Alma mater Tisch School of Arts Name Steve Kazee Website SteveKazee.com | Years active 2005–present Occupation Actor, singer Role Actor · stevekazee.com | |
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Born October 30, 1975 (age 48) ( 1975-10-30 ) Ashland, Kentucky, U.S. Education New York University, Morehead State University, Tisch School of the Arts Awards Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Nominations Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Similar People Christina Perri, Cristin Milioti, John Tiffany, Marketa Irglova, Glen Hansard Profiles | ||
Steve kazee singing beacon hill live on the baub show
Steve Kazee (born October 30, 1975) is an American actor and singer.
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- Steve kazee singing beacon hill live on the baub show
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- Early life
- Career
- References
Steve kazee singing leave from once the musical live on the baub show
Early life
Steven Michael Kazee was born and raised in Ashland, Kentucky. He is an alumnus of Fairview High School and Morehead State University. Kazee moved to New York City in 2002 and received his MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Career
In 2006, Kazee played Dumas Shepherd in an episode of Conviction. In 2007, he appeared as Michael Barlow in Medium and Mark Green in Numb3rs. In 2008, he appeared on NCIS as Michael Locke, and in 2009, he played Dominic Humphreys on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Kazee had a starring role on CMT's Working Class, in which he played Nick Garrett. Most recently, in 2013, he appeared on Elementary as Jeff Hines and on Drop Dead Diva as Dustin Wycott. In 2015, he played Gus Pfender in a recurring role in season 5 and 6 of Showtime's series Shameless.
Onstage, he starred in several shows on- and off-Broadway. He appeared in NYSF's As You Like It. In 2006, he appeared as Timmy Cleary in The Subject Was Roses, which played at the Kennedy Center from January 7 to 29. Later that year, Kazee was cast as Sir Lancelot in Spamalot, then in Seascape as the Leslie understudy. In 2007, he starred as Bill Starbuck in the revival of 110 in the Shade, and in 2008, he played Sobinsky in To Be Or Not To Be, which ran from September 16, 2008 through November 16, 2008 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Kazee starred as Guy in the stage adaptation of Once, which began previews on Broadway on February 28, 2012 and opened on March 18, 2012 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. He originated the role Off-Broadway when it opened at the New York Theatre Workshop on December 6, 2011. In March 2012, Playbill interviewed Kazee and, since the show's opening, Kazee has made several TV appearances with the show, including the March 29, 2012 episode of Late Show with David Letterman and the April 6, 2012 episode of the Today Show. Kazee won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Kazee and the cast of "Once" won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
He is featured on Christina Perri's song "A Thousand Years, Pt. 2," which appears on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).