We're All Human - Meet the Full Cast of THE ELEPHANT MAN, Opening Tonight on Broadway!

Bernard Pomerance's Tony Award-winning play THE ELEPHANT MAN, starring two-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper as John Merrick, Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson as Mrs. Kendal, and Alessandro Nivola as Dr. Frederick Treves, is directed by Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis. The production officially opens at Broadway's Booth Theatre tonight, December 7, 2014. Scroll down to learn more about the company and watch interviews with the cast!

The cast also features Anthony Heald as Ross / Bishop Walsham How, Scott Lowell as Snork / Pinhead Manager / Lord John, Kathryn Meisle as Miss Sandwich / Princess and Henry Stram as Carr Gomm / Conductor. The company also includes Chris Bannow, Peter Bradbury, Lucas Calhoun, Eric Clem, Amanda Lea Mason, Marguerite Stimpson and Emma Thorne.

THE ELEPHANT MAN features Scenic and Projection Design by Timothy R. Mackabee, Costume Design by Clint Ramos, Lighting Design by Philip S. Rosenberg, Original Music and Sound Design by John Gromada.

Based on the real life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man tells the story of a 19th-century British man (Cooper) who became a star of the traveling freak show circuit. When the renowned Dr. Treves (Nivola) takes Merrick under his care at the London Hospital, he is astonished by Merrick's brilliant intelligence and unshakable faith. Soon all of Victorian high society becomes fascinated by Merrick, especially the beautiful actress Mrs. Kendal (Clarkson). But with his new life comes new complexity... and a "normal" existence begins to seem all but impossible.

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BRADLEY COOPER
(John Merrick)

Theatre: The Elephant Man (Williamstown), Three Days of Rain (Broadway), The Understudy (Williamstown). Film: Guardians of the Galaxy, American Hustle (Oscar nom, Golden Globe® nom, SAG ensemble award), The Place Beyond The Pines, The Hangover trilogy, Silver Linings Playbook (Oscar® nom, Golden Globe nom, SAG nom, National Board of Review Award), Limitless, Wedding Crashers, Wet Hot American Summer, Serena. Upcoming film: Untitled Cameron Crowe Project, American Sniper, Untitled John Wells Project, TV: "Alias," "Nip/Tuck," "Kitchen Confidential," "Sex and the City." Education: Georgetown University, Actors Studio MFA Program.

PATRICIA CLARKSON
(Mrs. Kendal)

Broadway: The House of Blue Leaves, Eastern Standard. Off-Broadway: Three Days of Rain, The Author's Voice, The Vanishing Act, The Maiden's Prayer, Raised in Captivity. Kennedy Center: A Streetcar Named Desire. Films: Cairo Time; Easy A;Whatever Works; Shutter Island; Good Night, and Good Luck; Far From Heaven(NYFCC Award); The Green Mile; The Untouchables; High Art (Independent Spirit nomination); The Station Agent (SAG nomination, National Board of Review Award); Pieces of April (Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG nominations, National Board of Review Award). Upcoming films: Learning to Drive; October Gale. TV: "Six Feet Under" (Emmy Award 2002 and 2006), "Parks and Recreation."

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA
(Dr. Frederick Treves)

Broadway: The Winslow Boy (Outer Critics Circle nom.), A Month in the Country (Drama Desk nom). Off-Broadway: A Lie of the Mind (New Group). Regional: Williamstown, Long Wharf, Yale Rep, Intiman, O'Neill Theater Center. Film: American Hustle (SAG Award), Laurel Canyon (Independent Spirit nom),Junebug, Coco Before Chanel, Face/Off, Ginger and Rosa, Mansfield Park, Devil's Knot, Howl, Love's Labour's Lost, Time Code, Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Five Dollars A Day, Goal, Janie Jones among others. Upcoming Films: A Most Violent Year, Selma, Day Out of Days. Produced the comedy series "Doll & Em" for HBO. Yale University.

ANTHONY HEALD
(Ross, Bishop Walsham How)

Broadway: Anything Goes (Tony nom.), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nom.),Inherit the Wind, A Small Family Business, others. Off-Broadway: The Foreigner(Obie), Quartermaine's Terms (Obie), Misalliance (Theatre World Award), others. Films: Silence of the Lambs, The Client, The Pelican Brief, Proof of Life, others. TV: "Boston Public," "Boston Legal," "Monday Mornings," others. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Shylock, Tartuffe, Iago, others.

SCOTT LOWELL
(Snork, Pinhead Manager, Lord John)

Broadway/New York Debut. Regional: 12 Angry Men, Orson's Shadow and Present Laughter (Pasadena Playhouse); The Big Meal (Artists Rep); The Elephant Man(Williamstown); Blithe Spirit (A Noise Within); The Pain and the Itch(Furious/Boston Court); The Heidi Chronicles (Berkshire Theatre Fest). Chicago:Picasso At The Lapin Agile and Twelfth Night (Steppenwolf); Light Up The Sky(Goodman); Chicago Conspiracy Trial; A Perfect Ganesh; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Assassins. Television: "Queer As Folk" (Prism Award nominations); "Bones"; "CSI"; "CSI:NY"; "Castle"; "NCIS"; "Leverage"; "Criminal Minds"; "American Dad"; "Frasier". Film: Chicago 8; Ping Pong Playa.

