Stephen Kunken

Kunken was raised on Long Island in Upper Brookville, New York. His father is a dentist and his mother is a former grade school teacher.[1] Kunken received a B.A. degree from Tufts University in 1993.[2] He is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Graduate Acting program, where as a member of the Drama Division's Group 26 (1993–1997) he was awarded both The John Houseman Prize and the Pearl and Rolands Grant. His classmates included David Denman and Alan Tudyk.[3]

Kunken has appeared on Broadway as David Halberstam in David Auburn's The Columnist (2012);[4] opposite Kathleen Turner in High (2011);[5] Tom Stoppard’s Rock 'n' Roll (2007);[6] Frost/Nixon (2007) (for which he received Outer Critics Circle Award (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play) and Drama League Award nominations),;[7] Festen (2006);[8] and Proof (replacement, 2002).[9] For his role as CFO Andrew Fastow in Lucy Prebble's Enron, he received a 2010 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor in a Play.[10]

Off-Broadway, he played Tim Andrews in the award-winning Richard Nelson cycle of Apple Plays, which includes That Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, and Regular Singing in 2013 at The Public.[11][12]

He played the title role as Nikolai Nabakov in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Richard Nelson's Nikolai and the Others in 2013.[13] He has appeared as Dr. Phil in the critically acclaimed production of Kate Fodor's romantic comedy RX (2012, Primary Stages production);[14] as the Stage Manager in the 2009 David Cromer-directed revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town (replacement as of January 5, 2010, Barrow Street Theatre);[15] Theresa Rebeck's Our House (2009, Playwrights Horizons);[16] Fabulation at Playwrights Horizons (2004);[17] A Very Common Procedure by Courtney Baron at Manhattan Class Company (2007)[18] (for which he received a Drama League Award nomination); Journals of Mihail Sebastian by David Auburn with the Keen Company in 2004[19] and Misalliance at the Roundabout Theatre Company (1997).[20][21]

He performed in The Story (2003),[22] Henry VIII (1997)[23] and A Dybbuk (1997) at the Public Theater.[24]

Regionally, Kunken has appeared in Quartermaine’s Terms (2009),[25] True West (2009),[26] Three Sisters as Solyony (2008) all at the Williamstown Theatre Festival;[27] and Mister Roberts as Doc at the Kennedy Center in 2005,[28] among many other credits.

His television credits include: Unforgettable, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Gossip Girl, The Unusuals, New Amsterdam, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: SVU, The Sopranos, Spin City, Far East (2001, TV movie), Mary and Rhoda (2000, TV movie)[29] and The Affair.[30][31]

In film, Kunken's work includes The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Still Alice (2014),[32] Café Society (2016), A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013),[33] The Bay (2012),[34] Price Check (2012),[35] Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011), All Good Things (2010), Taking Woodstock (2009), The Girl in the Park (2008),[36] Wait 'til This Year, Light and the Sufferer (2014),[37] and Bamboozled (2000).[38][39][31]

Kunken is married to stage director Jenn Thompson[40] since September 2005.[41][42] The couple reside in Brooklyn with their daughter, Naomi,[1] whom they adopted from Ethiopia.[43]

• Official website
• Stephen Kunken at IMDb
• Stephen Kunken at the Internet Broadway Database