Craig Bierko

Birth Name:

Craig Philip Bierko

Birth Place:

Rye Brook, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

His performance in "The Music Man" earned him a Tony Award nomination, a Drama Desk Award nomination and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination in 2000, all for Best Actor in a Musical
Studied journalism at Boston University and attended the School of Speech at Northwestern University
Son of Pat and Rex Bierko, both of who ran a local theater
Gave an acclaimed performance as traveling salesman Professor Harold Hill in a 2000 Broadway revival of Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man․"
Some of his best known roles are as the boxer Max Baer in "Cinderella Man," a part he bulked up considerably to play, and as Tom Ryan, a spoof of actor Tom Cruise, in "Scary Movie 4․"
People magazine listed him as its Sexiest Broadway Star in 2000
Turned down the part of the Chandler in the hit sitcom "Friends" after reading the script
Took Nelson Aspen's step-aerobics class at the Martin Henry Fitness Studio in West Hollywood in the early 1990s

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