John Dossett

Acting

John Dossett

Overview

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Birthday
Apr 15, 1958 (67 years old)

John Dossett

Known For

No Loss Here
Movie 2020

No Loss Here

Through her dementia, an elderly mother tells her gay son...

War Paint
2h 20m
Movie 2016

War Paint

War Paint is a musical with music by Scott Frankel,...

John Adams
1h 0m
TV Show 2008

John Adams

Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part...

Little Manhattan
1h 30m
Movie 2005

Little Manhattan

Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in...

Big Eden
1h 57m
Movie 2000

Big Eden

Henry Hart is a young gay artist living in New...

The Cracker Man
0h 57m
Movie 1999

The Cracker Man

A pretty loner hires a firecracker salesman to shoot fireworks...

Blue Moon
1h 32m
Movie 1999

Blue Moon

A fishing family in Maine face domestic heartbreak and financial...

Nick and Jane
1h 33m
Movie 1997

Nick and Jane

N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with...

That Night
1h 29m
Movie 1992

That Night

A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her...

Longtime Companion
1h 36m
Movie 1989

Longtime Companion

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in...

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.