{"id":21757,"date":"2026-07-08T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=len-cariou"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:16:02","slug":"len-cariou","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=len-cariou","title":{"rendered":"Len Cariou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard Joseph \u201cLen\u201d Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor. He gained prominence for his Tony Award-winning title role in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979). Prior, Cariou had earned nominations for his performances in musicals Applause (1970) and A Little Night Music (1973). Cariou has had supporting roles in films such as The Four Seasons (1981), Thirteen Days (2000), About Schmidt (2002), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Prisoners (2013), and Spotlight (2015). 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