Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for
his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, an art
director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he
has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well.
His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever
earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at
Sardi's.Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle
(Mackenroth), an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John
Batt. His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement
park. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School (a
preparatory school in New Orleans) and Tulane University, where he was
a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.Batt is openly gay. On
September 28, 2014, he married his long-time partner Tom Cianfichi, an
event planner. Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings
store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans. In 2010, Batt
published a memoir about his mother entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My
Mother. She died in December 2010. In 2011, he published a second
book, Big, Easy, Style, which focuses on interior design and home
furnishings.Broadway
his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, an art
director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he
has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well.
His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever
earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at
Sardi's.Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle
(Mackenroth), an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John
Batt. His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement
park. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School (a
preparatory school in New Orleans) and Tulane University, where he was
a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.Batt is openly gay. On
September 28, 2014, he married his long-time partner Tom Cianfichi, an
event planner. Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings
store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans. In 2010, Batt
published a memoir about his mother entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My
Mother. She died in December 2010. In 2011, he published a second
book, Big, Easy, Style, which focuses on interior design and home
furnishings.Broadway
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