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James Naughton (born December 6, 1945) is an accomplished American theater, film and television actor.

Contents 1 Acting career 2 Broadway 3 Films 4 References 5 External links

He was born in Middletown, Connecticut and is brother of actor David Naughton and father of actress Keira Naughton. He started singing during his years at Conard High School "with the high school band and at parties"^[1].

Naughton attended Brown University and Yale Drama School. His acting career began when he appeared in a series of Broadway dramas and musicals. He has since become an accomplished actor in many supporting film and television roles.^[2]

His largest fame and notoriety has been in theater, however. He won the Theatre World Award for his performance in Long Day's Journey Into Night in 1971, and Tony Awards in 1992 and 1996. His films include The Paper Chase and The First Wives Club. He also starred with Ron Harper in the 1974 television series Planet of the Apes, a spin-off of the original movie. He has directed several plays in New York and also appears in cabarets. In 1997 he won critical acclaim with his portrayal of lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago, and in 2006 starred in the movie The Devil Wears Prada.^[2]

He has appeared in television commercials promoting the drug Nexium.

• I Love My Wife - 1979
• Whose Life is it Anyway? - 1980
• City of Angels - 1990 (Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical)
• Four Baboons Adoring the Sun - 1992
• Chicago - 1996 (Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical)
• The Price - (director) 1999
• Our Town - 2003
• Prymate - 2004
• Democracy - 2004

Preceded by Jason Alexander for Jerome Robbins' Broadway

Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical 1990 for City of Angels

Succeeded by Jonathon Pyrce for Miss Saigon

Preceded by Nathan Lane for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical 1997 for Chicago

Succeeded by Alan Cumming for Cabaret

• The Devil Wears Prada (2006) - Stephen
• Fascination (2004) - Patrick Doherty
• Labor Pains (2000) - Actor
• Oxygen (1999) - Clark Hannon
• The Proprietor (1996) - New York - Texans
• The First Wives Club (1996) - Gilbert Griffin
• First Kid (1996) - President Davenport
• The Good Mother (1988) - Brian
• The Glass Menagerie (1987) - Jim O'Connor, the Gentleman caller
• Cat's Eye (1985) - Hugh (segment "The General")
• A Stranger Is Watching (1982) - Steve Peterson
• Diary of the Dead (1980) - George
• Second Wind (1976) - Roger
• The Paper Chase (1973) - Kevin Brooks

1. ^ Klein, Alvin. "Theater; Solo Act; Jeep Voice as Well", 'The New York Times', 1998-06-14. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} http://record.wustl.edu/archive/1999/09-23-99/articles/naughton.html

• James Naughton at the Internet Movie Database