Bruce MacVittie

Bruce MacVittie was an American actor, born in Providence, Rhode Island, who first took up acting in high school and studied at Boston University before training with Jerzy Grotowski in 1976. He moved to New York in 1979 and joined The Ensemble Studio Theatre the following year, appearing in Edward Allen Baker's Prairie Avenue and staying a member for years. He helped found the Naked Angels Theatre Company and worked for more than a decade at the Eugene O'Neil National Playwrights' Conference, which Lloyd Richards led, plus ten seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and time with the Blue Light Theatre Company alongside Joanne Woodward. In 1982 he joined David Mamet's American Buffalo as an understudy, later replacing James Hayden on Broadway, on the national tour, and in the West End. A character actor, he took guest roles in film and television starting with Barney Miller in 1981 and appeared in more than 75 such productions over 32 years.