Up top I should note: I'm 5'7". The website doesn't give me an option to select anything more specific. Now on with the bio:

After he got his equity card in June '07, Rolfe left the hedge fund world to pursue acting. For the past few years he worked days as an analyst at Matador Capital in St. Petersburg, Florida, a hedge fund firm with $500 million of assets under management. Rolfe was responsible for the internet and media industries. He moonlighted as an actor in the Sarasota community, working extensively with the Riverfront Theater, West Coast Black Theater Troupe, Sarasota Theater and the Golden Apple Dinner Theater.

Rolfe has won awards at the AACT (in 2007), SETC (in 2007 and 2006) and FTC (2007, 2006) theater festivals, a best actor award from Sarasota Magazine and was nominated twice for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Handy awards (won in 2006 by Bruce Sabath, who next went on to the revival of Company on Broadway).

Most recently, Rolfe was cast in The Fantasticks off Broadway, understudying the role of Matt.

His hobby remains economics. He publishes a blog on economics and finance issues--read by about 30,000 people per month--at optionarmageddon.com

REVIEWS for Rolfe Winkler

FOR TONY in WEST SIDE STORY

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Article published Oct 5, 2004
Leads shine in West Side Story

By Jay Handelman

SARASOTA -- The best part about [Sarasota] theater...is the chance to find some exciting, undiscovered talent...Newcomer Rolfe Winkler brings a thrilling quality to the local theater scene….Winkler has a gorgeous voice perfectly suited to the score, and he plays the role with a sense of a boy growing into a man and looking to find something great in life……

Bradenton Herald

Article published Oct 7, 2004

West Side Story sparkles with talent

By Jack Eddleman

West Side Story…boasts a stageful of good performances, topped by a truly spectacular pair of leads - Rolfe Winkler as Tony and Grace Gibbs as Maria. These two enormously talented artists bring voices of range, beauty, and expression to their deeply felt emotional lives as these star-crossed lovers. They sing with subtlety and precision the wide-ranging music of the Bernstein score….These two highly professional performances should sweep the awards at the end of the year…..

For JAQUOT in CARNIVAL

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Article published Mar 6, 2007

It’s a ‘Carnival’ at the Golden Apple

By Jay Handelman

….Rolfe Winkler has plenty of charm as Paul's assistant, Jacquot, who displays his strong voice and some surprisingly fast dance moves in "Grand Imperial Cirque de Paris."…..

For TOBIAS in SWEENEY TODD

Longboat Observer

Article Published Oct 2006

Sweeney Todd Goes Beyond Expectations

By Glenn & Carole Swope

….Rolfe Winkler…is animated and energetic. His expressive face conveys a wide range of emotions perfectly. Winkler has awed us in a wide variety of roles around town….

Total number of videos: 5

Reel in: Song Hits: : 71	Let Me Walk Among You, Bat Boy in: Song Hits: : 170	Apology to a Cow, Bat Boy in: Song Hits: : 145
Not While I'm Around (skip to 0:59 for song) in: Song Hits: : 172	Rolfe at Don't Tell Mama in: Song Hits: : 61

The Fantasticks, Richard Frankel Productions.  Directed by Tom Jones  February '08

Naughty Marietta, Musicals Tonight! Directed by Thomas Mills October 9th through 21st info at http://www.musicalstonight.org/previews.html#anchornaughtymarietta

Kiss of the Spider Woman, Vortex Theater (Drama Desk nominee '06/'07) Sept. 10th through October 6th info at vortextheater.com....check out VARIETY review on my blog tab.

Clarissa, a reading of a new musical. Composer/lyricist Steven Jamail, director Cailin Heffernan. October 29th.