Thomas Sadoski Biography

Thomas Sadoski (born July 1, 1976) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

Personal life

Sadoski was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in College Station, Texas. He is a fan of the Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles sports teams.

Sadoski attended the University of North Texas in Denton, TX for one semester. He graduated from New York's Circle in the Square Theatre School in 1998.

Stage career

Sadoski began his award-winning stage career as Mark Ruffalo and Mark Rosenthal's understudy in the Off-Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan's critically acclaimed play This is Our Youth at the Second Stage Theatre. It marked the first of many productions with the New York based theatre company. He has appeared in many Broadway and Off-broadway productions as well as many productions in regional theaters. In 2008 he originated the role of 'Greg' in Neil LaBute's play reasons to be pretty for MCC Theatre alongside "The Newsroom" co-star Alison Pill. After a critically lauded sold-out run Off-broadway it transferred to Broadway in April 2009 where it earned 3 Tony Award nominations (Best Actor: Sadoski, Best Actress: Marin Ireland, Best Play) as well as 3 Drama Desk Award nominations (Best Actor: Sadoski, Best Director: Terry Kinney and Best Play), 2 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations (Best Actor: Sadoski, Best New Play), and 3 Drama League Award nominations (Best Play, Destinguished Performance Awards: Sadoski and Ireland). Neil LaBute credits Sadoski for inspiring the critically noted change in tone in reasons to be pretty from the playwright's earlier works saying: "His own thoughtfulness and good heart helped me to not fall back on anything that I had done before. My plays usually end darkly. I always thought that was real life, that there were always shades of gray, but he helped me see some other colors in the palette."? In 2011 he originated the role of 'Trip Wyeth' in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities for which he won an Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award. The play (which, also after a sold out Off-broadway run, was transferred to Broadway in November 2011) was named Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play by the Outer Critics Circle in 2011. Sadoski has also been seen on Broadway alongside Ben Stiller, Edie Falco, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alison Pill in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves.

Stage (partial)
Year	Play	Author	Role	Location	Awards/Notes
1998	This Is Our Youth	Kenneth Lonergan	Warren/Dennis understudy	McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York, NY/ Fairbanks Theatre, New York, NY	Professional debut
1999	Gemini	Albert Innaurato	Randy Hastings	Second Stage, New York, NY
2000	The Hot l Baltimore	Lanford Wilson	Paul Granger III	Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
2000	The Skin of Our Teeth	Thornton Wilder	Henry Antrobus	Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
2001	Street Scene	Elmer Rice	Samuel Kaplan	Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
2001	The Waverly Gallery	Kenneth Lonergan	Daniel Reed	Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT
2002	Left	Richard Nelson	Eddie	Powerhouse Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY	World Premiere
2002	The General From America	Richard Nelson	Matlack/ Pauling	Alley Theatre, Houston, TX/ Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, NY
2003	Where We're Born	Lucy Thurber	Tony	Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY	World Premiere
2004	Reckless (Broadway)	Craig Lucas	Tom/ Tom, Jr/ Man in Ski Mask	Biltmore Theatre, New York, NY	Sadoski's Broadway debut
2004	Rodney's Wife	Richard Nelson	Ted	Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA	World Premiere
2005	Moonlight and Magnolias	Ron Hutchinson	David O. Selznick	Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA
2006	Jump/Cut	Neena Beeber	Paul	Julia Miles Theatre, New York, NY	World Premiere
2006	The Mistakes Madeline Made	Elizabeth Meriwether	Buddy	Bleecker Street Theatre, New York, NY	World Premiere
2006	All This Intimacy	Rajiv Joseph	Ty	McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York, NY	World Premiere
2006/2007	The Santaland Diaries	David Sedaris	Crumpet	Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT
2007	Stay	Lucy Thurber	Billy	Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York, NY	World Premiere
2007	Dissonance	Damian Lanigan	Hal	Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA	World Premiere
2007	The Joke	Sam Marks	Eddie	Studio Dante, New York, NY	World Premiere
2008	reasons to be pretty	Neil LaBute	Greg	Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, NY	World Premiere
2008	Becky Shaw	Gina Gionfriddo	Andrew	Second Stage Theatre	New York Premiere
2009	reasons to be pretty (Broadway)	Neil LaBute	Greg	Lyceum Theatre, New York, NY	LaBute's Broadway debut
2010	The Bridge Project II: As You Like It, The Tempest	William Shakespeare	Touchstone, Stephano	BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Theater, Brooklyn, NY Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong, HK Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, SG Thtre Marigny, Paris, FR Teatro Espaol, Madrid, ES Ruhrfestspiele, Recklinghhausen, DE Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, NL The Old Vic, London, UK Teatro Palacio Valds, Avils, ES	Directed by Sam Mendes
2011	Other Desert Cities	Jon Robin Baitz	Trip Wyeth	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York, NY	World Premiere
2011	The House of Blue Leaves (Broadway)	John Guare	Billy Einhorn	Walter Kerr Theatre, New York, NY
2011	Other Desert Cities (Broadway)	Jon Robin Baitz	Trip Wyeth	Booth Theatre, New York, NY
2012	Build	Michael Golamco	Kip	Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA	World Premiere
2015	The Way We Get By	Neil LaBute	Doug	Second Stage Theatre, New York, NY

