Josh Grisetti obit

Josh Grisetti Dies: Actor Known For ‘Mrs. Maisel’ And ‘Something Rotten!’ On Broadway Was 44

 

He was not on the list.

Josh Grisetti, the Broadway actor best known for Something Rotten! and It Shoulda Been You as well as a recurring role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, died Friday by suicide, according to his co-star and friend Rob McClure. He was 44.

“It is with a shattered heart that I share that the brilliant Josh Grisetti took his own life on Friday,” wrote McClure, who starred alongside Grisetti in Something Rotten! “Some of my all-time favorite memories were by this man’s side, playing his brother onstage for years.” The duo played Nigel and Nick Bottom in the Broadway and traveling productions of the musical.

Grisetti was also on Broadway in 2015 as Marty Kaufman in It Shoulda Been You.

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On television, Grisetti is best known for his eight-episode arc as Ralph Emerson in the fifth season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He also starred alongside Donal Logue and Sofia Vergara in The Knights of Prosperity on ABC. The sitcom aired for nine episodes before being cancelled.

His other TV credits include appearances on Nurse Jackie and The Good Fight.

Joshua Steven Grisetti was born in Washington, D.C. on December 1, 1981, and grew up in Rocky Mount, outside of Roanoke, Virginia. He attended Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount, VA before graduating from North Carolina School of the Arts with a high school diploma in drama in 2000. He attended college at The Boston Conservatory where he graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.

 

Theatre credits

Year     Title     Role     Notes

2005    Camelot           Mordred          North Shore Music Theatre

2007-2008       Spamalot         Prince Herbert / Minstrel / French Guard / Not Dead Fred / The Historian   Las Vegas

2008-2009       Enter Laughing The Musical  David Kolowitz           Off-Broadway

2009    The Neil Simon Plays: Broadway Bound       Eugene Jerome            Nederlander Theatre

2010    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying  J. Pierrepont Finch      Freud Playhouse

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum  Hysterium        Williamstown Theatre Festival

2011    Camelot           Mordred          Broadway Concert

Enter Laughing The Musical  David Kolowitz           Bay Street Theatre

2012    Rent     Mark Cohen    Off-Broadway

2013-2014       Peter and the Starcatcher         Fighting Prawn

2014    Camelot           Mordred          Kennedy Center

Granada Theatre

2014–2015      Diner   Shrevie            Signature Theatre

2015    It Shoulda Been You   Marty Kaufman           Broadway

2016-2017       Something Rotten!      Nigel Bottom

2017-2018       US National Tour

2019    Beauty and the Beast  Lumiere           La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Matilda            Mr. Wormwood           The Muny

2021    Spamalot         Sir Robin / 1st Sentry / Brother Maynard / 2nd Guard           Ogunquit Playhouse

2023    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat       Simeon            La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts

Ragtime           Tateh   Broadway Sacramento

2024    SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical Sheldon J. Plankton

 

Actor

The Girl Next Door

Short

Vincente Minnelli

2025

 

The Girl Next Door

Short

Vincente Minnelli

2025

 

Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

8.6

TV Series

Ralph

2023

8 episodes

 

Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)

The Good Fight

8.3

TV Series

Mr. Glubman

2021

1 episode

 

Like Magic (2019)

Like Magic

TV Movie

Michael B.

2019

 

The 2018 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2018)

The 2018 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

5.4

TV Special

Star Trek 'Kelpien' Alien

2018

 

The Gates (2013)

The Gates

6.9

TV Movie

Nat Tate

2013

 

Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Renner in The Immigrant (2013)

The Immigrant

6.6

Ellis Island Emcee

2013

 

Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3 (2012)

Men in Black 3

6.8

Stadium Agent (uncredited)

2012

 

Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie (2009)

Nurse Jackie

7.9

TV Series

Jeff

2012

1 episode

 

It's an Occupy Christmas!

Short

Timmy the Elf

2011

 

New & Used

6.3

Short

Guy

2011

 

The Staircase

Short

Guy

2010

 

The Superagent

7.9

TV Movie

Scottie

2009

 

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road (2008)

Revolutionary Road

7.3

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

2008

 

Public Interest (2008)

Public Interest

7.9

Chris Sutcliffe

2008

 

The Sandpiper (2007)

The Sandpiper

7.8

Tiny

2007

 

Sofía Vergara, Donal Logue, Maz Jobrani, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lenny Venito, and Josh Grisetti in The Knights of Prosperity (2007)

The Knights of Prosperity

7.7

TV Series

Louis Plunk

2007

13 episodes

 

Kal Penn in The Namesake (2006)

The Namesake

7.5

Jerry

2006

 

Director

It's an Occupy Christmas!

Short

Director

2011

 

New & Used

6.3

Short

Director

2011

 

The Staircase

Short

Director

2010

 

Writer

It's an Occupy Christmas!

Short

Writer

2011

 

New & Used

6.3

Short

writer

2011

 

The Staircase

Short

Writer

2010

 

Producer

It's an Occupy Christmas!

Short

co-producer

2011

 

New & Used

6.3

Short

co-producer

2011

 

Editor

It's an Occupy Christmas!

Short

Editor

2011

 

Self

The NFL Today (1975)

The NFL Today

6.4

TV Series

Self - Ed Sullivan Producer

2019

1 episode

 

Broadway.com #LiveatFive (2015)

Broadway.com #LiveatFive

2.4

TV Series

Self

2016

1 episode

 

The LA Annual Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

TV Special

Self - Winner

2010