Robert LuPone is an actor, dancer, and director whose career has encompassed many different forms of media (film, television, theater).  Along with Bernard Telsey and six graduates of the NYU drama department, he co-founded the Manhattan Class Company (MCC) Theatre. His Off-Broadway acting credits include: TWELFTH NIGHT (1980), LENNON (1982), BLACK ANGEL (1982), and THE ABLE-BODIED SEAMAN (1993). For MCC Theatre, LuPone has served as the artistic and executive director. Some of his work there includes: CLASS 1 ACTS: '91-'92 (1992), D TRAIN (1993), THREE IN THE BACK, TWO IN THE HEAD (1996), THE GRAVITY OF MEANS (1996), GOOD AS NEW (1997), TRUDY BLUE (1999), THE GLORY OF LIVING (2001), RUNT OF THE LITTER (2002), and A LETTER FROM ETHEL KENNEDY (2002),  IN A DARK DARK HOUSE (2007), CORALINE (2009), THE OTHER PLACE(2012), CARRIE (2012), REASONS TO BE HAPPY (2013), HAND TO GOD (2014), THE MONEY SHOT (2014), LOST GIRLS (2015), ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU (2016), and TRANSFERS (2018). He has worked with numerous Off-Broadway theaters in New York City including the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Acorn Theater, Circle Repertory Theatre, and The Public Theater.

Robert LuPone was born in Brooklyn on July 29, 1946 and grew up in Northport, Long Island.  He attended a public school where his father was principal. From an early age, he had an interest in theatre and a desire to perform. In sixth grade, he remembers watching his sister, actress Patti LuPone, perform in a dance show and decided that he wanted to start taking lessons. His mother enrolled him in after-school tap classes. At fifteen, his dance instructor felt he had nothing left to teach Robert and sent him to New York City to learn from Martha Graham. He was also a gifted instrumentalist, playing oboe, clarinet, and saxophone, and ultimately decided not to pursue a career as a musician. He received a liberal arts and dance education at Adelphi University. In 1965, he transferred to Juilliard, where he graduated with a BFA in dance. He got his first job at nineteen in the chorus of The Pajama Game. A selection of his Broadway credits includes: The Magic Show (1974), Saint Joan (1977), True West (2000), A Thousand Clowns(2001), The Other Place (2013), Hand to God (2015). He has been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, A Chorus Line (1976),  and a Daytime Emmy for All My Children (1985). In addition, two MCC plays, FROZEN (2004) and REASONS TO BE HAPPY (2008) received nominations for the Tony Award for Best Play.