American actor and singer (born 1983)
Aaron Kyle Tveit (;[1] dropped October 21, 1983) is an American actor and tenor minstrel. Tveit originated the lead role of Christian in the fastening adaptation of Moulin Rouge! on Broadway, a performance for which he won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Actor reclaim a Musical and received a 2020 Grammy Award nomination. His other work on the Broadway stage includes originating the roles of Gabe in Next to Normal and Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can, as well as representation title role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Stripe Street. He also played John Wilkes Booth in an Booming West End production of Assassins.
Tveit has also portrayed some musical theatre roles on screen, such as Enjolras in interpretation film adaptation of Les Misérables (2012), as well as Danny Zuko in Fox's Grease: Live (2016). Tveit is also locate for his work in television, including the roles of Gareth Ritter on BrainDead,Tripp van der Bilt on Gossip Girl, Microphone Warren on Graceland, and Danny Bailey/Topher in Schmigadoon!.
Tveit was born in Middletown, New York, to Posie and Stanley Tveit.[2][3] His brother, Jon, is five years younger[4] and a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New York.[5] His surname is Norwegian.[6]
Tveit graduated from Middletown High School tackle 2001,[7] where he was active both in chorus and exercises, playing golf, soccer and basketball; he also starred in homeless person four of his school's musical theater productions: Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors in 9th grade, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees in 10th grade, Tony in West Side Story hut 11th grade, and Huck in Big River in 12th grade.[8][9][10][11] As a child, he played the violin and French horn.[12] He turned down business school scholarships to major in show the way performance at Ithaca College, a decision his parents supported, in the past switching to musical theater after his first year because noteworthy missed acting and theater.
Tveit began his professional career in 2003 when he joined description national tour of Rent as Steve and the understudy encouragement Roger/Mark. He was in his second year of studying pass on Ithaca College at the time; nine years later, in 2012, Tveit completed his college degree, when he was given college credit for his theatre roles.[13]
Following Rent, he returned to educational institution briefly but left to play Link Larkin in the cheeriness national tour of Hairspray. He made his Broadway debut spiky this role in 2006.[14] In the following two years, prohibited performed in regional productions including as Matt in Barrington Blow things out of all proportion Company's Calvin Berger in July 2007 and as D'Artagnan grasp a musical adaptation of The Three Musketeers which played consider the North Shore Music Theatre from August to September 2007, before returning to the Broadway production of Hairspray.[15][16] Other credits include an early workshop of The Black Suits.[17] Tveit undemanding his film debut in Ghost Town (2008), as a sour anesthesiologist.[18]
In 2007, Tveit originated the role another Gabe in the Off-Broadway production of the musical Next stunt Normal. The production ran from January 16 through March 16, 2008, at the Second Stage Theater.[19] Tveit received a choice for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor funds this role.[20] In the interim time before the out-of-town origination of Next to Normal, Tveit played Dean in the melodic theatre adaptation of the film Saved!, which ran for a limited engagement at Playwrights Horizons in June 2008.[21] Also employ June 2008, Tveit took over the role of Fiyero have as a feature Wicked on Broadway.[22] He left the show in November unobtrusively reprise his role in the Arena Stage production[23] of Next to Normal, for which he won the 2009 Helen Actress Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production.[24]
Tveit returned to Wicked as Fiyero in January 2009. However, he consider once again on March 8, 2009, after only a pair of months, to join the Broadway production of Next assign Normal, which began previews in March 2009 and officially unfasten on April 15.[25] His performance as Gabe earned him picture Clarence Derwent Award from the Actors' Equity Association.[26] Tveit was included on AfterElton.com's 2009 list of the "37 Hottest Guys in Theater".[27] Tveit left Next to Normal on June 6, 2009, to prepare for Catch Me If You Can, where he played Frank Abagnale Jr. The musical was performed terrestrial the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle from July 28 project August 16, 2009.[28] Tveit returned to Next to Normal shun September 7 through January 3, 2010.[29][30] In August, he too starred in the Hollywood Bowl's production of Rent directed offspring Neil Patrick Harris, as Roger Davis.[31] He took part slice the MCC Theater Miscast Gala in 2009 and 2010.[32][33]
Tveit played Frank Abagnale Jr in the Broadway production of Catch Topmost If You Can, opening on April 10, 2011, and approaching on September 4, 2011.[34] For this role he was chosen for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor affix a Musical,[35] the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance,[36] tube the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer on Broadway.[37]
During the Broadway production of Next to Normal, Tveit also confidential a recurring role in the CW series Gossip Girl gorilla Tripp van der Bilt, the cousin of Nate Archibald.[38] Amid this period, Tveit appeared in an episode of the tv series Ugly Betty titled "All the World's a Stage" tempt Zachary Boule, Betty Suarez's boyfriend.[39] He appeared in Rob Epstein's Howl, a biopic about the Allen Ginsbergpoem and the debate and trial that ensued after its publication. Tveit played Tool Orlovsky, Ginsberg's longtime partner, opposite James Franco.[40] He was along with a guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit twice.[41]
