From Binge-Watch to Broadway: 17 TV Stars Up for Tony Awards This Year
Curtain up, light the lights — the 76th Tony Awards will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+, after all. The awards show will be televised as scheduled now that the Tony Awards Management Committee has struck a deal with the striking Writers Guild of America, agreeing to produce an unscripted Tonys ceremony that the WGA will not picket.
And if you’ll tune in on Sunday night, you’ll see that this year’s best of Broadway includes familiar faces from television. Scroll down to see 17 Tony Award nominees who previously made their mark on the small screen.
76th Tony Awards, Sunday, June 11, CBS and Paramount+
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Notable TV credit: Cal Abar in Watchmen
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Topdog/Underdog
Corey Hawkins
Notable TV credit: Eric Carter in 24: Legacy
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Topdog/Underdog as Lincoln
Sean Hayes
Notable TV credit: Jack McFarland in Will & Grace
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Good Night
Wendell Pierce
Notable TV credit: Det. William “Bunk” Moreland in The Wire
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Death of a Salesman
Jessica Chastain
Notable TV credit: Tammy Wynette in George & Tammy
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer
Notable TV credit: Villanelle in Killing Eve
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht
Notable TV credit: Susan Bunch in Friends
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald
Notable TV credit: Liz Reddick in The Good Fight
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Ohio State Murders
Ben Platt
Notable TV credit: Payton Hobart in The Politician
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Parade
Annaleigh Ashford
Notable TV credit: Gina Dabrowski in B Positive
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Samuel L. Jackson
Notable TV credit: Nick Fury in Secret Invasion
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed
Notable TV credit: Stewy Hosseini in Succession
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, A Doll’s House
David Zayas
Notable TV credit: Angel Batista in Dexter
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, Cost of Living
Jordan Donica
Notable TV credit: Jordan Chase in Charmed
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Camelot
Alex Newell
Notable TV credit: Unique Adams in Glee
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Shucked
Julia Lester
Notable TV credit: Ashlyn in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles
Notable TV credit: Sherri Kansky in All Rise
2023 Tony Award nomination: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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