James Monroe Iglehart | |
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![]() Iglehart holding his Tony Award to announce the 74th Tony Awards nominations in 2020 | |
Born | Hayward, California, U.S.[1] | September 4, 1974
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouse |
Dawn Phelps (m. 2002) |
Parent | James Iglehart |
James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974)[1][3] is an American actor and comic book writer. He is perhaps best known for his Tony Award-winning performance as the Genie in the original Broadway production of Aladdin. Iglehart assumed the roles of the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway cast of Hamilton in April 2017. He recreated the role of King Arthur in the 2023 Broadway revival of Spamalot and played Louis Armstrong in the Broadway company of A Wonderful World. He can be heard as super producer Steve Jones in As The Curtain Rises, Broadway's first original podcast soap opera. More recently, Iglehart joined the cast of the animated webseries Helluva Boss, as both the Demon Lord of Lust Asmodeus/Ozzie and hellhound bodyguard Vortex, and Hazbin Hotel, as Zestial, as well having written for Marvel Comics, primarily one-shots featuring Spider-Man.[4]