Henry Stram

Henry Stram (born September 10, 1954) is an American actor and singer. He is the son of famous NFL coach Hank Stram.
Early life
Stram grew up in Kansas City, while his father was the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. He performed with The Barn Players until he moved to New York City in 1973 and studied acting at the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, he frequented Cafe La Fortuna, a cafe that opened in 1976 and was known for its garden, opera music and Italian desserts.
In 2012, he participated in Shinsai, which was a benefit concert to support the victims of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster along with Patti LuPone, Richard Thomas, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders, Jennifer Lim and Angela Lin. The same year, he was in the cast of Rebecca, but the show was closed after it was discovered one of the investors never existed with a following criminal investigation. Ben Sprecher, a producer, hoped it would have a run in 2013.
Personal life
Stram has been with actor Martin Moran since they met while rehearsing The Making of Americans together in 1985. They since have done many shows together. Moran said of their meeting in a 2006 interview, "I remember what a surprise, what a thrill it was, when the coolest actor in the group the one who'd worked with Richard Foreman and at the Guthrie and graduated from Juilliard! started walking me to my subway stop after rehearsals. That was February 1985, twenty-one Valentine Days ago. Since then, we've made a life together through the vagaries of this nutty, blessed business".
Stage credits
Broadway
Titanic (1997) – as 3rd Class Passenger/Frank Carlson/George Widener
The Crucible (2002) – as Ezekiel Cheever
Inherit the Wind (2007) – as Mr. Goodfellow
Off-Broadway
Mother Courage and Her Children/King Lear (1978, in repertoire) – The American Place Theatre, as Soldier and stretcher bearer
The Cradle Will Rock (1983) – American Place Theatre/Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, as Dick/Junior Mister
The Making of Americans (1985) – Music-Theatre Group,
1951 (1986) – Perry Street Theatre, as Ray/Bertolt Brecht/Elia Kazan
Black Seas Follies (1987) – Playwrights Horizons, as Misha
Prison-Made Tuxedos (1987) – Music-Theatre Group, as Henry
Cinderella/Cendrillon (1988) – Music-Theatre Group, as Pandolfe
La Vie Parisienne (1988) – Opera at the Academy, as The Anarchist
A Bright Room Called Day (1991) – Joseph Papp Public Theater/LuEsther Hall, as Gregory Bazwald
On the Open Road (1993) – Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall, as Monk
All's Well That Ends Well (1993) – Delacorte Theater, as Lafeau
Christina Alberta's Father (1994) – Vineyard Theatre, as Albert Edward Preemby
Jack's Holiday (1995) – Playwrights Horizons, as Snatchem Leese
Troilus and Cressida (1995) – Delacorte Theater, as Priam/Menelaus/Servant
The Grey Zone (1996) – MCC Theater, as Josef Mengele
Henry V (1996) – Delacorte Theater
Timon of Athens (1996) – Delacorte Theater, as Flavius
Dancing on Her Knees (1996) – The Public Theatre/LuEshter Hall, as Matthias
The Winter's Tale (2000) – Delacorte Theater, as Camillo
Waste (2000) – American Place Theatre, as Sir Gilbert Wedgecroft
Unwrap Your Candy (2001) – Vineyard Theatre
The Persians (2003) – Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, as Counsellor
See What I Wanna See (2005) – The Public Theatre/Anspacher Theater, as The Janitor/Priest
Rags and Bones (2007) – Rattlestick Theatre, as The Poet
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (2009) – New York Theatre Workshop, as John Singer
The Illusion (2011) – Peter Norton Space, as The Amanuensis
Septimus and Clarissa (2011) – Baruch Performing Arts Center
Charles Ives Take Me Home (2013) – Rattlestick Theatre, as Charles Ives
Fly By Night (2014) - Playwrights Horizons, as The Narrator
The School for Scandal (2016) – Lucille Lortel Theatre, as Sir Oliver Surface
