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Christopher Durang

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Biography

Christopher Durang is primarily known as an award-winning playwright, although he has has several successful turns as an actor. He has appeared on stage,…more

Born

1/2/1949, Montclair, New Jersey (USA)

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Gender

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Credits

Star (1)

Role
- Kristin
  Reverend Thornhill
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Rival
    7/10/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Mother
    7/3/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Scene
    6/26/01
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Homewrecker
    6/19/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 The In-Crowd
    6/12/01
  - + 8 More Credits
Guest Star (5)

Role
- Frasier
  Sebastian Melmoth
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Seal Who Came to Dinner
    11/19/98
- Frasier
  Voice of Rudy
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Impossible Dream
    10/15/96
- Tales from the Crypt
  Delores' Husband
  - S 2: Ep 15 Mute Witness to Murder
    7/10/90
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 1 Sigourney Weaver/Buster Poindexter
    10/11/86
- Hometown
  Desk Clerk
  - S 1: Ep 5 Weekend in New York
    9/19/85

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- Christopher Durang's play, Sister Mary Ignacious Explains It All For You, inspired protests outside of theaters by Catholic groups who considered the play to be blasphemous and anti-Catholic.
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- Christopher Durang was hired as an actor for a bit role in the movie The Secret of My Success. However, the director, Herbert Ross, quickly realized that he had a treasure on the set and hired Durang to write dialogue for the movie. Ross gives credit to Durang for most of the movie's funniest lines.
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- Of all his plays, Durang claims that The Marriage of Bette and Boo is his favorite because it is semi-autobiographical. He likes that it takes the most painful moments of his childhood and makes them funny.
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- Christopher Durang: I've had some small acting parts in movies and I actually find it relaxing how little responsibility I have. I think to myself: "I'm just responsible for making my part in this scene work." It's very different than when I'm a writer, and if a scene isn't working, due to writing or directing or acting, I know I have to address it and do my best to make sure it's solved.
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- Christopher Durang: I'm obviously not in a position to judge … I do like the fact that my plays are popular in high schools and colleges. I just find that very interesting that my plays are more popular in high schools and colleges than my New York mixed success might imply.
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- Christopher Durang: I usually start with an idea and discover where it's heading as I go along... this has been giving me problems working in Hollywood, where they want you to pitch an idea with a conclusion before you start work.
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