Michael Cumpsty

 ( 1960 Births ) 

In Broadway stage musicals, he played John Dickinson in the revival of 1776 (1997), and Julian Marsh in the revival of 42nd Street (2001). He played the role of Jules in the revival of Sunday in the Park With George in 2008. In off-Broadway work, he co-directed a Classic Stage Company production of Richard III in 2007, as well as played the title role. Other Shakespeare roles include the title role in Timon of Athens in 1996, Parolles in All's Well That Ends Well in 1993, Laertes in Hamlet in 1990, Time/Lord in The Winter's Tale in 1989, and Escalus in Romeo and Juliet in 1988, all at the Public Theater. "Michael Cumpsty Listing, Internet Off-Broadway Database" Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed 31 March 2011 He played the Prince Hamlet in the Classic Stage Company production of Hamlet in 2005, winning the Obie Award.

Cumpsty's television credits include daytime soap operas such as One Life to Live and All My Children, recurring roles on the primetime dramas L.A. Law in 1991 as "killer litigator" Frank Kittridge, Severance as Security Chief Doug Graner, and as the holographic Lord Burleigh, and guest appearances on Matlock, " Matlock Episode. The Scam" tv.com, accessed 19 August 2015 The OA, and Law & Order. Cumpsty's feature films include State of Grace (1990), State of Grace rottentomatoes.com, accessed 1 April 2011 Fatal Instinct (1993), "Cast, Fatal Instinct" allmovie.com, accessed 1 April 2011 The Ice Storm (1997), "Cast, The Ice Storm" allmovie.com, accessed 1 April 2011 Starting Out in the Evening (2007), " Starting Out in the Evening Cast", The New York Times, accessed 19 August 2015 The Visitor (2007) 'The Visitor' Internet Movie Database, accessed 1 April 2011 and Eat Pray Love (2010) "Cast, Eat Pray Love" rottentomatoes.com, accessed 1 April 2011

Cumpsty appeared at the Two River Theater in Much Ado About Nothing in October 2011, in Present Laughter in 2013, and directed the Wendy Wasserstein play Third in 2014. He appeared in Absurd Person Singular as "Ronald" in January and on 1 February 2015. He said of the Two River Theater: "It's similar to off-Broadway, but at a much nicer theater. And it's different from Broadway because it's not commercial so there's less pressure. It's exhilarating, too. The run is short (three or four weeks) then it's gone. It's kind of special..." He further said that he likes "language oriented work" and mentioned as examples Copenhagen and the plays of Tom Stoppard.

In 2023 he acted in the HBO drama series Barry playing the Movie Gene Cousineau in the episode "wow" alongside Jim Cummings as Movie Barry Berkman; Henry Winkler and Bill Hader originated the roles respectively.