Film

Sadoski made his feature film debut in 2000 in Amy Heckerling's romantic-comedy Loser.

Film
Release Date	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2000	Loser	Chris	Amy Heckerling	Film debut
2002	Winter Solstice	Chris Bender	Josh Sternfeld	Sound Pictures
2003	Happy Hour	Scott	Mike Bencivenga
2004	Company K	Corp. Richard Mundy	Robert Clem
2008	The New Twenty	Feliz Canavan	Chris Mason Johnson
2009	Split (Short)	Oliver	Jamie Buckner
2012	30 Beats	Julian	Alexis Lloyd
2012	BFF (Short)	Jack	Neil LaBute	Official selection Tribeca Film Festival
2013	The Dramatics	Gordon Bullard	Scott Rodgers
2014	Take Care	Devon	Liz Tuccillo	Official selection SXSW
2014	It's Okay (Short)	Him	Tamar Levine	Official selection Palm Springs International Short Fest
2014	Wild	Paul	Jean-Marc Valle	Fox Searchlight
2014	John Wick	Officer Jimmy	Chad Stahelski
2015	I Smile Back	Donny	Adam Salky	Official Selection Sundance Film Festival
2016	John Wick 2		Chad Stahelski	Filming

Television

In 2011 Sadoski was cast as a lead in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series The Newsroom. Previous television work includes multiple guest starring roles in 3 of the Law & Order franchise shows as well as an arc on As the World Turns as drug dealer Jesse Calhoun.

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Law & Order	Robert Barnes	1 episode ( Season 16, Episode 9: "Criminal Law")
2007	As the World Turns	Jesse Calhoun	8 episodes (April 23, 2007 - May 16, 2007)
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Patrick Cardell	1 episode (Season 7, Episode 4: "Lonelyville")
2009	Ugly Betty	Patrick	1 episode (Season 3, Episode 11: "Dress for Success")
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Joe Thagard	1 episode (Season 11, Episode 10: "Anchor")
2012-2014	The Newsroom	Don Keefer	3 seasons, 25 Episodes (Series Regular)
2013-2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Nate Davis	2 episodes (Season 15, Episode 9: "Rapist Anonymous"; Season 15, Episode 16: "Gridiron Soldier")
2015	The Slap	Gary
2015	Life in Pieces	Matt	Upcoming series

Audio

In January 2011 Stephen King's audiobook recording of Mile 81 was released for which Thomas Sadoski was the narrator. AudioFile magazine said of his work: "Sadoski"?s matter-of-fact narration of the monster's deeds makes the tale that much more unnerving to hear". Publisher's Weekly agreed saying: "Thomas Sadoski provides smooth, matter-of-fact narration that acts as a counterpoint to the chilling and unnerving story line".

Audio
Year	Project	Author	Notes
2012	Mile 81	Stephen King	Audiobook
2013	reasons to be pretty	Neil LaBute	Radio play, recorded for LA TheatreWorks

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Becky Shaw
2009	63rd Tony Awards	Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play	reasons to be pretty
2009	Drama Desk Award	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play	reasons to be pretty
2009	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	reasons to be pretty
2009	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actor in a Play	reasons to be pretty
2011	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Other Desert Cities
2011	Obie Awards	Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor	Other Desert Cities