Steven Wishnoff is an

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, casting professional and

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who has twice been nominated for an

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Acting

Television

Wishnoff played Tony Masters, the leader of the gay gang on the

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television series '' Oz'', from season two until the show's sixth and final season. Other television acting credits include ''

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'', Mike Nichols's ''

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'' for HBO, ''

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'' (episode 1), ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Film

Wishnoff's film credits include '' Marcie X'', Joel Schumacher's '' Flawless'' and '' Stonewall''. He was

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and photo double on film and television projects including

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’s ''

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'', Glen Gordon Caron's '' Now and Again'' and '' Coyote Ugly''.

Stage

Some of Wishnoff's onstage credits are Albin/Zaz in several productions of '' La Cage aux Folles'', Amos Hart in several productions of ''

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'' and Vivian McVanish in the Drama Desk Award-winning ''Howard Crabtree's Whoop Dee Doo''.Regarding Wishnoff's portrayal of Amos Hart in the Boston production of ''Chicago'', Peter Filicia, a writer for '' TheaterWeek'', wrote:

"...Billy Flynn sings the line 'give them an act that's unassailable, they'll wait a week til you're available.' A smart producer would wait a year or two until he ishnoffis available. ...this is as good a portrayal as I have ever seen."

He is also a musician and has performed music and directed productions and recordings. He was the musical director of '' The Real Live Brady Bunch'' at the Village Gate Theater in New York City when the original cast moved to the Westwood Playhouse in

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Producing, writing

Wishnoff is the creator and writer of the multi-award winning web series '' Life Interrupted'' starring Mason Reese, Alison Arngrim,

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, Erin Murphy,

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and

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. The series has won multiple awards across several festivals including awards for his Direction, Writing, Producing as well as several awards for the shows theme song which he co-wrote with

. Steven Wishnoff was the writer of the Los Angeles Area EMMYS for 5 years beginning in 2008. He was the writer and producer of "LGBT Above and Below the Line"' for The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (featuring Billy Crystal and hosted by Bruce Vilanch), as well as the writer and producer of "LGBT Youth in Television: Teens, Tweens and More!", hosted by Kathy Griffin. Wishnoff was segment producer of '' T.V.'s All-Time Funniest'' for ABC, senior writer-producer for ''

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'' (aka

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), supervising producer (pre-production) for ''" The Jazz Awards"'', senior producer for ''

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'' and '' TVLand.com'', and has written/produced for Kathy Griffin,

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and Barry Williams (among others).

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