Len Cariou Bio, Wiki, Age, Family, Wife, Teeth, Sweeney Todd, Movies, TV Shows, and Net Worth.

Len Cariou Biography

Leon Cariou is a Canadian famous actor and stage director, well known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he was awarded the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and for portraying the patriarch Henry Reagan, NYPD Police Commissioner (retired), in the multi-generational television series Blue Bloods on CBS.

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10 Quick Facts About Len Cariou

1. Name: Len Cariou
2. Age: 82 Years (2022)
3. Birthday: 30 September
4. Zodiac Sign: Libra
5. Height: 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters)
6. Nationality: Canadian
7. Occupation: Actor, Stage director
8. Marital Status: Married
9. Salary: To be updated
10. Net worth: $4 million

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Len Cariou Age

Cariou is 82 years old as of 2021, he was born on 30 September 1939, in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada. He celebrates his birthday on 30 September and his birth sign is Libra.

Len Cariou Height and Weight

Len stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters) tall and he weighs 75 kg (165 lbs). He has white hair and brown eyes. His other body measurements are not available.

Len Cariou Education

Cariou attended Miles Macdonell Collegiate for grades 10 and 11 where he directed and starred in the school plays, and he later attended St Paul’s College.

Len Cariou Family, Parents, and Siblings

Cariou was born in St. Boniface, today a city ward of Winnipeg, and afterward moved to East Kildonan, Manitoba. He was raised by his mother, Molly Estelle (née Moore), and his father, George Marius Cariou, a salesman. His father was Breton while his mother was of Irish descent.

Len Cariou Wife and Children

Cariou is married to his lovely wife, Heather Summerhayes. The pair did their wedding on October 25th, 1986. His wife is an award-winning actress, ballerina, author, and ethnographer. She has appeared in films such as The Wars (1983) and Another Day Gone (2015). However, Len was previously married twice. He was married to Susan Kapilow from 1975 to 1978. His other ex-wife is Patricia Otter with whom he shared his only daughter, Laurel Cariou.

Len Cariou Children

Cariou is a proud parent of a daughter. He shares a daughter from his previous marriage Patricia Otter. His daughter is called Laurel Cariou.

Len Cariou Salary

Details pertaining to his annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.

Len Cariou Net Worth

Len has an estimated net worth of $4 million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an actor and stage director. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Len Cariou Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Len.

Len Cariou Wiki

• Full Names: Leonard Joseph Cariou
• Popular As: Len Cariou
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Actor
• Nationality: Canadian
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Len Cariou Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 82 years (2021)
• Zodiac Sign: Libra
• Date of Birth: 30 September 1939
• Place of Birth: St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
• Birthday: 30 September

Len Cariou Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: 42 Inch
• Height / How Tall?: 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters)
• Weight: 75 kg (165 lbs)
• Eye Color: To be updated
• Hair Color: To be updated
• Shoe Size: To be updated

Len Cariou Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): George Marius Cariou
• Mother: Molly Estelle Cariou
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Married
• Dating / Wife: Heather Summerhayes
• Children: Laurel Cariou

Len Cariou Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $4 million
• Salary: To be updated
• Source of Income: Actor, Stage director

Len Cariou Career

Cariou made his first appearance in Damn Yankees at Rainbow Stage in Winnipeg in 1959 and was a founding member of the Manitoba Theatre Centre. He was offered a scholarship at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal but, married with a young child and financial responsibilities, he was forced to decline the honor.

Instead, he learned his craft by spending two years at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and returned in 1981 to lead the company as Prospero, Coriolanus, Brutus, and Petruchio.

Cariou also became a lead actor at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis in the 1960s, where he played Orlando in As You Like It, Agamemnon in Tyrone Guthrie’s compilation of The House of Atreus, Iago, Oberon, and the title roles in Henry V, “Oedipus the King,” and King Lear. He also was an associate director.

Len Cariou Teeth

There have been several queries about Cariou’s teeth. It is evident that the actor does not wear his natural teeth. He normally has prosthetic teeth.

Len Cariou Sweeney Todd

Cariou won the Tony for Best Performance By A Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance in Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd was a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–47).

The original fiction became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet Street, Todd kills his clients with a straight razor and gives their remains to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies. The story has been retold many times in different media.

Len Cariou Star Trek

Cariou is featured in the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Coda”.He starred in Captain Kathryn Janeway as an alien disguised as Admiral Janeway, her deceased father.

Len Cariou Broadway

In 1968, Cariou made his Broadway debut in The House of Atreus. Two years later, Cariou landed his first starring role opposite Lauren Bacall in Applause, a musical adaptation of the film All About Eve. It earned him a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor in a Musical and won him the Theatre World Award.

