Tim Jerome

Timothy Jerome (born December 29, 1943, Los Angeles, California) is an American stage, film, and television actor.[1]

Tim Jerome
BornDecember 29, 1943
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor

Biography

After attending Cornell University, Ithaca College (BFA) and the Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music), Jerome made his Broadway debut in 1969 as Dr. Carrasco in “Man of La Mancha”.[1] He has subsequently appeared in more than a dozen productions on Broadway, including as Monsieur Firmin in “The Phantom of the Opera”.

Jerome was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role – Musical) for Me and My Girl.[2][3] As Alfred P. Doolittle in the 2007–2008 national tour of My Fair Lady he received the Carbonell Award and was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award.[4] He received a Special Award from the New England Theatre Conference in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement in the American Theatre.

The Founding President of the National Music Theater Network (the parent organization of the New York Musical Festival, NYMF), Jerome is also the Founding President of Mainstreet Musicals, a non-profit organization that facilitates the development of new musicals. A past board member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and former 1st Vice President of The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Jerome has also served as a Councilor of the Actors’ Equity Association.

Appearances

Broadway
  • Phantom of the Opera (M. Firmin)
  • The Lyons (Ben Lyons - understudy)
  • Tarzan (Professor Porter)
  • Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème (Alcindoro, Benoit)
  • Beauty and the Beast (Maurice)
  • Lost in Yonkers (Eddie)
  • Grand Hotel (Preysing)
  • Me and My Girl (Herbert Parchester)
  • Cats (Bustopher Jones, Asparagus, Growltiger)
  • The Moony Shapiro Songbook (Moony Shapiro)
  • Arthur Miller's Creation of the World and Other Business
  • The Magic Show
  • The Rothschilds (Amshel Rothschild; Nathan Rothschild)
  • Man of La Mancha (Dr. Carrasco)

Off-Broadway
  • Dracula (Little Shubert Theater)
  • Flamingo Court (New World Stages)

Regional
  • Arena Stage (Washington, DC)
  • Goodspeed Musicals (Chester, CT)
  • George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, NJ)
  • McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ)
  • North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA)
  • Phoenix Theatre (Purchase, NY)

Film

Television

References
  1. Willis, John (1991). Theatre World, 1989-1990, p. 204. Crown Publishers. ISBN 0517584336
  2. Jones, Dylan (31 October 1988). "Radio dramas ride a wave of popularity", USA Today
  3. Christiansen, Richard (12 May 1987). "British Musicals Carry Off 32 Tony Nominations, 'Me And My Girl'". Chicago Tribune
  4. Jones, Kenneth (7 April 2008). "McKeever, York, Spamalot, Tei, Inishmore, Glengarry Win Carbonell Awards", Playbill
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