Henry Stram
Henry Stram is an American actor and singer. He is the son of famous NFL coach Hank Stram.
Early life
Stram grew up in Kansas City, while his father was the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. He performed with The Barn Players until he moved to New York City in 1973 and studied acting at the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, he frequented Cafe La Fortuna, a cafe that opened in 1976 and was known for its garden, opera music and Italian desserts.
Career
Among Stram's stage credits are Titanic, The Crucible, The Elephant Man, and Fly by Night. Stram came under fire in 2009 while performing in the Rebecca Gilman stage adaption of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Stram was playing a deaf character, and since he is not in real life, it was said of him, "A hearing actor playing a deaf character is tantamount to putting a white actor in blackface" by a member of the board of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts. The National Association of the Deaf, Deaf West Theater, and others demanded that the director, Doug Hughes, and the New York Theatre Workshop replace Stram with an actual deaf actor. Stram had played the role in 2005 in the premiere of the show in Atlanta.
In 2012, he participated in Shinsai, which was a benefit concert to support the victims of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster along with Patti LuPone, Richard Thomas, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders, Jennifer Lim and Angela Lin. The same year, he was in the cast of Rebecca, but the show was closed after it was discovered one of the investors never existed with a following criminal investigation. Ben Sprecher, a producer, hoped it would have a run in 2013.
Personal life
Stram has been with actor Martin Moran since they met while rehearsing The Making of Americans together in 1985. They since have done many shows together. Moran said of their meeting in a 2006 interview, "I remember what a surprise, what a thrill it was, when the coolest actor in the group the one who'd worked with Richard Foreman and at the Guthrie and graduated from Juilliard! started walking me to my subway stop after rehearsals. That was February 1985, twenty-one Valentine Days ago. Since then, we've made a life together through the vagaries of this nutty, blessed business".
Stage credits
Broadway
Titanic – as 3rd Class Passenger/Frank Carlson/George WidenerThe Crucible – as Ezekiel CheeverInherit the Wind – as Mr. Goodfellow
Off-Broadway
Mother Courage and Her Children/''King Lear – The American Place Theatre, as Soldier and stretcher bearerThe Cradle Will Rock – American Place Theatre/Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, as Dick/Junior MisterThe Making of Americans – Music-Theatre Group, 1951 – Perry Street Theatre, as Ray/Bertolt Brecht/Elia KazanBlack Seas Follies – Playwrights Horizons, as MishaPrison-Made Tuxedos – Music-Theatre Group, as HenryCinderella/Cendrillon – Music-Theatre Group, as PandolfeLa Vie Parisienne – Opera at the Academy, as The AnarchistA Bright Room Called Day – Joseph Papp Public Theater/LuEsther Hall, as Gregory BazwaldOn the Open Road – Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall, as MonkAll's Well That Ends Well – Delacorte Theater, as LafeauChristina Alberta's Father – Vineyard Theatre, as Albert Edward PreembyJack's Holiday – Playwrights Horizons, as Snatchem LeeseTroilus and Cressida – Delacorte Theater, as Priam/Menelaus/ServantThe Grey Zone – MCC Theater, as Josef MengeleHenry V – Delacorte TheaterTimon of Athens – Delacorte Theater, as FlaviusDancing on Her Knees – The Public Theatre/LuEshter Hall, as MatthiasThe Winter's Tale – Delacorte Theater, as CamilloWaste – American Place Theatre, as Sir Gilbert WedgecroftUnwrap Your Candy – Vineyard TheatreThe Persians – Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, as CounsellorSee What I Wanna See – The Public Theatre/Anspacher Theater, as The Janitor/PriestRags and Bones – Rattlestick Theatre, as The PoetThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter – New York Theatre Workshop, as John SingerThe Illusion – Peter Norton Space, as The AmanuensisSeptimus and Clarissa – Baruch Performing Arts CenterCharles Ives Take Me Home – Rattlestick Theatre, as Charles Ives
Fly by Night - Playwrights Horizons, as The NarratorThe School for Scandal'' – Lucille Lortel Theatre, as Sir Oliver SurfaceOff-off Broadway
Eddie Goes to Poetry City – La MaMaThe Mind King – St. Mark's Theatre/Ontological-Hysteric TheaterMy Head Was a Sledge Hammer – St. Mark's Theatre/Ontological-Hysteric Theater
Regional
Cyrano de Bergerac – Long Wharf TheatreThe Lion in Winter – Long Wharf TheatreMajor Barbara – Baltimore's Center Stage, as CusinsThe Cherry Orchard – Arena Stage, as TrofimovOffshore Signals – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, as SchmuelJulius Caesar – Trinity Repertory CompanyOn The Town – Trinity Repertory Company, as OzzieSummerfolk – Trinity Repertory Company, Shout and Twist – Odyssey Theatre, as HamletWonderful Tennessee – McCarter Theatre, as FrankThe Importance of Being Earnest—McCarter Theatre, as Jack WorthingThe Mandrake Root – Long Wharf Theatre, as Robert Randall Lipstick Traces – Macgowan Little Theater, as Malcolm McLarenWhat Embarrassments – Wilma Theater, as Henry JamesSinging Forest – Long Wharf Theatre, Dr. Shar UngerThe Birthday Party – McCarter Theatre, as StanleyRocket to the Moon – Long Wharf Theatre, as FrenchySpring Awakening – Original National Tour, Adult Man
Filmography
Film
Strong Medicine Vamping – DeaconRegarding Henry – WaiterThe Real McCoy – CashierAngela – Man at FairJeffrey – Cousin GarySleepers – Prison DoctorCalendar the Siamese Illuminata – CaptainCradle Will Rock – Maxine Elliot's – Hiram ShermanRequiem for a Dream – ECT TechnicianThe Caveman's Valentine – Social WorkerThe Grey Zone – SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef MengeleCold Souls – TeleginShe's Lost Control – Marty FalkAngelica – Dr. WilletteIrrational Man – Cocktail Party GuestSubmission – Dave SterretThe Greatest Showman – Ticket TakerBen Is Back – Mr. Richman
Television
New York News – "Welcome Back Cotter" as Assistant CoronerCentral Park West – "The History of Gil and Rachel" as Communique StaffLaw & Order – "Working Mom" as KaplanLaw & Order – "Standoff" as Daniel KileyNYPD Blue – "The Man with Two Right Shoes" as MartinKingpin – "French Connection"Star Trek: Enterprise – "The Breach" as HudakLaw & Order – "Hands Free" as Eli MadisonLaw & Order: Criminal Intent – "Eosphoros" as Wayne CallawayConviction – "Breakup"Boardwalk Empire – "Belle Femme" as D.W. FletcherWhite Collar – "Pulling Strings" as MaurieSmash – "The Movie Star", "Publicity", "The Dress Rehearsal", and "Opening Night"as Justin/Marilyn's Improv TeacherThe Americans – "The Clock" as Man in GroupMozart in the Jungle – "Touché Maestro, Touché" as Process Server.The Detour – "The Court" as INS Agent RichardsonThe Good Fight – "And the Firm Had Two Partners..." as Dr. BernardThe Blacklist – "Dr. Razmik Maier, No. 168" as Dr. Razmik MaierThe Gilded Age – 2 episodes as Lewis