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Occupation
  
Actor

Notable credit(s)
  
Record label
  
Joel Perez

Years active
  
2010–present

Genre
  
Hip-hop/rap

Albums
  
New Vision

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Profiles

Joel Perez is an American actor known for his work in the musical Fun Home.

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Early life and education

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Perez was born in Boston, and grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His father is a minister. Perez is a 2004 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Lawrence. He went to Tufts University for pre-med, but later changed his major to theatre. Perez studied for a semester at the British American Drama Academy in London, and moved to New York in 2009. Helming also studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

Career

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Perez began his career in 2010 with a role in the national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. While touring he appeared in a couple of films, including BoyBand. He eventually left the tour and appeared in a couple of original musicals at smaller theaters, several short films, and some television shows. In 2013, Perez began playing Mark, Pete, Roy, and Bobby Jeremy, one of only two parts for men, in the off-Broadway musical Fun Home. Perez went with the show when it opened on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in April 2015, where it won five Tony Awards.

Theatre

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  • In the Heights, National Tour, 2010
  • Stuck Elevator, A.C.T.
  • The Mapmaker's Opera, New York Musical Theatre Festival
  • Fun Home, Mark/Pete/Roy/Bobby Jeremy, Sep. 30, 2013 - Jan. 12, 2014
  • Fun Home, Mark/Pete/Roy/Bobby Jeremy, Apr. 19, 2015 - Sep. 10, 2016 (closing)
  • Film

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  • The Last Harbor, Luis, 2010
  • BoyBand, Jordan, 2010
  • Today __cks, Asshole, 2011 (short)
  • Marranos, Gabriel, 2012
  • Family With Fire, Bill Cassidy, 2014 (short)
  • Strange Past, Tom, 2015 (short)
  • Television

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  • The Big C, Miguel, 1 episode, 2012
  • Person of Interest, Mask, 1 episode, 2014
  • Black Box, Mexican Carson, 1 episode, 2015
  • The Outs (web series), Eli, 4 episodes, 2016
  • Personal life

    Perez is gay, and has been out since 2006.

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    Songs

    RevolutionNew Vision · 2015
    Moment of TruthNew Vision · 2015
    Down for LifeNew Vision · 2015

    References

    Joel Perez Wikipedia


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