Biography
Two weeks after his 1980 arrival in NYC, Terrence Mann landed his first Broadway play, "Barnum", thanks to his ability to juggle and ride a unicycle, and has seldom been far from the Great White Way since. He donned fur for his next outing as Rum Tum Tugger, the Jaggeresque rock'n'roll feline of "Cats" (1982), and showed his true penchant for villainy as the fearsome Javert in "Les Miserables" (1987), garnering his first Tony nomination as …
Career Milestones
| Spent two years with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival in Chapel Hill | ||
| Took some time off from North Carolina School of the Arts to play in a "hometown" rock'n'roll bar band | ||
| Will play the role of Mal Beineke, opposite Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, in the musical adaption of "The Addams Family" (2010) | ||
| Worked as a dancer and technician at The Lost Colony amphitheater in North Carolina | ||
1980 | Moved to New York and within three weeks made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical, "Barnum"; played the supporting role of Chester Lyman | |
1982 | Portrayed Rum Tum Tugger in the original Broadway cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats"; first association with director Trevor Nunn | |
1984 | Took a leave of absence from "Cats" to play King Arthur in "Camelot" at Raleigh's North Carolina Theater | |
1985 | Played assistant choreographer Larry in Richard Attenborough's disappointing film version of "A Chorus Line" | |
1986 | Originated the role of Saul in "Rags"; first played the role in Boston and later in a brief run on Broadway | |
1986 | Portrayed an extraterrestrial bounty hunter in the horror film, "Critters" | |
1987 | Appeared as a serial killer in an episode of "The Equalizer" (CBS) | |
1987 | Earned a Tony nomination as the fearsome Javert in "Les Miserables"; directed by Nunn | |
1987 | Had a brief run playing a prisoner named Jester on the CBS daytime drama, "As the World Turns" | |
1988 | Had recurring role on the ABC daytime serial, "One Life to Live" | |
1989 | Cast as Griffin Sanders on the NBC soap, "Another World" | |
1989 | Succeeded Jason Alexander as the narrator in "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" | |
1990 | Acted Off-Broadway in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's "Assassins" playing Leon Czolgosz, the Polish immigrant who shot President William McKinley | |
1991 | Directed and performed in several plays at the North Carolina Theater | |
1991 | Portrayed one of the gangsters involved in the real-life 1978 robbery of Lufthansa Airlines in "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" (USA Network) | |
1992 | Played the title roles in the New York workshop of "Jeckyll & Hyde" | |
1994 | Originated the role of the Beast in Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast"; earned second Tony nomination | |
1996 | Acted in Sondheim's first non-musical play on Broadway, "Getting Away with Murder" | |
1996 | Played arch-villain toymaker A.P. Tavish in the CBS movie musical, "Mrs. Santa Clause" | |
1996 | Provided the voice of Oberon in the syndicated animated series, "Gargoyles" | |
1997 | Played British General John Burgoyne in PBS documentary, "Liberty! The American Revolution" | |
1997 | Portrayed the Javert-like Chauvelin in Broadway's "The Scarlet Pimpernel" | |
1999 | Directed a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" at the Ordway Musical Theater in Minnesota; brother-in-law Christopher d'Amboise served as choreographer | |
2000 | Cast as Daniel in the ABC daytime drama, "One Life to Live" | |
2001 | Assumed leading role of Dr. Frank N. Furter in the Broadway revival of "The Rocky Horror Show" | |
2005 | Starred in the Broadway musical, "Lennon," about the life of John Lennon | |
2006 | Cast as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in a revival of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" | |
2007 | Played the regular role of Bob in the short-lived series, "The Dresden Files" (Sci Fi Channel) | |