Meet the Cast of DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Now Playing on Broadway

Jon Bernthal - Sonny Amato

Jon Bernthal is a classically trained actor who has captivated audiences with various roles across a multitude of genres. A veteran of more than 30 theatrical productions, Bernthal most recently started the Ojai Theatre Festival, where he produced and starred in a production of Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok’s Ironbound, opposite Marin Ireland. Bernthal also starred in Rogue Machine Theatre’s production of Small Engine Repair (Ovation Award nomination), which had its New York premiere at MCC in 2013. He had previously starred in Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig (Geffen Playhouse), Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July (New York’s Signature Theatre), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui as Ui, (Portland Stage Company), and This is Our Youth (Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C.). Bernthal opened the non-profit theatre company Fovea Floods in upstate New York. Bernthal studied at the prestigious Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, where he was educated in acting, acrobatics, ballet, and rhythm. He was discovered by the director of Harvard University’s Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American Repertory Theatre in Moscow, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts. On the film side, Bernthal starred alongside Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2 and alongside Rami Malek in the CIA spy thriller The Amateur. He recently wrapped production for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, starring alongside Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, and Charlize Theron. Recent films include Ava DuVernay’s Origin, Lena Dunham’s feature film Sharp Stick, King Richard with Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, The Unforgivable opposite Sandra Bullock, the Sopranos movie prequel The Many Saints of Newark, Small Engine Repair based on the award-winning stage production which he starred in, James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari as Lee Iacocca alongside Christian Bale and Matt Damon, and The Peanut Butter Falcon. Other film work includes Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Taylor Sheridan’s Those Who Wish Me Dead and Wind River, Steve McQueen’s Widows, Sweet Virginia, Shot Caller, The Accountant, Pilgrimage, Sicario, Fury, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Date Night, Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Grudge Match opposite Robert De Niro, and The Air I Breathe. Bernthal’s first major film role was in the Oliver Stone picture World Trade Center with Nicholas Cage and Maria Bello. On TV, Bernthal can currently be seen in Disney+ “Daredevil: Born Again,” reprising his iconic role as Frank Castle/The Punisher. In 2024, he won his first Emmy for his role in season 2 of Hulu’s “The Bear.” Bernthal also starred in the HBO series “We Own This City,” B.J. Novak’s “The Premise,” Frank Castle/The Punisher in Netflix’s “The Punisher,” AMC’s breakout hit “The Walking Dead” as Shane Walsh, Frank Darabont’s “Mob City,” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Pacific.” Bernthal started a weekly podcast called “Real Ones” in which he gives the microphone to some of the most interesting, authentic people living on the front lines of the big issues of our time, including soldiers, doctors, police officers, activists, and first responders. Alongside his father, Bernthal launched a production company called Story Factory with several film and television projects in development. Bernthal was a professional baseball player both in the U.S. minor leagues and European Professional Baseball Federation.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach - Sal DeSilva

Ebon Moss-Bachrach is a New York City-based stage and screen actor who has delivered unforgettable performances in HBO’s “Girls,” Netflix’s “The Punisher,” Disney+’s “Andor,” Hulu’s “The Dropout” and FX’s “The Bear,” as well as feature films No Hard Feelings, Hold Your Breath, The Lake House, Mona Lisa Smile and Lola Versus. Hailing from bucolic Amherst in Western MA, an interest in music took him to a music theory class while completing a degree in English literature at Columbia University, but it was a burgeoning interest in the theater that was most compelling to him upon moving to New York City for school in the late ‘90s. It was while studying at Columbia University that Ebon first spent a summer in Williamstown, MA, where he participated in a series of plays and found his theatrical calling. While still in college, he starred in Nicholas Martin’s lauded revival of Sidney Kingsley’s Dead End. Standout Off-Broadway performances followed in the Horton Foote-directed When They Speak of Rita, Naomi Iizuka’s 36 Views at the Public Theater, Christopher Shinn’s On the Mountain, Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July and Austin Pendleton’s heartfelt 2011 interpretation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters opposite Jessica Hecht, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Peter Sarsgaard. A 2015 production of John Pollono’s Lost Girls, with Piper Perabo, led to a glowing New York Times review, which pinpointed Ebon’s naturalistic gifts succinctly: “Mr. Moss-Bachrach is so self-effacingly right in his part that it’s easy to overlook how effortlessly good he is.” Critics have lauded his “versatility,” “natural screen presence” and ability to “explode into scenes with a ferocity that instantly makes him the most engaging character.” Ebon’s work as “Cousin” Richie Jerimovich in the global hit comedy “The Bear” earned him the 2023 and 2024 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as a 2024 Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He will next be seen alongside castmates Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Vanessa Kirby in the highly anticipated Matt Shakman-helmed Marvel Cinematic Universe feature The Fantastic Four: First Steps, in which he plays Ben Grimm, the Thing.

