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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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James D. Bissell to Marlon Brando
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
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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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
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FunHouse (one-person play), New York Shakespeare Festival, PublicTheatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1983
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Special Effects, 1983
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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
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (one-person play), Performance Space 122, 1988, then Orpheum Theatre, both New York City, 1990-1991
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Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead, Minetta Lane Theater, New York City, 1994
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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.
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Stage Work
- Director and design supervisor, FunHouse (one-person play), New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1983
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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
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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
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Otto Ose, Blonde, CBS, 2001
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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
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Specials
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Eric Bogosian Takes a Look at Drinking in America, HBO and Cinemax, 1986
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Ann Magnuson's Vandemonium (also known as Vandemonium Plus), Cinemax, 1987
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Decade (also known as MTV's Decade), MTV, 1989
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Living in America, VH1, 1991
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Oliver Stone: Inside Out, Showtime, 1992
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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
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Comic Relief VI, HBO, 1994
- Voices of Franz Meyer and Israel Gutman, The Trial of Adolf Eichmann, PBS, 1997
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The Armenian Americans, PBS, 2000
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Pilots
- Dee, Crime Story, 1986
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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.
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Television Work
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Series
- Creative consultant and creator, High Incident, ABC, 1996
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Pilots
- Executive producer, High Incident, ABC, 1996
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RECORDINGS
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Taped Recordings
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, SBK, 1990
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Eric Bogosian: An American Audio Prose Library Reading and Interview, American Audio Prose Library, 1997
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Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead, The Blackbird Recording Company, 1998
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Albums
- Collaborated on Blood on Canvas with Frank Zappa in 1986.
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WRITINGS
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Plays
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Careful Moment (one-person play), produced at St. Mark's Church, New York City, 1977
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Slavery, produced at Franklin Furnace, New York City, 1977
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Garden, produced at Artists Space, New York City, 1978
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Heaven, Heaven, Heaven, produced at Eventworks, Boston, MA, 1978
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The Ricky Paul Show, produced at White Columns, New York City, 1979
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That Girl, produced at N.A.M.E., Chicago, IL, 1981
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The New World, produced at Dance Theater Workshop, New York City,1981
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Men Inside and Voices of America (double-bill; both one-person plays), produced at New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1982
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FunHouse (one-person play), produced at New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1983
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Advocate, produced at Artists Space, 1983
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I Saw the Seven Angels, produced at The Kitchen, New York City, 1984
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Drinking in America (one-person play), produced at American PlaceTheatre, New York City, 1986, published by Random/Vintage, 1987
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Talk Radio, produced at New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1987, published by Samuel French, 1988
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (one-person play), produced at Performance Space 122, New York City, 1988, published by HarperCollins, 1990
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Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead, produced 1994.
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SubUrbia, produced 1994
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Griller, produced 1998
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Humpty Dumpty, produced at McCarter Theatre, Princeton University,Princeton, NJ, 2002
- Also wrote Men in Dark Times;
Sheer Heaven.
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Screenplays
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Arena Brains (short film), 1987
- (With Oliver Stone) Talk Radio (based on Bogosian's stage play), Universal, 1988
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (based on his play), Avenue Entertainment, 1991
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Substance of Fire, 1995
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Under Siege 2, 1995
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SubUrbia (based on his play; also known as SubUrbi@), SonyPictures Classics, 1997
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, 2001
- Also wrote Blue Smoke.
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Film Songs
- "Man Invisible" and "Salvation," SubUrbia, Sony Pictures Classics,1997
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Television Writings
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Eric Bogosian Takes a Look at Drinking in America (special), HBO and Cinemax, 1986
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Funhouse (based on his play), PBS, 1986
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Witchhunt (movie), 1994
- (With others) High Incident (pilot and episodes), ABC, 1996
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Fiction
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Notes from Underground, Theatre Communications Group, 1993
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Mall (novel), Simon & Schuster, 2000
- Contributor to periodicals including New York Times.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1999
Periodicals
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Advocate, December 17, 1991, p. 86
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Billboard, June 6, 1998, p. 11
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Entertainment Weekly, December 9, 1994, p. 60
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Esquire, September, 1991, p. 184
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Gentlemen's Quarterly, July, 1990, p. 137
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Interview, May, 1991, p. 54
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New York, December 12, 1988, p. 50
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New York Times Magazine, October 2, 1994, p. S19
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Rolling Stone, January 12, 1989; February 9, 1989, p. 95; September 19, 1991, p. 61
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