His first job in NY was as a Macy’s Santa, he then replaced in several shows in town: The Fantasticks, Elaine May’s Adaption, and Jules Feifer’s Little Murders; (he will do Rev. Dupas monologue at the drop of a hat.) He’s done a lot of movies and plays and been given some awards: an Oscar, a Golden Globe, the LA Film Critics Award, The John Gielgud Award for Excellence in Shakespeare, The Moscow Art Stanislavski Award, 2 Emmie nominations, 2 OBIEs, and is in the NY Theater Hall of Fame., He was The Mentor, and Tolstoy on the West End, and is the only American actor to have performed Barabas and Shylock in rep, and was Shylock as part of the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in Stratford on Avon, He’s been in 4 of Ethan Cohen’ plays and has done more Terrence McNally plays than any other actor. Recent films and TV include Grand Budapest Hotel, The Isle of Dogs, Inside Llewen Davis, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Louis CK, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the new Apple series Heros’ Quest. He’ll soon be seen as Norman Mailer in an adaptation of recorded conversations between Mailer and his son John Buffalo. His book on A Midsummer Nights Dream is published by Faber and Faber.
