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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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

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="2"|2010

|The Good Wife

|Dr. Hanson

|CBS

God in America

|Charles Briggs

|PBS

2012

|Person of Interest

|Leland Raines

|CBS

2014

|Wallflowers

|Greg

|2 episodes

rowspan="2"|2016

|The Comedian

|Devon O'Connor

|

It Had to Be You

|TV Psychopath

|

rowspan="2"|2017

|The Get Down

|Julien

|Netflix

Mercy Street

|Clayton McBurney III

|PBS

2018

|Blindspot

|Jack Izenberg

|2 episodes

rowspan="3"|2019

|Proven Innocent

|Connor Mayfeld

|5 episodes

Almost Love

|Taylor

|

Instinct

|Paul

|Episode: "One-of-a-Kind"

2020

|The Blacklist

|Newton Purcell

|NBC

2020–present

|Helluva Boss

|Stolas (voice){{cite tweet |last1=Pinkham |first1=Bryce |user=TheBryceCapades |number=1322728292592414720 |date=October 31, 2020 |title=This year for Halloween @VivziePop turned me into a Hell Owl with desperate Hell Owl needs! Watch episode one of #Helluvaboss on YouTube (FYI- adult humor, not suitable for the kiddos) #Stolas #VoiceActors #HappyHalloween https://youtu.be/el_PChGfJN8 |accessdate=November 1, 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20201101182829/https://twitter.com/TheBryceCapades/status/1322728292592414720 |archivedate=November 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}

|YouTube

2022

|Julia

|John Updike

|HBO Max

Theater

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Venue

! Notes

2009

| Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

| Henry Clay

| The Public Theater

| 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

| Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

| Original Broadway Cast

2012

| Ghost: The Musical

| Carl Bruner

| Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

| Original Broadway Cast

2013–2015

| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

| Monty Navarro

| Walter Kerr Theatre

| Original Broadway Cast
Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Nominated - Outer Critics Award Circle for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

2014

| Waitress

| Dr. Jim Pomatter

| American Repertory Theater

| Workshop

2015

| The Heidi Chronicles

| Peter Patrone

| Music Box Theatre

| Nominated - Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Nominated - Drama League Distinguished Performance Award

2015–2016

| A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

| Monty Navarro

| Walter Kerr Theatre

| Original Broadway Cast

rowspan=2|2016

| 1776

| John Dickinson

| New York City Center

| Encores!
Off-Broadway{{cite web |title=Encores! 1776 Casts Diverse Array of Theatre Stars |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/casting-complete-for-encores-1776 |website=Playbill |access-date=December 5, 2023 |date=February 29, 2016}}

Holiday Inn

| Jim

| Studio 54

| Original Broadway Cast

rowspan=2|2017

|My Fair Lady

|Freddy Eynsford-Hill

|Civic Opera House

|Lyric Opera of Chicago

Man of La Mancha

|Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes

|Merkin Hall

|Concert

2018

|Chess

|The Arbiter

|Kennedy Center

|Pre-Broadway tryout

rowspan="3"|2019

|Superhero

|Jim

|Tony Kiser Theater

|Original Off-Broadway Cast

Benny & Joon

|Sam

|Paper Mill Playhouse

|

The Great Society

|Robert F. Kennedy

|Vivian Beaumont Theatre

|Original Broadway Cast

2022

|Little Shop of Horrors

|Orin Scrivello & Others

|Westside Theatre

|Off-Broadway replacement

2022–2023

|Ohio State Murders

|Robert Hampshire

|James Earl Jones Theatre

|Original Broadway Cast

2022

|Chess

|The Arbiter

| Broadhurst Theatre

|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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