Danny Rutigliano is an American actor.
Career
He appeared on Broadway in ''
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public'' in 1994.
[ He has appeared in '']The Lion King
''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...
'' on Broadway, portraying the character Timon
Timon is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:
People
* Timon of Athens (person), 5th-century Athenian and legendary misanthrope
* Timon of Phlius (c. 320 BCE – c. 235 BCE), a Pyrrhonist philosopher of Ptolemaic Egypt and He ...
; he left the show in April 2010.["Danny Rutigliano Broadway"]
''Playbill'', retrieved January 4, 2017 A member of the original cast as the understudy, he also originated the role of Timon in the L.A. Production of ''The Lion King'', for which he received the Ovation Award
The Ovation Awards are a Southern California award for excellence in theatre, established in 1989. They are given out by the non-profit arts service organization LA Stage Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Winne ...
for Best Featured Actor. He appeared in the Broadway revival of '' Born Yesterday'' in 2011.[
He starred in ]Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 ...
's "Banana Shpeel" in New York City in 2010.
He played the title role of Fiorello LaGuardia in the musical ''Fiorello!
''Fiorello!'' is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia, a reform Republican, which debuted on Broadway in 1959, and tells the story of how La Guardia took on the Tammany Hall political machine. The book is by Jerome Weidman an ...
'' in the Encores!
Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to performing rarely heard American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. Presented by New York City Center since 1994, Encores! has revived shows by Irving Berlin, Rodgers & ...
staged concert at New York City Center
New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and t ...
in January and February 2013. Also for Encores! he has appeared in '' Kismet'' in 2006 as "Wazir", '' The New Moon'' as "Besac" in 2003, and ''One Touch of Venus'' in 1998.["Danny Rutigliano Credits"]
broadwayworld.com, retrieved January 4, 2017
In May 2013 he performed in ''The Fabulous Lipitones'' at the Goodspeed Opera House
Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, Connecticut. A distinctive feature of the view from the Connecticut River, th ...
in East Haddam, Connecticut. He appeared in '' How to Succeed'' and ''Godspell
''Godspell'' is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hym ...
''.
On television, Rutigliano has appeared in ''Without a Trace
''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...
'', ''Law & Order
''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise.
''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering ...
'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' My Big Fat Greek Life'', '' Three Sisters'', and ''The Brothers Garcia
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''. Rutigliano also appeared in one of the "Do It eBay" commercials. In film, he voiced Timothy Mouse in '' Dumbo 2'', and acted in ''Goodfellas
''Goodfellas'' (stylized ''GoodFellas'') is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book '' W ...
'' and ''The Producers''''.
He appeared in the musical ''Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn is an American chain of hotels based in Atlanta, Georgia. and a brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts. The chain was founded in 1952 by Kemmons Wilson, who opened the first location in Memphis, Tennessee that year. The chain was a division ...
'' on Broadway as "Danny", which ran from October 6, 2016 to January 2017. He appeared in the musical's regional productions at the Goodspeed Opera House in 2014 and at The Muny
The St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre (commonly known as The Muny) is an amphitheatre, amphitheater located in St. Louis, Missouri. The theatre seats 11,000 people with about 1,500 free seats in the last nine rows that are available on a first ...
in 2015.[
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Personal life
Rutigliano is married to Jacqueline Monroe. They live in New York City.[Disney Theatrical Productions: The Lion King Broadway Cast-Danny Rutigliano]
References
External links
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Lion King Official Website
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American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Male actors from New York (state)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)