Brian d'Arcy James

At 56 years old, Brian d'Arcy James has this physical status:

Brian d'Arcy James (born June 29, 1968) is an American actor and singer.

Early life and education

James was born in Saginaw, Michigan, to a wealthy family, the son of Mary (née Kelly), a children's book seller, and Thomas F. James (deceased), a lawyer. Harry Kelly, a former Governor of Michigan, was his maternal grandfather. Brian Kelly, his uncle, was an actor in the film Flipper and a producer of Blade Runner. He has three siblings: brother Andrew, a portfolio manager; sister Kate, an actress and writer; and sister Anne (Noonan), an actress and tutor. James is of the seventh eighth century Irish and eighth Welsh descendent.

James graduated from the School of Communication at Northwestern University.

Personal life

James is married to Jennifer Prescott, and the two appeared at Lincoln Center together. They have one daughter.

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Career

In 2002, he received a nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Victory, costarring John Lithgow. For his role in Conor McPherson's one-man play The Good Thief, he received an Obie Award.

Titanic (Frederick Barrett), Lincoln Center's Carousel, and Blood Brothers are among James' other Broadway credits. Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, opposite Julia Murney and Idina Menzel in 2000, for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination, as well as Adam Guettel's Pardon My English, and the Gershwins' Pardon My English. He appeared in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore on Broadway, replaced Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and appeared in The Apple Tree opposite Kristin Chenoweth. From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn, James released a Christmas collection in 2004. Morn was the author of this book. In White Christmas in 2004, he played Bob Wallace, a character created by Bing Crosby. In the upcoming musical Next to Normal Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theater in 2008, Dan Goodman appeared in the new musical Next to Normal Off-Broadway. In Shrek The Musical, he appeared opposite Daniel Breaker, Sutton Foster, and Christopher Sieber as the titular character. After a tryout in Seattle on November 8, 2008, the Broadway Theatre opened on December 14, 2008. He received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance. After one year in the role, he resigned and Ben Crawford was brought on to replace him.

Time Stands Still, which opened in preview performances on January 5, 2010, and the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre officially opened on January 25. On March 27, 2010, the production came to a close end. He was nominated in a Play for this role. In the Broadway company of Next to Normal at the Booth Theatre, he reprised the role of Dan Goodman. On May 17, 2010, J. Robert Spencer was hired by him. On July 18, 2010, James came to an end, but Jason Danieley replaced him.

At A Broadway Celebration in The White House, which also aired on PBS on October 19, 2010, James performed in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on July 19, 2010. When the show returned to Broadway, he appeared on Time Stands Still. It came to an end on January 30, 2011. James was a member of the cast of the NBC musical series Smash. On May 11, 2011, NBC announced Smash as a series. On February 6, 2012, the program made its series premiere. For the second and final season, he did not return to the show as a series regular. James appeared in Torstein Blixfjord's 2012 short film Bird In A Box.

On June 3, 2012, Brooke Shields co-hosted the 57th Drama Desk Awards. He appeared at "Journey On," commemorating Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' work; he performed "Wheels of a Dream" from Ragtime, celebrating Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens' 29th birthday. In the musical Giant, which appeared at the Public Theater from October 26 to December 16, 2012, James appeared as Bick. James was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical and for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.

In the Lincoln Center Theater production of Macbeth, which opened in October 2013 and then opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in November 2013. He played Banquo. He appeared in the Off-Broadway revival of Hamilton's original King George III, beginning on January 20, 2015, and then opening on February 17. On March 3, 2015, actor Jonathan Groff was substituted by Jonathan Groff in the Off-Broadway run.

He appeared in Something Rotten!, which opened in previews at the St. James Theatre on March 23, 2015, and then on April 22, for which he received his third Tony nomination. In the 2015 film Spotlight, James played Matt Carroll. In March 2016, James was cast in the CBS pilot Superior Donuts but his role was recast after the show went through some retooling. He reprised his role as King George III in Hamilton's limited engagement, which began on April 13, 2017 and continued into July 16, 2017.

In 2017, James played Andy Baker in Netflix's Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why, a role he reprised in the show's second season in 2018. In addition, James played pilot Joseph A. Walker in Damien Chazelle's film First Man in 2018. In May 2018, it was announced that he would appear in the forthcoming Fox series Proven Innocent. It was also announced in the month that Kelsey Grammer had been sent to substitute James in the role of Gore Bellows (previously Cole Bellows).

On February 19, 2019, James starred in the Broadway play The Ferryman at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre as Quinn Carney, replacing Paddy Considine, who originated the role. It was revealed that he would be included in the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye in December 2020. In May 2022, it was announced that James would appear as the Baker in a Broadway revival of Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre. He stayed on the show until September 4, 2022. On October 25, 2022, James returned to the theater for the first time.

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