Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit (Aaron Tveit) , born October 21, 1983 in Middletown, Orange County, State of New York, USADrama musical, TV series, movie actors.
Since 2006, he has starred in "(Hairspray)", "Wicked", "Next to Normal (Next To Normal)" and many other popular musicals, which are very popular. Enjolras (Enjolras), the revolutionary student leader who starred in the musical film "Les Misérables (Les Miserables)" in 2012, and Danny Zuko (Danny Zuko), the male lead of FOX 's first live live musical "Grease Live" in 2016 ). Acted as newcomer FBI agent Mike Warren in the American TV series " Graceland (Graceland)" (first broadcast in the summer of 2013) on the USA TV network, and as the chief of staff in the Columbia Broadcasting System TV series "braindead" (summer 2016) Gareth Ritter. Once played the role of "Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl)" MP Trip Van Der Bilt (Trip Van Der Bilt, cousin of actor Knight Archibald).
[1]
On March 24, 2020, Aaron Tveit issued a document stating that he tested positive for the new crown pneumonia virus.
[2]
Early Experience
Aaron Tveit (full name Aaron Kyle Tveit), was born on October 21, 1983 in Middletown, a small town in the State of New York , only about an hour and a half drive from New York City. Aaron's father was a director of a construction company, and his mother was a teacher of a special education school . Aaron has a younger brother.
Aaron has been passionate about music and sports since he was a child. He started learning the violin at the age of 5, but decided to turn to French Horn when he was in the sixth grade of elementary school , and has been actively participating in various choirs in the school and the community. His childhood dream was to become a professional baseball player. After losing in the junior high school baseball team trials, he began to consider other career directions. In high school, he was not only excellent academically, but also very active in various extracurricular activities. He gradually began to show off his talent in acting-when he first entered high school, he decided to join the drama club ("There are so many beautiful girls in the drama club") because of a joke from a friend. As a result, he starred in four dramas arranged by the school for four consecutive years. He is also quite talented in sports, and is a member of the school's football, golf and basketball teams. At the same time, he joined the school chorus, became the head of the student financial business association, and was a member of the school student union and the National Honor Society of the United States . His diligence, self-discipline and vigorous energy left a very deep impression on his high school teachers - in fact, these characteristics have always stayed on him, and the senior directors and famous actors who have worked with him are therefore very impressed by him. Appreciation is added.
Performing Experience
Aaron Tveit was mainly active in stage theater in the early days. he isStarring in many popular musicals, including "(Hairspray) "," Wicked (Wicked) "and so on. But his masterpiece so far as he is by the two premiere cast members shape the character of the original musical: obtaining The Pulitzer Prizes Prize for Drama and the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre best drama nomination " the Next to Normal ( Next to Normal)" (He played the heroine in the play and died for many years, but still appears as a hallucination/ghost image of his son Gabe), and the other is based on the movie of the same name.(Catch Me If You Can)" (He starred in the play as the actor Frank Abagnale Jr.). These two dramas have gained widespread attention and recognition in the theater/musical world, and have become popular niches.
From several appearances in " Law & Order: Special Victims " and the role of Congressman Trip Van Der Bilt in " Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl)", Aaron has gradually appeared on the big and small screens. Get people's attention. The musical film " Les Misérables (Les Miserables)" directed by Tom Hooper released in 2012 and " Graceland (Graceland)" aired on the USA Network since 2013 have made him more and more familiar to audiences around the world.
- the road
After graduating from Middletown High School in 2001, he was still uncertain about his future direction, so he applied for economic projects in several universities and also applied to some conservatories. According to the results of the application, he seems to be more favored by business schools-several universities have provided him with scholarships, including the applied economics major of Cornell University , an Ivy League school . But after careful consideration for a period of time, he believes that music is what he really wants to pursue compared to economics/finance. With the support of his parents, he gave up the scholarship of the business school and chose to study vocal performance in the Music Department of Ithaca College. One year later, he found that besides music, he could not give up theater performance, so he switched to the theater department to major in musical performance. .
In the second semester of the university, the director of the "Rent ( Rent )" crew went to the school to hold a mock audition for the students. It was originally a "simulation", but the director was very impressed after listening to Aaron's singing, so he asked him to go to New York for a real audition. Three months later, Aaron received an official invitation from the "Rent" North American tour crew, hoping that he could play the supporting role Steve and serve as a member of the chorus, and serve as a substitute for the two male protagonists Mark and Roger. After a serious discussion with his father, he just turned 20 and decided to temporarily drop out of school and join the tour crew. After the "Rent" tour in the United States/Canada ended at the end of 2004, he returned to Ithaca College to continue his university studies.
But only one semester later (August 2005), he was again recognized by "Hairspray()" The crew selected for the first national tour. This time, his role is the actor Link Larkin.
In August 2006, the role of Link earned Aaron his first chance to debut. After playing the role of Link on the stage for more than half a year, he decided to try to challenge to create some original roles, so he quit the Hairspray crew and joined the Barrington Stage company’s new play "Calvin Berger" to play Matt (a movie created in 1897). classic French drama "the Merry Juggernaut / Cyrano (Cyrano de Bergerac)" adaptation of the musical background of modern high school). Then he played the male protagonist D'Artagnan (D'Artagnan) in the musical " The Three Musketeers ( Les Trois Mousquetaires )" which was newly arranged by the North Shore Music Theater in Massachusetts .
Subsequently, Aaron participated in the creation and rehearsal of the new drama " Next to Normal (Next to Normal)". He portrayed the role of Gaberial, the son of the heroine who has been dead for a long time but appeared in the form of hallucinations/souls. "Next to Normal" was performed in the Second Stage theater outside from January 16th to March 16th, 2008. It was widely praised by audiences and critics. Aaron was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Gabe.
For Aaron, 2008 seems to be the true beginning of his success. After the first performance of "Next to Normal", he returned to the "Hairspray" crew and continued to star in Link Larkin for a month. Then came the new drama "Saved!" "In it, he played a church high school boy who was very troubled by his sexual orientation. In June, he in the hit musical "Wicked ( Wicked / Oz at The Great and Powerful )" in the play the male lead Fiyero, but because of "Next to Normal" to be in November of Columbia Washington District staged temporarily leave.
In January 2009, the performance of "Next to Normal" in Washington District of Columbia came to a successful conclusion, and the show was determined to actually appear on the theater stage. This time, Aaron won the Helen Hayes Awards Best Supporting Actor Award and the Clarence Derwent Most Potential Newcomer Award from the Actors Guild for the role of Gabe. He returned to the "Wicked" crew and continued to play Fiyero until the official landing of "Next to Normal" in March. But only three months later, Aaron has temporarily left the "Next to Normal" crew to prepare new play: " Catch Me by You of Can the If (/ at large)," This is a movie in 2002 ( Steven Allan Spielberg Director , Leo and Tom Hanks ). The importance of Aaron's role as the leading actor in this play is evident. The play was auditioned in Seattle from July 28th to August 16th, 2009 , and it also received wide acclaim. After that, Aaron returned to the "Next to Normal" crew again until January 3, 2010. In the summer of the same year, Aaron participated in the special-edition musical "Rent ( Rent )" directed by the famous American actor, director, and producer NPH at the Hollywood Amphitheatre (this is also the first musical that Aaron participated in when he debuted). This time, he is no longer a substitute actor, but the protagonist Roger Davis is selected.
In March 2011, after several revisions of "Catch Me If You Can" officially landed, Aaron once again won the Critics Award for Best Actor and Comedy League Award for Outstanding Performance by virtue of his outstanding acting skills and outstanding singing skills. Nominated for the Best Male Dancer Award by Fred Astaire. In September 2011, "Catch Me If You Can" was down. In this play, people not only saw Aaron’s strength and personal charm in acting, but also convinced him by his practical and dedicated work attitude: "Catch" was performed 8 times a week during the 6 months it was performed. A total of 202 games including the preview period, Aaron has never missed any one, and his substitute actor did not even have a chance to appear on stage. Aaron also got the attention and appreciation of Hugh Jackman , NPH and other seniors in the show business because of this drama .
