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Corey Michael Cott (born March 30, 1990)[1] is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Jack Kelly in the Broadway musical Newsies, replacing Jeremy Jordan, and for originating the role of Donny Novitski in the Broadway musical Bandstand.[2]

Corey Cott
Cott at the Bernard B. Jacobs stage door in May 2017
Born	Corey Michael Cott (1990-03-30) March 30, 1990 (age 32) Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor singer
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Meghan Woollard ​ ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
Relatives	Casey Cott (brother)

Early life and education

Cott was born in Columbus, Mississippi, the oldest of three children of Rick, an investment manager and former Air Force fighter pilot, and Lori Cott.[3][4] The older brother of actor Casey Cott,[5] he grew up in Spring Arbor, Michigan and Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he attended Chagrin Falls High School. After high school, he graduated from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[6]

Career

Cott began his professional acting career while attending Carnegie Mellon, booking shows with Pittsburgh's professional theater company Pittsburgh CLO. He had roles in their productions of Miss Saigon, Jekyll and Hyde, and Jesus Christ Superstar.[7]

Soon after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Cott moved to New York City. Shortly thereafter, he booked the role of the Jack Kelly alternate in the Broadway musical Newsies. He took over that role permanently on September 5, 2012.[8]

Cott appeared in the musical Bandstand, which opened on Broadway on April 26, 2017, as WWII veteran Donny Novitski.[9] He had also starred in the musical's premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse in October 2015.[10]

On February 25, 2019, Cott was announced as part of the cast of the Fox drama Filthy Rich, playing Eric Monreaux.[11] Filthy Rich premiered on September 21, 2020.

Personal life

Cott married Meghan Woollard in January 2013. They met while singing in church in Pittsburgh.[12] Their first child, a son, Elliott Michael, was born on May 1, 2017.[13] In August 2019, they welcomed their second son, Nolan.[14] On October 31, 2021, the couple welcomed their third son, Asher.[15]

Cott grew up with Ben Fankhauser, a fellow Newsies co-star. They performed together in several local youth theatre productions.[6]

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2012	Newsies	Jack Kelly	Nederlander Theatre	September 5, 2012 – August 24, 2014
2015	Gigi	Gaston Lachaille	Kennedy Center	January 16, 2015 – February 12, 2015
	Gigi	Gaston Lachaille	Neil Simon Theatre	March 19, 2015 – June 21, 2015
2015	Bandstand	Donny Novitski	Paper Mill Playhouse	October 8, 2015 – November 8, 2015
2017	Bandstand	Donny Novitski	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre	March 31, 2017 – September 17, 2017
2019	West Side Story	Tony	Lyric Opera of Chicago	May 3, 2019 – June 2, 2019

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	What You Get	Benjamin Armand	Short film
2015	The Intern	Customer Service Representative #2	Uncredited
2016	Mutt	Michael	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Madam Secretary	Scott Welland	Episode: "Passage"
2015	Public Morals	Ryan	2 episodes
2016	The Interestings	Jonah Dey	Television film
2016	Z: The Beginning of Everything	Townsend Martin	5 episodes
2016	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Ellis Griffin	Episode: "Rape Interrupted"
2016	My Mother and Other Strangers	Lieutenant Barnhill	Episode: "Golden Gloves"
2017–2018	The Good Fight	Tom C. Duncan	4 episodes
2020	Filthy Rich	Eric Monreaux	Main role
2021	Evil	Officer Jim Turley	season 2 episode 6: "C Is for Cop"
2022	Butlers in Love	Henry Walker	Hallmark Channel television film
2022	Law & Order	Niles Harper	Episode: "Benefit of the Doubt"

References

External links

• Corey Cott at the Internet Broadway Database
• Corey Cott at IMDb
• Corey Cott at Playbill Vault (archive)

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Corey Michael Cott (Chagrin Falls, Ohio; 30 de marzo de 1990) es un actor y cantante nació en Chagrin Falls, Ohio Estados Unidos. Es conocido por interpretar a Jack Kelly en la obra de teatro de Broadway Newsies en reemplazo de Jeremy Jordan, y por interpretar el papel de Donny Novitski en el musical de Broadway Bandstand.[1]

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