Photo Coverage: Inside the 2013 Actors Fund Gala - Robert De Niro, Billy Porter, Tim Minchin & MATILDA Girls and More!
By: Walter McBride May. 01, 2013
The Actors Fund's annual gala on April 29, 2013 at the New York Marriott Marquis honored Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro, the pay television company HBO and entrepreneur/film producer and Fund trustee Steve Kalafer. The trio received the Medal of Honor, the highest award from the 130-year old non-profit human services organization.
BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos from the gala, featuring De Niro, Broadway stars Billy Porter, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tim Minchin and the cast of MATILDA, Cuba Gooding Jr., the cast of MOTOWN, Holland Taylor, Blythe Danner, John Lloyd Young, plus Lena Dunham and more!De Niro is the co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, and his legendary film career includes Oscar wins for his performances in The Godfather, Part II (1974) and Raging Bull (1980) as well as five additional nominations.
HBO (Home Box Office, Inc.) is known worldwide for its critically acclaimed and award-winning original programs. Among its current and most popular series are Game of Thrones, Girls, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Veep. Additional award-winning programs include the miniseries MildrEd Pierceand Generation Kill; HBO Films' Too Big To Fail, Temple Grandin, Taking Chance, Grey Gardens, Game Change and You Don't Know Jack. CEO Richard Plepler is slated to accept the award.
Entrepreneur and film producer Steve Kalafer has served as a trustee of The Actors Fund since 1997. He has been a producer of eleven documentaries and has earned three Academy Award nominations, including the Oscar nominated Curtain Call (2000) about seniors at The Fund's Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The presentation of the 2013 Actors Fund Annual Gala
The presentation of the 2013 Actors Fund Annual Gala
Richard Plepler
Cast of 'Matilda'
The cast of 'Matilda'
Tim Minchin with the cast of 'Matilda'
The Cast of 'Matilda'
Tim Minchin with the cast of 'Matilda'
Cast of 'Matilda'
Tim Minchin with the cast of 'Matilda'
Tim Minchin with the cast of 'Matilda'
Tim Minchin with the cast of 'Matilda'
Valisia LeKae; Brandon Victor Dixon from 'Motown The Musical'
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Valisia LeKae; Brandon Victor Dixon
Valisia LeKae; Brandon Victor Dixon
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae
Steve Kalafer
Brian Stokes Mitchell; Steve Kalafer
Brian Stokes Mitchell; Steve Kalafer
Grace Hightower & Robert De Niro
Grace Hightower & Robert De Niro
Grace Hightower & Robert De Niro
Grace Hightower & Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro; Chazz Palminteri
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