Law & Order
Meets the Tony Awards

 

Last updated: 08/02/01

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We all know that Law & Order is a wonderful television series. Since the series is filmed in New York it draws heavily from the outstanding acting community there. The following is a list of actors who have appeared on the television series Law & Order who have also been nominated for Tony Awards for their work on Broadway. Their talents have contributed greatly to the ongoing success of the show.

• The term "supporting actor/actress" rather than the official "actor/actress in a featured role" has been used for both clarity and brevity.
• Only shows playing in "Broadway" theatres are eligible for Tony Awards.
• Many of these actors (and other Law & Order faces) have been honored for their work in the theatre outside the Broadway arena.
• The actor's name is followed by the appropriate Law & Order episode number(s).
• An asterisk (*) indicates a win. "RO" indicates the actor in question is a Law & Order "Repeat Offender."

Mary Alice (3-059)
1995 Actress, Play
"Having Our Say"
*1987 Supporting Actress, Play
"Fences"

Maureen Anderman (2-035, 8-163) RO
1980 Supporting Actress, Play
"The Lady from Dubuque"

Adam Arkin (3-051)
1991 Supporting Actor, Play
"I Hate Hamlet"

Elizabeth Ashley (5-089)
1975 Actress, Play
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" revival
1964 Actress, Play
"Barefoot in the Park"
*1962 Supporting Actress, Play
"Take Her, She's Mine"

Dylan Baker (2-033, 9-185) RO
1991 Supporting Actor, Play
"La Bete"

 

 

Barbara Barrie (2-038)
1971 Supporting Actress, Musical
"Company"

Roger Bart (10-224)
*1999 Supporting Actor, Musical
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" revival

 
Theodore Bikel (4-078)
1960 Supporting Actor, Musical
"The Sound of Music"

Kelly Bishop (formerly Carole Bishop) (2-042)
*1976 Supporting Actress, Musical
"A Chorus Line"

Walter Bobbie (2-033, 3-049, 10-208) RO
*1997 Director, Musical
"Chicago" revival

 
Philip Bosco (1-005, 3-065, 4-081, 8-172) RO

"Moon Over Buffalo"

"Lend Me a Tenor"

"You Never Can Tell" revival

"Heartbreak House" revival

"The Rape of the Belt"

 
Gretha Boston (10-224)
1999 Supporting Actress, Musical
"It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues"
*1995 Supporting Actress, Musical
"Show Boat" revival

Roscoe Lee Browne (3-054)

"Two Trains Running"

 

"Goodtime Charley"

"Company"

 
Pamela Burrell (6-131)

"Strider"

Joanne Camp (6-120, 9-203) RO

"The Heidi Chronicles"

 
Len Cariou (3-061, 6-134) RO

"Sweeney Todd"

"A Little Night Music"

"Applause"

Frances Conroy (1-010, 9-196) RO
2000 Supporting Actress, Play
"The Ride Down Mount Morgan"

 
Chuck Cooper (1-021, 5-091, 6-125) RO

"The Life"

 
Marilyn Cooper (4-081)

*1981 Supporting Actress, Musical

"Woman of the Year"

Catherine Cox (8-164)
1987 Actress, Musical
"Oh Coward" revival
 

"Platinum"

 
Anthony Crivello (1-010)

"Kiss of the Spider Woman"

 
Ann Crumb (5-089)

"Anna Karenina"

 
John Cullum (7-145)

"On the Twentieth Century"

"Shenandoah"

"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"

Jeffrey DeMunn (4-071, 5-107, 6-115)

"K2"

 
Andre DeShields (6-125)

"Play On!"

 
Mia Dillon (2-044, 8-166) RO

"Crimes of the Heart"

Bob Dishy (8-166, 10-227)
1977 Supporting Actor, Play
"Sly Fox"

 
Alice Drummond (4-083)

"The Chinese and Dr. Fish"

 
Cara Duff-McCormick (3-053)

"Moonchildren"

David Dukes (10-228)
1980 Actor, Play
"Bent"

 
Sandy Duncan (6-117)

"Peter Pan" revival

"The Boy friend" revival

"Canterbury Tales"

Tovah Feldshuh (2-025, 3-050, 4-077, 6-116, 7-138, 8-176, 9-189)

"Lend Me a Tenor"

"Sarava"

"Yentl"

 
Henderson Forsythe (2-027)

*1979 Supporting Actor, Musical

"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"

 
Beth Fowler (3-063)

"Sweeney Todd" revival

 
Peter Frechette (1-003, 6-115) RO

"Our Country's Good"

"Eastern Standard"

Peter Friedman (5-093)
1998 Actor, Musical
"Ragtime"

Penny Fuller (9-188)
1970 Supporting Actress, Musical
"Applause"

*2000 Supporting Actor, Musical
"Contact"
*1994 Actor, Musical

"She Loves Me" revival

"The Heidi Chronicles"

 
Helen Gallagher (4-075)

"No, No, Nanette" revival

"Sweet Charity"

"Pal Joey" revival

 
Victor Garber (6-114)

"Damn Yankees" revival

"Lend Me a Tenor"

