Finn Wittrock 2008 production of Candida at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. He later portrayed Damon Miller in the long-running series "All My Children" from 2009 to 2011, portrayed Troilus in the 2009 Off-Broadway play "The Age of Iron", and appeared in the teen drama film "Twelve" (2010). In 2011, Wittrock starred in the Off-Broadway play "The Illusion" by famous playwright Tony Kushner. Director Mike Nichols came to see the play and later told Wittrock to audition for producer Scott Rudin for their upcoming revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman". He got the part of Harold "Happy" Loman and made his
Willy Loman rope". Lowry described the production as depicting "the end of a man when his dream world is shattered". Creator Arthur Miller described the role as one for a large character in a small physical body and noted he had difficulty finding the right actor at first. The part was originally written for a physically small man with Willy at one point saying to his wife "I'm short. I'm very foolish to look at." When Cobb was cast, the line was changed to "I'm fat. I'm very foolish to look at," and a reference to Willy being called a "shrimp" was