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] He is Jewish.[4]

Kunken has appeared on Broadway as David Halberstam in David Auburn's The Columnist (2012);[5] opposite Kathleen Turner in High (2011);[6] Tom Stoppard’s Rock 'n' Roll (2007);[7] Frost/Nixon (2007) (for which he received Outer Critics Circle Award (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play) and Drama League Award nominations),;[8] Festen (2006);[9] and Proof (replacement, 2002).[10] 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.[11]

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.[12][13]

He played the title role as Nikolai Nabakov in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Richard Nelson's Nikolai and the Others in 2013.[14] He has appeared as Dr. Phil in the critically acclaimed production of Kate Fodor's romantic comedy RX (2012, Primary Stages production);[15] 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);[16] Theresa Rebeck's Our House (2009, Playwrights Horizons);[17] Fabulation at Playwrights Horizons (2004);[18] A Very Common Procedure by Courtney Baron at Manhattan Class Company (2007)[19] (for which he received a Drama League Award nomination); Journals of Mihail Sebastian by David Auburn with the Keen Company in 2004[20] and Misalliance at the Roundabout Theatre Company (1997).[21][22]

He performed in The Story (2003),[23] Henry VIII (1997)[24] and A Dybbuk (1997) at the Public Theater.[25]

Regionally, Kunken has appeared in Quartermaine’s Terms (2009),[26] True West (2009),[27] Three Sisters as Solyony (2008) all at the Williamstown Theatre Festival;[28] and Mister Roberts as Doc at the Kennedy Center in 2005,[29] 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)[30] and The Affair.[31][32]

In film, Kunken's work includes The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Still Alice (2014),[33] Café Society (2016), A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013),[34] The Bay (2012),[35] Price Check (2012),[36] Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011), All Good Things (2010), Taking Woodstock (2009), The Girl in the Park (2008),[37] Wait 'til This Year, Light and the Sufferer (2014),[38] and Bamboozled (2000).[39][40][32]

Kunken and stage director Jenn Thompson were married in 2005[41][42][43] The couple reside in Brooklyn, New York with their daughter, Naomi,[1] whom they adopted from Ethiopia.[44]

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