John Lloyd Young
(born July 4, 1975, Sacramento, California) is an American actor. [1] [2]
In 2006 Young won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys.
Young is the only American actor in history to receive a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut.
Young is a graduate of Brown University. After moving to New York, Young worked his way up through the ranks of the theater scene with roles in numerous regional and off-Broadway plays. Though he auditioned, he didn't land the part of Frankie Valli in the pre-Broadway run of Jersey Boys
, but a year after his first audition he was asked to headline the show on Broadway.
Young's run with Jersey Boys
concluded on 9 November 2007. [3] [4]
Now a Los Angeles resident, Young is well on his way to a career in film and television, starring in the title role of the upcoming family comedy OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY!
opposite Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek, Carmen Electra, Jai Rodriguez, Vince Pastore and Bruce Vilanch. And in the Fall of '09, he is one of the first guest stars on FOX
TV's upcoming Glee
, in a role written for him by series creator, Nip/Tuck
s Ryan Murphy.
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