Cariou is best known for originating the role of Sweeney Todd in the original 1979 production of the Stephen Sondheim musical: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
He has also had appearances onstage in the musicals Applause (1970), A Little Night Music (1973), and recently, in the Tony Award-winning play Proof with Anne Heche, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. On film, Cariou can be seen in About Schmidt (2002), Thirteen Days (2000), Lady In White (1988), The Four Seasons (1981), and also in television appearances such as The West Wing, Law & Order, The Practice and Murder, She Wrote.
In 2004, he was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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A Brief Filmography
Secret Window- Sheriff Dave Newsome (2004)
In the Company of Spies- U.S. President (1999)
Lady in White- Phil Terragarossa (1988)
A Little Night Music- Frederick Egerman (1977)
