Paul McCrane

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Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American actor and director .

In Germany, McCrane was mainly due to his impersonations of the homosexual Frank Berry in the film adaptation of John Irving's novel Das Hotel New Hampshire and the doctor Dr. Robert Romano in the doctor series Emergency Room known. Since 2002 he has been working increasingly as a director of television productions.

life and career

McCrane began his career in the late 1970s with minor supporting roles in theater as well as in cinema and television films, including his first role as a young patient in Sylvester Stallone's boxer film Rocky II . In 1980 he became known to a wide audience for his role as the gay drama student Montgomery in Alan Parker's Fame . In 1984 he played at the side of Beau Bridges in the family epic Hotel New Hampshire the role of Frank Berry , the sensitive son of Win Berry , the father of a family who was forever chasing his luck and never succeeded .

McCrane's final theatrical breakthrough came in 1987 in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction classic RoboCop , in which he played the bank robber, crack dealer and police murderer Emil Antonowsky . The following year, he took on the role of Deputy Bill Briggs in the horror remake The Blob . In 1998 McCrane played the Apollo astronaut Pete Conrad in Ron Howard's documentary series From the Earth to the Moon . In the fifth and sixth seasons of the real-time series 24 , McCrane was seen in the role of Graem Bauer . From 1997 to 2003 he played the role of Dr. in the doctor series Emergency Room. Robert Romano .

After leaving the series, McCrane began to work increasingly as a director for television productions, including the series Without a Trace , The West Wing and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . In 2011, the role of Josh Peyton in the legal series Harry's Law earned him an Emmy . In the episode “The Last Dance” of this series, he sang the song “Is It OK If I Call You Mine?”, Which he composed for Fame himself .

Paul McCrane has been married to the jewelry designer Dana Kellin since 1998, with whom he has a son (* 2000) and a daughter (* 2004).

Filmography (selection)

actor
Director

Theater (selection)

actor
  • 1977: Landscape of the Body (Joseph Papp Public Theater / Newman Theater, New York City)
  • 1979: Dispatches (Joseph Papp Public Theater / Joe's Pub, New York City)
  • 1980: Split (Second Stage - Park Royal, New York City)
  • 1981: Hunting Scenes from Lower Bavaria (Stage 73, New York City)
  • 1981: Crossing Niagara (Stage 73, New York City)
  • 1982: The Curse of an Aching Heart (Little Theater, New York City)
  • 1985: The Iceman Cometh ( Lunt-Fontanne Theater , New York City)
  • 1987: Moonchildren (McGinn-Cazale Theater, New York City)
  • 1988: Right Behind the Flag ( Playwrights Horizons , New York City)
  • 1990: Six Degrees of Separation (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City)
  • 1990–1992: Six Degrees of Separation (Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City)
  • 1990: The Country Girl (Union Square Theater, New York City)
  • 1992: The Years (New York City Center / Stage I, New York City)

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personal data
SURNAME McCrane, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCrane, Paul David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States