Off-off Broadway
Eddie Goes to Poetry City (Part 2) (1991) – La MaMa
The Mind King (1992) – St. Mark's Theatre/Ontological-Hysteric Theater
My Head Was a Sledge Hammer (1994) – St. Mark's Theatre/Ontological-Hysteric Theater
Regional
Cyrano de Bergerac (1980) – Long Wharf Theatre
The Lion in Winter (1981) – Long Wharf Theatre
Major Barbara (1987) – Baltimore's Center Stage, as Cusins
The Cherry Orchard (1988) – Arena Stage, as Trofimov
Offshore Signals (1988) – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, as Schmuel
Julius Caesar (1989) – Trinity Repertory Company
On The Town (1989) – Trinity Repertory Company, as Ozzie
Summerfolk (1989) – Trinity Repertory Company,
Shout and Twist (1990) – Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles), as Hamlet
Wonderful Tennessee (1994) – McCarter Theatre, as Frank
The Importance of Being Earnest—McCarter Theatre, as Jack Worthing
The Mandrake Root (2001) – Long Wharf Theatre, as Robert Randall
Lipstick Traces (2002) – Macgowan Little Theater, as Malcolm McLaren
What Embarrassments (2003) – Wilma Theater, as Henry James
Singing Forest (2005) – Long Wharf Theatre, Dr. Shar Unger
The Birthday Party (2006) – McCarter Theatre, as Stanley
Rocket to the Moon (2006) – Long Wharf Theatre, as Frenchy
Spring Awakening (2008) – Original National Tour, Adult Man
Filmography
Film
Strong Medicine (1981)
Vamping (1984) – Deacon
Regarding Henry (1991) – Waiter
The Real McCoy (1993) – Cashier
Angela (1995) – Man at Fair
Jeffrey (1995) – Cousin Gary
Sleepers (1996) – Prison Doctor
Calendar the Siamese (1997, Short)
Illuminata (1998) – Captain
Cradle Will Rock (1999) – Maxine Elliot's – Hiram Sherman
Requiem for a Dream (2000) – ECT Technician
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) – Social Worker
The Grey Zone (2001) – SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Mengele
Cold Souls (2009) – Telegin
She's Lost Control (2014) – Marty Falk
Angelica (2015) – Dr. Willette
Irrational Man (2015) – Cocktail Party Guest
Submission (2017) – Dave Sterret
The Greatest Showman (2017) – Ticket Taker
Ben Is Back (2018) – Mr. Richman
Television
New York News (1995) – "Welcome Back Cotter" as Assistant Coroner
Central Park West (1995) – "The History of Gil and Rachel" as Communique Staff
Law & Order (1997) – "Working Mom" as Kaplan
Law & Order (2000) – "Standoff" as Daniel Kiley
NYPD Blue (2000) – "The Man with Two Right Shoes" as Martin
Kingpin (2003) – "French Connection" (TV series)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003) – "The Breach" as Hudak
Law & Order (2004) – "Hands Free" as Eli Madison
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004) – "Eosphoros" as Wayne Callaway
Conviction (2006) – "Breakup"
Boardwalk Empire (2010) – "Belle Femme" as D.W. Fletcher
White Collar (2012) – "Pulling Strings" as Maurie
The Americans (2013) – "The Clock" as Man in Group
Smash (2013) – "The Movie Star", "Publicity", "The Dress Rehearsal", and "Opening Night"as Justin/Marilyn's Improv Teacher
Controversy
Stram came under fire in 2009 while performing in the Rebecca Gilman stage adaption of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Stram was playing a deaf character, and since he is not in real life, it was said of him, "A hearing actor playing a deaf character is tantamount to putting a white actor in blackface" by a member of the board of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts. The National Association of the Deaf, Deaf West Theater, and others demanded that the director, Doug Hughes, and the New York Theatre Workshop replace Stram with an actual deaf actor. Stram had played the role in 2005 in the premiere of the show in Atlanta.
References
External links
1954 births
Living people
American male stage actors
People from Lafayette, Indiana
Male actors from Indiana
Juilliard School alumni
Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors