Biography
Having convincingly played everything from a killer barber to a drag queen to a man who loses his family in the Holocaust, George Hearn has come to be considered as one of the stage's most honored and respected actors. Perhaps best-known for his Tony-winning performances in "La Cage aux Folles" (1984) and "Sunset Boulevard" (1995), the actor has appeared in dozens of Broadway and regional productions, as well as countless TV shows and films …
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Career Milestones
2000 | Replaced an ailing Bryn Terfel in concert staging of Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd", performed in honor of the composer's 70th birthday | |
1999 | Reunited with Close in the TV-movie "Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End" (CBS) | |
1999 | Earned Tony nomination for performance in "Putting It Together", a Sondheim musical revue co-starring Carol Burnett and Bronson Pinchot | |
1997 | Played a judge sympathetic to the IRA in the drama "The Devil's Own" opposite Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt | |
1997 | Played Otto Frank, Anne's father, in Broadway re-staging of "The Diary of Anne Frank"; original play was partially re-written by Wendy Kesselman | |
1995 | Won second Tony for supporting performance as Max von Mayerling in "Sunset Boulevard", opposite Glenn Close's Norma Desmond | |
1992 | Co-starred with Robert Redford and Dan Aykroyd in the high-tech caper "Sneakers" | |
1989 | Appeared as the patriarch in the stage musical adaptation of "Meet Me in St. Louis" | |
1986 | Reprised role of Albin in London production of "La Cage aux Folles" | |
1985 | Won Emmy for reprising his role as the demon barber of Fleet Street in Showtime production of "Sweeney Todd", again co-starring with Lansbury | |
1985 | Starred as Ben Stone in a concert staging of teh Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical "Follies"; production taped and aired on PBS | |
1984 | Won first Tony for his portrayal of drag queen Albin in the gender-bending musical farce "La Cage aux Folles" | |
1983 | Garnered second Tony nomination for the ill-fated musical "A Doll's Life", a sequel to Ibsen's "A Doll's House" | |
1980 | Nominated for Tony for his role in the Broadway revival of "Watch on the Rhine" | |
1979 | Replaced Len Cariou in title role of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" on Broadway, opposite Dorothy Louden; later headed touring production opposite Angela Lansbury | |
1979 | Co-starred with Liv Ullmann in the short-lived stage musical "I Remember Mama" | |
1976 | Portrayed Henry Clay in the PBS miniseries "The Adams Chronicles" | |
1975 | TV-movie debut in the NBC drama "The Silence" | |
1975 | Film acting debut "The Money"; bit part with then-un known Danny DeVito | |
1973 | Appeared on Broadway alongside John Lithgow in the drama "The Changing Room" | |
1969 | Cast as John Dickinson in the award-winning stage musical "1776"; later toured in the role | |
1964 | Toured in "Camelot" as Sir Dinadan | |
| Played principal roles in New York Shakespeare Festival productions of "Antony and Cleopatra", "As You Like It" and "Hamlet" in the 1960s | ||
| Stage acting debut as Petruchio in "Kiss Me, Kate" | ||
Awards
1995 | Tony Award for Actor (Featured Role--Musical) |
1984 | Tony Award for Actor (Musical) |