Bobby Conte

BOBBY CONTE...

...is a New York-based actor and vocalist most recently seen on Broadway as Cousin Kevin in the Tony Award-nominated revival of The Who’s Tommy.

He had the honor of singing “Another Hundred People” by the late Stephen Sondheim in Marianne Elliott’s Tony Award-winning gender-bent revival of Company, and made his Broadway debut originating the leading role of Calogero in A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro & Jerry Zaks.

A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Conte starred as Danny Zuko in Grease at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Enjolras in Les Misérables at the Muny while pursuing his BFA. He subsequently trained in the UK at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Upon graduation, his New York theatre credits include My Fair Lady directed by Michael Arden and Starting Here, Starting Now directed by its lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr. Select regional credits include the 30th anniversary of The Who’s Tommy at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre helmed by its original director, Des McAnuff, the 50th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at the Kennedy Center, Jessica Stone’s all-male production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, and four seasons at the Muny including the regional premiere of Jersey Boys and a reimagined adaptation of Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon.

Conte made his feature film debut in the Academy Award-winning If Beale Street Could Talk, adapted and directed by Barry Jenkins. Other film/television credits include Lou (upcoming), Intervenors, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, etc. Conte’s debut studio album, Along the Way, is available on Broadway Records. His touring solo cabaret of the same name premiered at the historic Venetian Room in the Fairmont San Francisco prior to sold-out NYC engagements at Feinstein’s/54 Below and Birdland Jazz Club. As a concert artist, he has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Carolina Philharmonic and as Tony in Oakland Symphony’s concert version of West Side Story. Follow him @bobby_conte.

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Film/Television

If Beale Street Could TalkSupportingDir. Barry Jenkins
Intervenors (Short)SupportingDir. Marshall Pailet
Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtGuest StarNetflix
Madam SecretaryGuest StarCBS
The CodeGuest StarCBS

Broadway

The Who's TommyCousin KevinDir. Des McAnuff
CompanyPJDir. Marianne Elliott
A Bronx Tale – The MusicalCalogeroDirs. Robert De Niro & Jerry Zaks

Off-Broadway

LiliomLiliomDir. Jesse Marchese
Starting Here, Starting NowMan 1Dir. Richard Maltby, Jr.

Theatre

The Who's TommyCousin KevinGoodman Theatre/Des McAnuff
Leonard Bernstein's MassSoloistKennedy Center/Alison Moritz
My Fair LadyFreddy Eynsford-HillBay Street Theater/Michael Arden
A Funny Thing Happened... ForumHeroTwo River Theater/Jessica Stone
Last Days of SummerCharlie BanksGeorge Street Playhouse/Jeff Calhoun
A Comedy of TenorsCarlo NucciMcCarter Theatre Center/Stephen Wadsworth
A Comedy of TenorsCarlo NucciCleveland Play House/Stephen Wadsworth
FrozenHansThe MUNY/John Tartaglia
Paint Your WagonWilliamThe MUNY/Josh Rhodes
Jersey BoysBob GaudioThe MUNY/Josh Rhodes
1776Edward RutledgeThe MUNY/Rob Ruggiero
Les MisérablesEnjolrasThe MUNY/Richard Jay-Alexander
Thoroughly Modern MillieJimmy SmithPCLO/Charles Repole
Songs for a New WorldMan 2Cape Playhouse/Igor Goldin
GreaseDanny ZukoPaper Mill Playhouse/Daniel Goldstein
EquusAlan StrangBoxcar Theatre/Erin Gilley

Training

The University of Michigan – BFA in Musical Theatre
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – Shakespeare in Performance

Special Skills

Recording Artist (debut solo album, ALONG THE WAY, available on Broadway Records)
Piano, Dialects (Bronx, Italian, Northern Irish, RP, Birmingham, Southern U.S., etc.), Tennis, Skiing, Boxing, Clown Nose

“Mr. Conte sings with a rich tone.”

“Cousin Kevin is terrifically played by Bobby Conte who leads the musical to its show-stopping Act I finale.”

“Conte mesmerizingly wails ‘Pinball Wizard’ and threatens the structural integrity of a 103-year-old theater.”

“Crackerjack delivery of ‘Another Hundred People.’”

“Impressive Broadway debut.”

“Appealing and strong-voiced.”

“Conte’s likeability is an essential quality that makes the show work.”

“A debonair confidence and impressive vocals.”