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John Dossett

ActorBorn April 15, 1958 (67 years)
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John Dossett is an American actor and singer.

Dossett's interest in a theatrical career began at Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Delaware, where he appeared in student productions and was involved with the school's radio station, WMPH.

Dossett made his Broadway debut in 1979 in a short-lived musical entitled the King of Schnorrers. In 1982 he joined the cast of Fifth of July, after which the bulk of his work was in off-Broadway productions and on television. He was a member of the off-Broadway Circle Repertory Company, performing in many plays between 1980-1994.

He later achieved success in two popular musicals, Ragtime (1998) and the 2003 revival of Gypsy opposite Bernadette Peters. His performance in the latter garnered him both Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. His most significant screen credit is the 1990 AIDS drama, Longtime Companion. He was re-united with his Gypsy co-star Peters in a one-night only benefit reading of Love Letters in September 2007.

He appeared in the world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's musical Giant, at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia through May 31, 2009. He also played the role of "Aaron" in the new musical of The First Wives Club, starting in July 2009 at the Old Globe, San Diego, California.

Dossett is married to actress Michele Pawk. The couple met while working together in an off-Broadway musical, Hello Again. They have a son, Jack, born in 2000. They worked together in the musical Mamma Mia! in 2005. The couple have moved to South Orange, New Jersey.

As of September 2009, Dossett has returned to the Broadway musical Mamma Mia! in the role of Sam Carmichael opposite Tony Award winner Beth Leavel and later Lisa Brescia.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Little Manhattan
  • The Oranges
  • Big Eden
  • Clover

Known For

  • John Adams
  • Little Manhattan
  • Longtime Companion
  • That Night
  • Nick and Jane
  • Blue Moon

John Dossett Filmography

2018
New Amsterdam (2018) (TV Series) · as Stan Lacky
2018
Instinct (2018) (TV Series) · as Reilly
2014
Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as General David Nelson
2013
The Americans (2013) (TV Series) · as Kurt Schultz
2012
Elementary (TV Series) · as Treadwell
2012
Man on a Ledge · as Ted Henry
2011
2011
Suits (TV Series) · as Mr. Dockery
2011
Lights Out (TV Series) · as Dr. Wilson
2010
Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Father Mcmurray
2009
The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Kyle Murphy
2008
John Adams (TV Series) · as Benjamin Rush
2007
Gossip Girl (TV Series) · as Jack Roth
2005
Little Manhattan · as Mickey Telesco
2002
Hack (TV Series) · as Jack Shannon
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Nicholas Fenner Sr.
2000
Big Eden · as John Bishop
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Tom Dayton
1999
The Cracker Man · as Hank
1999
Blue Moon · as John Barnard
1998
Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Don
1997
Clover · as Chase Porter
1997
Nick and Jane · as John
1995
JAG (TV Series) · as Dennis Brockman
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Chick
1992
That Night · as Larry Bloom
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Martin Schnell
1989
1956
As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Joe Chessley

2003
The 57th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee
1956
Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee

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