Leonardo Cimino Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role for "The Man in the Glass Booth" in 1970
• He joined the U․S․ Army in 1942 and landed with the second wave of soldiers at the invasion of Normandy during World War II
• Won an Obie Award for his performance of Smerdyakov in "The Brothers Karamazov" in 1958
• Studied acting, directing, and modern dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater and violin at Juilliard
• Was taking dance classes with Martha Graham when he was asked to play his first role in the 1946 revival of "Cyrano de Bergerac․"
• Spent more than 60 years in the entertainment business, where his slight build and distinctively thin face put him in high demand
• Best known as a character actor who appeared in the science fiction miniseries "V" and the film "The Monster Squad․"
• Appeared in the historic original stage production of Marc Blitzstein's musical "The Cradle Will Rock," directed by Orson Welles in 1937
• Worked with actor José Ferrer on a number of projects, including "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Volpone," and "The Alchemist․"
• One of his most notable off-Broadway roles was as Egeon in "The Comedy of Errors" alongside Ted Danson and Danny DeVito in 1975