Chip Zien
Biography
Chip Zien is an American actor who originated the Baker in the first Broadway production of Into the Woods. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he began in local theater and made his first major stage appearance in 1977. He earned acclaim as Marvin in William Finn's In Trousers and later played Dr. Mendel in the Marvin Trilogy musicals, including Falsettos. He also created Mr. Bungee in A New Brain, earning a Drama Desk nomination, and appeared on Broadway in Grand Hotel and Les Misérables. He returned to Broadway in 2023 in Harmony. On screen, he voiced the title character in Howard the Duck and appeared in United 93. He has also worked extensively in television, with roles in Love, Sidney, Almost Perfect, and Law & Order.
79years old
Turns 80 on March 20in 159 days
- Born Milwaukee
- Star sign: PiscesLast day of the sign, on the Aries cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 33 years1984 to 2017
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First role
Chip Zien was the first actor to play the Baker in Into the Woods, starting in 1986 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and then on Broadway in 1987.
A role that slipped away
Zien was the first to play Marvin in William Finn's In Trousers Off-Broadway in 1979, but Michael Rupert took the role in the sequels while Zien played Mendel.
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Worked with
Chip Zien shares two films with Bruce Willis, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Alan RudolphDirector, 2 films, 1994 to 1999
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