Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is an American singer, guitarist and actor. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including in several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Road Show, and Passion. He won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Assassins. He was called, by Playbill.com, "arguably the most versatile leading man on Broadway", playing roles from "Shakespeare's Romeo to The Who's Tommy, from the German transsexual rock diva Hedwig in Hedwig & the Angry Inch to the homicidal title character of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd." Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Cerveris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• 2026A Statement — Edward Strohbehn
• 2025Basic Psych — Stuart Prince
• 2024Fun Home: 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert — Bruce
• 2024Watchmen: Chapter I — Jonathan Osterman / Dr. Manhattan / Father (voice)
• 2024Watchmen: Chapter II — Dr. Manhattan / Prison Guard #2 (voice)
• The Gilded Age — Watson
• The Plot Against America — Mr. Taylor
• Prodigal Son — Carter Berkhead
• 2018Ant-Man and the Wasp — Elihas Starr
• Mosaic — Tom Davis
• MINDHUNTER — Assistant Director Gunn
• Billions — Drew Moody
• 2016Detours — Bob O'Connor
• The Tick — Ramses IV
• Gotham — Professor Pyg
• 2014Leaving Circadia — Reece
• Madam Secretary — Congressman Jeff Pearson
• 2014Russian Broadway Shut Down — Vladimir Putin
• The Blacklist — Victor Skovic
• Elementary — Councilman Ledesma
• Person of Interest — Jarek Koska
• 2011Stake Land: Jebediah — Jebediah Loven
• 2010Meskada — Terrence Lindy
• 2010Stake Land — Jebedia Loven
• Treme — Marvin Frey
• 2009Brief Interviews with Hideous Men — Subject #15
• 2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant — Mr. Tiny
• The Good Wife — James Castro
• Fringe — The Observer / September, The Observer (uncredited)
• 2005Passion — Giorgio
• 2004Assassins — John Wilkes Booth
• 2004Temptation — Pablo
• The American Embassy — Gary Forbush
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Greg Stipe
• 2001The Mexican — Frank
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Syd Booth Goggle
• 1998Lulu on the Bridge — Restaurant Man #3
• 1992A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon — Paul
• 1991Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever — Eaglebauer
• 1991Steel and Lace — Daniel Emerson
• Dream On — Bobby Krull
• 1990Strangers — John Reece
• Quantum Leap — Nick
• 1988Tokyo Pop — Mike
• 21 Jump Street — Ray
• Leg Work — Johnny Dark
• 1985Doubletake — Gary Prine
• The Equalizer — Nick Kaminsky, Frank Fipps
• Fame — Ian Ware
• Live from Lincoln Center — Giorgio

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Stars in the House — Self
• 2016Starring Austin Pendleton — Self
• 2010Sondheim! The Birthday Concert — Self
• 2003Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig — Self