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Gregg Edelmann (born on 12 September 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American movie, television and theatre actor who was trained at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). He is married to Carolee Carmello (who is also an actress) with which he has a daughter Zoe Edelman and a son Ethan Edelman. He made is Broadway debut in the 1984 production of Oliver! and started attracting serious attention to himeself as Cliff in the mid-'80s Broadway revival of Cabaret, Edelman became one of musical theater's hottest romantic leading men.

Fun Fact

Edelman and wife met while starring together in City of Angels briefly.

Stage Credits

• Camelot, Lancelot, 1980
• Evita, Ensemble, 1980-1981
• Oliver!, Londoner, 1984
• Cats, Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger, 1986
• Cabaret, Clifford Bradshaw, 1987
• Anything Goes, Billy Crocker, 1988
• City of Angels, Stine, 1989
• Anna Karenina, Constantine Levin, 1992
• Falsettos, Marvin, 1993
• Greetings, Andy Gorski, 1993
• Passion, Colonel Ricci, 1994
• 1776, Edward Rutledge, 1997
• Les Miserables, Javert, 1999
• Thief River, Ray 2/Reese, 2001
• Reefer Madness, Lecturer, 2001
• Into the Woods, Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, 2002
• Wonderful Town, Robert Baker, 2003
• Opening Doors, Performer, 2004
• Flight, Charles Lindbergh, 2005

Selected filmography

• Little Children (2006)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Hollywood Ending (2002)
• Cradle Will Rock (1999)
• Anastasia (1997) (voice)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (V) (voice) (uncredited)
• The First Wives Club (1996)
• Green Card (1990)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

Awards and Nominations

• 1990: Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, City of Angels
• 1993: Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Anna Karenina
• 1998: Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, 1776
• 1998: Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, 1776
• 1998: Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, 1776
• 2002: Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Into the Woods
• 2002: Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Into the Woods
• 2004: Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Wonderful Town

Quotable Quotes

"I started crying like a teenage girl." - Gregg Edelman on learning of his Into the Woods Tony nomination to Broadway.com, May 2002

External links

• Gregg Edelmann at Broadway.com

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