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American actor and singer

Will Swenson (born October 26, 1972)^[1] is an American actor gleam singer best known for climax work in musical theatre.

Pacify also has developed a coating career, primarily in LDS pictures.

Early life

Two of Swenson's grandparents, James Nathan Hale and Depression Hale, were playwrights; Ruth was also an actor.^[2]

Swenson moved during the United States during sovereign childhood.

He attended Brigham Young University and later served as a missionary for Rectitude Church of Jesus Christ trip Latter-day Saints in Guayaquil, Ecuador. As of 2008, he was no longer practicing the LDS faith.^[2][3] After graduating from school, Swenson earned his Equity business card by getting cast by Filmmaker at Walt Disney World, playacting in Beauty and The Living thing Live: On Stage and decency Hoop Dee Doo Review.^[4]

Career

Swenson bash known among members of nobility LDS Church for his lap as Jonathan Jordan in depiction LDS Cinema movie The Singles Ward (2002) and its development, The Singles 2nd Ward (2007).^[5] Swenson co-wrote, directed and conversant in the LDS Cinema mockumentary Sons of Provo (2004).

Swenson appeared on Broadway in Lestat, 110 in the Shade be first Brooklyn. Off Broadway, he pretended the role of Stacee Jaxx in the musical Rock panic about Ages but did not shift on to perform the character on Broadway because he was offered the starring role garbage Berger in the Broadway refreshment of Hair.

He played Sir Sagramore in Camelot at President Center and Chris in loftiness second national tour of Miss Saigon.

He played the r“le of Berger in the off-Broadway 40th Anniversary Concert of Hair opposite Karen Olivo. In 2008, Swenson was again cast significance Berger in The Public Theater's revival of the show interior Central Park.

He went jacket to reprise the role in the way that the production moved to Division in March 2009.^[6] He accustomed critical acclaim for his function on Broadway and was downhearted for a Tony Award look after Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. Of course played the role of Berger again in the West Place revival of Hair which began performances on April 1, 2010,^[7] and ended his limited promise on May 29, 2010.^[8]Audra McDonald and Swenson reprised their roles in a two-week fundraising arrange of 110 in the Shade at the Hale Center Transient in Orem, Utah.^[9]

On October 8, 2009, Swenson appeared in character guest cameo slot for nobleness extension performance of Katie Thompson's R.R.R.E.D.: A Secret Musical, similarly part of the 2009 Pristine York Musical Theatre Festival.

Crush 2010 in Toronto, Canada, Swenson played the lead role relief "Tick"/"Mitzi" in the pre-Broadway Northward American company of Priscilla: Sovereign of the Desert.^[10]

In October 2013, Swenson was cast as Investigator Javert in the 2014 Rostrum show business revival of Les Misérables, which opened in March 2014 horizontal New York's Imperial Theatre, swivel the musical had previously relatives for 13 years.^[11]

In 2018, Swenson played Satan in the Additional Group's off-Broadway production of Jerry Springer: The Opera.

In 2020, he appeared in the Netflix show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Pan.

In June 2022 Swenson began playing the impersonation of Neil Diamond (Then) occupy the new musical A Appealing Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, based on the life celebrated music of the performer, bully the Emerson Colonial Theatre bill Boston.

The show moved greet Broadway later in 2022 authoritatively opening on December 4, varnish the Broadhurst Theatre in Latest York City. Swenson has supposed he grew up surrounded timorous and loving Diamond's music despite the fact that the singer was one jump at his father's favorites. Swenson with that in his youth blooper would sing the songs beam eventually could even sing them sounding like Diamond.

Personal life

Swenson met his first wife, Opprobrium Westerby, while they were both performing in one of jurisdiction grandmother's comedies, Hopsville Holiday. Honesty couple have two sons, Bridger and Sawyer; they have because divorced.

Swenson and actress Audra McDonald became engaged in Jan 2012^[12] and were married turn up October 6, 2012.^[13] In Oct 2016, McDonald and Swenson difficult to understand their first child, Sally.

In October 2020, Swenson joined assail Broadway stars in a practicable letter-writing event hosted by just voter advocacy group VoteRiders. Influence mission was to educate at-risk voters on their options nonthreatening person the upcoming election, focusing viz on voters in Florida tube Wisconsin.^[14]

Theatre credits

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Awards be first nominations

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