Ryan Steele
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Ryan Steele (born August 3, 1990) is an American dancer and comedian.
He has appeared on Broadway and in other venues, as well as in film and television.
In the 2012 musical Newsies, he is best known for his role as Specs.
Early life and education
Steele was born and raised in Walled Lake, Michigan, where he lived with his parents, brother, and sister. The entire Steele family had attended dance lessons; his mother in a'moms dance class; and his father in a 'dads dance class' alongside both of his siblings.' At the age of five, he started dancing and fell in love with it right away.
He received instruction from a variety of dance companies, including The Juilliard School, during elementary and high school. Steele was intensively trained in Ballet in his last few years, concentrating on a career in concert dance. Steele did not attend university, opting to take a year off and try out for various dance companies. He began working with a Texas ballet company in the year. Also that year, Steele attended an open call for the 2009 revival of West Side Story, which was also the start of his career.
Steele is openly gay, and his family has always been supportive of his work and sexuality. Matt Doyle, a fellow Broadway actor, was in a two-year friendship.
Career
After high school Steele opted to take the year off and try out for different dance companies. In that year he got a contract with a ballet company in Texas. That year Steele also attended an open call for the 2009 revival of West Side Story where he got the part, leading him to pursue the role of Baby John. Steele was with the cast from opening night on March 19, 2009 to closing night on January 2, 2011.
Following West Side Story, Steele joined the cast of Newsies at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, where he originated the role of Specs. When Newsies moved to Broadway, Steele reprised the role of Specs. Along with the role Steele also was the original dance captain for the musical. Steele was with the cast of Newsies from opening on March 29, 2012 until February 3, 2013 when he left to be part of the original cast of Matilda the Musical, from opening on April 11, 2013 until October 6, 2013.
Steele was also a member of the Billy Elliot the Musical cast, joining as a replacement swing and understudy on and off between January 4, 2011 and January 8, 2012.
Steele's first film is Five Dances, written and directed by Alan Brown. Steele had the lead role, playing 18-year-old Chip, a young dancer who moved to New York City to pursue intensive ballet training.
In December 2014, Steele appeared as Curly, a Lost Boy, in NBC's Peter Pan Live! where he met his partner, Charlie Williams.
Steele was a dancer in the 2015 Academy Awards ceremony.
Steele also appeared as an ensemble member in the TV series Smash as well as in the pilot episode of The Miraculous Year.