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JOE MANTEGNA earned a Tony Award for his performance as Richard Roma in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross. His additional Broadway credits include the role of Bobby Gould in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow and a role in the musical Working, in which he made his Broadway debut. In his hometown of Chicago, Mantegna also starred in the Mamet plays A Life in the Theatre and The Disappearance of the Jews, both at the Goodman Theatre. He directed Mamet's Lakeboat in Los Angeles and later made his feature-film directorial debut with Lakeboat, based on Mamet's screenplay. Mantegna also conceived and co-authored the Off Broadway play Bleacher Bums, which was subsequently produced for television and earned him an Emmy Award. Mantegna made his feature film debut in Compromising Positions and has since starred in the David Mamet films House of Games, Things Change and Homicide, in roles that Mamet specifically created for him, as well as Alice, Celebrity, The Godfather III, Bugsy, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Liberty Heights, Forget Paris, Suspect, Up Close and Personal, The Money Pit, Weeds, Baby's Day Out, Airheads, Queens Logic, Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Uncle Nino, Eye for an Eye and Nine Lives. He also has starring roles in the upcoming films Elvis and Annabelle, Lonely Street, Childless, Cougar Club, Hank and Mike, Right Hand Man, Witless Protection, and David Mamet's Redbelt. His television credits include the miniseries The Starter Wife and the cable film The Rat Pack, for which he was nominated for Emmy Awards, as well as Criminal Minds, State of Emergency, A Call to Remember, My Little Assassin, The Water Engine, Boy Meets Girl, Jerry and Tom and a series of films based on Robert Parker's Spenser novels, including Small Vices, Thin Air and Walking Shadow. He earned an Emmy Award nomination for his role in the mini-series The Last Don, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel, and starred in its sequel, "The Last Don II." He also starred in the series "Joan of Arcadia" and "First Monday," on CBS, as well as the CBS holiday movie Say When. His voice can be heard in his recurring role as Fat Tony in The Simpsons, for which he reprised his role in the recently released feature film of the animated comedy. He also starred as the voice of the Boatman in the animated feature The Trumpet of the Swan. Mantegna was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and lives in Los Angeles.
Bio as of September, 2010.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - September, 1984 - Watch now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
Website:
www.joemantegna.com
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