Emmy and Tony award-winning actor Edward Herrmann is well known for his many roles in films, theater, and television, and his extensive voice work for broadcast and audiobooks. His career, spanning more than thirty-five years, includes twelve years as the “Voice of Dodge.”
Herrmann's stunning portrayal of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the made-for-TV movie, Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and the sequel, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) earned him Best Actor Emmy nominations.
He starred in the first feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie (1982). Herrmann also earned an Emmy in 1999 for his guest appearances on The Practice and a Tony Award in 1976 for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession. He was nominated for a Tony for Plenty in 1983 and Emmys in 1986 and 1987 for his guest-starring role as Father Joseph McCabe on St. Elsewhere. Herrmann also played Tobias Beecher's father on Oz. From 2000 to 2007, he portrayed patriarch Richard Gilmore on the CW's Gilmore Girls.
Herrmann's stunning portrayal of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the made-for-TV movie, Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and the sequel, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) earned him Best Actor Emmy nominations.
He starred in the first feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie (1982). Herrmann also earned an Emmy in 1999 for his guest appearances on The Practice and a Tony Award in 1976 for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession. He was nominated for a Tony for Plenty in 1983 and Emmys in 1986 and 1987 for his guest-starring role as Father Joseph McCabe on St. Elsewhere. Herrmann also played Tobias Beecher's father on Oz. From 2000 to 2007, he portrayed patriarch Richard Gilmore on the CW's Gilmore Girls.
