Stephen Michael Kunken (born c. 1971) is an American actor. He is
known for the roles of Ari Spyros on Showtime's Billions and Commander
Putnam on Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. His film work includes work with
Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Ang Lee, Barry
Levinson, and others. Kunken is most readily known for his Tony award
nomination for playing Andy Fastow in the Broadway play Enron, for
which he received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor in a
Play. Other Broadway credits include Frost/Nixon and Rock 'n'
Roll'.Kunken was raised on Long Island in Upper Brookville, New York.
His father is a dentist and his mother is a former grade school
teacher. Kunken received a B.A. degree from Tufts University in 1993.
He is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Graduate Acting program,
where as a member of the Drama Division's Group 26 (1993â€"1997) he
was awarded both The John Houseman Prize and the Pearl and Rolands
Grant. His classmates included David Denman and Alan Tudyk.Kunken has
appeared on Broadway as David Halberstam in David Auburn's The
Columnist (2012); opposite Kathleen Turner in High (2011); Tom
Stoppard’s Rock 'n' Roll (2007); Frost/Nixon (2007) (for which he
received Outer Critics Circle Award (Outstanding Featured Actor in a
Play) and Drama League Award nominations),; Festen (2006); and Proof
(replacement, 2002). For his role as CFO Andrew Fastow in Lucy
Prebble's Enron, he received a 2010 Tony Award nomination for Featured
Actor in a Play.Off-Broadway, he played Tim Andrews in the
award-winning Richard Nelson cycle of Apple Plays, which includes That
Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, and Regular Singing in 2013 at The
Public.
known for the roles of Ari Spyros on Showtime's Billions and Commander
Putnam on Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. His film work includes work with
Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Ang Lee, Barry
Levinson, and others. Kunken is most readily known for his Tony award
nomination for playing Andy Fastow in the Broadway play Enron, for
which he received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor in a
Play. Other Broadway credits include Frost/Nixon and Rock 'n'
Roll'.Kunken was raised on Long Island in Upper Brookville, New York.
His father is a dentist and his mother is a former grade school
teacher. Kunken received a B.A. degree from Tufts University in 1993.
He is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Graduate Acting program,
where as a member of the Drama Division's Group 26 (1993â€"1997) he
was awarded both The John Houseman Prize and the Pearl and Rolands
Grant. His classmates included David Denman and Alan Tudyk.Kunken has
appeared on Broadway as David Halberstam in David Auburn's The
Columnist (2012); opposite Kathleen Turner in High (2011); Tom
Stoppard’s Rock 'n' Roll (2007); Frost/Nixon (2007) (for which he
received Outer Critics Circle Award (Outstanding Featured Actor in a
Play) and Drama League Award nominations),; Festen (2006); and Proof
(replacement, 2002). For his role as CFO Andrew Fastow in Lucy
Prebble's Enron, he received a 2010 Tony Award nomination for Featured
Actor in a Play.Off-Broadway, he played Tim Andrews in the
award-winning Richard Nelson cycle of Apple Plays, which includes That
Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, and Regular Singing in 2013 at The
Public.
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