Brad Garrett Joins Cast of B'way's Upcoming The Odd Couple
Everybody Loves Raymond star Brad Garrett will be making his Broadway debut in the fall in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. He will play Murray, a cop, in the revival, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.
A comedian as well as an actor, Garrett is best known for his role as another cop--Raymond's brother, Robert Barone, on the hit comedy Everybody Loves Raymond, which completes its run on CBS at the end of this season. For his performance in the show, he has been nominated for four Emmys and received the honor twice. Before Raymond, Garrett appeared on the television shows First Impressions, The Pursuit of Happiness, Seinfeld, Mad About You, Roseanne and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. During his stay with the hit series, he shot the television movie Gleason, in which he played legendary star Jackie Gleason, receiving an Emmy nomination for his performance. His film credits include Sweet and Lowdown, George B, Suicide Kings, Stuart Little 2 and Finding Nemo for which he provided the voice of Bloat. This is not the first time Garrett has ever been expected in a Broadway show--a few years ago he was supposed to join the cast of Chicago as Amos Hart, but plans for his New York theatrical debut did not work out.
