Danny

Gavigan

Biography

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.—Hafez

Everyman Theatre (Resident Company Member): Awake and Sing!, Murder on the Orient Express, Dinner with Friends, The Importance of Being Earnest, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Book of Joseph, Long Day's Journey into Night, Noises Off, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Ghosts, Deathtrap, The Understudy, Crimes of the Heart, The Beaux' Stratagem. Off-Broadway: 59 E 59: The Book of Joseph. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse: Peer Gynt; Ford's Theatre: Death of a Salesman, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Helen Hayes Award for Best Ensemble); Baltimore Center Stage: The Rivals, Snow Falling on Cedars; Woolly Mammoth: Describe the Night, Detroit; Signature Theatre: Really Really (World Premiere); Palm Beach Dramaworks: A Streetcar Named Desire; Round House: Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley (World Premiere), NSFW, How to Write a New Book for the Bible, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Pride & Prejudice; Studio Theatre: Mojo, All That I Will Ever Be; Theatre J: The Admission. FILM/TV: Unarmed Man (HBO Best Feature Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival), Dakota (w/ Phoebe Ryan), Currency (Best Drama Pilot SeriesFest, Best Dramatic Series iTVFest), Rumination (Best Supporting Actor Special Jury Prize LA Independent Shorts, NoVA Film Fest).

AWARDS

Helen Hayes Award for Best Ensemble, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ford's Theatre
Special Jury Prize Platinum Award for Best Supporting Actor, Rumination, LA Independent Shorts Awards
Best Supporting Actor, Rumination, NoVA Film Fest
Best Actor, Last Night, DC Reel Independent Film Extravaganza
Best Actor, Rumination, Everybody Digital Film Festival, Brooklyn

AGENT

Renee Glicker, About Artists Agency
212-581-1857

Past Performances

Deborah Hazlett, Lilian Oben, Helen Hedman, Hannah Kelly, Beth Hylton, Danny Gavigan, and Bruce Randolph Nelson in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography.

Danny Gavigan and Bruce Randolph Nelson in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography.

Bruce Randolph Nelson, Danny Gavigan, and Deborah Hazlett in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography.

Danny Gavigan and Bruce Randolph Nelson in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. Photo by Teresa Castracane Photography.

Danny Gavigan and Megan Anderson in Dinner with Friends. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Megan Anderson and Danny Gavigan in Dinner with Friends. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Danny Gavigan in Dinner with Friends. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Danny Gavigan and M. Scott McLean in Dinner with Friends. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Beth Hylton, M. Scott McLean, Megan Anderson, and Danny Gavigan in Dinner with Friends. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Paige Hernandez and Danny Gavigan in The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo by ClintonB Photography.

Jaysen Wright and Danny Gavigan in The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo by ClintonB Photography.

Danny Gavigan in The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo by ClintonB Photography.

Paige Hernandez, Danny Gavigan, Bruce Randolph Nelson, Carl Schurr, Katie Kleiger, Jaysen Wright, Helen Hedman, and Wil Love in The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo by ClintonB Photography.

Megan Anderson, Katie Kleiger, Bari Hochwald, Danny Gavigan, Annie Grier, Labhaoise Magee, and Bruce Randolph Nelson in Dancing at Lughnasa. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Bari Hochwald, Bruce Randolph Nelson, Annie Grier, Danny Gavigan, Labhaoise Magee, Tim Getman, Katie Kleiger, and Megan Anderson in Dancing at Lughnasa. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Katie Kleiger and Danny Gavigan in Dancing at Lughnasa. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

Hannah Kelly, Megan Anderson, Danny Gavigan, Helen Hedman, Beth Hylton, Wil Love and Bari Hochwald in The Book of Joseph. Photo by ClintonBPhotography.

Wil Love, Bari Hochwald, Danny Gavigan, Beth Hylton and Hannah Kelly in The Book of Joseph. Photo by ClintonBPhotography.

Wil Love, Beth Hylton, Hannah Kelly, Danny Gavigan and Bari Hochwald in The Book of Joseph. Photo by ClintonBPhotography.

Danny Gavigan (foreground) and the cast of The Book of Joseph. Photo by ClintonBPhotography.

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Helen Hedman

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Hannah Kelly

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Carl Schurr

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Wil Love

Beth Hylton

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