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Brad SullivanAmerican stage and film actor
Date of Birth: 18.11.
Country:  USA |
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Biography of Brad Sullivan
Brad Sullivan was an American stage and film actor who had a successful career spanning over twenty years. He was born on November 18, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois and grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Sullivan served in the army during the Korean War and later studied at the University of Maine before moving to New York to pursue acting. He attended the acting program at the American Theatre Wing.
Theater Career
Sullivan made his stage debut in 1961 at the age of 30 in the play "Red Roses for Me" by Sean O'Casey. He then went on to perform in the musical "Pacific Overtures" in London, which had numerous productions on both sides of the Atlantic and several film adaptations. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Sullivan appeared in two productions at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In 1965, he performed in Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" at the open-air Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In 1971, he starred in Vaclav Havel's play "The Memorandum" and the musical "The Bachelor Film."
Film and Television Career
In 1972, at the age of 41, Sullivan made his screen debut in the drama film "The Parallax View" playing Sergeant Huke. He then appeared in the controversial black comedy television film "Sticks and Bones," portraying a blinded Vietnam War veteran. The film was so controversial that half of the CBS network channels refused to air it. In 1973, he played Cole, a hitman who pursues Robert Redford and Paul Newman's characters in the caper comedy "The Sting," which won seven Academy Awards.
Sullivan continued to work in television and film, including the highly acclaimed TV film "The Migrants" and the comedy film "Slap Shot" alongside Paul Newman in 1977. In "Slap Shot," Sullivan portrayed the vulgar hockey player Morris 'Mo' Wanchuk, a departure from the restrained and silent characters he had previously played. He also made his Broadway debut in the play "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" in which he portrayed three different officers alongside a young Al Pacino.
In 1978, Sullivan received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for his outstanding performance as steelworker Mike LeFevre in the musical "Working." Throughout his career, Sullivan appeared in over fifty films and television shows, including popular police dramas like "Law & Order" and "NYPD Blue," the drama "Nothing Sacred," and the crime action film "Reindeer Games," based on the true story of a bank-robbing couple.
Later Years and Death
Sullivan stopped acting in 2000 and in his later years, he suffered from hearing loss. He lived alone on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Sullivan never married but had a dog named Buster. He passed away on December 31, 2008, from liver cancer.
