Joe Mantello

Joe Mantello
Mantello at Wicked 10th Birthday 2016
Born	Joseph Mantello (1962-12-27) December 27, 1962 (age 62) Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1989–present
Partner	Jon Robin Baitz (1990–2002)
Awards	Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 2003 Take Me Out Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical 2004 Assassins

Joseph Mantello (born December 27, 1962) is an American actor and director known for his work on stage and screen. He first gained prominence for his Broadway acting debut in the original production of Tony Kushner's two-part epic play Angels in America (1993–1994), for which he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination. He has since acted in acclaimed Broadway revivals of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart (2011) and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (2017).

Mantello has transitioned into a career as a Broadway director, winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for Take Me Out (2003) and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Assassins (2004). He has directed notable productions such as Wicked (2003), Glengarry Glen Ross (2005), The Humans (2016), Three Tall Women (2018), and The Boys in the Band (2018).