Jonathan Hadary (born October 11, 1948) is an American actor.
Early life and education Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary arrived at Tufts University already an accomplished actor. He was cast in many shows at Tufts, both student and faculty directed. During his sophomore year, he became an understudy for the Boston company of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. When the actor playing Charlie Brown was drafted for the Vietnam War, the actor playing Schroeder was moved to the Charlie Brown role, and Hadary took the part of Schroeder. He finished the Boston run of the show and then toured with it for some time.
Career Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the 1976 Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's Gemini. Critical acclaim for the off-Broadway production resulted in it transferring to PAF Playhouse and then to Circle Repertory Company, and finally to Broadway, where it ran for 1819 performances. Hadary worked off-Broadway again on the 1979 Howard Ashman and Alan Menken musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Ted Tally's 1980 play Coming Attractions, and the 1981 Tom Lehrer revue Tomfoolery. The following year he returned to Broadway to replace Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy.
A member of the acting company at Circle Repertory Company, Hadary won an Obie Award for his performance in the 1985 William M. Hoffman play As Is at Circle Rep, and again, the play moved to Broadway, where it was nominated for three Tony Awards and won the Drama Desk Award for Best Play. In 1989, he co-starred opposite Tyne Daly in Gypsy, which earned him Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations. Hadary also played James Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical Assassins.
In 1993, he played Nathan Detroit in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls. Hadary played the role of Roy Cohn in the national touring production of Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner's theatrical epic Angels in America in 1994-95. He also appeared in the 2006 revival of Awake and Sing!, for which he shared the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. He also portrayed King Arthur in the Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot. In 2019 he played tribune Sicinius in The Public Theater's production of Coriolanus, and The Public's production of an updated version of A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner.
Hadary's feature film credits include A Time to Kill, Private Parts, and Intolerable Cruelty. On television he has appeared in Miami Vice, Party of Five, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope and Faith, Sex and the City, Louie, Veep, The Heart, She Holler, and Russian Doll.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1994The New AgePaul Hartmann1994The Swan PrincessSpeed (singing voice)1996A Time to KillNorman Reinfield1997Private PartsGriff1997A Simple WishLord Richard1998MontanaSt. John2000BaitCafe Owner2001Love the Hard WayBoris2003Intolerable CrueltyHeinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy2006Falling for GraceMax2011MargaretDeutsch2015Larry Kramer in Love and AngerNed Weeks2022The FabelmansSammy's GrandfatherScenes deleted
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1983BraingamesEpisode: "Pilot"1986As IsSaulTelevision film1988Miami ViceHank FrazierEpisode: "Vote of Confidence"1991Law & OrderAlex PetrovichEpisode: "The Serpent's Tooth"1996Swift JusticeCarl JurgensEpisode: "Bad Medicine"1996Party of FivePete TerryEpisode: "Christmas"2001100 Centre StreetBarrey KrauseEpisode: "Let's Make a Night of It"2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentHall RichmondEpisode: "The Insider"2003Hope & FaithTomEpisode: "Anger Management"2004Sex and the CityVincentEpisode: "Out of the Frying Pan"2011–2014The Heart, She HollerHoss26 episodes2015LouieJoseph the GuruEpisode: "Pot Luck"2016Horace and PeteBearded ManEpisode #1.12016Incident at VichyOld JewTelevision film2017At Home with Amy SedarisSullyEpisode: "Nature"2017–2019VeepSherman Tanz7 episodes2019Russian DollRabbiEpisode: "A Warm Body"2021–2022Girls5evaLarry Plumb8 episodes
Theatre YearTitleRoleNotes1968-69You're a Good Man, Charlie BrownSchroederUS Tour1976GeminiHerschel WeinbergerOff-Broadway1977Broadway1979God Bless You, Mr. RosewaterNormanOff-Broadway1985-86As IsSaulBroadway19871776John AdamsUS Tour1988Wenceslas SquareVince CoreyOff-Broadway1989-90GypsyHerbieBroadway & US Tour1990-91AssassinsCharles GuiteauOff-Broadway1993-94Guys and DollsNathan DetroitBroadway1994-96Angels in AmericaRoy CohnUS Tour2000The Winter's TaleAntigonusOff-BroadwayThe Best ManSheldon MarcusBroadway2002The Little FoxesOscarShakespeare Theatre Company2004The MatchmakerHoraceFord's Theatre2005All Shook UpJim HallerBroadway2006Awake and Sing!Myron2006-08SpamalotKing Arthur2008Show BoatCaptain Andy HawksConcert2008-09SpamalotKing ArthurUS Tour2012-13Golden BoyMr. CarpBroadway2013The Comedy of ErrorsEgeon / Dr. PinchOff-Broadway2014-15Fiddler on the RoofTevyeArena Stage2015Incident at VichyOld JewOff-Broadway2019CoriolanusSicinius VelutusA Bright Room Called DayXillah2022EpiphanyAmes Lincoln Center Theatre, Off-Broadway2024Uncle VanyaWafflesBroadway
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