The 2008 SAG® Award-winning actor Bryan Batt is series regular Salvatore Romano in the critically acclaimed, multi award-winning dramatic series Mad Men. Batt has received rave reviews for his nuanced performance in the brilliantly written and ever stylish series, which encompasses the steam world of 1960s Madison Avenue.
In addition to Mad Men, Batt appears in the new Judd Apatow/Adam Sandler film Funny People released July 31.
Batt is also a Broadway veteran, civic activist, designer, and co-owner of Hazelnut, a fine gift and home accesories shop in his home town of New Orleans. Hazelnut has been featured in The New York Times, House Beautiful, and Southern Accents. Batt has recently appeared on CNN, Martha Stewart, as well as Regis & Kelly. His debut book, an irreverent "memoir" entitled She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother, is set for a spring 2010 release published by Harmony Books, a division of Random House.
This charming and diversified southern gentleman lives tri-coastally, splitting his life between New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.
"And my god... Bryan Batt... what can you say about the guy after an episode like this? Salvatore episodes tend to be rare, and therefore a treat when they come up. Here's a character who started out as obvious (some would say too obvious) comic relief and has become one of the show's great tragic figures. Everyone on "Mad Men" suffers in some way (except maybe Ken Cosgrove), but Sal's burden is especially great, and Batt rises to the occasion every time he's called to show that burden with almost no dialogue. Sal dare not speak his problem's name, so Batt has to internalize most of it, play it with the eyes and body language, and the look on his face when Don turns out to be another villain, not a savior, is just devastating. " ...Alan Sepinwall, New Jersey Star-Ledger |
| Awards for
MAD MEN |
WINNER: GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD - Best
Television Series - Drama (2007/2008/2009)
WINNER: SAG AWARD - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a
Drama Series (2008/2009)
WINNER: EMMY AWARD -
Outstanding Drama Series
WINNER: ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD
- Excellence in Production Design for a Single-Camera TV Series
WINNER: PRODUCERS GUILD AWARD -
Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic TV Drama
WINNER: DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD -
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Night
WINNER: WRITERS' GUILD OF AMERICA -
Best Dramatic Television Series
WINNER: COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD -
Excellence in Costume Design for a Period/Fantasy TV Series
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| Press Clippings |
| Mad Men's Bryan Batt, a.k.a. Salvatore Romano: Greatest Vulture Intervew Ever by Rebecca Milzoff, New York Magazine, August 17, 2009 |
| Chat with a 'Mad' man by Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 19, 2009 |
| Mad Men's Bryan Batt on His Jaw-Dropping Scene by Adam Bryant, TV Guide, August 17, 2009 |
| Bryan Batt and Matthew Weiner discuss Sal Romano's place in 'Mad Men' season premiere by Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune, August 16, 2009 |
| New Orleanian Bryan Batt finds fame and fulfillment in the critically acclaimed AMC drama 'Mad Men' by Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune, August 16, 2009 |
| Q & A: Bryan Batt, AMC, August 18, 2009 |
| Back Up at Batt, by Brian Scott Lipton, Theatermania.com, August 4, 2009 |
| Bryan Batt: 'Mad Men' Proves Our Society Still Has A Long Way To Go" by Jarrett, New York Post Popwrap, July 30, 2009 |
| Q&A: Bryan Batt Talks 'Mad Men's' Return, Access Hollywood, July 23, 2009 |
| MAD MEN STYLE - photos from Playboy Magazine |
| Video Clips |
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'Mad' About the Boy, Upstairs at Sardi's with Bryan Batt, BroadwayWorld.com,
November 2, 2009 |
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Roving Pack of Mad Men Crashes Joel McHale's Party, August 14, 2009 |
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Additional Mad Men press
MAD MEN - Season 2 - photos and links
MAD MEN - Season 1 - photos and links |
MAD
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