STAGE TUBE: ANNIE's Bobby Cannavale Accepts Ice Bucket Challenge

By: Aug. 24, 2014
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The upcoming Annie film star and Tony Award-nominee Bobby Cannavale (The Motherf***** With the Hat) accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today. Before duming a bucket of water on himself on a city rooftop, he nominated Juno Diaz, Martin Scorsese, and former Broadway co-star Chris Rock to take the challenge.

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Bobby Cannavale made his Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. He was most recently seen in The Motherfucker With The Hat (Tony Award® nomination; Drama Desk Award) and received rave reviews in the 2005 Off-Broadway revival of Hurlyburly.

On television Cannavale won an Emmy Award® for his performance as Will's boyfriend on NBC's "Will & Grace." Television appearances include HBO's "Six Feet Under," the ABC comedy series "Cupid" and he is currently co-starring this season on "Nurse Jackie." This fall Cannavale joins the cast of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire." Film credits include The Station Agent, (Audience Award Sundance Film Festival; SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture;) The Other Guys, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Diminished Capacity, Fast Food Nation, The Night Listener and most recently, Win Win. He also appears in the upcoming films Parker opposite Jennifer Lopez and Lovelace. Cannavale is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company.



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