Also appeared in Men in Dark Times, Sheer Heaven, The New World; as title role, The Ricky Paul Show.
Stage Work
Director and design supervisor, FunHouse (one-person play), New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1983
Film Appearances
CBS Technician, Born in Flames, COW Films, 1982
Chris Neville, Special Effects, New Line Cinema, 1984
(Uncredited) Supermarket clerk, The Stuff, 1985
Himself, New Wave Comedy, 1986
The entertainer, Arena Brains (short film), 1987
Barry Champlain, Talk Radio, Universal, 1988
Mr. Leech, Suffering Bastards (also known as Liars Club), 1989
Various characters, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Avenue Entertainment, 1991
Himself, Naked in New York, Fine Line, 1994
Peter, Dolores Claiborne, 1994
Travis Dane, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (also known as UnderSiege 2), Warner Bros., 1995
Voice of Phido, Arabian Knight (animated; also known as The Thief and the Cobbler), Buena Vista, 1995
Gene Byck, The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
Voices of ranger at Old Faithful/press secretary/lieutenant at StrategicAir Command, Beavis and Butt-head Do America (animated), Paramount, 1996
(Uncredited) Dorine's father, Office Killer, 1996
Burt, Deconstructing Harry (also known as Woody Allen Fall Project), Fine Line, 1996
Voice of Edward Templeton, Sr., Safe Men, October Films, 1998
Professor Goodwin, Gossip, Warner Bros., 2000
Simon, In the Weeds, Moonstone Entertainment, 2000
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, 2001
Rouben, Ararat, Miramax, 2002
Mr. Nice Guy, Igby Goes Down, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,2002
Eddie Nash, Wonderland, Miramax, 2003
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Otto Ose, Blonde, CBS, 2001
Movies
Lieutenant Barney Greenwald, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, CBS,1988
Larry Rose, "Last Flight Out," AT&T Presents, NBC, 1990
Senator Larson Crockett, Witch Hunt, HBO, 1994
Doug Elders, A Bright Shining Lie, HBO, 1998
Lawrence Schiller, Shot in the Heart, HBO, 2001
Specials
Eric Bogosian Takes a Look at Drinking in America, HBO and Cinemax, 1986
Ann Magnuson's Vandemonium (also known as Vandemonium Plus), Cinemax, 1987
Decade (also known as MTV's Decade), MTV, 1989

Living in America, VH1, 1991
Oliver Stone: Inside Out, Showtime, 1992
But ... Seriously, Showtime, 1994
Himself, It's Just a Ride (also known as Bill Hicks: It's Justa Ride and It's Just a Ride: A Tribute to Bill Hicks), Comedy Central, 1994
Comic Relief VI, HBO, 1994
Voices of Franz Meyer and Israel Gutman, The Trial of Adolf Eichmann, PBS, 1997
The Armenian Americans, PBS, 2000
Pilots
Dee, Crime Story, 1986
Episodic
Zeke, "Milk Run," Miami Vice, NBC, 1985
Jackie Thompson, "The Healer," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
Junkie, "The Tear Collector," Tales from the Darkside, 1985
DeWitt Morton, "Old Friends, Dead Ends," Crime Story, NBC, 1986
"Funhouse," Alive from Off-Center, PBS, 1986
Gary Lowenthal, "Conspiracy," Law & Order, NBC, 1992
Gary Lowenthal, "Night & Fog," Law & Order, NBC, 1993
Stan, "Larry's Partner," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993
"Spoken Word II," MTV Unplugged, MTV, 1994
Robby, "The Crier," Welcome to New York, CBS, 2000
Lieutenant Lewis, "The Self-Importance of Being Carlos," Third Watch, NBC, 2001
Dr. Gross, Dr. Cox's therapist, "His Story," Scrubs, NBC, 2003
Also appeared as himself, The Arsenio Hall Show; himself, Charles Grodin; himself, Beggars and Choosers, Showtime; Alan King:Inside the Comedy Mind, Comedy Central.
Television Work
Series
Creative consultant and creator, High Incident, ABC, 1996
Pilots
Executive producer, High Incident, ABC, 1996
RECORDINGS
Taped Recordings
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, SBK, 1990
Eric Bogosian: An American Audio Prose Library Reading and Interview, American Audio Prose Library, 1997
Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead, The Blackbird Recording Company, 1998
Albums
Collaborated on Blood on Canvas with Frank Zappa in 1986.
WRITINGS
Plays
Careful Moment (one-person play), produced at St. Mark's Church, New York City, 1977
Slavery, produced at Franklin Furnace, New York City, 1977
Garden, produced at Artists Space, New York City, 1978
Heaven, Heaven, Heaven, produced at Eventworks, Boston, MA, 1978
The Ricky Paul Show, produced at White Columns, New York City, 1979
That Girl, produced at N.A.M.E., Chicago, IL, 1981
The New World, produced at Dance Theater Workshop, New York City,1981
Men Inside and Voices of America (double-bill; both one-person plays), produced at New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1982
FunHouse (one-person play), produced at New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1983
Advocate, produced at Artists Space, 1983
I Saw the Seven Angels, produced at The Kitchen, New York City, 1984
Drinking in America (one-person play), produced at American PlaceTheatre, New York City, 1986, published by Random/Vintage, 1987
Talk Radio, produced at New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1987, published by Samuel French, 1988
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (one-person play), produced at Performance Space 122, New York City, 1988, published by HarperCollins, 1990
Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead, produced 1994.
SubUrbia, produced 1994
Griller, produced 1998
Humpty Dumpty, produced at McCarter Theatre, Princeton University,Princeton, NJ, 2002
Also wrote Men in Dark Times; Sheer Heaven.
Screenplays
Arena Brains (short film), 1987
(With Oliver Stone) Talk Radio (based on Bogosian's stage play), Universal, 1988
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (based on his play), Avenue Entertainment, 1991
Substance of Fire, 1995
Under Siege 2, 1995
SubUrbia (based on his play; also known as SubUrbi@), SonyPictures Classics, 1997
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, 2001
Also wrote Blue Smoke.
Film Songs
"Man Invisible" and "Salvation," SubUrbia, Sony Pictures Classics,1997
Television Writings
Eric Bogosian Takes a Look at Drinking in America (special), HBO and Cinemax, 1986
Funhouse (based on his play), PBS, 1986
Witchhunt (movie), 1994
(With others) High Incident (pilot and episodes), ABC, 1996
Fiction
Notes from Underground, Theatre Communications Group, 1993
Mall (novel), Simon & Schuster, 2000
Contributor to periodicals including New York Times.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1999

Periodicals

Advocate, December 17, 1991, p. 86
Billboard, June 6, 1998, p. 11
Entertainment Weekly, December 9, 1994, p. 60
Esquire, September, 1991, p. 184
Gentlemen's Quarterly, July, 1990, p. 137
Interview, May, 1991, p. 54
New York, December 12, 1988, p. 50
New York Times Magazine, October 2, 1994, p. S19
Rolling Stone, January 12, 1989; February 9, 1989, p. 95; September 19, 1991, p. 61

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