Robert Christopher Riley, Actor
Primary Stages:
Chasing Manet, 2009
Career highlights:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 2008
The Broadhurst Theater
Joe Turner's Come and Gone, 2007
The Public Theater
Fences, 2007
Hartford Stage
Q&A
Nickname
Rob, Double R
Pre-show ritual
To remind myself to give it everything I have.
Book you are reading
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning Spanish
Highlight of the year (so far)
Performing the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a celebration in Hartford, CT.
Your perfect day
Enjoying a nice breakfast with bacon, making someone smile, making someone laugh, helping someone with something, working out at the gym, taking in some great acting of some form, performing some of my own, and unwinding with close friends.
Favorite theater urban legend
Not to whistle in the theater.
Alter ego
Wolverine (way before Hugh Jackman came around)
Favorite place in NYC
A nightspot with some of my friends, a great DJ, and some smooth vodka or my mother’s house.
Hidden talent
Beat-boxing, various animal sounds.
Last show you saw and LOVED
RUINED by Lynn Nottage
A guilty pleasure
I love to put nacho cheese Doritos on just about any sandwich or pizza.
Something you don’t want us to know
Well now that’s just plain silly.
