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Birth name: Len Cariou Biography for Len Cariou
Len Cariou is an actor, director and Canadian singer. Len Cariou was a great success in a wide range of roles from classic and contemporary dramaturgies as well as musicals. He made his first classes in Winnipeg and his beginnings to the stage in the Damn Yankees choir at the Rainbow Stage of this city in 1959. He plays in The Threepenny Opera and in Mr. Roberts at the Manitoba Theater Center in 1961. He is a member of Festival de Statford from 1962 to 1964, interpreting support roles in The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempst, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors and The Country Wife. He returned to Stratford for the 1984-1985 season to play the title role in Coriolanus, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Brutus in Julius Ceasar and Prospero in The Tempst. He joined the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis to play Orlando in As You Like It (1966), Orestes in The House of Attreus (1968), Feste in Twelfth Night (1969) as well as the title role in Sergeant Musgrave's Dance of John Arden (1968). His international reputation as a classic actor continues to grow as he goes on stage at the Chichester Festival in England in Love's Lost Lost (1964), the Goodman Theater to play Chacago in Othello (1969), at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, in Connecticut , to play Henry V in 1969.
He also stood out for his role as Bill Sampson in the musical applause at the Palace theater in New York in 1970, for which he was nominated at Tony prices. He became an important interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's work by playing Frederick in A Little Night Music (1973), which earned him a second nomination at Tony prices, and by interpreting the title role in Sweeney Todd (1979) , role for which he receives the Tony prize for best actor in a musical. He continues in New York his work in unmingate pieces. He is acclaimed in the role of Richard Landau in Cold Storage (1977), that of Stalin in Master Class (1986) and that of Ernest Hemingway in Papa (1997). Cariou returns to Winnipeg as artistic director of Manitoba Theater Center for the 1974-1975 season and plays the title role in the Bergerac cyrano staged by Jean Gascon. In 1984, he directed James Whitmore in a remarkable production of A Death of A Salesman, at Citadel Theater of Edmonton. In 1986, he worked as deputy director of the Citadel Theater.
He also has a well -filled career on the cinema and television side. We find him, among others, in A Little Night Music (1977), One Man (1979), The Four Seasons (1981), The Lady in White (1988), Never Talk to Strangers (1995) and Class of '61 ( 1996). He plays the role of Michael Haggerty in several episodes of Murder, She Wrote (1985-1992), with Angela Lansbury, and that of Alexander Graham Bell in the Canadian Mentors series (1998).
Len Cariou is a Canadian actor born September 30, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is best known for his role in the Broadway musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" for which he won a Tony Award in 1979.
Cariou began his career on the boards, playing in theatrical productions in Toronto before moving to New York. He made his debut on Broadway in 1968 in the musical "Applause", in which he played the role of Chick Clark. He won an Obie Award for his performance in the play "The Changing Room" in 1973.
In 1979, Cariou obtained the main role in the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", written by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. He played the role of Sweeney Todd, the avenging barber, in the original Broadway production, winning a Tony Award for his performance. The musical was a critical and commercial success, and Cariou played the role in productions in London and on tour in the United States.
Cariou has also appeared in many television and cinema productions, notably in the films "Flagrant offense" (1981) and "And Justice for All" (1979) and in the television series "Blue Bloods" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ". In 2014, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance in the television series "The Good Wife".
Cariou continues to work in the world of theater and television, and he is considered one of the most talented and respected actors of his generation. Filmography
TriviaLived with Glenn Close in the '70s.
Accomplished singer/actor in numerous Broadway shows. Received a Tony award for "Sweeney Todd" in 1979 and nominations for "Applause" (1970) and "A Little Night Music" (1973).
Won a Canadian Genie Award for Best Actor in "One Man".
Accomplished singer/actor in numerous Broadway shows. He won a Best Actor (Musical) Tony Award in 1979 for "Sweeney Todd". He was also Tony-nominated in the same category in 1970 for "Applause," and in 1973 for "A Little Night Music," a role he recreated in the film version of the same name, _Little Night Music, A (1977). FamilySpouse : Heather Summerhayes (25 October 1986 - present), Susan Kapilow (1975 - 1978) (divorced), Patricia Otter (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child
Daughter, Laurel. Author of the card
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