Stephen DeRosa
American actor

Stephen DeRosa

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American actor
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Birth:
10 June 1968(New York City)
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Introduction

Stephen DeRosa (born June 10, 1968) is an American television and theatre actor. He portrayed Eddie Cantor in the television series Boardwalk Empire.

Education

He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as an undergraduate, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut, with a Master of Fine Arts in 1995.

Career

Although DeRosa's career has primarily been in the theatre, he has also made several television appearances.

He appeared at a staged reading of You Can't Take It With You for The Acting Company at Playwrights Horizons, with F. Murray Abraham.

Television work

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), television film
  • guest appearances on the Law & Order, Third Watch and Ugly Betty television series
  • recurring role as Eddie Cantor on Boardwalk Empire

Theatre work

Broadway

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
  • Into the Woods (2002)
  • Henry IV (2003)
  • Twentieth Century (2004)
  • Hairspray (2005)
  • On the Town (2014)

Touring

  • West Side Story (2011)

Off-Broadway

  • Measure for Measure (1993)
  • Love's Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights (1998–1999)
  • The Mystery of Irma Vep (1998–1999)
  • Newyorkers (2001)
  • The It Girl (2001)
  • Walmartopia (2007)

Regional

  • Falsettos (1995)
  • Peter Pan (2008), Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield, Iowa