Biography
Once described as the bard of the urban underbelly, protean "downtown" performance artist Eric Bogosian established himself as one of the wittiest, most incisive chroniclers of the bloat and sleaze of the 1980s. In a series of highly acclaimed one-man shows, he combined black humor and an aggressive, confrontational energy with an underlying charm to make pointed social commentary about the environment, racism, sexism and human behavior in …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Cast in Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Donald Margulies' "Time Stands Still" | |
2006 | Joined the cast of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (USA Network) as Captain Danny Ross | |
2006 | Cast in the short-lived CBS series, "Love Monkey" | |
2006 | Opened his play "Talk Radio" on Broadway | |
2003 | Played Eddie Nash in "Wonderland," a film based on the Wonderland Murders starring Val Kilmer | |
2002 | Cast in the historical drama feature, "Ararat" | |
2002 | Had a small role in "Igby Goes Down" | |
2002 | Cast in "Humpty Dumpty" at McCarter Theatre under the direction of Jo Bonney | |
2000 | Acted in Davis Guggenheim's "Gossip" | |
1999 | Appeared in "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee"; directed by Jo Anne Bonney | |
1998 | Returned to the suburbs for his play "Griller" (also directed by Falls at Chicago's Goodman Theater) | |
1997 | Reportedly made uncredited contributions to the script for "Mad City" | |
1997 | Appeared in Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry" and HBO's Vietnam drama "A Bright Shining Lie" | |
1996 | Co-created the short-lived ABC police drama, "High Incident" | |
1996 | Portrayed an agent in Daniel Sullivan's "The Substance of Fire"; adaptated by Jon Robin Baitz from his play | |
1995 | Contributed the voice of Phido, a Damon Runyonesque bird, to the animated musical "Arabian Knight" | |
1995 | Played a crazy scientist who hijacks a train in "Under Seige 2: Dark Territory" | |
1994 | Appeared in the film, "Dolores Claiborne," adapted from Stephen King's novel | |
1994 | Had cameo as himself in "Naked in New York" | |
1994 | Surprised the theatrical world with a play set in and, entitled "subUrbia"; directed by Robert Falls at NYC's Lincoln Center; later adapted as a 1996 film directed by Richard Linklater | |
1994 | Delivered a first-rate performance as a Nixon-esque senator investigating black magic for Paul Schrader's "Witch Hunt" (HBO) | |
1993 | Premiered his one-man show, "Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead," at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum | |
1992 | Made first appearance as defense attorney Gary Lowenthal on the NBC series, "Law & Order" | |
1991 | Starred in a concert presentation of his one-man show, "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll" | |
1990 | Portrayed Larry Rose, a former US Embassy staff member, in "The Last Flight Out," an NBC movie about the final days of the US involvement in Vietnam | |
1988 | Made TV-movie acting debut in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (CBS), directed by Robert Altman | |
1988 | Co-wrote first feature, "Talk Radio," with director Oliver Stone; also starred | |
1987 | Co-wrote first full-length play, "Talk Radio" with Tad Savinar (first shown at the Portland Center as a one-man performance piece in 1985; expanded for NYSF production directed by Zollo) | |
1987 | Co-wrote first short film, "Arena Brains"; also acted in film | |
1986 | Breakthrough performance piece, a series of urban monologues, "Drinking in America"; also aired on Cinemax as "Eric Bogosian Takes a Look at Drinking in America" | |
1985 | Played title role in "The Healer" episode of CBS' "The Twilight Zone" | |
1984 | Made TV debut in guest appearance on NBC's "Miami Vice" | |
1983 | Wrote and starred in one-man play, "FunHouse" at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre; directed by his wife Jo Anne Bonney | |
1982 | Film acting debut, "Born in Flames" | |
1981 | Made Off-Broadway debut in double-bill of "Men Inside" and "Voices of America" at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre | |
1979 | Created the persona of Ricky Paul, a racist and sexist stand-up comedian, while perfoming at Tier 3 and the Mudd Club | |
1977 | Made Off-Off Broadway debut with the one-man play, "Careful Moment" | |
1976 | Moved to Manhattan; first job was as a gofer at the Chelsea Westside Theatre; later appeared in performance pieces at the downtown arts center, The Kitchen | |
| Acted in a series of high school plays written and directed by his schoolmates Fred Zollo (a producer) and Nick Paleologus (a Massachusetts congressman) | ||
Awards
1989 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in Talk Radio |
1989 | Berlin International Film Festival for Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement in Talk Radio |