Christian Borle | |
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.jpg) Borle at the 2014 Montclair Film Festival | |
| Born | Christian Dominique Borle October 1, 1973 |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Known for | Something Rotten! Falsettos Legally Blonde Peter and the Starcatcher Hazbin Hotel |
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Christian Dominique Borle (born October 1, 1973)[1] is an American actor and singer. He is a two-time Tony Award winner for his roles as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher and as William Shakespeare in Something Rotten!.[2] Borle also originated the roles of Prince Herbert, et al. in Spamalot, Emmett in Legally Blonde, and Joe in Some Like It Hot on Broadway, each of which earned him a Tony nomination. He starred as Marvin in the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos, which also earned him a Tony nomination. His first leading role on Broadway was Jimmy Smith in Thoroughly Modern Millie. He would later also star as Bert in Mary Poppins and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He also portrayed Orin Scrivello in the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors. Borle starred as Tom Levitt on the NBC musical-drama television series Smash and Vox in the adult animated black comedy musical series Hazbin Hotel.
He has been nominated for five Tony awards, and he won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for the original cast recording of Some Like It Hot in 2024.
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ Meyer, Dan (January 22, 2019). "Where Are They Now?: The Original Broadway Cast of Peter and the Starcatcher". Playbill. Archived from the original on January 23, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2021.