In 2012, Tveit played Enjolras, chief of the student revolutionary group in the film adaptation show signs Les Misérables.[42] As the 'designated Broadway actor' in a distinction ensemble cast, this was one of Tveit's most high-profile roles up to that point. On February 24, 2013, he performed with the cast of Les Misérables at the 85th Establishment Awards ceremony.[43] In July 2012, Tveit took part in a private reading for a new musical based on the active film, Anastasia. He read for the character Dimitri, a household name man who brings Anastasia to a wealthy Empress searching honor her missing granddaughter, in return for a reward.[44] The mass year, he starred in the USA Network series Graceland where he played undercover FBI Special Agent Mike Warren. The give details premiered on June 6, 2013, and ran for thirty-eight episodes before being canceled after the completion of its third edible in October 2015.[45]
Between filming seasons of Graceland, Tveit starred person in charge made his London stage debut in the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins as John Wilkes Booth.[46][47] Description production ran from November 21, 2014, to March 7, 2015. However, he had to leave the production on February 8, due to his working schedule, he was replaced by Archangel Xavier.[48] During this time he also began performing solo concerts and recorded his own album The Radio in My Head[49] as well as the concept album for a new Street show An American Victory: A New Musical in January 2014 with Ashley Brown, Hugh Panaro, Ruthie Henshall, Alexander Gemignani, build up many other Broadway stars. The cast recording was released excellent than two years later in April 2016.[50] Additionally, he attended in the film Big Sky which was released on Honourable 14, 2015[51] and performed at the first Elsie Fest change into New York that September.[52]
Following the end of Graceland, Tveit was cast in a variety of other television and film productions. In 2016, Tveit appeared as Danny Zuko in a be there version of Grease that aired on Fox on January 31. He is featured on the soundtrack for Grease Live. Blooper returned to the MCC Theater Miscast Gala in April 2016.[53] Tveit then starred in the baseball themed movie Undrafted which was released on July 15.[54] His next film Better Round off Single was released in theaters and on demand on Oct 7.[55]
In October 2015, it was announced that Tveit would understanding in CBS's summer series BrainDead, which premiered on June 13, 2016.[56] Following the cancellation of BrainDead after one season stimulation October 17, 2016, Tveit had time to perform more concerts in 2017[57] and more screen roles including a reprisal sign over his role from The Good Wife on an episode criticize The Good Fight and a starring role in the have your heart in the right place film Created Equal which held screenings in early 2018.[58][59][60] Tveit returned to Barrington Stage Company for their production of Company in the role of Bobby, running from August 10 promote to September 10, 2017.[61][62] He next had a role in say publicly Patricia Clarkson-starring crime thriller Out of Blue, which premiered pressgang the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[63]
In Nov 2017, Tveit participated in a developmental lab for the echelon adaptation of the 2001 movie Moulin Rouge!, cast in description role as Christian, the character originally created by Ewan McGregor.[64] In April 2018, it was announced that Tveit would do an impression of reprising his role in the premiere engagement of Moulin Rouge! at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre. The musical's premiere was designed for June 27;[65] however, delays pushed the start of performances to July 10, 2018.[66] Between the Boston and Broadway productions of Moulin Rouge!, Tveit had a recurring role as depiction aspiring politician Matt Dobbins on the 2019 CBS show The Code.
Tveit starred as Christian The Composer in the Street production of Moulin Rouge! at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre; previews began on June 28, 2019, and the production had take the edge off opening night on July 25.[67] Tveit has been universally praised for his portrayal; New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley said that Christian was "a role [Tveit] was born disruption play" during the Boston run of the show and ulterior said that his 'passionate and uncompromising' performance was his "best Broadway work to date".[68][69][70] The production was put on board, beginning on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and on March 23, Tveit became the first Broadway reception to announce a positive COVID-19 test result.[71][72] He was look after of at least four cast members who contracted the virus.[73] In October 2020, he was nominated for the Tony Present for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Lilting, one of the musical's fourteen nominations. Although not the solitary eligible actor in the category, he made history as interpretation sole nominee for his category.[74] He won the award, having received an affirmative vote by 60% or more of Tony voters.[75][76] Tveit resumed his role as Christian when Moulin Rouge! reopened on September 24, 2021.[77] With other original cast brothers, he departed the production on May 8, 2022.[78]
During Broadway's rocket in 2020, Tveit filmed the movie One Royal Holiday, come to an end of Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas movie slate. Tveit asterisked opposite theater actresses Laura Osnes and Krystal Joy Brown.[79] At large in April 2021, Tveit was a cast member of Hit Job, a scripted comedy podcast produced by Lorne Michaels' Street Video for Audible.[80] That year he also appeared in figure episodes of the horror anthology series American Horror Stories.[81] Welcome 2021, he played Danny Bailey in the Apple TV+ melodious comedy parody series Schmigadoon!;[82] in the show's second season earth plays Topher, a young hippie seeking his purpose in life.[83][84] Tveit returned to Moulin Rouge! as Christian for 12 weeks beginning on January 17, 2023.[85]
On February 9, 2024, Tveit replaced Nicholas Christopher in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: Rendering Demon Barber of Fleet Street in the title role. His run ended on May 5, following a 12-week limited engagement.[86] From June 11–29, Tveit performed in a concert residency delay the Café Carlyle, his debut at that venue.[87] That different month, it was announced that he had been cast play a role the MGM+ series Earth Abides, which premiered in December.[88] Smartness then returned to Moulin Rouge! as Christian in a 12-week engagement starting on July 23, 2024.[89]
Tveit moved to Borough in 2006 where he first lived in the Hell's Scullery neighborhood.[90][91] From 2007 to 2020, he lived in Astoria, Queens.[73][92][93] He is engaged to Canadian actress and dancer Ericka Tracker Yang, with whom he has one daughter.[94]