John Benjamin Hickey

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John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. On Broadway, he originated the role of Arthur in Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play "Love! Valour! Compassion!" in 1995, a role he would recreate for the 1997 film version. He played Clifford Bradshaw in the 1998 revival of Cabaret, which won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, and played Reverend John Hale in the Tony-nominated 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".

On film, in addition to the aforementioned role in "Love! Valour! Compassion!" Hickey played the lead in the 1998 independent film "Finding North" and played Jack Dunphy in the 2006 Truman Capote biopic "Infamous", along with supporting roles in a number of other films, including "The Ice Storm and The Anniversary Party". Hickey's best-known television role is perhaps that of Philip Stoddard on the short-lived gay-themed ABC sitcom "It's All Relative".

Hickey was born in Plano, Texas. He is openly gay. [ [http://www.bgay.com/bae/hollywood/aeho51025b.htm Gay Arts & Entertainment on BGay.com - Gay Arts, Entertainment, Movies, Artists, and Gossip ] ]

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* on Internet Broadway Database