Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines
Born	Boyd Payne Gaines May 11, 1953 (1953-05-11) (age 58) Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970s-present
Spouse	Kathleen McNenny

Boyd Payne Gaines (born May 11, 1953) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

Gaines was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Ida and James Gaines. He has appeared in a number of films and television shows, including Fame, L.A. Law and Law & Order, but perhaps he is best known for playing a dental student and dentist Mark Royer, who married Valerie Bertinelli's Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time and as Coach Brackett from the 1982 movie Porky's. Gaines is a voice-actor, and is credited with recording several audiobooks.

[edit] Awards and nominations

Gaines was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2007, for Journey's End, making him the first actor to be nominated in each of the four Tony categories for which an actor is eligible.

He has won the Tony Award for the following performances:

[edit] References

"Boyd Gaines Biography". filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/27/Boyd-Gaines.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
"Boyd Gaines Audio Books". AudioFile. 2008. http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showsearch.cfm?title=&author=&reader=boyd+gaines&category=&keyword=&isbn=&Submit=View+complete+audiography. Retrieved 2008-06-09.

[edit] External links

Boyd Gaines at the Internet Broadway Database
Boyd Gaines at the Internet Movie Database
Boyd Gaines at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Awards for Boyd Gaines

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (1975–2000)

John Cullum (1975) Ian Richardson (1976) Lenny Baker (1977) Ken Page (1978) Len Cariou (1979) Jim Dale (1980) Kevin Kline (1981) George Hearn (1984) Ron Richardson (1985) George Rose (1986) Robert Lindsay (1987) Michael Crawford (1988) Jason Alexander (1989) James Naughton (1990) Jonathan Pryce (1991) Gregory Hines / Nathan Lane (1992) Brent Carver (1993) Boyd Gaines (1994) Vernel Bagneris (1995) Nathan Lane (1996) Robert Cuccioli (1997) Alan Cumming (1998) Brent Carver (1999) Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)

Complete list (1975–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (2001–2025)

Charles Brown (2001) Frank Langella (2002) Denis O'Hare (2003) Ned Beatty (2004) Michael Stuhlbarg (2005) Samuel Barnett (2006) Boyd Gaines (2007) Conleth Hill (2008) Pablo Schreiber (2009) Santino Fontana (2010)

Complete list (1975–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (2001–2025)

Gary Beach (2001) Shuler Hensley (2002) Dick Latessa (2003) Raúl Esparza (2004) Denis O'Hare (2005) Jim Dale (2006) Gavin Lee (2007) Boyd Gaines (2008) Gregory Jbara (2009) Christopher Fitzgerald (2010) John Larroquette (2011)

Complete list (1975–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (1976–2000)

Edward Herrmann (1976) Jonathan Pryce (1977) Lester Rawlins (1978) Michael Gough (1979) David Rounds (1980) Brian Backer (1981) Zakes Mokae (1982) Matthew Broderick (1983) Joe Mantegna (1984) Barry Miller (1985) John Mahoney (1986) John Randolph (1987) B. D. Wong (1988) Boyd Gaines (1989) Charles Durning (1990) Kevin Spacey (1991) Laurence Fishburne (1992) Stephen Spinella (1993) Jeffrey Wright (1994) John Glover (1995) Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1996) Owen Teale (1997) Tom Murphy (1998) Frank Wood (1999) Roy Dotrice (2000)

Complete list (1949–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (1976–2000)

George Rose (1976) Barry Bostwick (1977) John Cullum (1978) Len Cariou (1979) Jim Dale (1980) Kevin Kline (1981) Ben Harney (1982) Tommy Tune (1983) George Hearn (1984) George Rose (1986) Robert Lindsay (1987) Michael Crawford (1988) Jason Alexander (1989) James Naughton (1990) Jonathan Pryce (1991) Gregory Hines (1992) Brent Carver (1993) Boyd Gaines (1994) Matthew Broderick (1995) Nathan Lane (1996) James Naughton (1997) Alan Cumming (1998) Martin Short (1999) Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)

Complete list (1948–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (1976–2000)

Sammy Williams (1976) Lenny Baker (1977) Kevin Kline (1978) Henderson Forsythe (1979) Mandy Patinkin (1980) Hinton Battle (1981) Cleavant Derricks (1982) Charles Coles (1983) Hinton Battle (1984) Ron Richardson (1985) Michael Rupert (1986) Michael Maguire (1987) Bill McCutcheon (1988) Scott Wise (1989) Michael Jeter (1990) Hinton Battle (1991) Scott Waara (1992) Anthony Crivello (1993) Jarrod Emick (1994) George Hearn (1995) Wilson Jermaine Heredia (1996) Chuck Cooper (1997) Ron Rifkin (1998) Roger Bart (1999) Boyd Gaines (2000)

Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

v t e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (2001–2025)

Gary Beach (2001) Shuler Hensley (2002) Dick Latessa (2003) Michael Cerveris (2004) Dan Fogler (2005) Christian Hoff (2006) John Gallagher, Jr. (2007) Boyd Gaines (2008) Gregory Jbara (2009) Levi Kreis (2010) John Larroquette (2011)

Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Persondata
Name	Gaines, Boyd
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	May 11, 1953
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
Date of death
Place of death

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