KATHRYN MEISLE
(Miss Sandwich, Princess)

Broadway: Outside Mullingar, Touch of the Poet, The Constant Wife, Tartuffe (Tony Award nomination/ Calloway Award), London Assurance, The Rehearsal, Racing Demon. Off-Broadway includes: Romeo & Juliet (CSC), Women Beware Women(Redbull, Calloway Award), Top Secret, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (NYTW),Living Out (Second Stage), Old Money (LCT), Much Ado, Twelfth Night, As You Like It (Drama Desk nomination), Othello (The Public/Delacorte). Recent Regional: Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Theatre, DC), Clybourne Park, The Real Thing, Three Sisters (Guthrie), A Flea in Her Ear (Williamstown), Leaving(Wilma), Creditors (La Jolla), Seagull (OSF). She has plenty of lovely TV and Film credits as well.

HENRY STRAM
(Carr Gomm, Conductor)

Broadway: Inherit the Wind, The Crucible, Titanic. Recent Off-Broadway: Fly by Night (Playwrights Horizons); Antony and Cleopatra (Public Theater/RSC); The Cradle Will Rock (Encores! Off-Center); Charles Ives Take Me Home (Rattlestick). Film: Angelica, Cradle Will Rock, The Grey Zone. TV: "Smash," "White Collar," "Law & Order." He is a graduate of Juilliard and the recipient of an Obie for Sustained Excellence.

CHRISTOPHER BANNOW
(Porter, Orderly, Pinhead, u/s)

Christopher Bannow is thrilled to be making his Broadway Debut with The Elephant Man. Regional credits include Comedy of Errors, The Zoo Story(Williamstown), Hamlet w/ Paul Giamatti (Yale Rep), Paula Vogel's A Civil War Christmas (Huntington), A Hatful of Rain (Berkshire Theater Group), andYouthINK (McCarter). A 2014 graduate of the Yale School of Drama, his credits there include The Visit, Peter Pan, As You Like It, Cloud 9, Tartuffe, and The Maids. Chris is a founding member of Special Sauce Co. as well as D.I.Y. Shakespeare.

PETER BRADBURY
(Orderly, Belgian, Policeman, Duke)

Broadway: Casa Valentina, Cyrano de Bergerac, Picnic, Mrs. Warren's Profession,That Championship Season, The Norman Conquests, A Man for All Seasons, Present Laughter, Hedda Gabler, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Herbal Bed. Off-B'way: A Christmas Carol, Tom Durnin, The Overwhelming, Snakebit, etc. TV: "Boardwalk Empire," "Homeland," "House of Cards," "Sally Hemings," "Law & Orders," "Rubicon," etc.

LUCAS CALHOUN
(Standby for John Merrick)

Lucas Calhoun is making his Broadway debut in this role. He looks forward to having more words in italics in his bio. Love to Ginge, Vivi and family. Education: BA, University of Texas at Austin

ERIC CLEM
(Orderly, English Policeman)

Eric Clem is thrilled to be back with The Elephant Man team. His recent credits include All in the Timing (Primary Stages), Just Right Just Now (Lesser America),Party In The USA (The Incubator), and AliceGraceAnon (New George's). Eric has acted with Williamstown Theater Festival, Ars Nova, Blue Man Group, Naked Angels, New Georges, 52nd Street Project, The Lark, The Attic, and Woodshed Collective. He creates short films with Portal Party and writes and performs radio plays for Naked Angels' Naked Radio. He is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Eric would like to dedicate his Broadway debut to his dad.

AMANDA LEA MASON
(Nurse, Pinhead, Countess)

Amanda Lea Mason is honored to join this incredible team once again. Recent credits include Hot Fun in the Wintertime (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Elephant Man (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe (Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop), andJewtopia (Stages Repertory Theatre). Amanda received a BFA from the Boston University School of Theatre and studied for a semester at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

MARGUERITE STIMPSON
(Nurse #3)

Marguerite Stimpson made her Broadway debut in the 2006 production of Butleystarring Nathan Lane. Off-Broadway: Transfigures at the Women's Project andDesperate Writers. Regional: The Elephant Man at Williamstown Theatre Festival,Tragedy: a Tragedy at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Pericles directed by Mary Zimmerman at both the Shakespeare Theatre D.C., and the Goodman Theatre, the Huntington Theatre, and A.R.T, among others. Film: Detours, Last Night at Angelo's, Blood Night, and Going Under. TV: "Blue Bloods," "Law and Order: SVU," "30 Rock," "The Onion," "Delocated," "Lipstick Jungle," and "Ed". MFA- A.R.T./ MXAT at Harvard. Proud member of InViolet Theater.

EMMA THORNE
(Nurse)

Emma Thorne is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut. Theatre credits include: Exit Johnny Clarke (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Perfectly Normel People (Fringe Encore Festival), Yermedea (La MaMa ETC). Film: Good Friday. Education: Brown University.

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