All the Way

… debut in Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way (2014). His portrayal of U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson as he struggled to achieve passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 earned him a Tony Award. He reprised the role for a 2016 HBO film of the same name. In 2017…

All the Way, which opened at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, provided a detailed portrayal of Johnson’s first months in office—following the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy—and his unwavering fight to push Kennedy’s Civil Rights Act through the U.S. Congress. In 2014 the play moved…