Tony Awards: Actor in a Featured Role

The scene stealers, the unexpected surprises, the young up-and-comer and the veterans are all represented in the Tony Award nominees for Best Actor in a Featured Role.

Best Actor in a Featured Role (Play) (Clockwise, L to R)

Mark Rylance – Twelfth Night

Stephen Fry – Twelfth Night

Brian J. Smith – The Glass Menagerie

Reed Birney – Casa Valentina

Paul Chahidi – Twelfth Night

DID YOU KNOW? Mark Rylance was the original Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. He grew up in Milwaukee, WI before moving back to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

You might recognize Reed Birney from Netflix’s House of Cards, where he plays Rep. Donald Blythe.

Best Actor in a Featured Role (Musical) (Clockwise, L to R)

James Monroe Iglehart – Aladdin

Jarrod Spector – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Joshua Henry – Violet

Nick Cordero – Bullets Over Broadway

Danny Burstein – Cabaret

WATCH James Monroe Iglehart videotaped the phone call he received from director Casey Nicholaw learning he would play the Genie in Aladdin on Broadway.