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Bernard Telsey

Casting Director · at Bernard Telsey Casting (LA) · New York, NY

Bernard Telsey is a casting director at Bernard Telsey Casting (LA) based in New York, NY with 5 credits on Production List, most recently The Gilded Age (Season 4) (casting director, in production). Other credits include Only Murders In The Building (Season 6), Only Murders In The Building (Season 5) and Not Suitable For Work. Production List last updated this profile on May 22, 2026.

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Bernard Telsey (born February 8, 1960, Elmont, NY) is the founder and owner of The Telsey Office (formerly Telsey + Company), one of America's premier casting companies with offices in New York and Los Angeles, casting across film, television, theatre, and commercials since 1988. He is Co-Artistic Director of MCC Theater and has cast landmark Broadway productions including Rent, Wicked, Hamilton, Hairspray, and In the Heights, as well as major films and television series. He has earned eight Emmy nominations (winning for Ugly Betty), 55+ Artios nominations, an Independent Spirit Award for Margin Call, and the CSA's Hoyt Bowers Award (2016); in 2025 he made the inaugural Oscar shortlist for the new Casting category for Wicked: For Good. He serves as New York Vice President of the Casting Society of America and sits on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Known For

Wicked: For Good (2025)Wicked (2024)Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)Only Murders in the Building (2021)The Gilded Age (2022)In the Heights (2021)And Just Like That... (2021)tick, tick… BOOM! (2021)Margin Call (2011)This Is Us (2016)Ugly Betty (2006)Into the Woods (2014)Mary Poppins Returns (2018)Rachel Getting Married (2008)Rent (2005)The Idea of You (2024)Plainclothes (2025)Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)SMASH (Broadway) (2025)Cabaret (Broadway Revival) (2024)Hamilton (Broadway) (2015)Rent (Original Broadway) (1996)

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Bernard Telsey Casting (LA)

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The Telsey Office

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Telsey + Company (Los Angeles)

Filmography · 5

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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production-role/bernard-telsey (last updated May 22, 2026).