"Little Me" revival

"Deathtrap"

 
David Garrison (6-123, 8-168, 10-224) RO

"A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine"

 
Anita Gillette (6-121)

"Chapter Two"

Cliff Gorman (8-168, 8-178)
*1972 Actor, Play
"Lenny"
1978 Supporting Actor, Play
"Chapter Two"
 

"City of Angels"

 
David Marshall Grant (8-161, 8-165)

"Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika"

 
Ellen Greene (6-112)

"The Threepenny Opera" revival

 
George Grizzard (2-035, 3-066, 4-080, 7-147, 10-213)

"A Delicate Balance" revival

"Big Fish, Little Fish"

"The Disenchanted"

 
Harry Groener (5-104)

"Crazy for You"

"Cats"

"Oklahoma!" revival

 
Bob Gunton (1-005)

"Sweeney Todd" revival

"Evita"

Jonathan Hadary (1-019)

"Gypsy" revival

 
Roxanne Hart (1-005)

"Passion"

 
Sophie Hayden (4-074)

"The Most Happy Fella" revival

 
Anthony Heald (1-020, 5-096) RO

"Love! Valour! Compassion!"

"Anything Goes" revival

George Hearn (9-151)
2000 Actor, Musical
"Putting It Together"
*1995 Supporting Actor, Musical
"Sunset Boulevard"
*1984 Actor, Musical
"La Cage aux Folles"
1983 Actor, Musical
"A Doll's Life"
1980 Actor, Play
"Watch on the Rhine" revival

 
Paul Hecht (1-012, 3-050, 7-149, 7-150, 7-151, 10-208) RO

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"

 
Edward Herrmann (5-100)

"Plenty"

"Mrs. Warren's Profession" revival

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1-014, 3-060)
2000 Actor, Play
"True West" revival

 
Jonathan Hogan (1-012, 5-097) RO

"As Is"

 
Rhetta Hughes (1-017)

"The Amen Corner"

 
Tresa Hughes (2-029, 4-081) RO

"The Devil's Disciple" revival

 
Mary Beth Hurt (6-128)

"Benefactors"

"Crimes of the Heart"

"Trelawny of the 'Wells'" revival

Zelko Ivanek (4-074, 8-163; also Homicide crossover) RO

"Two Shakespearean Actors"

"Brighton Beach Memoirs"

 
Dana Ivey (6-131)

"The Last Night of Ballyhoo"

"Heartbreak House" revival

"Sunday in the Park with George"

Ernestine Jackson (4-084)

"Guys and Dolls" revival

Mark Jacoby (8-174)
1995 Actor, Musical
"Show Boat" revival

Allison Janney (2-034, 4-088) RO
1998 Actress, Drama
"A View from the Bridge" revival
 

"Fences"

"The Great White Hope"

Paul Kandel (2-044)

"The Who's Tommy"

Judy Kaye (10-211)
*1988 Supporting Actress, Musical
"The Phantom of the Opera"

 
Laurie Kennedy (1-012, 7-152, 9-182) RO

"Man and Superman" revival

 
Robert Klein (4-067)

"They're Playing Our Song"

 
Werner Klemperer (2-034)

"Cabaret" revival

 
Shirley Knight (2-024)

"The Young Man from Atlanta"

"Kennedy's Children"

 
Kurt Knudson (2-32, 4-69, 5-90)

"Take Me Along" revival

Judy Kuhn (8-169)
1994 Actress, Musical
"She Loves Me," revival
1988 Actress, Musical
"Chess"
1987 Supporting Actress, Musical
"Les Miserables"

"The Most Happy Fella" revival

Lou Liberatore (8-164)
1988 Supporting Actor, Play
"Burn This"
 

"Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches"

 
Tony LoBionco (2-40, 7-145)

"A View from the Bridge" revival

 
Priscilla Lopez (1-004)

"A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine"

 
Laurence Luckinbill (3-047)

"The Shadow Box"

 
Patti LuPone (6-133, 8-160)

"Anything Goes" revival

"Evita"

"The Robber Bridegroom"

 
Robert LuPone (1-007, 4-079) RO

"A Chorus Line"

Daniel MacDonald (8-168)
1997 Actor, Musical
"Steel Pier"

"Black Comedy" revival

 
Joe Mantello (2-023, 8-180) RO

"Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches"
1995 Director, Play
"Love! Valor! Compassion!"

