David Cryer
Actor, Award Winner
1936 –
Who is David Cryer?
Donald David Cryer is a veteran American stage, television and film actor and singer and one of the founders of San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater which began in Pittsburgh and New York’s Mirror Repertory Theatre. In recent years, he is best known for the role of Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera, which he has played for nearly 19 years on the road and on Broadway. He has also played more performances of the Bernstein Mass, as The Celebrant and more performances as Juan Peron in Evita than any other actor. Cryer and his first wife, the songwriter Gretchen Cryer, are the parents of the actor Jon Cryer and his sister Robin Cryer Hyland. With his second wife, the dancer and actress Britt Swanson, he is the father of four children: Rachel, Daniel, Carolyn, and Bill. He has eight grandchildren.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1936
Evanston - Also known as
- Donald David Cryer
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Margaret Swanson
(1973/12/20 - ) - Gretchen Cryer
(1958/06/08 - 1971/12)
- Margaret Swanson
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Findlay High School
- DePauw University
- Boston University
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on July 23, 2013
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