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- Andy Karl is an Olivier Award winning American stage, TV, and film actor. He moved to New York City at a young age to pursue acting. On television, Karl is perhaps most well-known for his role as Sgt. Mike Dodds in Season 17 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
Karl's wide variety of stage roles include Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman the Musical, Kyle the UPS Guy in Legally Blonde The Musical, Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, Rocky Balboa in Rocky The Musical (Tony nomination), Bruce Granit in On The Twentieth Century (Tony nomination), and Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony nomination). Other theatre includes Wicked, 9 to 5, The Wedding Singer, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Altar Boyz.
Karl met his wife Orfeh while they were both appearing in Saturday Night Fever on Broadway, and the couple married in 2001. They have appeared on stage together many times including the popular Legally Blonde: The Musical (2007). They made their American Songbook concert debut at Lincoln Center in 2016, and in 2017 released an album of their acclaimed show "Legally Bound - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below".
Karl and Orfeh live in Manhattan, New York City with their rescue dogs.- IMDb Mini Biography By: SparkyGirl - Andy Karl is an Olivier Award winning American stage, TV, and film actor. He moved to New York City at a young age to pursue acting. On television, Karl is perhaps most well-known for his role as Sgt. Mike Dodds in Season 17 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Karl's wide variety of stage roles include Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman the Musical, Kyle the UPS Guy in Legally Blonde The Musical, Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys, Rocky Balboa in Rocky The Musical (Tony nomination), Bruce Granit in On The Twentieth Century (Tony nomination), and Phil Connors in Groundhog Day (Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony nomination). Other theatre includes Wicked, 9 to 5, The Wedding Singer, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Altar Boyz. Karl met his wife Orfeh while they were both appearing in Saturday Night Fever on Broadway, and the couple married in 2001. They have appeared on stage together many times including the popular Legally Blonde: The Musical (2007). They made their American Songbook concert debut at Lincoln Center in 2016, and in 2017 released an album of their acclaimed show "Legally Bound - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below". Karl and Orfeh live in Manhattan, New York City with their rescue dogs.- IMDb Mini Biography By: SparkyGirl
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- Andy Karl and his wife Orfeh have the distinction of being among a small group of married couples that have both received Tony Award nominations.
- Appeared as "Rocky Balboa" in the Broadway version of Rocky (1976) [2014]. Received his first Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.
- Received his third Tony nomination for another screen-to-stage adaptation: for Best Actor in a musical as weatherman Phil Connors in Groundhog Day. He received an Olivier Award (first nomination and win) for the same role on the West End.
- Andy Karl's character on SVU, Sgt. Mike Dodds, was the second squad member in Law & Order franchise history to be killed. Mike Logan's first partner on Law & Order was killed early in the series.
- Received two Tony nominations in a row for both musical acting categories: Lead Actor for Rocky in 2014 and Featured Actor for On The 20th Century in 2015.
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