Stephen Spinella (born October 11, 1956)^[1] is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Early life

Spinella was born in Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic.^[1] He grew up in Glendale, Arizona,^[1] and graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in drama. He also attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1982.^[2]

Spinella won consecutive Tony awards for Best Featured Actor and Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993) and Angels in America: Perestroika (1994) respectively. He was also nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead.

Personal life

Spinella is openly gay.^[3]

Work

Stage

• April 1985: A Bright Room Called Day – Baz (workshop production directed by Tony Kushner)
• May 4, 1993 – December 4, 1994: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches – Prior Walter/Man in Park
• November 23, 1993 – December 4, 1994: Angels in America: Perestroika – Prior Walter
• February 14, 1995 – September 17, 1995: Love! Valour! Compassion! – Perry Sellars
• December 14, 1997 – August 30, 1998: A View from the Bridge – Alfieri
• December 3, 1998 – March 21, 1999: Electra – Servant to Orestes
• January 11, 2000 – April 16, 2000: James Joyce's The Dead – Freddy Malins
• December 4, 2002 – January 26, 2003: Our Town – Simon Stimson
• December 10, 2006 – 2007: Spring Awakening – Adult Men
• May 15, 2009 – June 28, 2009: The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures – Pill
• October 19, 2010 – November 7, 2010: An Iliad – The Poet
• December 2, 2012 – December 23, 2012: Volpone – Volpone
• April 21, 2014 – May 4, 2014: The Velocity of Autumn – Chris
• April 17, 2018 – July 22, 2018: Angels in America – Roy M. Cohn^[4]
• March 20, 2019 – present: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Vernon Dursley/Severus Snape/Lord Voldemort