John Lloyd Young Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Lloyd Mills Young (born July 4, 1975) is an American actor and singer. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading 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. 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.
Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Movies
Jersey Boys, Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!
Star Sign
Cancer
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Thank you. I have something else in common with Christian Hoff tonight, besides this. I also lost a parent. My mother died of cystic fibrosis before I knew her. I was two years old and I don't remember her. I do remember though when it was just my father and me, before he met the woman who would become the mother who raised me, before my younger sister, Gillian. It was just the two of us and he was my whole world. He was an officer in the Air Force and I always wanted to be an actor, and that put us at odds at certain points. But my girlfriend Alison assures me that my struggles were probably harder on him than they ever were on me. So I am very, very proud to share this with my father. Dad, we are among 6000 people tonight, but for some reason I am remembering that first struggle that we got through together and somehow it feels like it's just the two of us again. Thank you. - John Lloyd Young's Tony acceptance speech.
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I haven't been a musical theater actor professionally until now, which doesn't mean I haven't been a singer my whole life because I have. The projects that have found me have tended to be plays, and I think that's just because I put the role first and not necessarily the show. I think that of musicals-especially the big, splashy ones-require an actor that's also part cheerleader too, and that's really tough to do if it's not something that really grabs you and your heart's not in it. - John to Broadway.com about his role in Jersey Boys
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In 2013, Young was appointed by Barack Obama to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
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His father had English, with some Welsh and German, ancestry. His mother was of Italian descent.
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Graduated from Brown University in 1998, where he majored in Theatre Arts and performed lead roles in Company, Once on This Island, and Sweeney Todd.
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When he first auditioned for Jersey Boys in California, he did not get the part. Then, when the actor who was chosen left the show before its New York premiere, they called Young again and had him audition several times before he finally landed the part of Frankie Valli.
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Signed a one-year talent holding deal with ABC/Touchstone Television.
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Was ABC World News Tonight's Person of the Week on Friday, June 16, 2006.
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Has won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards for his performance as Frankie Valli in the Tony Award-winning musical, Jersey Boys.
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Is a member of the William Inge Festival National Advisory Board.
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Is fluent in Spanish.
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Hosted a radio show called On & Off Broadway, on WCFE in New York.
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His mother died of Cystic Fibrosis when Young was two years old, which he talked about in his Tony Award acceptance speech in 2006.
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Was awarded the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Jersey Boys on Broadway.
performer: "My Mother's Eyes", "Silhouettes", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Sunday Kind of Love", "I'm In The Mood For Love", "Cry For Me", "I Still Care", "Walk Like a Man", "Trance", "My Eyes Adored You", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Dawn Go Away", "Workin' My Way Back to You", "Opus 17 Don't You Worry 'bout Me", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Who Loves You", "December 1963 Oh, What A Night", "Rag Doll", "Sherry"
Glee
2009
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 61st Annual Tony Awards
2007
TV Special performer: "December 1963 Oh What a Night"
The 60th Annual Tony Awards
2006
TV Special performer: "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", "Who Loves You"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Días de cine
2014
TV Series
Himself
Tavis Smiley
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Made in Hollywood
2014
TV Series
Himself
Sidewalks Entertainment
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Insider
2014
TV Series
Himself - Jersey Boys
Live with Kelly and Michael
2014
TV Series
Himself
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013
TV Special documentary
Himself - Presenter: Motown The Musical
Show People with Paul Wontorek
2012
TV Series
Himself
Working in the Theatre
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself - Actor
The 61st Annual Tony Awards
2007
TV Special
Himself - Performer & Presenter: Creative Arts Awards
Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve 2007
2006
TV Special
Frankie Valli
The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS
2006
TV Movie
Himself
Breakfast with the Arts
2006
TV Series
Himself
The 60th Annual Tony Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
51st Annual Drama Desk Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself
Hooray for Broadway: A Springtime Celebration
2006
TV Movie
Himself
Broadway Beat
2006
TV Series
Himself
79th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2005
TV Special
Himself - Performer
Known for movies
Jersey Boys (2014) as Frankie Valli
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! (2009) as Nelson Hirsch
The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006) as Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007) as Himself - Performer & Presenter: Creative Arts Awards
$20 Million
