# Peter Bartlett (actor)

Peter Bartlett is an American actor.

## Career

With appearances on shows such as Law & Order and films such as Meet the Parents, Bartlett portrayed Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. He had portrayed this role from 1991 until the soap's cancellation in 2012. In 2009, he began portraying Nigel's English cousin Neville. In 2004 he appeared on Broadway playing the role of Pluto in The Frogs, the Stephen Sondheim-Burt Shevelove-Nathan Lane adaptation which played at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. His lively performance was well received by critics and audiences, and Stephen Sondheim has stated that Mr. Bartlett's delivery of the line, "Get out of town!" (preserved on the original cast recording by PS Classics) was a highlight of the show. He also starred in the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog as a valet named Lawrence. He starred on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone as Underling, the butler. He opened to highly favorable reviews in the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella on March 3, 2013, playing the Prince's calculating Regent, Sebastian. He later played several roles in the hit Broadway musical Something Rotten!, and appeared as the flabbergasted "Head Waiter" in the Roundabout revival of She Loves Me in 2016.
Since 1993, the openly gay Bartlett has been frequently associated with the plays of gay playwright Paul Rudnick, beginning with the latter's Off-Broadway success Jeffrey in circa 1993–1994 and continuing through The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (1998) and The Naked Truth (1994).

## Credits
### Theatre

Source: Internet Broadway Database
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | A Patriot for Me | Shepherdess/Hofburg Guest/Officer/Boy (u/s)/Lady of Fashion (u/s)/Ferdy (u/s)/Marie Antoinette (u/s) | Oct. 6 – Nov. 15, 1969 |
| 1970 | Gloria and Esperanza | Ensemble | Feb. 4–14, 1970 |
| 1973 | Boom Boom Room | Guy | Nov. 8 – Dec. 9, 1973 |
| 1975 | I Remember the House Where I Was Born | | May 15–18, 1975 |
| 1977 | The Crazy Locomotive | Valery Bean | Feb. 4–13, 1977 |
| 1989 | Buzzsaw Berkeley | Mr. Krupps/James Looney/Zack Fleece/Ace | Opened Aug. 1, 1989 |
| 1991 | The Learned Ladies | Vadius/Judge | Feb. 26 – Apr. 7, 1991 |
| 1992 | Jeffrey | Sterling/Man in Bed | Dec. 31, 1992 – Jan. 16, 1994 (Replacement) |
| 1994 | The Naked Truth | Dan Barstow/Messenger/Fr. Middlebury | May 26 – Jul. 10, 1994 |
| 1995 | Don Juan in Chicago | Mephistopheles | Mar. 3 – Apr. 9, 1995 |
| 1998 | The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told | Shreve Pomfret/Peter/Dad #1/Pharoh/Trey Pomfret | Dec. 1, 1998 – May 2, 1999 |
| 1999 | Voices in the Dark | Hack | Aug. 12 – Oct. 10, 1999 |
| Late 1990s | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | Replacement |
| 2001 | Rude Entertainment | Mr. Charles/Trent/Paul | Sep. 20 – Oct. 21, 2001 |
| 2003 | Never Gonna Dance | Mr. Pangborn | Dec. 4, 2003 – Feb. 15, 2004 |
| 2004 | The Frogs | Pluto | Jul. 22 – Oct. 10, 2004 |
| 2007 | The Drowsy Chaperone | Underling | Jan. 16 – Dec. 30, 2007 (Replacement) |
| 2008 | The New Century | Mr. Charles | Mar. 20 – Jun. 8, 2008 |
| 2008 | What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling | Leonard | Nov. 1 – Dec. 28, 2008 |
| 2010 | A Free Man of Color | Count Achille Creux/Mercure | Nov. 18, 2010 – Jan. 9, 2011 |
| 2011 | The Illusion | Matamore | May 17 – Jul. 17, 2011 |
| 2013 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Sebastian | Mar. 3, 2013 – Jan. 3, 2015 |
| 2015 | Something Rotten! | Lord Clapham/Master of Justice | Apr. 22, 2015 – Mar. 2, 2016 |
| 2016 | She Loves Me | Head Waiter | Mar. 3 – May 22, 2016 |
| 2019 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Mr. Jolly | Nov. 26, 2019 – Jan. 4, 2020 Mar. 9–12, 2020 Oct. 21, 2021 – present |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Casting Director | |
| 2000 | Meet the Parents | Animal Shelter Worker | |
| 2001 | Get Well Soon | Louis | |
| 2005 | The Producers | Kevin | |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Lawrence (voice) | |
| 2016 | She Loves Me | Head Waiter | Filmed production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Clerk at Boutique | Episode: "All This and a Gold Card Too" |
| 1991–2013 | One Life to Live | Neville Bartholomew-Smythe | Recurring role |
| 1991–2013 | One Life to Live | Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe | Recurring role |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries | Cigar Store Manager | Episode: "The Fine Art of Murder" |
| 1999 | Law & Order | Judge Thomas Orlin | Episode: "Disciple" |
| 2001 | Ed | Mr. Dunford | Episode: "Losing Streak" |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ferris | Episode: "The Extra Man" |
| 2012 | Jack in a Box | Jimmy | Episode: "The Future" |
| 2013 | The Big C | Thrift Store Manager | Episode: "You Can't Take It with You" |
| 2023 | Only Murders in the Building | Jerry Blau | Episodes: "Ghost Light" & "Opening Night" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom | Lawrence (voice) | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 1999 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told | Nominated |