Stephen Bogardus

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Stephen Bogardus is an American actor born on March 11, 1954, in Norfolk, Virginia. He attended Choate Rosemary Hall and Princeton University, where he sang with the Nassoons and joined the Princeton Triangle Club. He studied acting at HB Studio. His first role was in a local production of Robin Hood in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Bogardus made his New York City debut in 1979 in a stage adaptation of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater. His Off-Broadway credits include March of the Falsettos (1981), In Trousers (1985), Falsettoland (1990), and Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), the last of which moved to Broadway in 1995. He also appeared in the 1997 film version of Love! Valour! Compassion! He was part of the City Center Encores! series in Sweet Adeline (1997) and Allegro (1994).

On Broadway, Bogardus has performed in West Side Story (1980) as an understudy for Tony, Les Misérables (1987–1988) as Grantaire and understudy for Javert, Safe Sex (1987), The Grapes of Wrath, Falsettos (1992) as Whizzer, and The Dead (2000) as Gabriel Conroy. He played Dr. Carrasco in Man of La Mancha (2002) and appeared in Old Acquaintance (2007). He also toured in the US as Freddie Trumper in Chess (1990) and as Stine in City of Angels (1991). In 2008 he starred as Bob Wallace in White Christmas on Broadway and in touring productions, after performing the role in Boston (2005) and St. Paul (2006).

In 2013, Bogardus took on Colonel Ricci in an Off-Broadway production of Passion. From 2014 to 2016, he originated and played Daddy Cane in Bright Star on Broadway. In the late 2010s he appeared in Off-Broadway productions as Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees (2017) and Nick Laine in Girl from the North Country (2018). Regional theatre credits include M. Butterfly at Arena Stage, Elegies in Los Angeles, and James Joyce’s The Dead at the Ahmanson Theatre, Kennedy Center, etc.

Bogardus has many television credits, with roles on daytime soaps and guest appearances on shows like Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ed, Monk, and Conviction. In June 2020 he ran for president of Actors’ Equity Association but did not win. He is married to dancer Dana Moore; they have appeared together on stage several times, including Chicago (1998) and Damn Yankees (2002), and they have an adopted son, Jackson Bogardus.