John Ortiz - Detective Ferrara

Award-winning actor John Ortiz has earned widespread recognition for his work across film and television. His accolades include Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations for his performance in Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating, as well as a Gotham Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, which also earned him an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Actor. Ortiz was further recognized with a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. A two-time Imagen Award nominee (“Bad Monkey,” 2025; “Luck,” 2012), he won the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2020 for his acclaimed performance in the television series “Little America.” John is currently in production on season two of the Apple TV+ series “Bad Monkey,” opposite Vince Vaughn. He recently completed principal photography for upcoming feature Whalefall alongside Josh Brolin for 20th Century Studios for an expected release in spring of 2026. Most recent credits include Netflix’s mini-series “The Madness,” opposite Colman Domingo; the Academy Award-nominated American Fiction opposite Jefrey Wright; The Mothership opposite Halle Berry; and The Fallout opposite Jenna Ortega, which won the SXSW Audience and Grand Jury Prize. Television series highlights include: “Promised Land” (NBC); “Luck” (HBO); “Better Things” (FX); “Messiah” (NETFLIX); “Rake” (FOX) and “Will Trent” (ABC), for which he received an Astra TV Award nomination for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series. John is proud to be a cofounder and former artistic director of NYC’s acclaimed LAByrinth Theater Company, alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Jessica Hecht - Colleen

Recent appearances on Broadway include Manhattan Theatre Club’s Eureka Day, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and Summer 1976, which also earned her a Tony Award nomination. She has appeared on Broadway in productions of The Price opposite Mark Ruffalo, Fiddler on the Roof opposite Danny Burstein, The Assembled Parties opposite Judith Light, Harvey opposite Jim Parsons, After the Fall opposite Carla Gugino, The Last Night of Ballyhoo opposite Paul Rudd, Brighton Beach Memoirs opposite Laurie Metcalf, Julius Caesar opposite Denzel Washington, and A View from the Bridge opposite Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in A Mother, a play which she co-conceived for Baryshnikov Arts, King Lear opposite John Lithgow and Annette Bening, Stage Kiss opposite Sandra Oh, Three Sisters opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE ORCHARD opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov, LETTERS FROM MAX at Signature Theatre, and ADMISSIONS at Lincoln Center Theater, for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination and an Obie Award. Her notable television appearances include her Emmy nominated performance in the Netflix series “Special” and her roles on “Tokyo Vice,” “Super Pumped,” “The Sinner,” “The Loudest Voice,” “Dickinson,” “The Boys,” and “Succession.” She is also recognizable to television audiences as Susan Bunchon the iconic television series “Friends” and Gretchen Schwartz on “Breaking Bad.” She will next be seen opposite Kevin Kline in the new series “American Classic.” Her film performances include Eleanor the Great, which debuted at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as well as A+, Anesthesia, J. Edgar, The Grey Zone, The Sitter, My Soul to Take, Dan in Real Life, Sideways, The Atlantic City Story, The Sunlit Night, and The Home.

Spencer Garrett - Sheldon

Spencer Garrett is a third-generation actor whose career spans 35 years in film, television and theatre. Dog Day Afternoon marks his Broadway debut. Film highlights: Public Enemies, Blackhat, Air Force One, Charlie Wilson’s War, Thank You for Smoking, The Frontrunner, Bobby (SAG Award Nomination) The Way, The Public, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Off-Broadway/regional theatre highlights: Windfall at Bay Street Theatre directed by Jason Alexander, In the Moonlight, Eddie and Alone Together, both at Pasadena Playhouse, By t at The Geffen, Adaptation at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Gunplay for Naked Angels. LA Critics Circle and Dramalogue Awards for the world premiere of Jack Heifner’s Heartbreak. Television: Over 200 guest appearances. Highlights include: “Will and Grace,” “Chicago P.D,” “Mad Men,” “Madam Secretary,” “Law and Order” trifecta, “Luck,” “Aquarius,” “Bosch,” “For All Mankind,” “The Magicians,” “Masters of Sex,” “The West Wing,” “House of Cards,” “He can currently be seen starring in Netflix’s “The Residence” and in “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty,” “Tempest,” and “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.”

Michael Kostroff - Ensemble

Michael Kostroff is best known for his five seasons as gang attorney Maury Levy on the legendary series “The Wire” and his roles in HBO’s The Wizard of Lies and “The Plot Against America.” Familiar to TV viewers, he’s had recurring roles on “Platonic,” “The Blacklist,” “Billions,” “Law & Order: SVU,” and more. Kostroff has toured with Les Misérables as Thénardier and with the first national tour of The Producers covering the role of Max Bialystock, a role he’s since played in seven different productions. He’ll soon be seen in the upcoming Marvel series “Spider-Noir.”

