Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Latessa was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother was an automotive upholstery maker. He made his Broadway debut in The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N in 1968. Additional theatre credits include Follies, Rags, The Cherry Orchard, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Awake and Sing!, Cabaret, and Hairspray, for which he won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Throughout the years he also has been featured in several Neil Simon plays, including Chapter Two, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Rumors, and Proposals.
Latessa's screen credits include The Substance of Fire, Alfie, and Stigmata. He has appeared in numerous television movies, including Izzy and Moe, The Trial of Bernhard Goetz, and Pudd'nhead Wilson, and primetime series such Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Ironside, Spenser: For Hire, The Sopranos, Ed, and Law & Order.
Dick Latessa, Promises, Promises
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Dick Latessa, Hairspray
Dick Latessa, Hairspray
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Dick Latessa, Philemon
Dick Latessa has appeared on Broadway in 18 shows.
Dick Latessa has not appeared in the West End.
Dick Latessa has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Promises, Promises" and "Hairspray," Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Hairspray," Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Hairspray," Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Cabaret," and Performance at the Obie Awards for "Philemon."
Dick Latessa has won the following awards: - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hairspray - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hairspray - Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Hairspray - Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Cabaret - Performance (Obie Awards) for Philemon.
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