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Todd Graff
File:Toddgraff.jpg
Family Photo by Todd Graff Randy Graff, Ilene Graff and Ben Lanzarone
Born (1959-10-22) October 22, 1959 (age 65)
Manhattan, New York, USA
Alma materState University of New York at Purchase
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Years active1970–present

Todd Graff (born October 22, 1959) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his 2003 independent film Camp and his role as Alan "Hippy" Carnes in the 1989 science fiction film The Abyss.

Early life

Graff was born in New York City, New York, the son of Judith Clarice (née Oxhorn), a piano teacher and choirmaster, and Jerome Lawrence Graff, a musician.[1] His sister is actress Ilene Graff (of Mr. Belvedere fame).[2]

Career

Graff is an alumnus both as a camper and counselor of the Stagedoor Manor performing arts summer camp in upstate New York.

Graff sang on the original-cast albums of Sesame Street (1970) and the follow-up Sesame Street 2 (1971), but he rose to fame in 1975 when he joined the cast of the PBS children's television series The Electric Company. Playing the role of Jesse, a member of the Short Circus, he remained with the show to the end of its production in 1977 (he replaced Stephen Gustafson, who outgrew the show after four seasons).

Graff's writing credits include Camp, Used People, The Vanishing, and The Beautician and the Beast. Graff acted in several films including Death to Smoochy, Dominick and Eugene, Strange Days, Not Quite Paradise, and The Abyss. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Danny in Broadway's Baby in 1984. He starred in the 1987 Off-Broadway musical Birds of Paradise as Homer.

In 2006 Graff directed the stage musical by Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish, 13, at the Mark Taper Forum.[3] In 2009 he co-wrote and directed the film Bandslam. In 2012 he wrote and directed the film Joyful Noise.

Filmography

Movies

Movie Character Year
P.O.P. Johnny Gordon 1984
Five Corners James 1987
Opportunity Knocks Lou 1990
Framed Pete 1990
Fly By Night Naji 1993
Not Quite Jerusalem Rothwell T Schwartz 1985
It's No Crush, I'm in Love Robby Pols 1982 and 1983
Dominick and Eugene Larry Higgins 1988
An Innocent Man Robby 1989
The Abyss Alain 'Hippy' Carnes 1989
Sweet Lorraine Leonard 1987
After Midnight Tough Kid unknown
Strange Days Tex Arcana 1995
City of Hope Zip 1991

Tv series

Serie Character Year
The Nanny (La niñera,La nanny,La nany) Harvey 1997
Chicago Hope Louis Bagley 1995
ABC Afterschool Specials Trent y Robby Pols 1983 y 1992
The Marshall Chronicles Vincent 1990
Vietnam War Story Richard Muldoon 1987
The Electric Company Jesse 1975-1977

Award nominations

Tv

  • Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2012)
  • Made in Hollywood (2011)
  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009)
  • Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss (1993)

Writer

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/39/Todd-Graff.html
  2. ^ Writer-director Todd Graff talks about his campy new film, ‘Camp’
  3. ^ http://www.taperahmanson.com/show.asp?id=348

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