Bryce Pinkham

Bryce Pinkham (born October 19, 1982) is an American stage and screen actor.

Bryce Pinkham
Born
Bryce Allen Pinkham

(1982-10-19) October 19, 1982
Redding, California, U.S.
EducationBoston College (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Pinkham has appeared in the PBS period drama Mercy Street. On Broadway, he played Monty Navarro in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. For the latter role, he received nominations for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and a Grammy (Best Musical Theater Album).

He is a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellow and co-founder of Zara Aina, a not-for-profit children's theater company in Madagascar.

Background

Bryce Allen Pinkham was born in Redding, California on October 19, 1982[1] and was raised in the East San Francisco Bay Area.[2] He attended Campolindo High School in Moraga, California. He is a graduate of Boston College and the Yale School of Drama.[3]

In 2015, Pinkham said "I did musicals growing up as a kid, and it was always a dream to be in a Broadway musical, to play the lead in a Tony-winning musical."[4]

In 2012, Pinkham co-founded the not-for-profit children’s theater company Zara Aina (Share Life) with Broadway actor Lucas Caleb Rooney, to empower at-risk children in Madagascar.[5]

Pinkham is an avid hiker and has hiked the Sierra Nevada Mountains as well as in New Zealand and Iceland.[6]

Career

Pinkham originated roles in Ghost the Musical in 2012 and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in 2010 on Broadway.[3] In 2013 he originated the role of Monty Navarro in the Broadway production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical as well as a Grammy Award. He played the role on Broadway for more than 700 performances.

In 2014, Pinkham played Paul Revere in an introductory commercial titled Italian Invasion for the Fiat 500L, created by the Doner Company.[7][8]

Pinkham starred in the Broadway revival of The Heidi Chronicles in 2015 as Peter Patrone, for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award as well as the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.[3] In 2016, he returned to Broadway leading the cast of Roundabout Theater Company's musical, Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn.

His upcoming film and television appearances include as a series regular in the second season of the TV series Mercy Street, premiering in January 2017, playing the role of Major Clayton McBurney III, head of the Union Army hospital.[9]

Other roles include performances in the comedy The Comedian (2016) which stars Robert De Niro, and Baz Luhrmann's Netflix drama The Get Down. Previously, he has appeared on The Good Wife and Person of Interest. He appeared in the PBS miniseries God in America, "A Nation Reborn Drama" (2010).[10][11]

In 2012 Pinkham was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship given to "a limited number of exceptionally talented young dancers, musicians, actors and visual artists as they complete their training and begin their professional life."[12]

Television and film
Year 2020Production The BlacklistRole Newton PurcellNetwork/Production NBC
2010The Good WifeSupportingCBS
2010God in AmericaCharles BriggsPBS miniseries
2012Person of InterestLeland RainesCBS
2016The ComedianDevon O'ConnorCinelou Films
2016The Get DownJulienNetflix
2016Mercy StreetMaj. Clayton McBurney IIIPBS
2020Helluva BossStolas (voice)[13]YouTube

Theater
YearProductionRoleTheaterNotes
2010Bloody Bloody Andrew JacksonClay / Black FoxBernard B. Jacobs TheatreOriginal Broadway Cast
2012Ghost the MusicalCarl BrunerLunt-Fontanne TheatreOriginal Broadway Cast
2013A Gentleman's Guide to Love and MurderMonty NavaroWalter Kerr TheatreOriginal Broadway Cast
Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Nominated - Outer Critics Award Circle for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
2015The Heidi ChroniclesPeter PatroneMusic Box TheatreNominated - Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Nominated - Drama League Distinguished Performance Award
2016Holiday InnJimStudio 54Role originated by Bing Crosby
2018 Chess The Arbiter Kennedy Center Concert
2019 Superhero Jim Tony Kiser Theater Original Off-Broadway Cast
2019 Benny & Joon Sam Paper Mill Playhouse
2019 The Great Society Robert F. Kennedy Vivian Beaumont Theatre Original Broadway Cast

References
  1. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 via FamilySearch database
  2. Blank, Matthew. "Playbill's CUE & A: Ghost The Musical's Bryce Pinkham", Playbill, May 1, 2012
  3. "Bryce Pinkham Broadway" Playbill (vault), retrieved January 3, 2017
  4. Bethany Rickwalk (February 23, 2015). "Why Bryce Pinkham Ditched His Lead Role in Gentleman's Guide to Join the Heidi Chronicles Cast". Theatermania.com.
  5. Jeryl Brunner (June 17, 2015). "Cool Things You Don't Know About Bryce Pinkham, Co-star of 'The Heidi Chronicles'". Huffington Post.
  6. Erik Heinila (January 6, 2017). "A Q&A With Mercy Street's Bryce Pinkham". PBS.
  7. Ella Riley-Adams (June 26, 2013). "Fiat's New Spot Shouts, 'The Italians Are Coming!'". Agency Spy.
  8. "FIAT® 500L - Italian Invasion / Revolution - (2013)". Adland.tv.
  9. Vine, Hannah. Exclusive: Patina Miller, Brian F. O’Byrne, Bryce Pinkham in PBS’ 'Mercy Street'", Playbill, November 9, 2016
  10. God in America, PBS, retrieved January 4, 2017
  11. " God in America Press Release", PBS, retrieved January 4, 2017
  12. http://www.leonoreannenbergscholarships.org/profile/pinkham-bryce/
  13. @TheBryceCapades (October 31, 2020). "This year for Halloween @VivziePop turned me into a Hell Owl with desperate Hell Owl needs! Watch episode one of #Helluvaboss on YouTube (FYI- adult humor, not suitable for the kiddos) #Stolas #VoiceActors #HappyHalloween youtu.be/el_PChGfJN8" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020 – via Twitter.
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