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Broadway: Amadeus, A Month in the Country, To Be Or Not to Be. Recent Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure, Treasure Island, Iphegenia 2.0, Quills (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination), The Winter's Tale (Obie Award). Film: Donnie Brasco, Frequency, Eraser, Carlito's Way, The American Astronaut. Television: "Mildred Pierce," "The Sopranos," Law & Order," "CSI," "Star Trek: TNG," "Alias," "JAG." Founding member Shakespeare & Co. Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

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STAGE CREDITS

Bad News! i was there... Bad News! i was there...
[Immersive]
Off-Broadway Immersive Premiere, 2019
Performer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Premiere, 2017
The Birds The Birds
[Regional (US)]
Barrington Stage Company Production, 2017
Tierney
The Light Years The Light Years
[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Premiere at Playwrights Horizons, 2017
Steele MacKaye
The King and I The King and I
[Broadway]
Lincoln Center Theatre Broadway Revival, 2015
Captain Orton [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Seminar Seminar
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2011
Leonard (Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe)
(St. Louis, MO (Regional))
(Standby)
To Be or Not To Be To Be or Not To Be
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2008
Silewski
Performer
Silewski
Performer
Amadeus
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1999
Antonio Salieri (Saint Tome (Sao Tome) and Principe)
(St. Louis, MO (Regional))
(Standby)
A Month in the Country
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1995
Schaaf

Movies

Scream for Help
[ 1984 ] Lacey Bohle
After Hours
[ 1985 ] Coffee Shop Chier
Me and Him
[ 1988 ] Art Strong
Red Riding Hood
[ 1988 ] Dagger
Innocent Blood
[ 1992 ] Gilly
Far and Away
[ 1992 ] Immigrant #1
Lorenzo's Oil
[ 1992 ] Murphy Family
Naked in New York
[ 1993 ] Comedy Mk
Carlito's Way
[ 1993 ] Panama Hatman
Eraser
[ 1996 ] Pauley
Rescuing Desire
[ 1996 ] S&M Guide
Love Walked In
[ 1997 ] Ilm Zamsky
Donnie Brasco
[ 1997 ] Richie Gazzo
Illuminata
[ 1998 ] Prince
Frequency
[ 2000 ] Daryl Adams
Blue Moon
[ 2000 ] Fred
In the Weeds
[ 2000 ] Maurizio
Machiavelli Rises
[ 2000 ] Nicolo Machiavelli
Intern
[ 2000 ] Pierre La Roux
The American Astronaut
[ 2001 ] Professor Hess
Undermind
[ 2003 ] Dr. Peters, Gunman
Eulogy
[ 2004 ] District Attorney
Spectropia
[ 2006 ] Talking Object
The Alphabet Killer
[ 2008 ] Father McQuarrie
A Bird of the Air
[ 2011 ] Security Guard
Possession
[ 2012 ] Osmond
Joy de V.
[ 2013 ] Antoine
The Sideways Light
[ 2014 ] The Doctor
Son
[ 2021 ] Dr. Bradlee
I'm Not Him
[ 2021 ] Judge Lange

TV Shows

Law & Order
Jamie Astangura, Brendan Hall, Joseph Turner
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge Ellery
Spenser: For Hire
Sonny Stroud, Eddie Duffy
The Sopranos
Young Junior Soprano

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Rocco Sisto, Quills

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STRAYS Short Film Acquired by 7 Palms Entertainment Photo
STRAYS Short Film Acquired by 7 Palms Entertainment
by Josh Sharpe - Dec 16, 2025

Strays, a short film about the day in the life of a Pakistani immigrant, is set to be distributed by 7 Palms Entertainment. The film features a cast of Broadway alums, led by James Rana, who starred in The Band's Visit.  
John Douglas Thompson and Rocco Sisto Will Lead Red Bull Theater's OEDIPUS Photo
John Douglas Thompson and Rocco Sisto Will Lead Red Bull Theater's OEDIPUS
by Stephi Wild - Apr 2, 2025

Red Bull Theater has announced the cast for the next offering of Revelation Readings season: Sophocles’s OEDIPUS, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker and adapted and directed by Carey Perloff.
Photos: THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Presented at Project Shaw Photo
Photos: THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Presented at Project Shaw
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Mar 18, 2025

Gingold Theatrical Group is currently presenting the 20th season of Project Shaw. See photos from its presentation of The Doctor's Dilemma here and learn more about the 20th season of Project Shaw.
Nadia Brown, Judy Gold, Robert Cuccioli And More To Lead THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA At The Photo
Nadia Brown, Judy Gold, Robert Cuccioli And More To Lead THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA At The Players
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 11, 2025

Gingold Theatrical Group has announced casting for The Doctor's Dilemma, the first presentation of the 20th Season of Project Shaw, a series of plays presented monthly offering George Bernard Shaw's activist humanitarianism.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’S CAMINO REAL Will Receive Industry Reading Directed by Austin P Photo
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’S CAMINO REAL Will Receive Industry Reading Directed by Austin Pendleton
by Stephi Wild - Dec 3, 2024

La Femme Theatre Productions has announced an invite-only industry presentation of Tennessee Williams’s Camino Real, directed by Austin Pendleton, set for this month.
Adams Theater to Present Staged Readings Of New Play THE REFUSENIKS in August Photo
Adams Theater to Present Staged Readings Of New Play THE REFUSENIKS in August
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 20, 2024

The Adams Theater is bringing staged readings of the new play 'The Refuseniks' to audiences at 7:30 p.m. on Friday August 9 and Saturday August 10, and at noon on Sunday August 11.
First Public Screening Announced For TUTTI IN SCENE The Documentary On The Beginning Photo
First Public Screening Announced For TUTTI IN SCENE The Documentary On The Beginning Of Italian Theater In The US
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2023

Presented for the first public screening at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' at NYU (24 W 12 street) on January 30, 2023 at 630PM. Cast and Crew will be in attendance.
La MaMa to Pay Tribute to Late George Bartenieff with COFFEEHOUSE CHRONICLES Featurin Photo
La MaMa to Pay Tribute to Late George Bartenieff with COFFEEHOUSE CHRONICLES Featuring Kathleen Chalfant & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2022

George Bartenieff – actor, director, and co-founder of Theater for the New City – will be remembered at one of theatres he called home, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Bartenieff’s life and work will be celebrated at Coffeehouse Chronicles #166 on October 1, 2022 at 3pm, at the Ellen Stewart Theatre.
Red Bull Theater Announces Launch of RED BULL THEATER LIVE With Presentation of 'TIS Photo
Red Bull Theater Announces Launch of RED BULL THEATER LIVE With Presentation of 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2020

Red Bull Theater today announced the launch of its special programming to provide an opportunity for its community of artists and theater lovers to gather in the virtual space during this unprecedented time of COVID-19.
Red Bull Theater to Stream Reading of 'TIS A PITY SHE'S A WHORE Photo
Red Bull Theater to Stream Reading of 'TIS A PITY SHE'S A WHORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2020

Red Bull Theater today announced the LIVESTREAM and FREE presentation of an online reading of John Ford's classic play 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, featuring the complete cast of Red Bull's acclaimed 2015 Off-Broadway production, directed by Mr. Berger.
Complete Cast Announced for Starry Reading of RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET Photo
Complete Cast Announced for Starry Reading of RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET
by Julie Musbach - Oct 10, 2019

Red Bull Theater today announced the cast for the one-night-only, all-star benefit concert performance of the Olivier Award-winning Best Musical Return to the Forbidden Planet, a musical of Shakespearean proportions by Bob Carlton. The 2019-'20 Season kick-off event will take place Monday October 21st at the Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street)
Review Roundup: GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS at Barrington Stage Company Photo
Review Roundup: GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS at Barrington Stage Company
by Alan Henry - Jul 25, 2019

Gertrude and Claudius is now open at Barrington Stage Company! What did the critics have to say? Read all the reviews!
BWW Review: GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS Impresses at Barrington Stage Company Photo
BWW Review: GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS Impresses at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - Jul 25, 2019

BSC Artistic Director, Julieanne Boyd, Directed the ambitious endeavor. This play represents quite an undertaking on many levels and on most them, this production succeeds.
Barrington Stage Co Presents GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS Photo
Barrington Stage Co Presents GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS
by Julie Musbach - Jul 10, 2019

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, is proud to present Gertrude and Claudius, a new play by BSC Associate Artist Mark St. Germain (Dancing Lessons, Freud's Last Session), based on the novel by John Updike.
Barrington Stage Co Announces Casting For 2019; Mykal Kilgore, Julia Murney, Jonath Photo
Barrington Stage Co Announces Casting For 2019; Mykal Kilgore, Julia Murney, Jonathan Raviv, and More
by Julie Musbach - May 15, 2019

