Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series '' Mad Men'' as Salvatore Romano, the closeted art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the musical adaptation of '' Saturday Night Fever'' earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at Sardi's.Bryan Batt & Kristin Chenoweth Get Hung Up At Sardi's Jan. 20
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''. January 21, 2000.

Early life

Batt was born in

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, the son of Gayle (Mackenroth), an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John Batt.Paula Devlin
"Gayle Batt, civic activist and mother of actor Bryan Batt, dies at 79"
'' Times-Picayune'', December 21, 2010. His family founded and ran the

Pontchartrain Beach Pontchartrain Beach was an amusement park located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It was founded by Harry J. Batt Sr. (grandfather of American actor Bryan Batt) and later managed and owned by his sons, Harr ...

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.Joyce Wadler
"An Actor Really Sells His Material"
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'', August 16, 2007. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School (a preparatory school in New Orleans) and

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, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Personal life

In 2010, Batt published a memoir about his mother entitled ''She Ain't Heavy, She's, My Mother.'' She died in December 2010. In 2011, he published a second book, ''Big, Easy, Style'', which focuses on interior design and home furnishings. On September 28, 2014, Batt married his long-time partner Tom Cianfichi, an event planner. Batt and Cianfichi own a home decor and furnishings store, Hazelnut, on Magazine Street in New Orleans.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Broadway Off-Broadway Regional * ''Evita'' – Che (Carousel Dinner Theater) * ''Grease'' – Kenicke (Darien Dinner Theater) * '' Trixie True, Teen Detective'' – Dick Dickerson (Boston Post Road Stage Co.) * ''

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'' – Paris (New Orleans Center Stage) * ''The Lover'' – John (New Orleans Center Stage) * ''Action'' – Jeep (New Orleans Center Stage)

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

* ''She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother: A Memoir'' (

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, 2010), * ''Big, Easy Style'' (Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2011),

References

External links

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Website for Hazelnut, Batt's store
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