John Lloyd Young | |
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| Born | John Lloyd Mills Young July 4, 1975 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | johnlloydyoung |
John Lloyd Mills Young (born July 4, 1975) is an American actor.[1] In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut.[2] Young sang lead vocals on the Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys cast album, certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Young reprised his role as Frankie Valli in Warner Brothers' film adaptation of Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood and released June 20, 2014.
Young was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on November 21, 2013.[3] He resigned from the President's Committee in August, 2017, co-signing a letter of resignation that said in reference to President Trump, "Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions."[4]
- ^ Wong, Wayman (November 1, 2005). "The Leading Men: Frankie & Johnny". Playbill. Archived from the original on November 7, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
- ^ Vargas, Robert (December 13, 2017). "Jersey Boys Star John Lloyd Young Will Go Heart to Heart at Café Carlyle". Playbill. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ Luppi, Kathleen (February 11, 2015). "From 'Jersey' to Costa Mesa, singer loves songs of the '60s". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ "Todo un comité de Trump renuncia por su "retórica de odio" tras disturbios en Charlottesville" [All on Trump committee resigns for its "hate rhetoric" following riots in Charlottesville]. El Diario La Prensa (in Spanish). August 17, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2018.