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| Born | John Lloyd Mills Young July 4, 1975 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
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John Lloyd Mills Young (born July 4, 1975) 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.
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Life and career
Young was born in Sacramento, California. His mother, Rosemarie, a native of Queens, New York City, was from an Italian American family, and his father, Karl, was of Anglo-Saxon background. His mother died of Cystic Fibrosis when he was two-years-old; his father remarried soon after. He has a younger half-sister named Gillian.[3][4] He 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.[5][6]
Now a Los Angeles resident, Young has starred 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 2009, he was one of the first guest stars on Fox TV's Glee, as Henri St. Pierre, the thumbless, cough-medicine-addicted retired woodshop teacher with a voice of gold, a role written especially for him by series creator, Nip/Tuck's Ryan Murphy.
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 2006 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Jersey Boys
- 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor - Jersey Boys
- 2006 Theatre World Award - Jersey Boys
- 2006 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical - Jersey Boys
- Nominations
- 2006 Drama League Award Performer of the Year
References
- ^ "John Lloyd Young". MySpace.com. 2008. http://www.myspace.com/jlynyc. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ Wayman Wong (01 November 2005). "The Leading Men: Frankie & Johnny". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/96011.html. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ Sokol, Robert (2009-07-30). "Jersey voice". Bay Area Reporter. http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=541. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ McKinley, Jesse (2005-11-06). ""March of the Falsetto: Out of the Shower, Onto Broadway"". John Lloyd Young.com. http://www.johnlloydyoung.com/JerseyBoysTimesProfile.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ Ernio Hernandez (21 November 2007). "Broadway's Frankie Valli — John Lloyd Young — Bids Farewell to Jersey Boys". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/112962.html. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ BWW staff writers (25 November 2007). "John Lloyd Young's Final 'Jersey Boys' Sign-In". BroadwayWorld. http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=23236. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
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