Lee Wilkof

Wilkof is from Canton, Ohio. He is the middle child of Anne Louise and Darwin Wilkof. He has two brothers, Todd and Robert.[1] He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1972[2] and studied acting with Austin Pendleton in New York City.

After graduating from UC, Wilkof co-wrote and performed in a comedy revue called The Present Tense in 1977 at the Park Royal Theatre in New York City.[3] Shortly after its closing Wilkof moved to Los Angeles and took small film and television roles. His big break came in 1982 with the leading role as Seymour in the original Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors."[4]

Wilkof has appeared in numerous television series, and films. He directed the film No Pay, Nudity with a cast that stars Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, and Frances Conroy.[5] In 2023 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in Terence Blanchard's Champion, as The Announcer. He plays the banjo and sings in the musical quartet Twenty Mule Team Weiner Train. He is the winner of the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest # 217.

• Sweet Charity Revival, as Herman, 1986
• The Front Page Revival, as Schwartz, 1986–1987
• She Loves Me Revival, as Ladislav Sipos, 1993–1994
• Kiss Me, Kate Revival, as First Man (singing Brush Up Your Shakespeare), 1999-2001
• The Boys from Syracuse Revival, as Dromio of Syracuse, 2002
• Democracy, as Gunther Nollau, 2004–2005
• The Odd Couple Revival, as Vinnie, 2005–2006
• Breakfast at Tiffany's, as OJ Berman, 2013
• Holiday Inn, as Danny, 2016
• Waitress, as Joe, 2018

• The Present Tense, 1977
• Little Shop of Horrors, as Seymour, 1982
• Angry Housewives, as Lewd, 1986
• Assassins, as Samuel Byck, 1990
• Do Re Mi, (Encores! Concert), as Fatso O'Rear, 1999
• Little Shop of Horrors, Broadway Florida tryout, as Mr. Mushnik, 2003
• Ballad of Little Pinks at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2003
• Face The Music, Encores! Concert, as Martin Van Meshbesher, 2007[7]
• Wicked First National Tour, as The Wizard (2007–2008)
• Wicked San Francisco production, as The Wizard (2009–2010)
• The Iceman Cometh, The Goodman Theatre, as Hugo Kalmar 2012
• The Iceman Cometh Brooklyn Academy of Music as Hugo Kalmar 2015