Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series ''
Mad Men
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'' as
Salvatore Romano
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Overview
;Cast notes:
* Maxwell Huckabee and Aaron Hart have split the role of Bobby Draper in the first season, whil ...
, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the
musical adaptation of ''
Saturday Night Fever
''Saturday Night Fever'' is a 1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young Italian-American man from the Brooklyn borough of New York. Manero spends h ...
'' earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a
caricature at Sardi's.
[Bryan Batt & Kristin Chenoweth Get Hung Up At Sardi's Jan. 20]
", ''Playbill
''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's p ...
''. January 21, 2000.
Early life
Batt was born in
, the son of Gayle (Mackenroth), an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John Batt.
[Paula Devlin]
"Gayle Batt, civic activist and mother of actor Bryan Batt, dies at 79"
''Times-Picayune
''The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate'' is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, since January 25, 1837. The current publication is the result of the 2019 acquisition of ''The Times-Picayune'' (itself a result of th ...
'', December 21, 2010. His family founded and ran the
Pontchartrain Beach
Pontchartrain Beach was an amusement park located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It was founded by Harry J. Batt Sr. (grandfather of American actor Bryan Batt) and later managed and owned by his sons, Harry J ...
amusement park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...
.
[Joyce Wadler]
"An Actor Really Sells His Material"
''The New York Times
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'', August 16, 2007. He attended and graduated from
Isidore Newman School
Isidore Newman School is a private, nondenominational, co-educational college preparatory school located on an campus in the uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jeré Longman of ''The New York Times'' described Isidore Newman as "one of ...
(a preparatory school in New Orleans) and
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...
, where he was a member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as ''DKE'' or ''Deke'', is one of the oldest fraternities in the United States, with fifty-six active chapters and five active colonies across North America. It was founded at Yale College in 1844 by fiftee ...
fraternity.
Personal life
On September 28, 2014, Batt married his long-time partner Tom Cianfichi, an event planner. Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans.
In 2010, Batt published a memoir about his mother entitled ''She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother.'' She died in December 2010.
In 2011, he published a second book, ''Big, Easy, Style'', which focuses on interior design and home furnishings.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theater
Broadway
Off-Broadway
Regional
*
''Evita'' – Che (Carousel Dinner Theater)
*
''Grease'' – Kenicke (Darien Dinner Theater)
* ''Trixie True: Teen Detective'' – Dick Dickerson (Boston Post Road Stage Co.)
* ''
Romeo and Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...
'' – Paris (New Orleans Center Stage)
* ''The Lover'' – John (New Orleans Center Stage)
* ''Action'' – Jeep (New Orleans Center Stage)
Awards and nominations
Bibliography
* ''She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother: A Memoir'' (
Random House
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, 2010),
* ''Big, Easy Style'' (Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2011),
References
External links
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Website for Hazelnut, Batt's store
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1963 births
American gay actors
Isidore Newman School alumni
Tulane University alumni
LGBT people from Louisiana
Living people
Male actors from New Orleans
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
21st-century LGBT people