Manoel Felciano

Manoel Felciano (born November 12, 1974)[1] is an American actor, singer, and songwriter.

Career

He received a humanities degree from Yale University.[2] Felciano attended New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2004.[3] He joined the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) (San Francisco) core acting program in 2009, having previously performed there in Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo and Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll."[2]

Feliciano is known for playing Tobias Ragg in the 2005 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. In this production, all of the actors played their own instruments, with Felciano playing the piano, violin and clarinet.[4][5]

He appeared in the "Reprise" (Los Angeles) production of Sunday in the Park with George in January 2007.[6] He appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Three Sisters in July 2008, as "Andrei"[7] He appeared at the Kennedy Center in Ragtime in April to May 2009, as "Tateh".[8] He performed in the stage musical Anastasia at the Hartford Stage, Connecticut as "Gleb". The production ran from May 12 to June 12, 2016.[9]

Personal life

His father is Richard Felciano, a contemporary composer and UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus, and his mother is Rita Felciano, a dance critic.[2]

Manoel Felciano has a Swiss passport and speaks fluently Swiss-German and French. He is part of the worldwide Baumgartner family which has branches in Switzerland (Zürich), Spain (Barcelona) and Australia (Sydney) and which is widely known for its creative and successful family members.

He lives with his wife, Christina, and their 4 year-old daughter, Vera. They live in Uptown Manhattan, New York.

Theatre credits
Broadway
Off-Broadway
American Conservatory Theater[10]
Regional (U.S.)

Filmography
Film
Year Film Role
2009 Uncertainty Greg
Television
YearTitleRole
2009 Life on Mars Bradley Thomas (Episode: "Let All the Children Boogie")
2009 The Unusuals Jeremy Foer (Episode: "The Apology Line")
2010 Trauma Frank (Episode: "Tunnel Vision")
2014 NCIS (TV series) CIA agent Jim Brisco (Episode: "Page Not Found")
2016 Elementary (TV series) Franklin (Episode: "A Study in Charlotte")

Discography
Cast albums
  • 1998 — Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording
  • 2004 — Brooklyn: The Musical (2004 Original Broadway Cast)
  • 2005 — Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
  • 2017 — Amélie - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Solo recordings
  • 2008 — Moonshot (Debut Album)

References
  1. "Manoel Felciano". imdb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. Hamlin, Jesse. "Manoel Felciano back home in ACT's 'November'" sfgate.com, October 25, 2009
  3. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  4. League, The Broadway. "Manoel Felciano – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". ibdb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. Hernandez, Ernio (3 November 2005). "Fresh Blood: A New Sweeney Todd with Cerveris and LuPone Opens on Broadway, Nov. 3". Playbill. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. Gans, Andrew. "Hello, George! 'Sunday in the Park' — with Felciano and O'Hara — Begins Reprise! Run Jan. 30" Playbill, January 30, 2007
  7. Gans, Andrew. "Cash, DeWitt and Hecht are 'Three Sisters' at Williamstown Beginning July 16" Playbill, July 16, 2008
  8. Gans, Andrew. "Bohmer, Felciano, Noll, Darrington and More Cast in Kennedy Center's 'Ragtime'" Playbill, January 28, 2009
  9. Viagas, Robert; Hetrick, Adam. "Cast Announced for Ahrens and Flaherty's Stage 'Anastasia'" Playbill, March 9, 2016
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-08-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) act-sf.org
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