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Todd Graff (born October 22, 1959) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his 2003 independent film Camp and his role as Alan "Hippy" Carnes in the 1989 science fiction film The Abyss. Graff was born in New York City, New York, the son of Judith Clarice (née Oxhorn), a piano teacher and choirmaster, and Jerome Lawrence Graff, a musician. Graff sang on the original-cast albums of Sesame Street (1970) and the follow-up Sesame Street 2 (1971), but he rose to fame in 1975 when he joined the cast of the PBS children's television series The Electric Company. Playing the role... MORE

Todd Graff (born October 22, 1959) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his 2003 independent film Camp and his role as Alan "Hippy" Carnes in the 1989 science fiction film The Abyss. Graff was born in New York City, New York, the son of Judith Clarice (née Oxhorn), a piano teacher and choirmaster, and Jerome Lawrence Graff, a musician. Graff sang on the original-cast albums of Sesame Street (1970) and the follow-up Sesame Street 2 (1971), but he rose to fame in 1975 when he joined the cast of the PBS children's television series The Electric Company. Playing the role of Jesse, a member of the Short Circus, he remained with the show until it ceased production in 1977. Graff's writing credits include Camp, Used People, The Vanishing, and The Beautician and the Beast. As an actor, Graff appeared in several films including Death to Smoochy, Dominick and Eugene, Strange Days, Not Quite Paradise, and The Abyss. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Danny in Broadway's Baby in 1984. He starred in the 1987 Off-Broadway musical Birds of Paradise as Homer. In 2006, He directed the stage musical by Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish, 13, at the Mark Taper LESS