Chip Zien

Chip Zien
Born	March 20, 1947 (1947-03-20) (age 64) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Chip Zien (born Jerome Herbert Zien; March 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Later he played the role of Buzz Richards in Applause at City Center Encores!, Thénardier in the Broadway production of Les Misérables and in the films Howard the Duck as Howard and United 93 as Mark Rothenberg.

Early life

Zien was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School and later from the University of Pennsylvania. There, he was the President of Mask & Wig, the nation's oldest all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe.

Career

His first major role was as Marvin in William Finn's first musical, In Trousers. In its sequels, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, this role was played by Michael Rupert, while Zien played Mendel, a role he reprised when these two one-act musicals were joined together and played Broadway as Falsettos. Several years later, Zien was featured in another Finn musical when he played a bizarre children's show host called Mr. Bungee in A New Brain. He also starred on Broadway in Grand Hotel (as Otto Kringelein), The Boys from Syracuse (as Dromio of Ephesus), The Suicide (as Victor Victorovich), and Ride the Winds (as Inari). He provided the voice of the title character in Howard the Duck.

From 1999 to 2000, Zien had a recurring guest role on Now and Again as Gerald Misenbach. He has appeared repeatedly as Attorney Cromwell on Law & Order.^[1] In 2005, Zien played the part of Goran in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Broadway. In 2006 he appeared in the critically acclaimed film United 93 as Mark Rothenberg. He also played Dr. Marsh in the vampire comedy film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead.

From April 1 to June 19, 2011, Zien appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The People in the Picture, which is set to run at Studio 54.

References

1. ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109278.html Playbill Interview with Chip Zien

External links

• Chip Zien at the Internet Movie Database
• Chip Zien at the Internet Broadway Database

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Name	Zien, Chip
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	March 20, 1947
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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