Steven Pasquale

**Steven Pasquale** (born November 18, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the New York City Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician Sean Garrity in the series *Rescue Me*. He made his debut on the HBO series *Six Feet Under*, playing a love interest for David. He has also starred in the film *Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem*, and as Scott in *American Son*, on both stage and screen. He will star as William Claypool in the upcoming ABC drama animated series ***Avalon***.

## Biography

Pasquale was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania. For Highschool he attended Bishop McDevitt High School, a Roman Catholic school in Harrisburg, PA. He attended the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University as a theatre major for one semester, before moving to New York. He has starred in numerous theatre productions. He originated the role of Fabrizio in the Seattle cast of *The Light in the Piazza*, but scheduling conflicts with *Rescue Me* prevented him from reprising the role on Broadway. He said, "That was the most heartbreaking thing that I've ever experienced professionally."

## Career

He played the role of Sheriff Joe Sutter in the musical *The Spitfire Grill*, where he introduced the song "Forest For the Trees". He then had the lead role of Chris in the 1998 American tour of *Miss Saigon*. In 2002, he played Robbie Faye in the New York production of *A Man of No Importance* and Archibald Craven at the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation's concert of *The Secret Garden*, alongside Michael Arden, Jaclyn Nedenthal, Will Chase, Max von Essen, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti, whom he later married.

In April 2009, the record label PS Classics released Pasquale's first album, *Somethin' Like Love*, a jazz album produced by Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli. He launched his official website in February 2009 and starred in the Broadway play *reasons to be pretty* by Neil LaBute.

In 2011, Pasquale played the lead role of Paul Keller on the Fox Television Studios pilot *Over/Under*. The pilot was rejected in 2012 but aired on the USA Network on January 4, 2013. He also starred in the U.S. miniseries *Coma*.

He was the lead actor for the NBC series *Do No Harm*, which premiered on January 31, 2013, to the lowest debut rating in the history of prime-time television.

In 2013, Pasquale starred in *The Bridges of Madison County* at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, alongside Kelli O'Hara. He also starred in the Broadway production of the musical at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre beginning in late January 2014, with Kelli O'Hara replacing Elena Shaddow. He had previously worked with O'Hara in 2013, in the world premiere of Richard Greenberg and Scott Frankel's musical *Far from Heaven*, in which he portrayed Frank Whitaker.

In 2014, Pasquale guest starred in Season 6, episode 4 of the CBS legal drama series *The Good Wife*, as Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies)'s campaign manager Jonathan Elfman.

He starred in Lyric Opera of Chicago's musical *Carousel*, alongside Laura Osnes, which closed May 3, 2015.

In 2016, he portrayed Mark Fuhrman in the FX limited series *American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson*. He received the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical for portraying Jamie Lockhart in the 2016 revival of *The Robber Bridegroom*, at the Roundabout Theater Company.

In August 2022, it was announced that Pasquale had been cast in the male lead opposite Neve Campbell in the upcoming ABC series, *Avalon*, as Detective William Claypool.

### Personal life

Pasquale has a daughter, Maddie, with his high-school sweetheart. Maddie was born when Pasquale was twenty years old. He and Maddie's mother never married.

Pasquale was married to actress and singer Laura Benanti from 2007 to 2013. In February 2016, he became engaged to actress and singer Phillipa Soo; they married on September 24, 2017.

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