Bryan Batt
Bryan Batt is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, an 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.
Personal life
Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle, an amateur actress, dancer, and civic activist, and John Batt. His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School and Tulane University, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.Batt is openly gay. On September 28, 2014, he 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. 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.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theater
Broadway| Year | Title | Venue | Ref. |
| 1982 | Cats | Munkustrap | Winter Garden Theatre |
| 1987 | Starlight Express | Rocky I/Greaseball | Gershwin Theatre |
| 1993 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Reuben/Pharaoh | Minskoff Theatre |
| 1994 | Sunset Boulevard | u/s Joe Gillis/Ensemble | Minskoff Theatre |
| 1994 | Beauty and the Beast | Lumiere | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre |
| 1997 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | standby Percy/Pimpernel | Minskoff Theatre |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Fever | Monty | Minskoff Theatre |
| 2000 | Seussical | Alternate Cat in the Hat | Richard Rodgers Theatre |
| 2004 | La Cage aux Folles | standby Albin | Marquis Theatre |
Off-Broadway
| Year | Title | Venue | Ref. |
| 1986 | Too Many Girls | Al | Equity Library Theatre |
| 1990 | Grease | Kenicke | Darien Dinner Theater, |
| 1990 | The Golden Apple | Patroclus | York Theater |
| 1991 | Give My Regards to Broadway | Choir | Carnegie Hall |
| 1994 | Jeffrey | Darius/Man in bed | Minetta Lane Theatre |
| 1996-98 | Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back | Various | Triad Theater |
| 1998-98 | Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act | Performer | Stardust Theatre |
| 1998 | I Love New York | Performer | Rainbow and Stars |
| 1998 | Ascendancy | Performer | Rattlestick Theatre |
| 1998 | In the Beginning | Performer | Maine State Theatre |
Regional
- Evita – Che
- Grease – Kenicke
- Trixie True: Teen Detective – Dick Dickerson
- Romeo and Juliet – Paris
- The Lover – John
- Action – Jeep
Awards and nominations