Steven Wishnoff

Steven Wishnoff is an actor turned 2x EMMY nominated producer and talent/casting professional who played Tony Masters, the leader of the gay gang on the HBO television series Oz, from season two until the show's sixth and final season. [1] [2]

Other television acting credits include The Richard Bey Show, Mike Nichols's Angels in America for HBO, Sex and the City (episode 1), Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Law & Order, New York Undercover and more. Wishnoff's film credits include Marcie X, Joel Schumacher's "Flawless", "Stonewall" (the image of his character adorned Stonewall movie posters and soundtrack covers). Additionally, he was John Goodman's stunt and photo double on many film and television projects including Martin Scorsese’s "Bringing Out the Dead", Glen Gordon Caron's "Now and Again", "Coyote Ugly", and more. [3] [4]

Wishnoff is also an accomplished stage actor with many Musical Theater credits on his resume. Some of his onstage credits include Albin/Zaz in several productions of "La Cage aux Folle", Amos Hart in several productions of "Chicago", Vivian McVanish in the acclaimed "Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo!", and King Herod in "Jesus Christ Superatar" [3]

He is also a musician and has performed music and directed quite a few productions and recordings. He was the Musical Director of "The Real Live Brady Bunch" at the Village Gate Theater in New York City when the original cast moved to the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Wishnoff was the writer of "The 2008 Los Angeles Area EMMYS", Producer of "LGBT Above and Below the Line" for The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Segment Producer of "T.V.'s All-Time Funniest" for ABC, Senior Writer Producer for Court TV (aka True), Supervising Producer (pre-production) for "The Jazz Awards", was the Senior Producer for Nick at Nite and TVLand.com and has written/produced for Kathy Griffin, Danny Bonaduce and Barry Williams (among others).

His casting and Talent Management/Supervision work has been seen in "The Foundation", "Celebrity Duets", "But Can They Sing", and "The Word Music Awards" among others.

Wihsnoff was seen regularly in every major (and minor) Piano Bar/Cabaret in New York City as well as several in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and 3 cities in Norway.

Regarding Wishnoff's portrayal of Amos Hart in Boston production of "Chicago", a writer for Theater Week wrote:...Billy Flynn sings the line "give them an act that's unassailable, they'll wait a week til you're available." A smart producer would wait a year or two until he (Wishnoff) is available." this is as good a portrayal as I have ever seen. [2]