He made his acting debut starring opposite multi-Emmy winner Edward Asner in the television series "Thunder Alley." He went on to co-star as Matt Foxworthy on "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," and then appeared as Avery Brown on the long-running series, "Murphy Brown."
Osment's guest starring television credits begin with a two-part special of "The Pretender," playing a kidnapped prodigy whose genius is exploited through mind control. On "Chicago Hope," he found himself stuck in an elevator with a corpse. As guest star on "Touched By An Angel," he explored the true-life story of Lou Gehrig's disease. And on a two-part special of "Walker Texas Ranger," he played Lucas, an orphaned boy dying of AIDS. Osment then captured audiences on a heartfelt episode of "Ally McBeal" playing a dying boy who wants to sue God.
In television films, Osment's credits include the HallMark Hall of Fame presentation of "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Lake," and "I'll Remember April."
His honors include threeYoung Star Awards for performances in TNT's "Last Stand at Saber River" with Tom Selleck, the Hallmark presentation of the CBS drama "Cab to Canada," with Maureen O'Hara, and "The Sixth Sense." He is a recipient of the Broadcast Film Critics Award, the ShoWest Award and two-time recipient of the Saturn Award.
American Buffalo is a 1976 play by playwright David Mamet and won the 1977 Outer Critics Circle Award. "The play concerns a team of men, Don, Teach, Bob, and Fletcher (who does not appear in the play, but is referred to), who are conspiring to steal a coin collection from a wealthy man. Don, who owns a junk shop, sold a nickel to a man for much less than what it was worth. Out of revenge, he and his friend-in-training, Bob, plan to steal the man's coin collection after suspecting that he went away for the weekend," describes press notes.
The production will be directed by Robert Falls, who has also directed Long Day's Journey Into Night and Glengarry Glen Ross.
American Buffalo is produced by Elliott Martin, Ben Sprecher, Louise Forlenza, Wendy Federman, and Nelle Nugent
American Buffalo will play the following schedule at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues): Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets go on sale September 4 through www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6262 / (888) 268-2020 (outside the NY Metro Area).
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