David Pittu

David Pittu is an American actor who also writes and directs. He grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut, and trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1989. His stage work takes in plays and musicals, and he has earned two Tony Award nominations: in 2007 for his role as Bertolt Brecht in LoveMusik, directed by Harold Prince, and in 2008 for the many parts he played in Is He Dead?, a Mark Twain comedy adapted by David Ives. He won a 2001 National Broadway Award for playing Leo Frank in the national tour of Parade and a 2009 St. Clair Bayfield Award for Twelfth Night. He wrote and starred in What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling, which brought two Lucille Lortel Award nominations. He has appeared in the Netflix series Halston and narrated audiobooks, among them Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch.