Terrence Mann

Terrence Mann
Born
Terrence Vaughan Mann

(1951-07-01) July 1, 1951 (age 72)
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1970–present
Known forCats
Les Misérables
Beauty and the Beast
Pippin
Spouses
Children2

Terrence Vaughan Mann (born July 1, 1951) is an American theatre, film and television actor and baritone singer. He is best known for his appearances on the Broadway stage, which include Lyman in Barnum, The Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, Inspector Javert in Les Misérables, The Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Charlemagne in Pippin, Mal Beineke in The Addams Family, Charles Frohman / Captain James Hook in Finding Neverland, and The Man in the Yellow Suit in Tuck Everlasting. He has received three Tony Award nominations, an Emmy Award nomination, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.

His film credits include the Critters series, A Chorus Line, Big Top Pee-wee, and Solarbabies. He also starred as the villain Whispers in the Netflix series Sense8 from 2015 to 2018. He is a distinguished professor of musical theatre at Western Carolina University, and is an artistic director of the Carolina Arts Festival and the North Carolina Theatre.

Early life

Mann was born in Ashland, Kentucky, the eldest of three sons to Helen and Charles Mann. Mann's mother was a concert pianist, and his father sang in a barbershop quartet. Music was part of his growing up, so singing came naturally to him. But it was the multiple pleasures of the stage that drew him to the world of theater.

In an interview with the Hartford Courant, Mann said: "When I was doing the junior class play — it was called 'In Deadly Earnest' — at the end of a scene, the script said, 'They kiss.' It was then that I honestly thought, 'I'm going to be in the theater!' I was fascinated with having words put in my mouth and that someone would say something back to me that would get us to a moment where we ended up in a kiss. I remember when my school counselor asked me what I wanted to do, I said without hesitation, 'Go into the theater!'"

Mann grew up in Largo, Florida and he is a 1969 graduate of Largo High School. His first professional job came during his college years in Jacksonville University. For $35 a week, he was offered the job of performing in the annual outdoor theater spectacular The Lost Colony, during summers on the Outer banks of Manteo, North Carolina. It was here he met Joe Layton, who later was instrumental in getting him his first Broadway show.

Mann later attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where his mentor was Malcolm Morrison, former dean at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford. For many years Mann was a regular at Morrison's North Carolina Shakespeare Festival.

Career

Mann made his Broadway debut in 1980 in Barnum at the St. James Theatre, in the supporting role of Chester Lyman. He made his true break-through performance in the original Broadway cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats in 1982, in which he met and starred alongside his future wife, Charlotte d'Amboise. He created the memorable lead role of the "playful" cat Rum Tum Tugger. In 1985, Mann played assistant choreographer Larry in Richard Attenborough's film version of A Chorus Line.

In 1987, he played the role of Inspector Javert in the original Broadway cast of Les Misérables. His portrayal of Javert earned him his first Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a role which he would later reprise near the end of the musical's run at the Imperial Theatre in 2003. Mann returned to the role once more in June 2015, directing and starring as Javert in a staged concert of the show at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, Connecticut.

Mann earned his second Tony Award nomination for Actor in a Musical in 1994 for his portrayal of the Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Palace Theater and reprised his role in the Los Angeles production in 1995 along with many of the original Broadway cast members. In 1997, Mann created the role of Chauvelin in the Frank Wildhorn musical The Scarlet Pimpernel on Broadway.

He has also starred in other musicals on Broadway including: Rags (1986), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), Getting Away with Murder (1996) and the 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show (in which he played Frank-N-Furter, replacing Tom Hewitt in the role), in addition to the (then) Off-Broadway musical Assassins (1990) as Czolgosz.

He appeared in the first four Critters films as an alien bounty hunter named Ug. He starred in the television soap opera All My Children as Earl Boyd in 1997. Mann played "Old Tom" in Paul Green's outdoor drama The Lost Colony in North Carolina, and later returned to his theatrical roots to direct the show for 2 seasons.

He starred in the Broadway musical Lennon, which opened in August 2005 and closed after 49 performances. He then appeared in the world premiere of The Studio written and directed by his brother-in-law Christopher d'Amboise, at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California in March 2006.

Mann has made guest appearances on The Equalizer, Gargoyles (voice of Oberon), The Tick (voice), and Law & Order. He was also a leading character on The Dresden Files as Hrothbert "Bob" of Bainbridge, a cursed ghost. He portrayed oceanographer Bob Ballard in the 30 Rock episode "TGS Hates Women".

He appeared in the 2008 films A Circle on the Cross as James Monroe Good, Eavesdrop as August, and the 2009 film The Mandala Maker as Museum Chief Curator. Other films completed include a small role in Jazz in the Diamond District and as Lt. Fox in Red Hook.

In November 2009, he originated the role of Mal Beineke opposite Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth in the Chicago tryout of a musical adaptation of The Addams Family. The show, along with Mann, transferred to Broadway, and opened in March 2010. He continued to play the role of Mal Beineke until April 2011, when he, along with several other members of the original cast, left the show.

Mann played King Charlemagne in the American Repertory Theatre (Boston) production of Pippin, from December 2012 to January 2013 a role he first played in the 2004 World AIDS Day Concert. He reprised that role in the Broadway revival for which he received a 2013 Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He performed alongside his wife, Charlotte d'Amboise, who performed as Fastrada, the King's devious second wife.

In 2015, he took over the role of Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook in the Broadway musical Finding Neverland, replacing Anthony Warlow, who left the show on September 27. He was to remain in the role until Kelsey Grammer's return in January 2016. He appeared in the role of "Man in the Yellow Suit" in the Broadway musical Tuck Everlasting in 2016. And he gave a “commanding” performance starring as Edgar Degas in the West Coast premiere of Marie, Dancing Still at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in 2019.

