Jordan Bennett
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| Born | Jordan Bennett Suffin April 18, 1963 |
Jordan Bennett (born Jordan Bennett Suffin) is an American actor, singer, writer and songwriter.
Biography
Bennett began his career in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York as a singer and comedian. While there, he worked with such performers as Red Buttons and Milton Berle.[1] He then went on to Broadway where he costarred with John Cullum in the musical Shenandoah.[2] Bennett also starred on Broadway as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano The Musical.[3]
In Los Angeles, Bennett starred as Jean Valjean in the original L.A. production of Les Misérables.[4]
On television, Bennett has had recurring roles in The Waltons, Too Close For Comfort and Emergency. He starred in the cult classic B-film, Ninja III: The Domination.[5] He also appears in the Carl Reiner film, Bert Rigby You're A Fool.[6]
In 2015, Bennett released a CD of original songs titled Original.[7] One of the songs, She's Got Me, was written with 10 time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri[8][circular reference]
Currently, Jordan Bennett tours the world doing his acclaimed one man show, The FeelGood Concert[9] In addition, he performs The BFF Show[10] with actor Robert Picardo[11][circular reference]
Personal life
Bennett is Jewish and serves as a cantor at the Temple Shalom for the Arts.[12]
References
- ^ Israel, Steve (15 December 2010). "'Miltie' memories linger in Catskills". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3718
- ^ "New York Magazine". 1993-10-25.
- ^ https://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-11/entertainment/ca-1302_1_tim-rice
- ^ http://b-moviecat.blogspot.com/2015/08/ninja-iii-domination.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DEED61630F937A15751C0A96F948260
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/original/id1014558475
- ^ Palmieri, Eddie. "Eddie Palmieri". Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Bennett, Jordan. "FeelGood Concert Promo". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Picardo, Robert. "The Bff Show". The BFF Show. Bludomain. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Picardo, Robert. "Robert Picardo". Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Gensler, Andy and Halperin, Shirley "Houses of the Holy: Where the Music Biz Celebrates the Jewish High Holidays" Billboard Magazine. September 23, 2014