Christopher McCann is an Obie Award

Obie Award

The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...

 winning American actor

Actor

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 for the stage, television and film.

Career

McCann attended St. Francis Preparatory School

St. Francis Preparatory School

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 in New York during high school, and then went on to attend New York University

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 for drama. He has starred in several Broadway

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 and Off-Broadway

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 roles including the original Vince in Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

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's Buried Child

Buried Child

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, Mihai in Mad Forest

Mad Forest

Mad Forest: A Play from Romania is a play by English playwright Caryl Churchill. The three acts occur, respectively, shortly before, during, and shortly after the Romanian Revolution of 1989...

produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club Stage, Richard III at Theater at St. Clement's Church, and Dr. Miklos Nyiszli in The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone

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at MCC

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. In 1994, McCann was nominated for a Drama Desk Award

Drama Desk Award

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 and won an Obie Award

Obie Award

The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...

 for his performance in The Lights

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at Lincoln Center Theater.

His television credits include Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

, Numb3rs

NUMB3RS

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, Now and Again

Now and Again

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, and Miami Vice

Miami Vice

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, while his film credits include American Violet

American Violet

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, Acts of Worship

Acts of Worship

is a short story by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, and the title of a collection of his short stories. The collection was translated into English by John Bester. The title story is the tale of a Professor's visit to three shrines, accompanied by his shy submissive middle-aged housekeeper, and his...

, The Repair Shop, and Macbeth in Manhattan.

He currently teaches in the Professional Actor Training Program at SUNY Purchase's Conservatory for Theatre Arts.