Max Von Essen
Max Von Essen was born in Long Island, New York, United States on January 11th, 1974 and is the Stage Actor. At the age of 50, Max Von Essen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Max von Essen (born January 11, 1974) is an American stage and screen actor as well as a singer.
Life and career
Von Essen, a graduate of South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York, was born on Long Island. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation, toured with Liza Minnelli. He is a descendant of the Von Essen family, a German and Swedish nobility branch. Rita and Thomas Von Essen, who was the New York City Fire Commissioner during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, is the youngest of four children. He is openly gay.
He appeared in West Side Stories and was a cast member of Chicago's national tour. In 2000, he appeared on Broadway as Disciple and Jesus of Nazareth understudy. He appeared in Les Misérables on Broadway as the replacement for Fauchelevent and other roles, as well as his role in Dance of the Vampires with Michael Crawford in 2002. In the Les Misérables Broadway revival in 2006, Enjolras (replacement) played the role of student revolutionary leader Enjolras (replacement).
He appeared as a soloist at the largest Andrew Lloyd Webber musical gala to date, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2006. He appeared in the national tour of Xanadu as "Sonny" in 2008 and in the Roundabout Theater Company Off-Broadway version of Maury Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday at the Laura Pels Theatre in 2011. In 2015, von Essen performed in the role of Parisian aristocrat Henri, for which he was voted the Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination.