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BIO

Broadway credits of recent years include Carlson in The Front Page with Nathan Lane, Director, Jack O’Brien; The Audience, appearing opposite Helen Mirren as John Major and David Cameron, director, Stephen Daldry; Twelfth Night/Richard III appearing with Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry as the Sea Captain/Priest, director Tim Carroll; Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as the standby for Tracy Letts, director, Pam MacKinnon; Blackbird with Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels, director Joe Mantello; The Old Vic’s The Norman Conquests as Tom, director, Matthew Warchus; Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Columnist opposite John Lithgow as Halberstam, director, Daniel Sullivan; also, Ivo van Hove’s West Side Story, Larry David’s Fish in The Dark, The Little Foxes with Cynthia Nixon & Laura Linney. Broadway National Tour: Twelve Angry Men as Juror #12, director Scott Ellis. Off-Broadway with Manhattan Theatre Club; Lost Lake, director Daniel Sullivan; Wonder of The World, director, Chris Ashley; Close-Up Space, director, Leigh Silverman. New York Stage and Film; The Two Orphans and Day One; A Hotel; Evening. at Keen Company; Beasley’s Christmas Party, and at The Connelly Theatre The Elephant Man and Beyond The Horizon. Regionally he created the role of The Man in the world premiere of Lucinda Coxon’s Vesuvius at South Coast Rep, Also at SCR: The Weir and Terra Nova. As You Like It and Edward II at Yale Rep. The Age of Innocence with Boyd Gaines and Sierra Boggess at The McCarter Theatre Center/Hartford Stage, Morphic Resonance at Westport Country Playhouse, directed by James Naughton, Joanne Woodward, Producer. The Steward of Christendom at The Huntington. King Lear, Three Sisters, As You Like It and The Wilder Plays at Baltimore Center Stage. Also, seasons at Actors Theatre of Louisville, The O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Lincoln Center Directors Lab and two with The Acting Company (Arms and The Man, Othello, Henry V and A Doll’s House). Film and Television work includes principal roles/guest stars with The Lady In the Lake, (coming to Apple TV+) “The Blacklist,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “New Amsterdam,” “Mysteries of Laura,” “Ironside,” “Person of Interest,” “Smash,” “Guiding Light” and two recent films; The Immigrant, (James Gray) and Theresa Rebeck’s film, Trouble. He has been a visiting artist/professor at Miami University, NYU Tisch/Cap 21, Baltimore School of the Arts, University of San Diego, The Old Globe Theatre’s MFA program, among others and received his own MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1994. He makes his home in Park Slope with his wife, Karen, a teacher, and fifteen-year-old son, Emmett, a H.S. Freshman at NYC LAB.


STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2024
Performer (Understudy)

Performer (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2020
Ensemble

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival Production, 2016
Carl

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2016
Ray (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2015
James Callaghan

Bishop

Camera Loader

Policeman

Detective

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2013
Halberdier (Understudy)

The Lord Mayor of London (Understudy)

Sir William Brackenbury (Understudy)

Sir Richard Ratcliff (Understudy)

Scrivener (Understudy)

Rivers (Understudy)

Messenger (Understudy)

Guard (Understudy)

Clarence (Understudy)

Cardinal Bourchier (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2013
Valentine (Understudy)

Sea Captain (Understudy)

Priest (Understudy)

Officer (Understudy)

Fabian (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Reg (Understudy)

Tom (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Tom (Understudy)

Reg (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Tom (Understudy)

Reg (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Tom (Understudy)

Reg (Understudy)


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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Tony Ward been in?

Tony Ward has appeared on Broadway in 11 shows.

How many West End shows has Tony Ward been in?

Tony Ward has not appeared in the West End.

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