About
Michael Cerveris is an American actor, singer, and guitarist. Called by Playbill "arguably the most versatile leading man on Broadway," he has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Road Show, and Passion.
In 2004, Cerveris won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Assassins as John Wilkes Booth. In 2015, he won his second Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for Fun Home as Bruce Bechdel.
Range
He has played roles spanning Shakespeare's Romeo to The Who's Tommy, the German transsexual rock diva Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the homicidal title character of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.
Television
Cerveris's most visible television role has been as the Observer code-named September in the FOX science fiction series Fringe. His character, a mysterious man seen attending many unusual events, appeared regularly during the series and became one of the main characters to bring the story to its end. He has also had major recurring roles in Treme, The Good Wife, and The Gilded Age.