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American actor

Young Zien started in local theatrical productions. One of his early roles was as a child in a production of South Pacific at the Melody Top summer outdoor theatre in Milwaukee.

Zien's first major role was in 1977 at the Manhattan Theater Club in the musical The Redemption Center (by Ron Cowen, Seth Glassman, and Sandy Naishtat), opposite Alice Playten as the young couple. Later, Chip received acclaim in the role of Marvin in William Finn's first musical, In Trousers, which ran Off Broadway in 1979. In its sequels, March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland, this role was played by Michael Rupert, while Zien played Mendel, a role he reprised when these two one act musicals were joined together and played Broadway as Falsettos in 1992. In 1998 Zien was featured in another Finn musical when he played a children's show host called Mr. Bungee, dressed as a frog, in A New Brain Off Broadway at the Lincoln Center Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. He received a 1999 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for this role. He originated the role of the Baker in Into the Woods in 1986 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and on Broadway in 1987. Zien starred on Broadway in Ride the Winds (as Inari) (1974), The Suicide (as Victor Victorovich) (1980), Grand Hotel (as Otto Kringelein) (1989) and The Boys from Syracuse (as Dromio of Ephesus) (2002). He appeared in the City Center Encores! staged concert production of Applause as Buzz Richards in 2008. In 2005, Zien played the part of Goran in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Broadway. In 2007, Zien was a replacement in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables in the role of Monsieur Thénardier. From April 1 to June 19, 2011, Zien appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The People in the Picture, which played at Studio 54 on Broadway. Zien appeared in a revival of Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park from August 9 to September 1, 2012. He played the Mysterious Man, the father of the character he had originated in the original production 26 years prior. Zien appeared in the Broadway musical It Shoulda Been You at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre as Murray with music by Barbara Anselmi, book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove. The show, marking the directorial debut of David Hyde Pierce, starred Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess, and David Burtka, and opened in previews March 17, 2015, and officially on April 14. Zien originated the role of Older Rabbi Josef Roman Cycowski of the famous Comedian Harmonists both Off Broadway and on Broadway in the musical Harmony at both the Museum of Jewish Heritage at the National Theater Folksbiene (where he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award) and the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

In 1973, Zien made his television debut on an episode of Love, American Style. More guest roles in television followed, and in the early 1980s, he began a stream of regular TV roles. In 1981, he appeared on Ryan's Hope as Daniel Thorne, the producer of the fictional Proud and the Passionate soap opera on the series in which the character Barbara Wilde (Judith Barcroft) was starring. Later that year, he began a two year run in the freshman NBC sitcom Love, Sidney as Jason Stoller, the young, hot shot ad agency director who was Sidney Shorr's (Tony Randall) boss. Immediately after Love, Sidney'''s cancellation, Zien was cast in a similar role on the ABC sitcom Reggie, an American adaptation of the British series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. He played C. J. Wilcox, the overbearing young boss of Richard Mulligan's Reggie Potter. The series aired as a summer replacement during August and September 1983, but was not renewed by ABC after the tryout run. In 1986, he provided the voice of the title character in Marvel Comics' Howard the Duck. Zien later starred on the short lived CBS drama Shell Game in 1987. In the 1990s, Zien was part of the ensemble cast of the CBS sitcom Almost Perfect (1995–96), playing neurotic screenwriter Gary Karp. Almost Perfect was cancelled shortly into its second season, but the series sustained its loyal following via reruns on USA Network not long after. Zien would return to regular roles in daytime drama, first on Guiding Light in early 1999, and by that summer, as newspaper reporter Donald Steele on All My Children, a role that would last until 2001. He has appeared repeatedly as Attorney Cromwell on Law & Order. During the 2002–03 season, Zien was the announcer on daytime's The Caroline Rhea Show, He played Dr. Marsh in the vampire comedy film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead''.

Zien is married to former dancer and dancing instructor Susan Pilarre; the couple has two children.

YearTitleRole Notes1956 South PacificJerome1971You're a Good Man, Charlie BrownSnoopyFord's Theatre1974Ride The WindsInariOriginal Broadway castAll Over Townu/s Charlesu/s Demetriusu/s Detective Kirbyu/s Laurentu/s Louie1977The Redemption CenterHusband1979In TrousersMarvinOff Broadway1980The SuicideVictor VictorovichOriginal Broadway cast1981 1982March of the FalsettosMendelOff Broadway1983 1984Isn't It RomanticMarty Sterling1985Merrily We Roll Along Charley KringasLa Jolla Playhouse1986–1987Into the WoodsThe BakerSan Diego Premiere1987–1989Original Broadway cast1989Grand HotelOtto KringeleinBroadway1990FalsettolandMendelOff Broadway1992 1993FalsettosOriginal Broadway cast1994Los AngelesUS tour1995Anyone Can WhistleTreasurer Cooley Carnegie Hall1997Into the WoodsThe Baker10th Anniversary Concert: Broadway1998A New BrainMr. BungeeOff Broadway2002The Boys from SyracuseDromio of EphesusOriginal Broadway cast2004They're Playing Our SongVernon GerschColonial Theater2005Chitty Chitty Bang BangGoranOriginal Broadway cast2007Les MisérablesMonsieur ThénardierBroadway2008ApplauseBuzz RichardsOff BroadwayEncores!The Country GirlPhil CookOriginal Broadway cast2011The People in the PictureYossie Pinsker2012Into the WoodsThe Mysterious Man / Cinderella's FatherDelacorte Theater in Central Park2013The Big KnifeNat DanzigerOriginal Broadway cast2015It Shoulda Been YouMurray SteinbergGrand HotelOtto Kringelein25th Anniversary Concert2017CandideMax's Servant / Radu / Rich Jew / Judge Gomez / Father Bernard / First GamblerNew York City Opera2018The Royal Family of BroadwayOscar WolfeBarrington Stage Company2021Caroline, or ChangeMr. StopnickOriginal Broadway cast2022HarmonyOlder Rabbi Cycowski Off Broadway2023 2024Original Broadway cast2024TitanicIsador StrausOff BroadwayEncores!

YearTitleRole Notes1973 Love, American StyleLeo1977 Off CampusJoshTV movie1978 CHiPsDavey1978 Fix it CityIrvingTV movie1979 The RoseReporter1981 So Fine Wise Guy In Disco1981 Ryan's Hope Daniel Thorne1981–1982 Love, SidneyJason Stoller1982 NBC Special TreatJake1983 Reggie C. J. Wilcox1984 The House of GodEddie1984 Grace QuigleyDr. Herman1985 As the World Turns Roastmaster1986 Cheers Jeff Warren1986 Howard the DuckHoward T. Duck (voice)1987 Shell GameBert Luna1987 Hello AgainReporter #41989 Newhart Mr. Jenkins1990 ThirtysomethingDr. Verny1990–2002 Law & OrderAttorney Steven Cromwell / Mr. Green1991 American Playhouse The BakerEpisode: "Into the Woods"1992 Quiet KillerDr. Lionel KatzTV movie1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleFranklin P. Adams1995 The Wright VerdictsAssistant District Attorney Fred Keller1995 Aaron's Magic Village Treitel, The Donkey (voices)1995 Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass CeilingAssistant District Attorney Douglas TrayneTV movie1995–1997 Almost PerfectGary Karp1996 Cagney & Lacey: True ConvictionsAssistant District Attorney TrayneTV movie1997 Wings Bippy, The Clown1997 Profiler 1998 Snake Eyes Mickey Alter, Tyler's Lawyer1998 The SiegeChief of Staff1998–2001 All My Children Donald Steele1999 Guiding Light Aidan Heath1999 Breakfast of ChampionsAndy Wojeckowzski1999 Now and Again Gerald Misenbach1999 CosbyMax1999 Brooklyn Thrill KillersHarry LiebermanShort2000 Judging Amy Dr. Ken Baker2000 Madigan MenMr. Wolfe2000–2001 Deadline Sammy Klein2001 Son of the BeachLarry Big 2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lawyer2006 United 93 Mark Rothenberg2006 InseparableLenTV movie2008 The VerdictTV movie2008 Lipstick JungleAndrew2009 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are UndeadDr. Marsh2009 Rescue MeArthur Frost2009 The Good WifeJudge Lee Sutman2010 Ugly BettyFrank2012 CommentaryClifford Blowman2013 That's News to MeDr. HenschelShort2016 Chicago P. D. Judge Lurman2016 The Night OfDr. Katz2016 Mozart in the Jungle Larry, The Night Watchman2017 Approaching a Breakthrough Short2017 Little EvilStepdad Therapist2018 BullProfessor Jameson2018 House of Cards Dr. Charles Rosen2019 City on a HillAdam Corso2020HuntersLevi Libstein2021 Zoey's Extraordinary PlaylistAlan 2022 Simchas and SorrowsMortimer2023 GhostsLenny Lefkowitz