Announcing: Erich Bergen Confirmed to Play Bob Gaudio in ‘Jersey Boys’ Film

ERICH BERGEN
SET TO PLAY BOB GAUDIO
IN JERSEY BOYS FILM

It is now confirmed that Erich Bergen will reprise his critically acclaimed portrayal of Bob Gaudio in the film version of Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood. Bergen played the role in the First National Tour, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas casts of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

Bergen’s film debut, How Sweet It Is, co-starring Paul Sorvino and Erika Christensen, will be released on DVD, iTunes and OnDemand in Fall 2013. On television, he has appeared on Gossip Girl, Person Of Interest, Desperate Housewives, Franklin & Bash, and he also starred in Joey Dakota, a 2012 pilot for the CW Network. Bergen’s other recent stage work includes Billy Crocker in the National Tour of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Anything Goes, the title role in Hero at the Marriott Lincolnshire, and Rudi Gernreich in the Los Angeles premiere of The Temperamentals.

Erich Bergen is repped by Julia Buchwald at Don Buchwald & Associates and by Lori Danziger of Persona Management.

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08-08-13

^{Photo Credit: Bill Westmoreland}