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Alvin Epstein(1925-2018)

  • Actor
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Alvin Epstein in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
We Pedal Uphill paints a sobering portrait of a country at odds with itself—America, post-9/11.
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Alvin Epstein was born on 14 May 1925 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Synecdoche, New York (2008). He died on 10 December 2018 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
BornMay 14, 1925
DiedDecember 10, 2018(93)
BornMay 14, 1925
DiedDecember 10, 2018(93)
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Known for

Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beauty and the Beast
8.0
  • Bookseller(voice)
  • 1991
Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
8.1
TV Series
  • Harold Lassiter
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Synecdoche, New York
7.5
  • Man with Nose Bleed
  • 2008
Abuse of Power (2004)
Abuse of Power
5.1
  • Preston Brooks
  • 2004

Credits

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Actor

  • Karen Allen, Yannick Bisson, Michael Cristofer, Celia Imrie, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Year by the Sea (2016)
    Year by the Sea
    5.5
    • Erik Erikson
    • 2016
  • Joey Curtis-Green and Julia Falletti in Engram (2014)
    Engram
    8.3
    Short
    • 2014
  • My America (2014)
    My America
    5.0
    • Elderly Veteran (segment "Roosevelt Island")
    • 2014
  • Young(ish) (2013)
    Young(ish)
    7.2
    Short
    • Old Man
    • 2013
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Harold Lassiter
    • 2012
  • My America (2012)
    My America
    6.2
    TV Series
    • 2012
  • We Pedal Uphill (2008)
    We Pedal Uphill
    8.9
    • Mortimer
    • 2008
  • Synecdoche, New York (2008)
    Synecdoche, New York
    7.5
    • Man with Nose Bleed
    • 2008
  • Abuse of Power (2004)
    Abuse of Power
    5.1
    • Preston Brooks
    • 2004
  • Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, David Ajala, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Stuart Rubin
    • Dr. Chester
    • 1990–2004
  • Psychoanalysis Changed My Life
    7.4
    Short
    • Otto Zurmer
    • 2003
  • Alma Mater (2002)
    Alma Mater
    6.7
    • Leonard Carver
    • 2002
  • Peter Sallis in M.U.G.E.N (1999)
    M.U.G.E.N
    6.7
    Video Game
    • 1999
  • Never Met Picasso (1996)
    Never Met Picasso
    5.5
    • Uncle Alfred
    • 1996
  • Age Isn't Everything (1991)
    Age Isn't Everything
    4.3
    • Dr. Hirsch
    • 1991

Videos8

Say Something Awful
Clip 0:52
Say Something Awful
Massive Theater Piece
Clip 1:28
Massive Theater Piece
Massive Theater Piece
Clip 1:28
Massive Theater Piece
Massive Theater Piece
Clip 0:48
Massive Theater Piece
In and Around Synecdoche, NY Incredibly Complicated
Clip 1:31
In and Around Synecdoche, NY Incredibly Complicated
I Follow You
Clip 0:50
I Follow You
Everybody Here
Clip 0:45
Everybody Here

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • Broadway org.
    • France's national library catalogue
  • Born
    • May 14, 1925
    • Bronx, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 10, 2018
    • Newton, Massachusetts, USA(pneumonia)
  • Parents
      Harry Epstein
  • Relatives
      Sandra Epstein(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Plays Leander in "Lysistrata" musical by Galt MacDermot and Matty Selman adapted from the play by Aristophanes (Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussets, USA).
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Lifelong fascination for the great stage designer and theorist Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) who he was able to meet while serving in United States Army during World War II in Paris.

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