Michael Esper

Michael Esper is an American actor whose career has centered on the New York stage. He was born in Manhattan and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, as the son of William and Suzanne Esper, who taught at the William Esper Studio. After attending Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn Heights and Rutgers University, he built a resume of Broadway and Off-Broadway roles, including Green Day's American Idiot, A Man for All Seasons, Sting's The Last Ship and The Lyons. He appeared in Off-Broadway premieres by Leslye Headland, Nicky Silver and Tony Kushner. After a break, he returned to New York theater in 2014 in Tales from Red Vienna, then joined the Broadway run of The Last Ship into January 2015. He earned a 2016 Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Lazarus and appeared in The Glass Menagerie in Edinburgh and London. He won the Clarence Derwent Award for Crazy Mary.