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American actor and singer

Robert Cuccioli (born May 3, 1958) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for originating the lead dual title roles in the musical Jekyll & Hyde, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and won the Joseph Jefferson Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Fany Award for outstanding actor in a musical. After beginning his career Off Broadway at the Light Opera of Manhattan in the 1980s, Cuccioli starred as Lancelot du Lac in national tours of Camelot in 1987 and first appeared on Broadway in 1993 as Javert in Les Misérables. He has appeared in numerous New York and regional productions since then, including his long running stints on Broadway in Jekyll & Hyde (1997–1999) and as the Green Goblin in Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark (2012–2014). Cuccioli has also appeared in films and on television.

Cuccioli was born in Hempstead, New York. He attended St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York, and college at St. John's University in Jamaica, New York, earning a degree in Finance. While working as a financial consultant at E. F. Hutton in the earlly 1980s, he joined the off Broadway Light Opera of Manhattan, where he performed for three years, working his way up to principal roles, such as Count Danilo in The Merry Widow, the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance and Captain Corcoran in H. M. S. Pinafore.

Cuccioli starred as Lancelot de Lac in U. S. and Canadian national tours of Camelot in 1987, with Richard Harris. He first appeared on Broadway as Javert in Les Misérables in 1993 and continued to appear in the musical as a replacement until early January 1995, when he began rehearsals for the pre Broadway national tour of Jekyll & Hyde. In 1997, Cuccioli was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the dual title roles in the musical Jekyll & Hyde, also winning the Joseph Jefferson Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Fany Award for that role. On September 26, 2005, he starred as Dr. Johnson in the special benefit performance of On the Twentieth Century at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Cuccioli returned to Broadway beginning August 7, 2012, when he took over from Patrick Page in the dual role of Norman Osborn and his alter ego The Green Goblin in the rock musical Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark.

Aside from Cuccioli's early tenure at the Light Opera of Manhattan, his other notable off Broadway appearances include Nathan in the long running revival of The Rothschilds (1990); the highly successful 1991 Kander and Ebb revue And The World Goes 'Round, which garnered him an Outer Critics Circle Award in 1991; and he played the title role in the Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit musical Phantom at the Westchester Broadway Theater in 1992–93, a role that he has repeated. In 2000, he played Macheath in The Threepenny Opera. He was also seen as Karl Streber in Temporary Help in 2002 and in Mirette by Harvey Schmidt with York Theatre in 2005. Cuccioli's U. S. regional theatre credits include Ankles Aweigh at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1988, Jud Fry in Oklahoma! at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 1992, Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl at the Paper Mill in 2001, Antony in Antony and Cleopatra at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival (2002), Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music at the Paper Mill in 2003, and Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Paper Mill in 2004, with Karen Ziemba and Kate Baldwin. He also is heard on a concept album for The New Picasso, which was released in 2008. In 2008, he returned to the White Plains Performing Arts Center to play King Arthur in Camelot and starred in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer at George Street Playhouse in New Jersey. In 2009, he starred in Thom Thomas's A Moon to Dance By, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and at the George Street Playhouse, with Jane Alexander, and played John Dickinson in 1776 at the Paper Mill Playhouse. He reprised the role of Dickinson in 2012 at Ford's Theatre. That same year he played the role of Anatoly Sergievsky in Chess at Lincoln Center. In 2015, with York Theatre, he starred as Mayer Rothschild in Rothschild & Sons, a reworking of The Rothschilds. Although the show was critically panned, Cuccioli's performance was praised. In 2019, he played the title role in Caesar and Cleopatra in off Broadway's Theatre Row Building in a production by The Gingold Theatrical Group. For the same company in the same venue, he starred as Sir George Crofts in Mrs. Warren's Profession in 2021. He next starred as Cornelius "Con" Melody in A Touch of the Poet in Irish Repertory Theatre's 2022 off Broadway production. David Finkle, writing for New York Stage Review, called Cuccioli's performance "grand another addition to a resumé attesting to Cuccioli’s place as a foremost tragedian". In 2023, he played Judge Turpin in The Muny's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Cuccioili's television appearances include Sliders (1999) and Baywatch (1997). He played Chief Franklin on The Guiding Light. He also appeared on All My Children and One Life to Live. He has appeared in several films, including in Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998), Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target (1999), Heroic Times and The Stranger.

Cuccioli directed The Glass Menagerie in 2003 at The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. He has also directed productions of Jekyll & Hyde at Houston's Theatre Under the Stars, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and The Westchester Broadway Theatre.

