Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, the closeted art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at Sardi's."Bryan Batt & Kristin Chenoweth Get Hung Up At Sardi's Jan. 20 ", Playbill. January 21, 2000.
Early life Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle (née Mackenroth), an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John Batt.Paula Devlin, "Gayle Batt, civic activist and mother of actor Bryan Batt, dies at 79", Times-Picayune, December 21, 2010. His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park.Joyce Wadler, "An Actor Really Sells His Material", The New York Times, August 16, 2007. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School (a preparatory school in New Orleans) and Tulane University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.Sue Strachan, "Persona: Bryan Batt", New Orleans Magazine, January 2009.
Personal life In 2010, Batt published a memoir about his mother entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother. She died in December 2010.Craig Wilson, "Q&A: 'Mad Men' star Bryan Batt and his tribute to mom Gayle", USA Today, May 6, 2010. In 2011, he published a second book, Big, Easy, Style, which focuses on interior design and home furnishings. On September 28, 2014, Batt married his long-time partner Tom Cianfichi, an event planner. Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans.
Filmography
Film {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1995 |Jeffrey |Darius
|1997 |Kiss Me, Guido |Tino
|1999 |Hit and Runway |Carlos
|2009 |Funny People |George's Agent
|2011 |Brawler |Fat Chucky
|2011 |Nine Lives: A Musical Adaption Live |Billy Grace
|2013 |B-Side |Andrews
|2013 |Wiener Dog Nationals |Judge Brown
|2013 |12 Years a Slave |Judge Turner
|2013 |Parkland |Malcolm Kilduff
|2013 | |Orry-Kelly
|2015 |Zipper |Bob Fisher
|2015 |Sam |Alexander Blondell
|2015 | |Mark Lavin
|2016 | |Dr. Melvin
|2016 |A Boy Called Po |Randall Bane
|2016 |Abattoir |Chester
|2016 |LBJ |Jim Rowe
|2017 |Mississippi Murder |Bernard
|2017 |Wiener Dog Internationals |Judge Brown
|2018 |Tales from the Hood 2 |John Lloyd |Video |- |2018 |Billionaire Boys Club |Ludo
|2019 |I Hate Kids |Rev. McGooley
|2019 |Darlin|The Bishop
|2019 |Easy Does It |Officer Owens
|2020 |Don't Look Back |Rev. Farmer |Also known as Good Samaritan |- |2020 |American Reject |Buddy Bisk
|2021 |Night Teeth |Gio
|2022 |Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game |Harry Coulianos
|2023 |I'll Be Watching |Dr. Tate
|2024 |High Tide | Todd
| 2026 || Loves Company || Jimmy || |- |2026 |A Statement | |Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes1997As the World TurnsTeddyEpisode: "1.10423"2003, 2011Law & Order: Criminal IntentHugo, Hutton MaysEpisodes: "Suite Sorrow", "Trophy Wine"2007–2009Mad MenSalvatore RomanoRegular role (seasons 1–3)2009Ghost WhispererMaitre D'Episode: "Do Over"2010Ugly BettySpencer CannonEpisodes: "The Past Presents the Future", "Hello Goodbye"2015–2016ScreamMayor Quinn MaddoxRecurring role (seasons 1–2)2016NCISDalton GreenbrickEpisode: "Sister City: Part I"2016NCIS: New OrleansDalton GreenbrickEpisode: "Sister City: Part II"2018The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselDr. StoneEpisode: "Night at the Concord"2019Philip Hefflin / Carl (voice)Episode: "Mad About the Toy"2019Tales of the CityChris BauerEpisode: "The Price of Oil"2019EastSidersRichardEpisodes: "Both Sides Now", "Always Upwards"2020The BlacklistAntony EagletonEpisode: "Victoria Fenberg"2021The PremiseCharlesEpisode: "Butt Plug"
TheaterBroadway Year Title Role Venue1987 Starlight Express Rocky I/Greaseball Gershwin Theatre1992 Cats Munkustrap Winter Garden Theatre1993 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Reuben/Pharaoh Minskoff Theatre1994 Sunset Boulevard u/s Joe Gillis/Ensemble Minskoff Theatre1994 Beauty and the Beast Lumière Lunt-Fontanne Theatre1997 The Scarlet Pimpernel standby Percy/Pimpernel Minskoff Theatre1999 Saturday Night Fever Monty Minskoff Theatre2000 Seussical Alternate Cat in the Hat Richard Rodgers Theatre2004 La Cage aux Folles standby Albin Marquis TheatreOff-Broadway Year Title Role Venue1986 Too Many Girls Al Equity Library Theatre1990 Grease Kenicke Darien Dinner Theater1990 The Golden Apple Patroclus York Theater1991 Give My Regards to Broadway Choir Carnegie Hall1993 Jeffrey Darius/Man in bed WPA Theatre and Minetta Lane Theatre1996–98 Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back Various Triad Theater1998–98 Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act Performer Stardust Theatre1998 I Love New York Performer Rainbow and Stars1998 Ascendancy Performer Rattlestick Theatre1998 In the Beginning Performer Maine State Theatre2022 To My Girls Bernie Tony Kiser Theater2023 Pay the Writer Bruston Fischer Pershing Square Signature Center, Alice Griffin Jewel Box TheatreRegional''' Evita – Che (Carousel Dinner Theater) Grease – Kenicke (Darien Dinner Theater) Trixie True, Teen Detective – Dick Dickerson (Boston Post Road Stage Co.) Romeo and Juliet – Paris (New Orleans Center Stage) The Lover – John (New Orleans Center Stage) Action – Jeep (New Orleans Center Stage)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result1999 Drama Desk Awards Best Featured Actor in a Musical Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Mad Men 2008 2009
Bibliography She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother: A Memoir (Random House, 2010), Big, Easy Style'' (Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2011),
References
External links
Website for Hazelnut, Batt's store