Michael Cumpsty

Michael Cumpsty (born 28 February 1960) is a British actor. He made his Broadway debut in the Tom Stoppard play Artist Descending a Staircase (1989). He has acted in plays such as David Hare's Racing Demon (1995), Michael Frayn's Copenhagen (2000), and Democracy (2004), and Sophie Treadwell's Machinal (2014) as well in musicals such as 1776 (1997), 42nd Street (2001), and Sunday in the Park with George (2008). He received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination for his role in End of the Rainbow (2012). He has also appeared in films such as State of Grace (1990), The Ice Storm (1997), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), and The Visitor (2007). Cumpsty has also acted in various shows shows such as Showtime's medical comedy Nurse Jackie, HBO's period drama Boardwalk Empire, Cinemax's medical drama The Knick, CBS's police series Tommy, Apple TV+'s drama Severance, HBO's dark comedy Barry. Early life and education Cumpsty was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, and moved to South Africa with his family when he was 9. Cumpsty attended Haileybury College in Hertfordshire and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982. Career On the Broadway stage he appeared in dramas, including La Bête (1991), Timon of Athens (1993), The Heiress (1995), Copenhagen (2000), and The Constant Wife (2005). He appeared on Broadway in the play End of the Rainbow in 2012 and received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor for his performance. He appeared in the Los Angeles production of the play, which ran in March and April 2013 at the Ahmanson Theatre. He appeared in the Roundabout Theatre production of Machinal as the "husband" from December 2013 to 2 March 2014.