Biography
On the New York stage, however, Bosco is a legend who has headlined numerous Broadway productions and along the way earned three Tony nominations before taking the award home for "Lend Me a Tenor" (1989), his fourth invitation to the dance. A frequent presence in the plays of Shakespeare, especially early in his career, he also emerged as one of the finest contemporary interpreters of the work of George Bernard Shaw, appearing on the New York …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Appeared in PBS' documentary film series "Prohibition" | |
2007 | Played the senile father of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney in "The Savages" | |
2007 | Cast on the FX original series "Damages" | |
2005 | Starred on Broadway as Grandpa Potts in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," inspired by the children's book by Ian Fleming | |
2004 | Returned to Broadway as 'Juror Three, the Angriest One of All' in "Twelve Angry Men" an adaptation of Reginald Rose's popular television (and film) drama from the 1950's; earned Tony nomination for his role | |
2000 | Acted in John Singleton's remake of "Shaft," starring Samuel L Jackson | |
2000 | Returned to Broadway to star in Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" | |
2000 | Played Michael Douglas' father-in-law in brief role in the feature comedy "Wonder Boys" | |
1998 | Portrayed Malvolio in the Lincoln Center production of "Twelfth Night"; reprised role in live telecast on PBS | |
1997 | Third film with Allen, "Deconstructing Harry" | |
1997 | Cast as Cameron Diaz's father in "My Best Friend's Wedding" | |
| Starred with Carol Burnett on Broadway in "Moon Over Buffalo"; received Tony nomination | ||
1995 | Played Dr. Sloper in Broadway revival of "The Heiress" | |
1994 | Cast as a corrections officer in the gripping HBO drama "Against the Wall" | |
| Co-starred with Rosemary Harris in "An Inspector Calls" on Broadway | ||
1994 | Played a judge in Robert Benton's "Nobody's Fool" | |
1993 | Had regular role on the short-lived Fox anthology series "Tribeca" | |
1991 | Second film with Woody Allen, "Shadows and Fog" | |
1989 | Starred on Broadway in Ken Ludwig's farcical "Lend Me a Tenor" | |
1988 | Played industrialist Oren Trask in "Working Girl" | |
1988 | First collaboration with Woody Allen, the Bergmanesque "Another Woman" | |
1987 | Won a Daytime Emmy Award playing a grandfather in "Read Between the Line," an ABC Afterschool Special | |
1987 | Garnered third Tony nomination as Actor in a Play for Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" | |
1987 | Appeared as a detective in the comedy hit "Three Men and a Baby" | |
| Had lead role of Sir Thomas More in Roundabout revival of "A Man for All Seasons" | ||
1985 | Revisited Catholic upbringing playing a member of a religious order in the comedy "Heaven Help Us" | |
1985 | Starred in American Playhouse production of "Some Men Need Help" (PBS) | |
1984 | Cast as Eric Roberts' father in "The Pope of Greenwich Village" | |
| Cast opposite Rex Harrison and Rosemary Harris in the Broadway revival of Shaw's "Heartbreak House"; received Tony nomination | ||
1983 | First feature in 15 years, "Trading Places" | |
| Spent a season with the Roundabout Theatre Company | ||
1979 | Acted in "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" on Broadway | |
1979 | Had recurring role on the CBS daytime drama "Guiding Light" | |
1977 | Played Mack the Knife in New York Shakespeare Festival revival of "The Threepenny Opera" in Central Park | |
| Experienced an eighteen-month period of anxiety attacks during the mid-1970s (a condition long since controlled) that limited his professional choices | ||
1970 | Returned to Lincoln Center as member of company | |
1968 | Second feature film, "A Lovely Way to Die" | |
| Member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater company | ||
1966 | First worked with producer Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival in "Richard III" | |
| Performed with American Shakespeare Festival, including title roles in "Henry IV, Part I" and "Coriolanus" | ||
1962 | Made film debut in "Requiem for a Heavyweight" | |
1961 | Received first Tony Award nomination for performance in "The Rape of the Belt" | |
1960 | Early TV credit, "The Prisoner of Zenda," a CBS telecast of the "DuPont Show of the Month" | |
1958 | Broadway debut in "Auntie Mame," playing Brian O'Bannon | |
| Appeared in 20 productions with Arena Stage, Washington, DC | ||
1954 | Professional acting debut in Maryland production of "You Never Can Tell" | |
1951 | Served in US Army Signal Corps and Special Services | |
| A role as Machiavelli the Cat in a school play entitled "The Fairy Cobbler" while in eighth grade hooked him on theater | ||
| Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey | ||
Awards
1989 | Tony Award for Actor (Play) |