Personal life

He married his Pippin co-star Charlotte d'Amboise on January 20, 1996. The couple has two daughters, Josephine and Shelby.

Filmography

Sources: TV Guide; TCM

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1972 Spook! Richard
1985 A Chorus Line Larry
1986 Critters Ug / Johnny Steele
1986 Solarbabies Ivor
1988 Big Top Pee-wee Snowball The Clown
1988 Critters 2: The Main Course Ug
1988 Gandahar The Collective Voice Voice
1991 Critters 3 Ug
1992 Critters 4 Ug / Counselor Tetra
2007 Shortcut to Happiness Art Dealer
2008 A Circle on the Cross James Monroe Good
2008 Eavesdrop August
2009 The Mandala Maker Museum Chief Curator Short
2009 Red Hook Lieutenant Fox
2014 Freedom Barney Fagan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1982–1983 The Edge of Night Announcer / Maximilian 5 episodes
1986–1987 As The World Turns Jester 5 episodes
1987–1988 The Equalizer Shadow Man / Graham 2 episodes
1989 Another World Griffen Sanders 1 episode
1989 Stuck with Each Other Unknown TV movie
1990 Shangri-La Plaza Ira Bonda Pilot
1991 Bump in the Night Ben Nicolaides TV movie
1991 The 10 Million Dollar Getaway Richard Eaton TV movie
1992–1993 Loving Leland Osgood 9 episodes
1995 Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical Comes to L.A. Beast TV movie
1996 The Tick Alien Interpreter (voice) Episode: "The Tick vs. the Big Nothing"
1996 Gargoyles Oberon (voice) 3 episodes
1996 Mrs. Santa Claus Augustus P. Tavish TV movie
1997 All My Children Earl Boyd Guest
1997 True Women Captain Haller Miniseries; uncredited
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution General John Burgoyne Miniseries
1999 One Life to Live Daniel 2 episodes
2001–2005 Law & Order Oyler / Dorn's Lawyer 2 episodes
2006 Guiding Light Ted 2 episodes
2006 Love Monkey Gordon Decker Episode: "Mything Persons"
2007 The Dresden Files Bob (Hrothbert of Bainbridge) Regular
2011 30 Rock Bob Ballard Episode: "TGS Hates Women"
2011 Unforgettable Stephen Episode: "Friended"
2012 Smash Randy Cobra Episode: "Understudy"
2015–2018 Sense8 Milton Bailey "Whispers" Brandt Regular
2017 Sleepy Hollow The Devil Episode: "Freedom"
2017 Time After Time Mr. Knox Episode: "I Fall Behind"
2018 Instinct John Whitehead Episode: "Tribal"
2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Himself Episode: "Kimmy Is in a Love Square!"
2019 The Blacklist Harris Van Ness Episode: "Alter Ego (No. 131)"
2021–present Foundation Brother Dusk Regular

Stage credits

Sources: Playbill; BroadwayWorld; Internet Broadway Database; AboutTheArtists

Title Year Location Role Notes
Barnum 1980–1982 St. James Theatre Chester Lyman Broadway
Cats 1982–1985 Winter Garden Theatre The Rum Tum Tugger
Rags 1986 Mark Hellinger Theatre Saul
Les Misérables 1987 The Broadway Theatre Inspector Javert
Camelot 1989 Candlewood Playhouse King Arthur Regional
Jerome Robbins' Broadway Imperial Theatre Various roles Broadway (replacement)
Assassins 1990–1991 Playwrights Horizons Leon Czolgosz Off-Broadway
1776 1991 Williamstown Theatre Festival John Dickinson Regional
Jekyll & Hyde 1992 Unknown Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde Pre-Broadway Workshop
Beauty and the Beast 1994–1995 Palace Theatre The Beast Broadway
1995–1996 Shubert Theatre Los Angeles
A Christmas Carol 1995 The Theater at Madison Square Garden Ebeneezer Scrooge New York
Getting Away with Murder 1996 Broadhurst Theatre Gregory Reed Broadway
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1997–1998 Minskoff Theatre Chauvelin
The Rocky Horror Show 2001–2002 Circle in the Square Theatre Frank N. Furter Broadway (replacement)
Les Misérables 2003 Imperial Theatre Inspector Javert
Lennon 2005 Broadhurst Theatre Various roles Broadway
The Addams Family 2009–2010 Oriental Theatre Mal Beineke Chicago (Pre-Broadway)
2010–2011 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Broadway
My Fair Lady 2011 Connecticut Repertory Theatre Professor Henry Higgins Regional
Man of La Mancha 2012 Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes
Pippin 2012 American Repertory Theatre King Charlemagne / Charles the Great Cambridge (Workshop)
Cambridge (Pre-Broadway)
2013–2014 Music Box Theatre Broadway
Les Misérables 2015 Connecticut Repertory Theatre Inspector Javert Regional
Peter Pan Captain James Hook / Mr. George Darling
Finding Neverland Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Charles Frohman / Captain James Hook Broadway (replacement)
Tuck Everlasting 2016 Broadhurst Theatre The Man in the Yellow Suit Broadway
Jerry Springer - The Opera 2018 Pershing Square Signature Center Jerry Springer Off-Broadway
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Connecticut Repertory Theatre Sweeney Todd Regional
The Little Mermaid Anheuser-Busch Hall at the Touhill Performing Arts Center King Triton
Marie, Dancing Still 2019 5th Avenue Theatre Edgar Degas Regional, West Coast Premiere
Only Gold 2022 MCC Theater King Off-Broadway, World Premiere

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
1987 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical Les Misérables Nominated
1994 Beauty and the Beast Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor In A Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated
2013 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical Pippin Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Won
2016 Tuck Everlasting Nominated
2018 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Jerry Springer - The Opera Nominated

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