Cuccioli has been in a relationship with actress Laila Robins since 2000. He released his first solo album, The Look of Love, a collection of standards from the 1930s and 1940s, in 2012.

+ShowRole(s)Year(s)ProductionThe Pirates of PenzanceThe Pirate King1984Off BroadwaySenor Discretion HimselfUnknown1985WorkshopThe Pirates of PenzanceChorus1986US TourCamelotSir Lancelot du Lac1987US and Canadian TourJesus Christ SuperstarPontius Pilate1988Millburn, New JerseyAnkles AweighUnknownChester, Connecticut1776Edward RutledgeMillburn, New JerseyThe RothschildsNathan1990–1991Off BroadwayAnd the World Goes RoundPerformer1991–1992Oklahoma!Jud Fry1992Milburn, New JerseyPhantomThe Phantom1992–1993Elmsford, New YorkLes MisérablesInspector Javert1993–1995BroadwayJekyll & HydeDr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde1995–19961st US Tour1997–1999BroadwayThe Secret GardenLord Archibald Craven1999Sacramento, CaliforniaEnter the GuardsmanThe Actor2000Off BroadwaySons of Don JuanPiRomanSan Jose, CaliforniaVictor/VictoriaKing MarchanMilburn, New JerseyThe Threepenny OperaMacheathOff BroadwayJekyll & HydeDirector2001Elmsford, New YorkFunny GirlNick ArnsteinMilburn, New JerseyAntony and CleopatraMark Antony2002Madison, New JerseyJekyll & HydeDirectorPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaTemporary HelpKarl StreberOff BroadwayFunny GirlNick Arnstein2003Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaThe Sound of MusicCaptain Georg von TrappMilburn, New JerseyThe Glass MenagerieDirectorMadison, New JerseyGuys and DollsSky Masterson2004Milburn, New JerseyMacbethMacbethMadison, New JerseyJekyll & HydeDirectorHouston, TexasJulius CaesarBrutus2005Madison, New JerseyLorenzaccioAlexander di MediciWashington, D. C. The Sound of MusicCaptain Georg Von TrappPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOn the Twentieth CenturyDr. JohnsonBroadwayMiretteBellini'Off BroadwayJacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in ParisPerformer2006Jesus Christ SuperstarPontius Pilate2007Montvale, New JerseyHamletClaudiusWashington, D. C. Lone Star LoveFrank FordSeattle, WashingtonMan of La ManchaMiguel de Cervantes / Don QuixoteWhite Plains, New YorkPhantomThe Phantom2007–2008Elmsford, New YorkCamelotKing Arthur2008White Plains, New YorkThe SeafarerMr. LockhartNew Brunswick, New JerseyAmadeusAntonio SalieriMilburn, New JerseyA Moon to Dance ByAngelo2009Off Broadway1776John DickinsonMilburn, New Jersey42nd StreetJulian MarshSt. Louis, MissouriThe MunyLes MisérablesInspector JavertPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaJekyll & HydeDirector2010Elmsford, New YorkDietrich & Chevalier: The MusicalMaurice ChevalierOff BroadwayJacques Brel ReturnsPerformerSCKBSTDNorm2011Norfolk, Virginia (World Premiere)Cutman: A Boxing MusicalEli HofmanChester, Connecticut (Workshop)Jekyll & HydeDirectorPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaThe Sound of MusicCaptain Georg Von TrappJesus Christ SuperstarPontius Pilate1776John Dickinson2012Washington, D. C. ChessAnatoly Sergievsky Lincoln CenterSpider Man: Turn off the DarkNorman Osborn / The Green Goblin2012–2014BroadwayDeath Note: The MusicalSoichiro Yagami2014New York, New York (Workshop)Elf the MusicalWalter Hobbs2014 15Millburn, New JerseySnow OrchidRocco2015Off BroadwayRothschild & SonsMayerWhite Guy on the BusRay2017A Man's WorldMalcolm GaskellThe Merchant of VeniceDirectorMadison, New JerseySouth PacificEmile de Becque2018Oakbrook Terrace, IllinoisJekyll & HydeDirectorBeverly, MassachusettsFun HomeBruce BechdelWhite Plains, New YorkMichael Strogoff: Courier of the TsarDirectorOff BroadwayThe White DevilPhysician2019Caesar and CleopatraCaesarMrs. Warren's ProfessionSir George Crofts2021A Touch of the PoetCornelius Melody2022Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetJudge TurpinSt. Louis, MissouriThe MunyMozart: Her StoryPerformer2023Carnegie Hall