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name: "Stephen Spinella"
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born: "11 October 1956"
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# Stephen Spinella

Actor. Born 11 October 1956 in Naples, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 October 1956, Naples, Italy
- **Also known as:** 스티븐 스피넬라

## Biography

Stephen Spinella is an American actor. Born in Naples, Italy, he grew up in Arizona and trained at the University of Arizona and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

He originated the role of Prior Walter in the Broadway productions of *Angels in America: Millennium Approaches* (1993) and *Angels in America: Perestroika* (1994), winning consecutive Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play and Best Actor in a Play. He received a further Tony nomination for *James Joyce’s The Dead* (2000).

Spinella’s film roles include Rick Stokes in *Milk* (2008), Asa Vintner Litton in *Lincoln* (2012) and Douglas in *The Jackal* (1997). He has appeared in numerous television series, among them *Grey’s Anatomy*, *The Mentalist* and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Milk* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Rick Stokes — [page](https://film.one/film/milk.md)

## Also known for

- *The Mentalist* (2008), ADA Marc Odenthal
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Morgan Smith
- *Lincoln* (2012), Asa Vintner Litton
- *The Blacklist* (2013), Jordan Loving
- *The Jackal* (1997), Douglas
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Dr. Samuel Heller
- *Elementary* (2012), Merrick Hausmann
- *24* (2001), Miles Papazian

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