Occupation Film and stage actor Siblings Jonah Platt Role Actor | Name Ben Platt Years active 2004–present | |
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Full Name Benjamin Schiff Platt Born September 24, 1993 (age 31) ( 1993-09-24 ) Los Angeles, California Parents Julie Platt, Marc E. Platt Upcoming movie Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Nominations Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer Movies Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, Ricki and the Flash, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Similar People Skylar Astin, Hana Mae Lee, Anna Camp, Kelley Jakle, Jason Moore Profiles | ||
Ben platt dear evan hansen tony awards 2017 backstage best actor in a musical
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor.
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- Ben platt dear evan hansen tony awards 2017 backstage best actor in a musical
- Dear evan hansen curtain speech by ben platt for the actors fund
- Early life and education
- Career
- Awards and nominations
- References
Platt is perhaps best known for originating the role of the title character in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, a performance for which he has won numerous awards, including the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Platt's credits also include the role of Elder Arnold Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, as well as Benji Applebaum in the musical films Pitch Perfect (2012) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015).
Dear evan hansen curtain speech by ben platt for the actors fund
Early life and education
Platt was born in Los Angeles, California, the fourth of five children of Julie (née Beren) and Marc Platt. His father is a film, television and theater producer whose credits include the musical Wicked. His family is Jewish.
He attended the Adderley School for Performing Arts in Pacific Palisades, performing in productions including Bye Bye Birdie and Into the Woods. Platt attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, graduating in 2011. He was accepted to Columbia University in New York, but dropped out after six weeks to fulfill his contract with The Book of Mormon. Subsequently, he attended the school and became a member of the campus a cappella musical group Nonsequitur.
Career
At 9 years old, Platt played Winthrop Paroo in The Music Man at the Hollywood Bowl alongside Kristin Chenoweth. At 11, he appeared in a brief national tour of Caroline, or Change, by Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner. At 17, he played Jean Valjean in a youth theatre production of Les Misérables. Other roles include the role of Claude Bukowski in Columbia University's production of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.
Platt played a supporting role in the film Pitch Perfect as magic-obsessed Benji Applebaum. He was subsequently nominated at a Teen Choice Awards in the category Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer for his work. He has also collaborated on a workshop of Alice by Heart, by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, a new take on Alice in Wonderland.
In 2016, he originated the title role in Dear Evan Hansen. Critics hailed his work, calling it "historic" and "one of the greatest leading male performances ever seen in a musical."
On August 15, 2017, it was announced that Platt's final performance would be on November 19, 2017. On September 7, 2017, it was announced that Platt had signed a record deal with Atlantic Records.
Awards and nominations
Platt was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. and also won an Obie Award in 2016. He won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, both for the show's Off-Broadway run.
On May 19, 2017, at the 83rd annual Drama League Awards, it was announced that Platt had won the organization's Distinguished Performance Award. The award, which recognizes a performance on the New York stage in the past year, can only be won once in a performer's career. In winning, at the age of 23, for his work in Dear Evan Hansen, Platt became the youngest winner in the award's history. On June 11, at the 71st Tony Awards, Platt won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.