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Jonathan Hadary

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Jonathan Hadary (born October 11, 1948) is an American actor.

Early life and education

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Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary arrived at Tufts University already an accomplished actor. He was cast in many shows at Tufts, both student and faculty directed. During his sophomore year, he became an understudy for the Boston company of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. This being the Vietnam era, the actor playing Charlie Brown was drafted. The actor playing Schroeder was moved to the Charlie Brown role, and Hadary took the part of Schroeder. He finished the Boston run of the show and then toured with it for some time.

Career

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Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the 1976 Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's Gemini. Critical acclaim for the off-Broadway production resulted in it transferring to PAF Playhouse and then to Circle Repertory Company, and finally to Broadway, where it ran for 1819 performances. Hadary worked off-Broadway again on the 1979 Howard Ashman and Alan Menken musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Ted Tally's 1980 play Coming Attractions, and the 1981 Tom Lehrer revue Tom Foolery. The following year he returned to Broadway to replace Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy.

A member of the acting company at Circle Repertory Company, Hadary won an Obie Award for his performance in the 1985 William M. Hoffman play As Is at Circle Rep, and again, the play moved to Broadway, where it was nominated for three Tony Awards and won the Drama Desk Award for Best Play. In 1989, he co-starred opposite Tyne Daly in Gypsy, which earned him Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations. Hadary also played James Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins.

In 1993, he played Nathan Detroit in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls. Hadary played the role of Roy Cohn in the national touring production of Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner's theatrical epic Angels in America in 1994-95.[1] He also appeared in the 2006 revival of Awake and Sing!, for which he shared the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. He also portrayed King Arthur in the Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot. In 2019 he played tribune Sicinius in The Public Theater's production of Coriolanus,[2] and The Public's production of an updated version of A Bright Room Called Day[3] by Tony Kushner.

Hadary's feature film credits include A Time to Kill, Private Parts, and Intolerable Cruelty. On television he has appeared in Miami Vice, Party of Five, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope and Faith, Sex and the City, Louie, Veep, The Heart, She Holler, and Russian Doll.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 The New Age Paul Hartmann
1994 The Swan Princess Speed
1996 A Time to Kill Norman Reinfield
1997 Private Parts Griff
1997 A Simple Wish Lord Richard
1998 Montana St. John
2000 Bait Cafe Owner
2001 Love the Hard Way Boris
2003 Intolerable Cruelty Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy
2006 Falling for Grace Max
2011 Margaret Deutsch
2015 Larry Kramer in Love and Anger Ned Weeks
2022 The Fabelmans Sammy's Grandfather Scenes deleted

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Braingames Episode: "Pilot"
1986 As Is Saul Television film
1988 Miami Vice Hank Frazier Episode: "Vote of Confidence"
1991 Law & Order Alex Petrovich Episode: "The Serpent's Tooth"
1996 Swift Justice Carl Jurgens Episode: "Bad Medicine"
1996 Party of Five Pete Terry Episode: "Christmas"
2001 100 Centre Street Barrey Krause Episode: "Let's Make a Night of It"
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Hall Richmond Episode: "The Insider"
2003 Hope & Faith Tom Episode: "Anger Management"
2004 Sex and the City Vincent Episode: "Out of the Frying Pan"
2011–2014 The Heart, She Holler Hoss 26 episodes
2015 Louie Joseph the Guru Episode: "Pot Luck"
2016 Horace and Pete Bearded Man Episode #1.1
2016 Incident at Vichy Old Jew Television film
2017 At Home with Amy Sedaris Sully Episode: "Nature"
2017–2019 Veep Sherman Tanz 7 episodes
2019 Russian Doll Rabbi Episode: "A Warm Body"
2021–2022 Girls5eva Larry Plumb 8 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1968-69 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Schroeder US Tour
1976 Gemini Herschel Weinberger Off-Broadway
1977 Broadway
1979 God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Norman Off-Broadway
1985-86 As Is Saul Broadway
1987 1776 John Adams US Tour
1988 Wenceslas Square Vince Corey Off-Broadway
1989-90 Gypsy Herbie US Tour
1990-91 Assassins Charles Guiteau Off-Broadway
1993-94 Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit Broadway
1994-96 Angels in America Roy Cohn US Tour
2000 The Winter's Tale Antigonus Off-Broadway
The Best Man Sheldon Marcus Broadway
2002 The Little Foxes Oscar Shakespeare Theatre Company
2004 The Matchmaker Horace Ford’s Theatre
2005 All Shook Up Jim Haller Broadway
2006 Awake and Sing! Myron
2006-08 Spamalot King Arthur
2008 Show Boat Captain Andy Hawks Concert
2008-09 Spamalot King Arthur US Tour
2012-13 Golden Boy Mr. Carp Broadway
2013 The Comedy of Errors Egeon / Dr. Pinch Off-Broadway
2014-15 Fiddler on the Roof Tevye Arena Stage
2015 Incident at Vichy Old Jew Off-Broadway
2019 Coriolanus Sicinius Velutus
A Bright Room Called Day Xillah
2024 Uncle Vanya Waffles Broadway

References

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  1. ^ Hadary, Jonathan (July 2, 1995). "Have Script, Will Travel". The Washington Post. p. G1.
  2. ^ Dale, Michael (August 6, 2019). "BWW Review: Jonathan Cake and Kate Burton Shine in Shakespeare's Political Drama CORIOLANUS". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Who's Who in the Cast". Playbill. December 2019.
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