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Eric Bogosian

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Playwright

The Resume

    (April 24, 1953- )
    Born in Woburn, Massachusetts
    Playwright/novelist/actor/monologist
    Wrote and starred in the off-Broadway plays 'Drinking in America' (1986), 'Talk Radio' (1987), 'Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll' (1988), 'Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead' (1994) and 'SubUrbia' (1994)
    Wrote the novels 'Mall' (2000) and 'Perforated Heart' (2009)
    Appeared in the films 'Talk Radio' (1988), 'Under Siege 2' (1995), 'Dolores Claiborne' (1995) 'Beavis and Butthead Do America' (voice only, 1996), 'Deconstructing Harry' (1997), 'Igby Goes Down' (2001), 'Ararat' (2002) and 'Blade: Trinity' (2004)
    Portrayed Captain Danny Ross on 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' (2006- )

Why he might be annoying:

    He said, 'Success scares me... because I'm too thin-skinned for that shit.'
    He delivered a series of anti-Hollywood rants, then went to do mainstream films and TV, prompting the comment, 'In some respects I am a whore. But I'm a whore who chooses his clients.'
    He calls his blog posts 'Meditations for the Web.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    Critic Frank Rich called him 'a great talent, a chameleon actor, and a penetrating social observor.'
    He won three Obies and a Drama Desk Award for his off-Broadway work and a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for the movie adaptation of 'Talk Radio.'
    After 'Talk Radio' was revived on Broadway (2007), he said, 'Talk Radio kind of surprised people, because they revived it last year, twenty years after it had been written, and it felt fresh. But that's because I don't really write about topical stuff; I write about American attitudes, American values.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 63 Votes: 41.27% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying