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Gavin James Creel (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter best known for his work in musical theater. Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the leading role of Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie before starring as Claude in the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair, both Tony Award-nominated performances. From 2012–2015, he starred as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon; he received a Laurence Olivier Award for originating the role in the West End version of the musical and has played the role in the US National Tour and on Broadway. In 2017, he received a Tony Award for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in Broadway's Hello, Dolly!.

Gavin Creel
Creel at the 21st GLAAD Media Awards in 2010
Born	Gavin James Creel (1976-04-18) April 18, 1976 (age 46) Findlay, Ohio, US
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Actor singer songwriter producer
Years active	1997–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop musical
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Musical artist
Website	www.gavincreel.com

Other stage credits of his include La Cage aux Folles (2004), She Loves Me (2016), Waitress (2019), and Into the Woods (2022) on Broadway, Mary Poppins (2006) and Waitress (2020) in the West End, and the national tours of Fame (1998), Flashdance (2012). Primarily a theater actor, his most notable screen acting role is as Bill in Eloise at the Plaza and its Christmas-themed sequel.

Early life

Creel was born in Findlay, Ohio. He attended Findlay High School, graduating in 1994. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in 1998.

Career

1997–2002: Early career

Creel began his professional career in regional theater. Some of his earliest credits are as part of the resident cast of Pittsburgh CLO, a repertory theater, for their 1997 and 1998 seasons; mostly ensemble roles, some of his eight productions there included Kiss Me Kate, La Cage aux Folles, and On the Town.[1] Other stock theater credits around this time include productions in Massachusetts and New York state.

Following college graduation, Creel played Nick Piazza in the opening cast of 1998 national tour of Fame.[2] In 1998–1999, the tour performed in cities including Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.[3] Following the tour, he continued to perform in regional theater before moving to New York City in the early 2000s. In 2001, he was the swing in the original off-Broadway production of Bat Boy: The Musical.[2] He also took part in the 2001 workshop of Spring Awakening.[4]

2002–2012: Thoroughly Modern Millie and Hair

In 2002, Creel made his Broadway debut in the original production Thoroughly Modern Millie, originating the role of Jimmy Smith opposite Sutton Foster's Millie Dillmount. A breakthrough performance, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Following his departure from the show in April 2003, he performed in the original Chicago production of Stephen Sondheim's Road Show, then titled Bounce, recorded the original cast album for Bright Lights, Big City, among other productions and workshops.[4] Of note, he made his screen acting debut in the 2003 film Eloise at the Plaza and its follow-up Eloise at Christmastime as Bill.

He returned to Broadway in 2004 in the revival La Cage aux Folles. He played Jean-Michel throughout the production. In 2006, he made his West End debut in Mary Poppins. He replaced Bert in the original production. Also in 2006, he released his debut studio album Goodtimenation.

He returned to Broadway in 2009 in the revival of Hair. For his starring role of Claude, he received his second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He and the rest of the cast performed in London through 2010 when the production transferred to the West End.[2] Following Hair, he starred in the world premiere of Prometheus Bound and the original US tour of the Flashdance musical; the national tour was expected to function as a pre-Broadway production but did not transfer.

2012–present: The Book of Mormon and Hello Dolly!

From 2012 until 2015, Creel starred in a series of productions of The Book of Mormon. He first starred as Elder Price in the First National Tour of the show in 2012. He subsequently originated the role in the musical's original West End production; for this performance, he was awarded Best Actor in a Musical at the 2014 Laurence Olivier Award, the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom.[2] Following his West End run, he returned to the touring production for a number of months before joining the Broadway cast in 2015.

Creel played the suave salesman Steven Kodaly, opposite Jane Krakowski, in the 2016 Broadway revival of She Loves Me. The show was a critical success and the production became the first Broadway show ever to be live-streamed. Since then, the recording has been part of the PBS series Great Performances.[5]

In 2017, he began playing Cornelius Hackl in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler. For his role, Creel was awarded the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.

In 2019, Creel assumed the role of Dr. Pomatter in the Broadway production of Waitress. He subsequently played the role in the West End production of the musical starring alongside Sara Bareilles.