 
George N. Martin (2-43, 7-135, 10-213) RO

"Plenty"

 
William "Biff" McGuire (2-027)

"The Young Man from Atlanta"

 
John McMartin (2-036, 4-071)

1998 Supporting Actor, Musical
"High Society"
1995 Actor, Musical

"Show Boat" revival

"Don Juan" revival

"Sweet Charity"

 
S. Epatha Merkerson (1-17, 4-76-present) RO

"The Piano Lesson"

 
Theresa Merritt (7-153)

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

 
Zakes Mokae (4-084)

"The Song of Jacob Zulu"

"'Master Harold'...and the Boys"

 
Debra Monk (5-090)

1997 Supporting Actress, Musical

"Steel Pier"

"Picnic" revival

"Redwood Curtain"

 
Charlotte Moore (1-003, 7-144)

"Chemin de Fer"

 
Michael Moriarty (1-001 -  4-088)

"Find Your Way Home"

 
Joe Morton (3-046, 10-229) RO

"Raisin"

 
Donna Murphy (3-056, 8-158, 10-216) RO

"The King and I" revival

"Passion"

 
Rosemary Murphy (2-029)

"Any Wednesday"

"Period of Adjustment"

James Naughton (6-131)

"Chicago" revival

"City of Angels"

 
Mary-Joan Negro (2-029, 5-093) RO

"Wings"

 
Cynthia Nixon (1-002)

"Indiscretions"

Jerry Orbach (2-024, 3-053-present) RO

"Chicago"

"Promises, Promises"

"Guys and Dolls" revival

Lenka Peterson (2-034, 7-138)

"Quilters"

 
Mary Beth Piel (5-092)

"The King and I" revival

 
Tonya Pinkins (1-002)

"Play On!"

"Jelly's Last Jam"

 
Maryann Plunkett (6-132, 8-177) RO

"Me and My Girl"

 
Faith Prince (1-005, 4-076) RO

"Guys and Dolls" revival

"Jerome Robbins' Broadway"

Adam Redfield (2-034)

"A Life"

 
Alyson Reed (5-103)

"Cabaret" revival

 
Wanda Richert (1-002)

"42nd Street"

Ron Rifkin (1-001, 3-051) RO
*1998 Supporting Actor, Musical
"Cabaret" revival

"Play It Again, Sam"

"How Now, Dow Jones"

Roger Robinson (1-021)
1996 Supporting Actor, Play
"Seven Guitars"

Deborah Rush (8-164)
1984 Supporting Actress, Play
"Noises Off"

Gene Saks (8-170)
1991 Director, Play
"Lost in Yonkers"
*1985 Director, Play
"Biloxi Blues"
*1983 Director, Play
"Brighton Beach Memoirs"
*1977 Director, Musical
"I Love My Wife"
1976 Director, Play
"Same Time, Next Year"
1966 Director, Musical
"Mame"
1965 Director, Musical
"Half a Sixpence"

Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1-011, 5-094) RO
*1996 Supporting Actor, Play
"Seven Guitars"
 

Marian Seldes (2-027)
1999 Actress, Play
"Ring Round the Moon" revival

"Deathtrap"

"Father's Day"

"A Delicate Balance"

 
Jere Shea (7-144)

"Passion"

 
Edwin Sherin (10-229)
1974 Director, Play
"Find Your Way Home"

J. Smith-Cameron (2-035, 9185) RO

"Our Country's Good"

 
Paul Sorvino (2-023 - 3-053)

"That Championship Season"

 
Paul Sparer (1-001)

"Ross"

Stephen Spinella (10-227)
2000 Supporting Actor, Musical
"The Dead"
*1994 Actor, Play
"Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika"
*1993 Supporting Actor, Play
"Angels in America, Part 1: Millenium Approaches"

 
Lewis J. Stadlen (1-019)

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" revival

"Candide" revival

 
Frances Sternhagen (1-019, 7-144) RO

"The Heiress" revival

"On Golden Pond"
1978 Actress, Musical
"Angel"

"Equus"

"The Good Doctor"

"The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" revival

 
Elaine Stritch (3-053, 7-148)

1996 Actress, Play

"A Delicate Balance" revival

1971 Actress, Musical

"Company"

"Sail Away"

"Bus Stop"

"Pal Joey" revival
Note: The American Wing does not have complete records of its nominations from the first ten years of the Tony Awards, therefore Stritch's 1952 nomination is legendary and cannot be verified.

Jane Summerhays (8-170)
1987 Supporting Actress, Musical
"Me and My Girl"

"An American Daughter"

"Tintypes"

 
Sada Thompson (6-115)

"Twigs"

 
Maria Tucci (4-075, 5-095, 6-114, 10-209)

"The Rose Tattoo" revival

 
Anne Twomey (6-116, 7-142, 10-208) RO

"Nuts"

Courtney B. Vance (1-007, 5-101) RO

"Six Degrees of Separation"

"Fences"

Eli Wallach (2-044)

"The Rose Tattoo"

 
Sam Waterston (5-089-present)

"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" revival

 
Fritz Weaver (1-021, 3-058) RO

"Child's Play"

"The Chalk Garden"

 
Lillias White (1-007, 4-075, 6-125) RO

"The Life"

 
Paxton Whitehead (1-020)

"Camelot" revival

Lee Wilkof (1-019, 6-120) RO
2000 Supporting Actor, Musical
"Kiss Me, Kate" revival

 
Beatrice Winde (1-006, 1-013, 3-054, 4-085) RO

"Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death"

 
Samuel E. Wright (5-094, 7-143, 10-228) RO

1998 Supporting Actor, Musical
"The Lion King"
1984 Supporting Actor, Musical

"The Tap-Dance Kid"

Karen Ziemba (9-188)
2000 Supporting Actress, Musical
"Contact"
1997 Actress, Musical
"Steel Pier"