Bryce Pinkham
{{short description|American stage and screen actor (born 1982)}}
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| birth_name = Bryce Allen Pinkham
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|19}}
| birth_place = Redding, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor, singer
| years_active = 2010–present
| education = Boston College {{small|(BA)}}
Yale University {{small|(MFA)}}
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| instrument = Vocals
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Bryce Allen Pinkham (born October 19, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in the PBS period drama Mercy Street. On Broadway, he played Monty Navarro in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. For this role, he received nominations for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and a Grammy (Best Musical Theater Album). He is a Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellow and co-founder of Zara Aina, a not-for-profit children's theater company in Madagascar. He voices Stolas in the adult animated web series Helluva Boss.
Personal life
Pinkham was born in Redding, California.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGGQ-CMW California Birth Index, 1905-1995] via FamilySearch database He was raised in the East San Francisco Bay Area.Blank, Matthew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-cue-a-ghost-the-musicals-bryce-pinkham-com-193146# "Playbill's CUE & A: Ghost The Musical{{'}}s Bryce Pinkham"], Playbill, May 1, 2012 He attended Campolindo High School in Moraga, California. He is a graduate of Boston College and the Yale School of Drama.[http://www.playbill.com/person/bryce-pinkham-vault-0000114997 "Bryce Pinkham Broadway"] Playbill (vault), retrieved January 3, 2017
In 2012, Pinkham co-founded the not-for-profit children’s theater company Zara Aina (Share Life) with Lucas Caleb Rooney, to empower at-risk children in Madagascar.{{cite web
| title = Cool Things You Don't Know About Bryce Pinkham, Co-star of 'The Heidi Chronicles'g
| publisher = Huffington Post
| author = Jeryl Brunner
| date = June 17, 2015
| access-date = December 5, 2023
| url = https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cool-things-you-dont-know_b_7086090}}
In 2015, Pinkham said "I did musicals growing up as a kid, and it was always a dream to be in a Broadway musical, to play the lead in a Tony-winning musical."{{cite web
| title = Why Bryce Pinkham Ditched His Lead Role in Gentleman's Guide to Join the Heidi Chronicles Cast
| publisher = Theatermania.com
| author = Bethany Rickwalk
| date = February 23, 2015
| url = http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/bryce-pinkham-on-gentlemans-guide-and-the-heidi-chronicles_71833.html}}
He is an avid hiker and has hiked the Sierra Nevada Mountains as well as in New Zealand and Iceland.{{cite web
| title = A Q&A With Mercy Street's Bryce Pinkham
| publisher = PBS
| author = Erik Heinila
| date = January 6, 2017
| url = http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/a-qa-with-mercy-streets-bryce-pinkham/}}
Pinkham is married to actress Scarlett Strallen. The couple have two children, a daughter: Winnie, and a son: Wilder.{{Cite web |title=Bryce Pinkham |url=https://www.bso.org/profiles/bryce-pinkham |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=BSO |language=en-us}}
Career
Pinkham had a few roles in Ghost: The Musical and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on Broadway. In 2013, he originated the role of Monty Navarro in the Broadway production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical as well as a Grammy Award. He played the role on Broadway for over 700 performances. In 2014, he played Paul Revere in an introductory commercial titled Italian Invasion for the Fiat 500L, created by the Doner Company.{{cite web|title=Fiat's New Spot Shouts, 'The Italians Are Coming!'| publisher = Agency Spy|author=Ella Riley-Adams| date=June 26, 2013|url = http://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/fiats-new-spot-shouts-the-italians-are-coming/51124}}{{cite web|title=FIAT® 500L - Italian Invasion / Revolution - (2013)|publisher=Adland.tv|author=|date=|url=https://adland.tv/commercials/fiat-500l-italian-invasion-revolution-2013-30-usa}}
He played Peter Patrone in the Broadway revival of The Heidi Chronicles, and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. In 2016, he returned to Broadway leading the cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's musical, Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn. His film and television appearances include as a series regular in the second season of the TV series Mercy Street, playing Major Clayton McBurney III, head of the Union Army hospital.Vine, Hannah. [http://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-patina-miller-brian-f-obyrne-bryce-pinkham-in-pbs-mercy-street# Exclusive: Patina Miller, Brian F. O’Byrne, Bryce Pinkham in PBS' Mercy Street"], Playbill, November 9, 2016 Other roles include performances in the comedy The Comedian (2016) which stars Robert De Niro, and Baz Luhrmann's Netflix drama The Get Down and on the CBS dramas The Good Wife and Person of Interest. He appeared in the PBS miniseries God in America, "A Nation Reborn Drama" (2010).[https://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/etc/credits.html#2 God in America], PBS, retrieved January 4, 2017[https://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/press/ " God in America Press Release"], PBS, retrieved January 4, 2017 In 2012, Pinkham was awarded the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship given to "a limited number of exceptionally talented young dancers, musicians, actors and visual artists as they complete their training and begin their professional life."{{Cite web|url=http://www.leonoreannenbergscholarships.org/profile/pinkham-bryce/|title=Bryce Pinkham, actor|website=The Leonore Annenberg Scholarship, Fellowship, and School Funds Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120756/http://www.leonoreannenbergscholarships.org/profile/pinkham-bryce/|archive-date=December 20, 2016}}
Pinkham currently voices Stolas in the YouTube adult animated web series Helluva Boss.
Filmography
Theater
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |
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2009
| Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Henry Clay | Concert |
2010
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Hero | Williamstown Theatre Festival | Regional |
2010–2011
| Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Henry Clay / Black Fox u/s Andrew Jackson | Original Broadway Cast |
2012
| Carl Bruner | Original Broadway Cast |
2013–2015
| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Monty Navarro | Original Broadway Cast |
2014
| Waitress | Dr. Jim Pomatter | Workshop |
2015
| Peter Patrone | Nominated - Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play |
2015–2016
| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Monty Navarro | Original Broadway Cast |
rowspan=2|2016
| 1776 | Encores! |
Holiday Inn
| Jim | Studio 54 | Original Broadway Cast |
rowspan=2|2017
|Freddy Eynsford-Hill |
Man of La Mancha
|Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes |Concert |
2018
|The Arbiter |Pre-Broadway tryout |
rowspan="3"|2019
|Jim |Original Off-Broadway Cast |
Benny & Joon
|Sam | |
The Great Society
|Original Broadway Cast |
2022
|Orin Scrivello & Others |Off-Broadway replacement |
2022–2023
|Robert Hampshire |Original Broadway Cast |
2022
|The Arbiter |Broadway Concert |
2023
|rowspan=2|Little Shop of Horrors |rowspan=2|Orin Scrivello & Others |rowspan=2|Westside Theatre |rowspan=2|Off-Broadway replacement |
2023-2024 |
References
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Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:People from Redding, California
Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni