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'''Bryan Batt''' (born March 1, 1963) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] best known for his role in the AMC series ''[[Mad Men]]'' as [[List_of_Mad_Men_characters#Salvatore_Romano|Salvatore Romano]], an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the [[Saturday Night Fever (musical)|musical adaptation]] of ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a [[List of caricatures at Sardi's restaurant|caricature at Sardi's]].<ref name=playbill1>"[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/50185.html Bryan Batt & Kristin Chenoweth Get Hung Up At Sardi's Jan. 20]", ''[[Playbill]]''. January 21, 2000.</ref>
'''Bryan Batt''' (born March 1, 1963) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] best known for his role in the AMC series ''[[Mad Men]]'' as [[List_of_Mad_Men_characters#Salvatore_Romano|Salvatore Romano]], an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the [[Saturday Night Fever (musical)|musical adaptation]] of ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a [[List of caricatures at Sardi's restaurant|caricature at Sardi's]].<ref name=playbill1>"[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/50185.html Bryan Batt & Kristin Chenoweth Get Hung Up At Sardi's Jan. 20]", ''[[Playbill]]''. January 21, 2000.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Gay life==
Batt was born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], the son of Gayle Batt, an amateur actress and dancer and civic activist.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Bryan-Batt.html Bryan Batt Biography (1963-)]</ref><ref name="GayleObit">Paula Devlin, [http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/gayle_batt_civic_activist_and.html "Gayle Batt, civic activist and mother of actor Bryan Batt, dies at 79"], ''[[Times-Picayune]]'', December 21, 2010.</ref> His family founded and ran the [[Pontchartrain Beach]] [[amusement park]].<ref name="Wadler">Joyce Wadler, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/garden/16madmen.html?_r=1 "An Actor Really Sells His Material"], ''[[New York Times]]'', August 16, 2007.</ref> He attended and graduated from [[Isidore Newman School]], a preparatory school in New Orleans, and [[Tulane University]] where he was a member of [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] Fraternity.<ref>Sue Strachan, [http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/January-2009/Persona-Bryan-Batt/ "Persona: Bryan Batt"], ''New Orleans Magazine'', January 2009.</ref> Although Batt played a closeted character in ''[[Mad Men]]'', the actor himself is openly gay. He has played gay roles on film (''[[Jeffrey (film)|Jeffrey]]'' and ''[[Kiss Me, Guido]]'') and stage (''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]''). In 2005, Batt told ''[[Playbill]]'' that he used to worry about the effect of coming out on his career:
Batt was born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], the son of Gayle Batt, an amateur actress and dancer and civic activist.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Bryan-Batt.html Bryan Batt Biography (1963-)]</ref><ref name="GayleObit">Paula Devlin, [http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/gayle_batt_civic_activist_and.html "Gayle Batt, civic activist and mother of actor Bryan Batt, dies at 79"], ''[[Times-Picayune]]'', December 21, 2010.</ref> His family founded and ran the [[Pontchartrain Beach]] [[amusement park]].<ref name="Wadler">Joyce Wadler, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/garden/16madmen.html?_r=1 "An Actor Really Sells His Material"], ''[[New York Times]]'', August 16, 2007.</ref> He attended and graduated from [[Isidore Newman School]], a preparatory school in New Orleans, and [[Tulane University]] where he was a member of [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] Fraternity.<ref>Sue Strachan, [http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/January-2009/Persona-Bryan-Batt/ "Persona: Bryan Batt"], ''New Orleans Magazine'', January 2009.</ref> Although Batt played a closeted character in ''[[Mad Men]]'', the actor himself is openly gay. He has played gay roles on film (''[[Jeffrey (film)|Jeffrey]]'' and ''[[Kiss Me, Guido]]'') and stage (''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage aux Folles]]''). In 2005, Batt told ''[[Playbill]]'' that he used to worry about the effect of coming out on his career:
:When I played the lead in ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Blvd.]]'', the movie of ''[[Jeffrey (film)|Jeffrey]]'' was coming out, and I was petrified. Back then, every agent told you that if you want to play a straight role, you don’t come out. This was before [[Ellen DeGeneres|Ellen [DeGeneres]]] came out. But now I couldn't give a rat’s ass. It’s normal to be gay.<ref name=playbill2>"[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95469.html The Leading Men: Going to Batt]", ''[[Playbill]]'', Wayman Wong. October 3, 2005.</ref>
:When I played the lead in ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Blvd.]]'', the movie of ''[[Jeffrey (film)|Jeffrey]]'' was coming out, and I was petrified. Back then, every agent told you that if you want to play a straight role, you don’t come out. This was before [[Ellen DeGeneres|Ellen [DeGeneres]]] came out. But now I couldn't give a rat’s ass. It’s normal to be gay.<ref name=playbill2>"[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95469.html The Leading Men: Going to Batt]", ''[[Playbill]]'', Wayman Wong. October 3, 2005.</ref>

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Bryan Batt
Batt in September 2009
Born (1963-03-01) March 1, 1963 (age 61)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at Sardi's.[1]

Gay life

Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle Batt, an amateur actress and dancer and civic activist.[2][3] His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park.[4] He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School, a preparatory school in New Orleans, and Tulane University where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.[5] Although Batt played a closeted character in Mad Men, the actor himself is openly gay. He has played gay roles on film (Jeffrey and Kiss Me, Guido) and stage (La Cage aux Folles). In 2005, Batt told Playbill that he used to worry about the effect of coming out on his career:

When I played the lead in Sunset Blvd., the movie of Jeffrey was coming out, and I was petrified. Back then, every agent told you that if you want to play a straight role, you don’t come out. This was before Ellen [DeGeneres] came out. But now I couldn't give a rat’s ass. It’s normal to be gay.[6]

Bryan Batt lives with his partner, Tom Cianfichi, an events planner.[7] Batt and Cianfichi have been together more than 21 years;[8] they met while performing Evita in Akron, Ohio. Batt was playing Che, and Cianfichi was the understudy for Magaldi.[6] Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans.[4] In 2010 Batt published a memoir about his mother entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother;[9] she died in December 2010.[3] In 2011 Clarkson Potter published his second book Big, Easy, Style which focuses on interior design and home furnishings.[10]

Works

Film

Theater

  • Broadway
  • Off-Broadway
    • Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act (OBC Recording, nominated for Drama Desk Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical)
    • Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back! - Various (Triad Theater, New Original Cast, OBC Recording)
    • Jeffrey - Darius (Minetta Lane,WPA/Christopher Ashley)
    • Too Many Girls - Al (ELT)
    • The Golden Apple - Patroclus (York Theater)
    • Give My Regards to Broadway (Carnegie Hall/David Bell)
    • I Love New York (Rainbow and Stars - Bistro Award, OBC Recording)
  • Los Angeles
    • Jeffrey - Darius ( Westwood Playhouse) LA Drama-Logue Award
  • Regional
    • Evita - Che (Carousel Dinner Theater)
    • Grease - Kenicke (Darien Dinner Theater)
    • Trixie True: Teen Detective - Dick Dickerson (Boston Post Road Stage Co.)
    • Romeo & Juliet - Paris (New Orleans Center Stage)
    • The Lover - John (New Orleans Center Stage)
    • Action - Jeep (New Orleans Center Stage)

Television

Book

  • She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother: A Memoir (Random House, 2010), ISBN 978-0-307-58885-2
  • "Big, Easy Style" (Clarkson Potter\Publishers, 2011), ISBN 978-0-307-59190-6

References

  1. ^ "Bryan Batt & Kristin Chenoweth Get Hung Up At Sardi's Jan. 20", Playbill. January 21, 2000.
  2. ^ Bryan Batt Biography (1963-)
  3. ^ a b Paula Devlin, "Gayle Batt, civic activist and mother of actor Bryan Batt, dies at 79", Times-Picayune, December 21, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Joyce Wadler, "An Actor Really Sells His Material", New York Times, August 16, 2007.
  5. ^ Sue Strachan, "Persona: Bryan Batt", New Orleans Magazine, January 2009.
  6. ^ a b "The Leading Men: Going to Batt", Playbill, Wayman Wong. October 3, 2005.
  7. ^ "Saturday Night Fever - Bryan Batt", The Advocate, Andrew Velez. December 7, 1999.
  8. ^ "[1]", "Bryan Batt Talks Sal's 'Mad Men' Fate, Hollywood's Gay Problem", March 16, 2010.
  9. ^ Craig Wilson, "Q&A: 'Mad Men' star Bryan Batt and his tribute to mom Gayle", USA Today, May 6, 2010.
  10. ^ Needles, Tim. "We talk with Mad Men's Bryan Batt". Short and Sweet NYC. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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