Bio

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Jonathan Spivey is a classically trained American actor based in New York City. He can currently be seen across the country originating the role of Professor Plum in the first national tour of Clue.

Television appearances include “The Gilded Age,” “East New York,” “The Blacklist,” “WeCrashed,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” and “Blue Bloods.” On Broadway, he appeared in the Tony nominated revival of The Front Page opposite Nathan Lane and John Goodman, as well as James Lapine’s Tony Award winning Act One opposite Tony Shalhoub and Santino Fontana at Lincoln Center, later televised for PBS. Off Broadway appearances include Morning’s at Seven opposite Tony Roberts and Patty McCormack, Summer and Smoke opposite Marin Ireland, the New York premiere of Smart Blonde opposite Andréa Burns, and King of the Jews opposite Richard Topol. He plays Sonny in Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption II.

On stage, Jonathan has performed regionally at Yale Repertory Theatre, the Denver Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, The Old Globe, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St Louis, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Cape Playhouse, and Virginia Repertory Theatre in a wide-reaching span of plays by Shakespeare, Williams, Miller, and Stoppard. He has also enjoyed appearances in both new and established musicals.​

He received his Masters of Fine Arts in classical acting at The Old Globe in San Diego where he appeared in Pam MacKinnon’s critically acclaimed production of Death of a Salesman opposite Jeff DeMunn as well as As You Like It, The Tempest, and Richard III all directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Adrian Noble. He was awarded the Craig Nowel Fellowship for demonstration of exceptional academic promise. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Richmond.

Jonathan’s one-man-and-a-piano show Rodgersandhart, recounting the final days of lyricist Lorenz Hart, received a workshop at Radford University in Virginia after a staged reading at Dixon Place in New York City. With frequent collaborator Anand Nagraj, Jonathan co-wrote the book, music, and lyrics for the musical Murphy’s Law which received its professional premiere in Pittsburgh in 2016. The writing team’s two-person play Talmadge & Ray was workshopped at Silk Road Rising in Chicago in 2018. Jonathan is originally from Windsor, Virginia.