Elizabeth Canavan - Ensemble

Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy. Theater: Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven, Little Flower of East Orange,Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street, Jesus Hopped the “A” Train, and Dominique Morisseau’s Pipeline, among others. Films: 1 Mile to You, Allswell in New York. Liz wrote the short film Father’s Day (Tribeca Film Festival). Dramatists Guild Foundation’s Madge Evans and Sidney Kingsley Award recipient for excellence in the theater chosen by the winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (with Liza Colón-Zayas and Elizabeth Rodriguez). Member of LAByrinth Theater Company and The Actor’s Studio.

Brian D. Coats - Ensemble

Broadway: August Wilson’s Jitney, (Broadway Premiere/Tour) the best we could (A Family Tragedy) (Manhattan Theatre Club), On the Levee (Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3), Oh Happy Day!, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Public Theater/NYSF), Travisville (EST/ NYC), The Bacchae, The First Noel (Classical Theater of Harlem). Film/Television credits include: “A House of Dynamite,” “Luke Cage” (Netflix), “Queens,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “JAG,” “Blue Bloods,” and “The Sopranos.” Mr. Coats is a graduate of the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts.

Esteban Andres Cruz - Ensemble

Esteban Andres Cruz was born in Berwyn and raised in Cicero, Illinois. Off-Broadway: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Drama Desk nomination Featured Actor), Cornelia Street, Bathhouse.pptx and The Potluck. Select Film: Spa Night, Valley of Bones, The Thin Line, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and Rattled. TV: “Chicago Fire,” “Awkward,” “Easy,” “Idiot Sitter,” “The Bridge,” “You’re the Worst” and “South Side.” Awards: TCG Fox Fellowship, 3Arts Bodies of Work Residency, Jeff Award (Best Actor), After Dark Award (Best Choreographer). Esteban is an ensemble member with A Red Orchid Theatre and co-founder of The VIVERO.

Alex J. Gould - Ensemble

Alex J. Gould is an actor, educator, and fight/intimacy director who is beyond excited to be making his Broadway debut in Dog Day Afternoon. Originally from Massachusetts, Gould has appeared Off-Broadway in select shows including: Wake (59E59), The Woodsman (New World Stages), and BALLS (59E59). Regional: Mary’s Wedding (Portland Center Stage), Whaddabloodclot by Katori Hall (Williamstown), and Stockade (Local Theater Company). Passionate about developing new work, Gould has had the pleasure of working with New York Theatre Workshop, New Dramatists, Chautauqua Theater Company, Rattlestick Theater, and The Flea Theater. Gould is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and a proud volunteer at the 52nd Street Project.

Danny Johnson - Ensemble

Broadway: All the Way (Tony Award Best Play) and The Song of Jacob Zulu (Best Play Nominee). Off-Broadway: Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Regional appearances: The Goodman, The Old Globe, Steppenwolf Theatre, Dorset Theater Festival, among many. Film: Don King: Only in America, Lazy Susan, Villains, the upcoming; Lucy Is a Good Girl and Jackrabbit. TV: Recurring characters on “The Equalizer,” “Daredevil,” “Luke Cage,” “Death and Other Details,” and “For Life.” He has portrayed several memorable guest-starring characters in “Pose,” “Quantico,” “NYPD Blue,” and “Law and Order: SVU,” among many others.

Paola Lazaro - Ensemble

Paola Lázaro is an actress and playwright from San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is best known for her role as Princess on “The Walking Dead,” earning an Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and is a Drama Desk Award nominee for To the Bone. She most recently stared in Netflix’s “Obliterated.” An award-winning playwright, she has received Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations, as well as the Steinberg Playwright Award. She was a Van Lier and Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at The Public Theater and Atlantic Theater Company and a Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellow. Additional film and television credits include “Lethal Weapon,” “Wu-Tang: An American Saga,” “SMILF,” “Patty’s Auto,” Black Bear, and Shelter.

Dom Martello - Ensemble

Dom Martello is a performer and playwright based in NYC. Dog Day Afternoon will be their Broadway debut. Dom’s work has been developed with Breaking the Binary, The Blue Roses Project, Celebration Theater, The Road Theater, The Workshop Theater, and The Elif Collective. Dom is a Syracuse University BFA Acting grad, a Brooklyn College MFA Playwriting candidate, and a Truman Capote Fellow.

