Biography
A student at Julliard during summer breaks from high school, Grant later joined the Yale Repertory Company during his college days, and in 1978 (the year he graduated), made a strong impression in the play "Bent". The following year he recreated his role on Broadway opposite Richard Gere in this powerful study of gays imprisoned during WWII in a Nazi concentration camp. He also made a likable feature debut as one of a group of college students …
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Career Milestones
| Returned to Broadway as part of the ensemble of the acclaimed drama, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" and "Angels in America: Perestoika" | ||
| Signed to adapt "On the Kid" (lensed 2001), Dan Savage's book about two gay men who adopt a baby | ||
1978 | Performed one of the leading roles in the play, "Bent", as part of the Eugene O'Neill Festival | |
1979 | Made film debut in the feature, "French Postcards" | |
1979 | Recreated his role in the play, "Bent", for a Broadway production in which he played opposite Richard Gere | |
1981 | First TV-movie, "Kent State" | |
1981 | Played a leading role in the short-lived Broadway play, "The Survivor" | |
1984 | Attracted some attention with his role in the feature, "American Flyer" | |
1989 | Acted in the Los Angeles stage revival of the play, "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" | |
1989 | Played recurring role of Russell in the ABC serial drama, "thirtysomething" | |
1990 | Acted in the off-Broadway comedy, "Making Movies" | |
1993 | First play "Snakebit" produced at the Remains Theater in Chicago, starring D W Moffett and directed by Campbell Scott | |
1993 | Hosted "The Life of Billy the Kid", a documentary biography which aired on TV's Disney Channel | |
1998 | "Snakebit" performed at Naked Angels in NYC in a production directed by Jace Alexander; moved to commercial run Off-Broadway | |
1998 | Appeared opposite "Angels in America" co-star Marcia Gay Harden in the Lifetime TV-movie "Labor of Love", playing a gay man who agrees to father a child | |
2000 | Second play "Current Events" premiered Off-Broadway produced by the Manhattan Theater Club | |
2001 | Wrote the teleplay for "Jenifer" (CBS), about Jenifer Estess, one of the co-founders of Project ALS | |
Awards
1994 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming in The Legend of Billy the Kid |