In 1973 he garnered his second Tony nod for A Little Night Music; he reprised the role of Fredrik for the 1977 film version opposite Elizabeth Taylor. Six years later he won both the Tony and a Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in the Stephen Sondheim musical opposite Angela Lansbury.

During these years, Cariou also appeared in a number of benefits, including A Christmas Carol for the Riverside Shakespeare Company in New York, playing Scrooge, with Helen Hayes, Raul Julia, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, directed by W. Stuart McDowell at the Symphony Space in 1985.

His next projects included the Alan Jay Lerner–Charles Strouse musical Dance a Little Closer (1983), Arthur Miller’s sole musical, Up from Paradise (1983), Teddy & Alice (1987), and Ziegfeld (1988). Cariou also appeared on Broadway in Night Watch, Cold Storage, The Speed of Darkness, Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party (with Henry Winkler and John Ritter), and Proof (with Anne Heche and Neil Patrick Harris).

He directed Don’t Call Back on Broadway as well. His off-Broadway appearances include Master Class, Papa (an Ernest Hemingway one-man show), and Mountain (Justice William O. Douglas). He appeared as Cap’n Andy in the Broadway national tour of Show Boat opposite Cloris Leachman.

Len Cariou Regional Theatre

Regionally, Cariou has starred in myriad productions at theatres throughout North America, including The Kennedy Centre, the Mark Taper Forum, Lincoln Centre, the Long Wharf Theatre, and the Old Globe. He has played the title role of Macbeth for Toronto Arts Productions, and Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon for Canadian Stage in Toronto.

He has appeared multiple times throughout his career at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. In 1984, having directed “Death of a Salesman” at the Citadel Theater, Edmonton, he played the lead in “King Lear” and was appointed associate director. In 1985 he played Stalin there in David Pownall’s “Master Class”.

Cariou appeared at The Geffen Theatre as Joe Keller in a notable production of All My Sons, a role he reprised in 2009 at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, where it was the longest-running, highest-grossing run of a play in that theatre’s history. He also appeared at The Geffen in Neil Simon’s Rose and Walsh and Heroes with George Segal.

Len Cariou Movies and TV shows

• Blue Bloods Since 2010
• The Four Seasons 1981
• Lady in White 1988
• A Little Night Music 1977
• Boynton Beach Club 2005

• Murder, She Wrote 1984 – 1996
• Secret Window 2004
• The Onion Movie 2008
• Never Talk to Strangers 1995
• Into the Storm 2008

• The Man in the Attic 1995
• 1408 2007
• Miracle on I-880 1993
• The Summer of Ben Tyler 1996
• About Schmidt 2002

• Executive Decision 1996
• Surviving: A Family in Crisis 1985
• Death Wish 2018
• One Man 1977

• The Sea Wolf 1993
• Bumblebee 2018
• There Were Times, Dear 1985
• Madame X 1981
• Witness to the Execution 1994

• Prisoners 2013
• Cold Storage
• Lady Frances Simpson 1978
• Drying Up the Streets 1978
• In the Company of Spies 1999

• Nuremberg 2000
• Brotherhood 2006 – 2008
• Thirteen Days 2000
• Sex Traffic 2004 T
• The Skulls III 2004

• Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen 2013
• A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story Spotlight 2015
• The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005
• The Troubled Man 2013
• Damages 2007 – 2012

• When They See Us 2019
• Flags Of Our Fathers 2006
• Shall We Dance 2004
• Wallander 2005 – 2013
• The Ray Bradbury Theater 1985 – 1992

• The Outer Limits 1995 – 2002
• Class of ’61 1993
• Swift Justice 1996
• Getting In 1994
• Louisiana 1984
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Monkey House 1991 – 1993

Len Cariou Awards

On Broadway, Cariou earned three Tony nominations for ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ in 1970 for “Applause”, in 1973 for “A Little Night Music”, and in 1979 for “Sweeney Todd”. He won the Tony for Best Performance By A Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance in Sweeney Todd. In 2004, Cariou was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2009, Cariou portrayed Franklin D. Roosevelt in the HBO movie Into the Storm, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.

On June 23, 2012, Cariou was honored by having his name added to the Miles Macdonell Collegiate Alumni of Distinction, for his contribution to theater and arts. His introduction to the theater started with a starring role in the school production of The Pirates of Penzance. He holds the Order of Manitoba and has been invested with honorary degrees from the University of Windsor and the University of Winnipeg.

On December 27, 2018, Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, announced that Cariou would be one of 103 recipients becoming an Officer of the Order of Canada for his achievements as an actor on stage and screen, and for his commitment to Canadian cultural institutions.

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