Spinella was born in
Naples, Italy, to a father who was an American naval airplane mechanic. He grew up in
Glendale, Arizona, Spinella won consecutive
Tony Awards for
Best Featured Actor in a Play and
Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Prior Walter in
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and
Angels in America: Perestroika in
1993 and
1994, respectively. He was also nominated for
Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2000 for ''
James Joyce's The Dead''.
Personal life Spinella is
gay. ==Acting credits==