Chip Zien

Jerome Herbert Chip Zien is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the Marvin Stories musicals by William Finn In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, Falsettoland and Falsettos. He played the role of Thnardier in the Broadway production of Les Misrables and Mark Rothenberg in the film United 93. He is also known for providing the voice of Howard in the film Howard the Duck.

Zien was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School and later from the University of Pennsylvania. There, he was the Chairman of The Mask and Wig Club, the nations oldest allmale collegiate musical comedy troupe.

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