Wilemina Olivia-Garcia - Ensemble

Wilemina Olivia-Garcia is a New York–based actor. She will be making her Broadway debut in Dog Day Afternoon, by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Recent work includes Bounds (Woman 2), (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling at the Center at West Park, HERE Arts Center, and the American Theatre of Actors (2022–2025), with AnomalousCo. Other credits include: Sonia in Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Atlantic Theater Company), The Distance of Mars (Actors Studio) Saint Lazarus in Prison (Puerto Rican Traveling Theater), Dutch Heart of Man (The Public Theater), Queen Latina at Cherry Lane Theatre, and Qoutidian with Primitive Grace. A long-time member of LAB Theater Company and an instructor in its Intensive Ensemble Workshop, she continues to champion new and socially resonant work. On screen, Olivia-Garcia guest-stars as Priscilla in “The Equalizer” (season five, 2024), and her film credits include Rosa (dir. Suha Araj, HBO Max; winner of Jury Award at BlackStar Film Feastival), Take a Pause (The Metamorphoses Project, LAB Theater Company), and the web series A Good Day, P.I.G. (Protect, Integrity and Guts). She is devoted to bold, truth-driven storytelling across both stage and screen.

Michael Puzzo - Ensemble

Michael Puzzo is a writer, actor, and member of LAByrinth Theater Company since 1997. Off Broadway: Pulitzer prize-winning Between Riverside and Crazy (Second Stage, u/s Michael Rispoli), The Body Politic (59E59), Philip Roth in Khartoum (Public Theater). Other Theatre: Lynn Nottage’s This is Reading (LAByrinth), John Patrick Shanley’s Pirate! (New York Stage & Film). His plays include Spirits of Exit Eleven (The Lion Theater), Lyric is Waiting (Irish Repertory), My Soul the Pavement and his most produced play The Dirty Talk (Prithvi Theater in Mumbai & Edinburgh Fringe) as his published by Dramatists Play Service. Film: Doubt. TV: “Bull,” “New Amsterdam.”

Christopher Sears - Ensemble

Christopher Sears grew up in a theatre family. He still spends summers writing songs for his mom’s summer camp—Edie’s Fairytale Theatre. He got his BFA from Rutgers. Favorite credits include Cult of Love (Broadway, Berkeley Rep) Gently Down the Stream (The Public) and Stupid f-ing Bird (The Pearl). Christopher also writes music and frequently plays at the Francis Kite Club with his favorite collaborator and sister, Sienna Sears. He is currently writing a musical adaptation of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape with Bandits on the Run and Peter Hedges. He also makes paintings.

Michael Shayan - Ensemble

Michael Shayan is an Emmy-nominated, Harvard-trained actor, writer and illusionist. Recognized by NBC as a “rising star in comedy,” Shayan was honored in Out Magazine’s OUT100 list of the most influential LGBTQ+ visionaries. His acclaimed solo play AVAAZ, directed by Tony nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel, has enjoyed sold-out, record-breaking runs nationwide. His play CRUISING premiered on Audible, directed by Tony nominee Robert O’Hara, starring Christine Baranski, Tituss Burgess, Cecily Strong, Andrew Rannells and Andre de Shields. Shayan was a nominated writer and Consulting Producer for HBO’s Emmy-winning “The Book of Queer.” He was the youngest performer in the history of Hollywood’s Magic Castle. Dog Day Afternoon marks Shayan’s Broadway debut.

Jeff Still - Ensemble

Broadway: The Minutes, To Kill a Mockingbird (also National Tour), Oslo (Tony Award, Best Play), Fish in the Dark, Therese Raquin, August: Osage County (Tony Award, Best Play, also National Tour), Lombardi, Bronx Bombers, Job. Off-Broadway: Tribes, Our Town, Adding Machine: The Musical, and Orson Welles in Orson’s Shadow. Regional: Harry Brock in Born Yesterday (Guthrie), Rothko in Red (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), The Stage Manager in Our Town (Kansas City Rep), Salieri in Amadeus (Cardinal Stage), Dr. Sweet in the world premiere of Bug (Gate Theatre, London), and 13 shows with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Andrea Syglowski - Ensemble

Andrea Syglowski was last seen in Queens by Martyna Majok at MTC. Select Credits: Broadway: Pass Over. Off-Broadway: Brooklyn Laundry by John Patrick Shanley (MTC), Amerikin by Chisa Hutchinson, and Dig by Theresa Rebeck (Primary Stages) Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven by Stephen Adly Guirgis (Atlantic). Regional: The Price (Two River) Lost in Yonkers (Hartford Stage), The Nest (Denver Center), Of Good Stock (South Coast Rep), A Doll’s House and Venus in Fur (Huntington-Winner of the Elliot Norton and IRNE award.) TV: “Will Trent,” “And Just Like That,” “Evil,” “New Amsterdam,” “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” “The Good Wife,” and more. She is playing Sammy in the upcoming limited series “The Terror-Devil in Silver” on AMC. Training: USC/Juilliard (recipient of the Robin Williams Scholarship).

Carmen Zilles - Ensemble