Barry James Tolentino Cruz is a stage actor and singer.
He trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
His stage roles include:
Seymour in the first West End production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Comedy Theatreas Otto Kringelein in "Grand Hotel" at the Dominion Theatre' 1992Beadle Bamford in the 1994 National Theatre production of Sondheim's Sweeney ToddCogsworth in the first West End production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Dominion Theatre (a role he reprised in the UK Tour of the show)Mr. Bumble in the London Palladium production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!Ladislav Sipos in "She Loves Me" at the Savoy Theatre London in 1994/95Thenardier in the London production of Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre and Queen's TheatreMr. Mushnik in the 2008 London revival of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory.Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, LondonGrandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJames can be heard on cast recordings of Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, "She Loves Me" and two Bernard J. Taylor musicals - Nosferatu the Vampire (in which he created the role of "Renfeld"), Much Ado in which he created the role of Leonato, and Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Concert. He is also Thenardier in the 1988 symphonic cast recording of Les Misérables.
