David Jonathan Pittu ( ro, Pitu; born April 4, 1967) is an American actor, writer and director.

Early life

Pittu was born and grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut where, as a

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senior, he was a finalist in the NFAA's Arts Recognition Talent Search in Drama. He graduated from

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's Tisch School of the Arts in 1989.

Career

Pittu's theater work includes plays and musicals, and he has received two Tony Award nominations. He was nominated for the 2007 Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Bertolt Brecht in Harold Prince's ''

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'' and for the 2008 Best Featured Actor in a Play for his multiple-role turn in the Mark Twain comedy ''

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'' adapted by

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and directed by

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. He received the

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2010 Creative Spirit Award. He received the 2009

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for his performance in ''Twelfth Night'' at the Delacorte Theatre in 2009, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Also under Sullivan's direction, he played Paul Wolfowitz and others, in David Hare's '' Stuff Happens'' in 2006 at the

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, which received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble. He wrote and starred in ''What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling'', a musical satire about a luckless, eternally "up-and-coming" composer-lyricist. Pittu also wrote the lyrics, with music by Randy Redd to ''What's That Smell'', which premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in September 2008. The play with music received two

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nominations including one for Best Off-Broadway Musical, and was included in both the Entertainment Weekly and ''The New York Times'' Top 10 Best Lists in Theater 2008. Other notable theater work: David Ives' ''The Heir Apparent'' (2014 Off-Broadway, CSC, director John Rando);

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's ''Equivocation'' (2010, Off-Broadway Manhattan Theater Club) directed by

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'' (2006, Broadway, Lincoln Center); Harold Pinter's ''Celebration'' and ''The Room'' (2005, Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theater Company); and Stephen Sondheim 's '' Company'', part of the

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Sondheim Celebration (2002). His acclaimed performance as

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in the National Tour of

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's '' Parade'', directed by

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, earned him the 2001 National Broadway Award (Best Actor in a Musical). He appeared in the '' Encores!'' staged concert productions ''Of Thee I Sing'' (2007, as the French ambassador); '' Bells Are Ringing'' (2010, as Sandor); and ''It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman'' (2013, as Dr. Abner Sedgwick). His film credits include '' True Story'', ''

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'', as well as numerous appearances on all of the ''Law & Order'' series. He is a prolific, award-winning narrator of audio books. He read

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's Pulitzer Prize winner '' The Goldfinch'',Turits, Meredith
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and should never be able to have a dog.

Filmography

Film

Television

Videogames

References

External links

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American Theatre Wing BiographyDavid Pittu gets the satirical spotlight in What's That SmellActors Words, Writers Voice
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pittu, David 1967 births American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male voice actors American people of Romanian descent Audiobook narrators Drama Desk Award winners Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Male actors from Connecticut People from Fairfield, Connecticut