David Pittu | |
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| Born | (1967-04-04)April 4, 1967 (age 58) Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
David Jonathan Pittu (Romanian:Pitu; born April 4, 1967) is an American actor, writer and director.
Pittu was born and grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut where, as ahigh school senior, he was a finalist in the NFAA's Arts Recognition Talent Search in Drama. He graduated fromNew York University 's Tisch School of the Arts in 1989.
Pittu's theater work includes plays and musicals, and he has received two Tony Award nominations. He was nominated for the 2007 Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Bertolt Brecht in Harold Prince'sLoveMusik[1] and for the 2008 Best Featured Actor in a Play for his multiple-role turn in the Mark Twain comedyIs He Dead? adapted byDavid Ives and directed byMichael Blakemore.[2]
He received theDaryl Roth 2010 Creative Spirit Award.[3]
He received the 2009St. Clair Bayfield Award for his performance inTwelfth Night at the Delacorte Theatre in 2009, directed byDaniel Sullivan.[4] Also under Sullivan's direction, he played Paul Wolfowitz and others, in David Hare'sStuff Happens in 2006 at thePublic Theater, which received aDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble.[5]
He wrote and starred inWhat's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling, a musical satire about a luckless, eternally "up-and-coming" composer-lyricist. Pittu also wrote the lyrics, with music by Randy Redd toWhat's That Smell, which premieredOff-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in September 2008.[6] The play with music received twoLucille Lortel Award nominations including one for Best Off-Broadway Musical, and was included in both the Entertainment Weekly andThe New York Times Top 10 Best Lists in Theater 2008.
Other notable theater work: David Ives'The Heir Apparent (2014 Off-Broadway, CSC, director John Rando);[7]Bill Cain'sEquivocation (2010, Off-Broadway Manhattan Theater Club) directed byGarry Hynes;[8]Tom Stoppard'sThe Coast of Utopia (2006, Broadway, Lincoln Center);Harold Pinter'sCelebration andThe Room (2005, Off-Broadway, Atlantic Theater Company);[9] andStephen Sondheim'sCompany, part of theKennedy Center Sondheim Celebration (2002).
His performance asLeo Frank in the National Tour ofJason Robert Brown'sParade, directed byHarold Prince, earned him the 2001 National Broadway Award (Best Actor in a Musical). He appeared in theEncores! staged concert productionsOf Thee I Sing (2007, as the French ambassador);Bells Are Ringing (2010, as Sandor);It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (2013, as Dr. Abner Sedgwick) andGirl From the North Country at the Public Theater (2018, as Reverend Marlowe). He has also done numerous concerts with Ted Sperling's MasterVoices at City Center and Carnegie Hall.
His film and television credits include "Halston" (Netflix), "Capote and the Swans" (FX/Hulu), American Horror Stories (FX) and many more. (See below)
He is an accomplished narrator of audio books, includingDonna Tartt 's Pulitzer Prize winnerThe Goldfinch,[10] which received two"Audie" Awards: Best Literary Fiction and Best Male Solo Performance, 2014.
Pittu is one of the trustees of the literary estate of George S. Kaufman, along with theater historian and NYU professor Laurence Maslon.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2025 | Atrabilious | Dominick Calderon | |
| 2023 | Sharper | David/Lawyer | |
| 2017 | Submission | Bernard Levy | |
| 2016 | Café Society | Roger | |
| 2015 | True Story | Marcus Lickermann | |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Roman the Fabulist | |
| 2006 | Shortbus | Jacuzzi Hunter | |
| 2005 | King Kong | Weston |
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| 2024 | American Horror Stories | Aaron | Episode: "Backrooms" |
| 2022 | Uncoupled | Dennis | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Halston | Joe Eula | 5 episodes |
| 2020 | The Plot Against America | Irv Simkowitz | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Elementary | William Bazemore | Episode: "Fit to be Tied" |
| 2016 | House of Cards | Dr. Saxon | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | The Knick | Dr. Phelps | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Following | Eldon | Episode: "Flesh & Blood" |
| 2013 | Person of Interest | Derek Fowler | Episode: "Booked Solid" |
| 2012 | Made in Jersey | Vogel | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2014 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Linus Tate | 6 episodes |
| 2011 | Pan Am | Paul Gilbert | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Damages | Jack Shaw | 5 episodes |
| 2010–2012 | The Good Wife | Spencer Roth | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Roy Loftin | Episode: "Loyalty" |
| 2009 | Rescue Me | Charles | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Fringe | Robert Swift | Episode: "Unleashed" |
| 2001 | Law & Order | Donald Albers | Episode: "Phobia" |
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| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | The Local Population |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | The Crowd of Liberty City |
| 2006 | Neverwinter Nights 2 | Shadow Reaver #1, Brawler #1, Wolf #1, Commoner #2, Mordren |
| 2003 | Manhunt | Smilie |
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