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Joe Mantello is an American actor and director of projects on the stage and screen.
Mantello made his acting debut on Broadway in
Tony Kushner's
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993) and
Angels in America: Peristroika (1994) for which he earned a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination. He also acted in the revival of
Larry Kramer's
The Normal Heart in 2011 and
Tennessee Williams's
The Glass Menagerie in 2017. He is also known for directing both comedic and dramatic plays and musicals on the
Broadway stage including
Wicked (2003),
Glengarry Glenn Ross (2005),
9 to 5 (2009),
The Humans (2016),
Three Tall Women and
The Boys in the Band (both 2018). He has received eight
Tony Award nominations winning twice for
Best Direction of a Play for
Take Me Out in 2003 and
Best Direction of a Musical for
Assassins in 2005. For his work in theatre he also received two
Drama Desk Awards, a
Drama League Award and two
Outer Critics Circle Awards.
For his acting work in television he earned
Primetime Emmy Award and
Critics' Choice Television Award nominations for his performance as Mickey Marcus in the
HBO television film
The Normal Heart (2014). He also appeared in
Ryan Murphy's limited series
Hollywood (2020). That same year he directed the
Netflix film
Boys in the Band (2020).
Major associations
Theatre awards
| Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 1993 |
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play |
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |
Won |
|
| 1995 |
Outstanding Director of a Play |
Love! Valour! Compassion! |
Nominated |
|
| 1998 |
Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks' |
Nominated |
|
| 2003 |
Take Me Out |
Nominated |
|
| Outstanding Director of a Musical |
A Man of No Importance |
Nominated |
|
| 2004 |
Wicked |
Won |
|
| Assassins |
Nominated |
|
| 2005 |
Outstanding Director of a Play |
Glengarry Glenn Ross |
Nominated |
|
| 2009 |
Outstanding Director of a Musical |
9 to 5 |
Nominated |
|
| 2016 |
Outstanding Director of a Play |
The Humans |
Nominated |
|
| 2018 |
Three Tall Women |
Nominated |
|
| Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 2013 |
Excellence in Directing |
Won |
|
| 2018 |
Outstanding Revival |
Three Tall Women |
Nominated |
|
| Year
|
Category
|
Nominated work
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 1992 |
Outstanding Debut Performance |
The Baltimore Waltz |
Nominated
|
| 1995 |
Outstanding Director of a Play |
Love! Valour! Compassion! |
Won
|
| 2003 |
Take Me Out |
Won
|
| 2004 |
Outstanding Director of a Musical |
Wicked |
Won
|
| 2005 |
Outstanding Director of a Play |
Glengarry Glenn Ross |
Nominated
|
| 2011 |
Outstanding Actor in a Play |
The Normal Heart |
Nominated
|
| 2016 |
Outstanding Director of a Play |
The Humans |
Nominated
|
| 2018 |
Three Tall Women |
Nominated
|
References