Barrington Stage Company announced today casting for its 25th Anniversary season. Casting will include Elijah Alexander, Mara Davi, Carson Elrod, Joel de la Fuente, Mykal Kilgore, Alyse Alan Louis, Kate MacCluggage, Jeff McCarthy, Julia Murney, Jonathan Raviv, Debra Jo Rupp and more. Full casting for the 25th Anniversary season is below.
Casting Announcement And Invite For THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR Photo
Casting Announcement And Invite For THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 15, 2019

Theatre for a New Audience announces the seventeen-member cast and the creative team for its production of William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, directed by Shana Cooper in her Off-Broadway debut.
ITALIAN PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT Comes to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Photo
ITALIAN PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT Comes to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2018

La MaMa Presents Teatro delle Albe: ? Artist Talk with the author Marco Martinelli conversation moderated by Frank Hentschker and Valeria Orani, reading from Martinelli's "Rumore di acque" (Noise in the Waters) by Rocco Sisto (in English) and a short mise en espace from Teatro delle Albe's latest production "fedeli d'Amore" performed by Ermanna Montanari (in Italian -English supertitles).
BWW Review: NAKED at Berkshire Theatre Group closes the 90th season with twists, turn Photo
BWW Review: NAKED at Berkshire Theatre Group closes the 90th season with twists, turns, and complexity.
by Marc Savitt - Oct 4, 2018

At each turn, characters undergo significant changes in personality, demeanor, and motivation. It can be both exhilarating and at times slightly confusing for audience members to watch the characters twist along with the plot. It is rewarding, however, as we are entertained by an exploration of the psychological defense of denial along the journey to one's truth.
Nobel Prize-Winner Luigi Pirandello's NAKED Begins At The Unicorn Theatre, Today Photo
Nobel Prize-Winner Luigi Pirandello's NAKED Begins At The Unicorn Theatre, Today
by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2018

Written by Nobel Prize Award-winner Luigi Pirandello, in a new version by Nicholas Wright, Naked begins performances Today, September 27 at 7pm at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA. Opening night is set for Saturday, September 29 at 7pm. Directed by Eric Hill (BTG: At Home at the Zoo, The Homecoming, Poe), the production features: David Adkins (Homeland BTG: The Petrified Forest, At Home at the Zoo) as Alfredo Cantavalle; Haley Aguero (BTG: Tarzan, The Music Man) as Emma; James Barry (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson BTG: The Caretaker, The Who's Tommy) as Franco Laspiga; Jeffrey Doornbos (A Thousand Miles Behind) as Consul Grotti; Tara Franklin (Sleep No More BTG: At Home at the Zoo, The Homecoming) as Ersilia Drei; Barbara Sims (A Streetcar Named Desire BTG: Benefactors) as Signora Onoria; and Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner, Rocco Sisto (The King and I BTG: The Homecoming) as Ludovico Nota. This production is sponsored by Lead Sponsor, Bobbie Hallig; Furlano and Arace, PC; The Westifeld News Group; Massachusetts Cultural Council and The Shubert Foundation.
Nobel Prize-Winner Luigi Pirandello's NAKED Begins At The Unicorn Theatre, 9/27 Photo
Nobel Prize-Winner Luigi Pirandello's NAKED Begins At The Unicorn Theatre, 9/27
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2018

Written by Nobel Prize Award-winner Luigi Pirandello, in a new version by Nicholas Wright, Naked begins performances Thursday, September 27 at 7pm at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA. Opening night is set for Saturday, September 29 at 7pm. Directed by Eric Hill (BTG: At Home at the Zoo, The Homecoming, Poe), the production features: David Adkins (Homeland BTG: The Petrified Forest, At Home at the Zoo) as Alfredo Cantavalle; Haley Aguero (BTG: Tarzan, The Music Man) as Emma; James Barry (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson BTG: The Caretaker, The Who's Tommy) as Franco Laspiga; Jeffrey Doornbos (A Thousand Miles Behind) as Consul Grotti; Tara Franklin (Sleep No More BTG: At Home at the Zoo, The Homecoming) as Ersilia Drei; Barbara Sims (A Streetcar Named Desire BTG: Benefactors) as Signora Onoria; and Obie and Drama Desk Award-winner, Rocco Sisto (The King and I BTG: The Homecoming) as Ludovico Nota. This production is sponsored by Lead Sponsor, Bobbie Hallig; Furlano and Arace, PC; The Westifeld News Group; Massachusetts Cultural Council and The Shubert Foundation.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Rocco Sisto been in?

Rocco Sisto has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.

How many West End shows has Rocco Sisto been in?

Rocco Sisto has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Rocco Sisto been nominated for?

and Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Quills.

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