Joe Mantello Biography (1962-)

Full name, Joseph Mantello; born December 27, 1962, in Rockford, IL; father,an accountant. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: December 27, 1962; Rockford, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Crackwalker, off-Broadway production, 1987
(As Joseph Mantello) Ticket inspector, gymnast, and second reporter, The Visit, Courtyard Playhouse, New York City, 1989
Stan, Walking the Dead, Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1991
Third man, The Baltimore Waltz, Circle Repertory Company, 1992
Louis Ironson, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1992-1993, then Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
Louis Ironson and Sarah Ironson, Angels in America: Perestroika, Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, 1992-1993, then Walter Kerr Theatre, 1993-1994
Easter Bonnet Competition: Back to Basics, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1995
Also appeared in Progress.
Stage Director
Imagining Brad, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1989
Nebraska, Naked Angels Theatre, New York City, 1991
Coq au Vin, Naked Angels Theatre, 1991
Babylon Gardens, Circle Repertory Company, 1991
The Innocents' Crusade, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1991-1992
Three Hotels, Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1993
Fat Men in Skirts, Naked Angels Theatre, 1994
What's Wrong with the Picture?, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkCity, 1994
Three Hotels, Centre Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles,1994-1995
Love! Valour! Compassion!, Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage I, New York City, 1994-1995, then Walter Kerr Theatre, 1995, later Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1996-1997
Blue Window, Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage I, 1996
The Santaland Diaries, Atlantic Theatre, New York City, 1996
God's Heart, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1997
Proposals, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1997

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks," Manhattan Theatre Club, 1998
Lillian, New Theatre Wing, New York City, 1998
House, Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY, 1998
Corpus Christi, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1998
Bash, 1999
The Mineola Twins, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
The Vagina Monologues, Westside Theater (Downstairs), New York City, 1999-2003
Another American: Asking & Telling, 1999
Dead Man Walking, San Francisco Opera, 2000
Design for Living, Roundabout Theatre Company, 2001
Assassins, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 2001
Take Me Out, Donmar Warehouse, London, then Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2002
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Belasco Theater, New YorkCity, 2002
A Man of No Importance, Mitzi Newhouse Theater, New York City, 2002
Also directed Snakebit, New York Stage and Film; Three Hotels, Bay Street Theatre Festival, Sag Harbor, NY.
Film Appearances
Dominick, Cookie, Warner Bros., 1989
Film Director
Love! Valour! Compassion!, Fine Line, 1997
Television Appearances
Specials
Three Hotels, 1990
In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, PBS, 1993
Episodic
Public defender, "Confession," Law & Order, NBC, 1991
Adam Oldenberg, "Moving Pictures," Sisters, NBC, 1992
Ian Walker, CPW (also known as Central Park West), CBS, 1995
Philip Marco, "Tabloid," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
Television Stage Director
Movies
Bash: Latterday Plays, Showtime, 2000
Specials
The Vagina Monologues, HBO, 2002
And Then one Night: The Making of "Dead Man Walking," PBS, 2002
Television Work
Pilots
Director and executive producer, New Year, TNT, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Advocate, November 24, 1998, p. 77
Back Stage, June 21, 1996, pp. 3-5; November 29, 1996, p. 28; February 20, 1998, pp. 3-4
Entertainment Weekly, October 23, 1998, p. 65
Variety, April 14, 1997, pp. 100-101; November 10, 1997, p. 51; February 23, 1998, p. 185; June 22, 1998, p. 63; August 31, 1998, p. 102; August 5, 2002, p. 33

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