He also partnered with the play: two Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre best actor winner, senior famous actor Norbert Leo Butz established a very deep friendship.
- From to Hollywood; from New York to the world
At the end of 2011 (less than two months after "Catch Me If You Can" was closed), Aaron Tveit confirmed his participation in the musical film " Les Misérables (Les Miserables)" directed by famous director Tom Hooper . He will play a revolutionary student Leader Enjolras ( Enjolras ) this classic role. This star-studded movie has attracted much attention from the beginning, and the casting process is extremely competitive. Compared with other starring actors ( Hugh Jackman , Anne Hathaway , Russell Crowe , Eddie Redmayne, etc.), Aaron does not have a great reputation on the big screen; and some actors in the crew who have appeared in the musical version of "Les Misérables" (such as Samantha) Barks) In comparison, he has no corresponding experience. However, during the audition process, he won the unanimous approval of director Tom Hooper, musical creator Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and other film and musical producers. Schönberg said in an interview, “Although Aaron has never appeared in the stage version of Les Miserables, he has a special, natural authority and charisma on his face, which we all appreciate very much. And he is a very good person. Singer. We were very interested in him from the very beginning. As soon as we saw him, we immediately confirmed that he was the unquestioned Enjolras in this movie version." After this magnificent production was released at the end of 2012, the role of Enjolras was brought to him. Here comes an unprecedented high popularity and attention. On February 24, 2013, Aaron and other main actors of the film "Les Misérables" and representatives of actors of various versions of the musical performed together in the musical tribute section of the Oscars awards ceremony. His wonderful performance left a very deep impression on many people.
Almost at the same time that he confirmed his role as Enjolras, he signed a contract with USA TV to participate in the new drama " Graceland (Graceland)" in the actor-rookie FBI agent Mike Warren. In June 2012, USA passed the review of the pilot episode of "Graceland" and booked the first season 12 episodes of the show to be broadcast in the summer of 2013. The show was launched by Jeff Eastin , the creator of the popular American drama " White Collar (White Collar)". The first season was filmed in Florida, the State of the USA in March 2013, and it will start every Thursday in Eastern on June 6, 2013. Standard Time will be broadcast on USA TV and Bravo TV in Canada at 10pm. It is worth mentioning that Daniel Sunjata (playing the senior FBI agent Paul Briggs, Mike Warren's instructor) was also active on the stage. On September 11, 2013, USA TV announced the renewal of the 13 episodes of the second season of "Graceland", which will be broadcast in 2014.
In addition to the United States, the first season of the show has been broadcast on television stations in Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.
Prior to this, in TV series, Aaron appeared mainly as a guest actor-because his work schedule did not allow him to appear in feature-length dramas. His early performances in various dramas include: Nate Archibald’s cousin Trip Van Der Bilt in CW’s " Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl)"; "All The World's a" in " Ugly Betty (Ugly Betty)" Stage" starred in Betty’s boyfriend, playwright Zachary Boule; in the fifth episode of the second season of the American drama "Body of Proof ( Body of Proof )", he played the young fire investigator Skip Rakoski; American drama " Good Wife (The Good Wife) "in the third quarter of sevens, he plays Spencer Zschau, a military lawyer; US drama" Law & the Order : special victims (Law & Order: special victims Unit ) "2010 Nian 4 Yue 27 Ri episode ( (Season 11, 20 episodes) starred as Jan, the victim’s boyfriend, a yoga instructor who insists on vegetarianism and animal protectionism; and appeared in the show again on September 28, 2011 (season 13, episode 2), playing Stevie Harris-a drug addict who accused a former basketball coach (a well-known and respected celebrity coach) for sexually abusing him.
In terms of film, before "Les Misérables", Aaron also had fewer leading roles due to time constraints (most filming cycles lasted several months). In the movies " Ghost Town (Ghost Town)" and " Premium Rush (Premium Rush)", he played briefly as a young anesthesiologist and a student at Columbia University in the City of New York ; in 2011 In the independent film "Girl Walks into a Bar", he played the more important role Henry; he first attracted attention on the big screen when he played in the film " Snarl (Howl)" Peter Orlovsky (Peter Orlovsky), the same-sex boyfriend and life partner of the film's protagonist American poet Irwin Allen Ginsberg (Allen Ginsberg, James Franco ). In June 2013, Aaron starred in a short film called "A Dream Of Flying", which was part of Canon's 2013 "Imagination Project", written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Georgena Chapman. In September 2013, Aaron joined a film produced by Christopher Chace Crawfor , Joe MazzelloResponsible for the scriptwriter/director of the baseball-themed independent film "Undrafted".
Two days after "Undrafted" was completed, Aaron immediately invested in another independent thriller film "Big Sky" directed by Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau. In January 2016, Aaron played the leading role of Danny Zuko in the live TV musical "Grease" produced by Fox TV , and gained more popularity and attention due to his excellent performance. In July 2016, the film "Undrafted" was officially released at the premiere in New York. In October 2016, the movie "Better Off Single" starring Aaron was officially released in cinemas. In 2017, Aaron won the Sunscreen Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his excellent performance in the movie "Created Equal".
- Constantly breaking through; an acting career without boundaries
Although Aaron interrupted his studies at Ithaca College in 2003 and started his career, he has been doing various drama and film creations, rehearsals and performances almost non-stop, but he still completed his studies between work and won in May 2012. Received a bachelor's degree in musical performance.
In addition to musicals, TV and movies, Aaron is also actively exploring various ways of performing. In addition to acting as a guest performer in various themed concerts, he also held four solo concerts in the famous club 54 Below in May 2013-two additional concerts were later due to excessive audience demand. Six concerts were all sold out within five minutes of ticketing. This situation is unheard of for the 54 Below Club, which has held various star concerts for a long time, and Aaron himself was very surprised. On April 16, 2013, Broadway Records announced that it would produce the live concert album "The Radio In My Head: Live at 54 BELOW" and release it simultaneously in physical stores, online stores and online music stores on September 10, 2013.
Prior to its release, the album had occupied the top spot on the iTunes, Amazon and other sales charts in the United States, Canada and other countries. It also has outstanding performance on popular music, film and television soundtracks and other charts, and the total list has also entered the top 25 rankings several times. In the week of its release, the album ranked sixth on the Heatseekers rookie list on Billboard in the United States.
In addition to music-related performances, he also participated in the reading and recording of some audiobooks, and appeared in many experimental performances of dramas. His dream role is the youngest son Edmund Tiroen in Eugene O'Neill's classic drama " Long Day's Journey Into Night ". He mentioned many times in interviews that he hopes his career has no boundaries: TV shows have the most exciting and innovative stories, movies have the most elaborate interpretations and expressions, and the stage-the stage has the most vivid Energy, the most direct audience reaction and the most free and flexible space for play. He believes that the love of his life is the stage ("theatre is my home"), but he also loves big and small screens. He is very grateful for all his experiences so far: the opportunity to participate in various TV, film, and stage performances; he hopes that his future career path will continue to be the same.
Personal Life
Although he finally chose music and drama as his career, his passion for sports has never disappeared. Although he has to avoid basketball, football and other highly conflict-prone events for his performance work on stage, he still does everything possible to be active on the sports arena. Every summer in the baseball league (The Broadway Show League), Aaron is a very eye-catching main player. Major League Baseball also invited him to sing live in a professional baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York . In recent years, he is almost the representative of young actors in the annual golf special fundraising activities of the charity organization Actors Fund.
In addition to Actors Fund, Aaron is also enthusiastic about other charitable activities. As long as there is no conflict in time, he will appear as a guest performer at the Miscast annual party (a charity event focusing on education), the Easter round hat contest and other charity events.
In the fundraising activities of Broadway Cares (an anti-AIDS charity event), he is often the main member of the crew. Every year before Christmas, he has guest appearances as bartenders and waiters in the "Stockings With Care Benefit" event to collect donations for preparing Christmas gifts for underprivileged children. He is also the ambassador for Broadway Barks, a campaign that calls people to adopt pets from animal shelters.
Extended Reading