In 2021, Creel appeared in two episodes of American Horror Stories opposite Matt Bomer and Sierra McCormick on FX on Hulu.[6]

Also in 2021, Creel performed in a self-described 'concert-cal' called Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice, for which Creel was commissioned to write and perform the book, music, and lyrics by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[7] Creel has spoken at length on various podcasts about working on this piece before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, Creel appeared as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the New York City Center Encores! production and subsequent Broadway revival of Into the Woods.[8]

Personal life

Creel is gay.[9] He is a regular on the LGBT RFamilyVacations cruise with Rosie O'Donnell.[10] He is also one of the founders, with Rory O'Malley and Jenny Kanelos, of Broadway Impact, an LGBT activist group that mobilized the New York theatre community in the pursuit of marriage equality. He is an alumnus of Findlay First Edition Show Choir.[11] He was in a relationship with actor Jonathan Groff in 2009.[12]

Creel took a temporary leave from Hello, Dolly! in March 2018 to recover from back surgery.[13]

Acting credits

Theater

Adapted from About The Artists and Broadway World.[1][14]

Year	Show	Role	Venue	Notes
1998	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Hero	North Shore Music Theatre
1998–99	Fame	Nick Piazza	The North American Tour: November 1998 – 1999	National tour
2000	Honk!	Ugly	North Shore Music Theatre
			Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center	US premiere
2000	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Hero	California Musical Theatre
2001	The Flood	Male Lead	Prospect Theatre Company
2001	Hair	Principal/Father/Tribe	Encores! Concert
2001	Bat Boy: The Musical	Swing/Understudy	Union Square Theatre: 2001– December 2001	Original Off-Broadway replacement
2001	Spring Awakening	Melchior	Roundabout Theatre Company	Workshop
2002–03	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith	Marquis Theatre: March 2002 – April 2003	Original Broadway production
2003	Bounce	Hollis Bessemer	Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre: June – August 2003	Original Chicago production
			John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: October – November 2003	Washington, D.C.
2003	Bright Lights, Big City	Michael	New York Concert	Concert performance
2004	A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Darnay		Workshop
2004	The Mystery Plays	Joe Manning	Second Stage Theatre
			Yale Repertory Theater[15]
2004	Illyria	Sebastian	Prospect Theatre
2004	Hair	Performer	New Amsterdam Theatre	Actors' Fund Concert
2004	La Cage aux Folles	Jean-Michel	Marquis Theatre: November 2004 – June 2005	Broadway revival
2006	Mary Poppins[16][17]	Bert	Prince Edward Theatre	West End replacement
2009–10	Hair	Claude	Al Hirschfeld Theatre: March 2009 – April 2010	Broadway revival
			Gielgud Theatre: 2010	West End transfer
2011	Prometheus Bound	Prometheus	American Repertory Theater: February – April 2011	Original production
2012	Flashdance	Nick Hurley	US National Tour	Original US production
2012–15	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	US National Tour: August 2012 – January 2013	National tour original cast
			Prince of Wales Theatre: February 2013 – July 2014	West End original cast
			US National Tour: August 2014 – December 2014	Toronto / Montreal
			Eugene O'Neill Theatre: January 2015 – January 2016	Broadway replacement
2016	She Loves Me	Steven Kodaly	Studio 54: March – July 2016	Broadway revival
2017–18	Hello, Dolly!	Cornelius Hackl	Shubert Theatre: March 2017 – March 2018 May – August 2018	Broadway revival
2019–20	Waitress	Dr. Pomatter	Brooks Atkinson Theatre: January – February 2019	Broadway replacement
			Adelphi Theatre: January – March 2020	West End replacement
2022-23	Into the Woods	Wolf / Cinderella's Prince	Encores! concert: May 2022
			St. James Theatre: June 2022 – January 2023	Broadway revival

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Eloise at the Plaza	Bill	Television film
2003	Eloise at Christmastime	Bill	Television film
2016	She Loves Me	Kodaly	Filmed Broadway show
2019	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Matthews (voice)	4 episodes
2021	American Horror Stories	Troy	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2021	Central Park	Young Hank Zevansky (voice)	Episode: "The Shadow"

Other works

• 2016: The Ceiling Fan (producer) • short film

Discography

Solo discography

Albums

• 2006: Goodtimenation (Creel/Roth)
• 2012: Get Out (self-released)

EPs

• 2010: Quiet (self-released); No. 44 at the Billboard's Top Heatseekers[18]

Singles

• 2011: "Noise (Equality Now)"
• 2012: "Whitney Houston"

Guest appearances

• 2002: "Lullaby of Broadway" with Marc Kudisch & David Nehls from Broadway Romances Manhattan
• 2005: "'Til Then" from ZEITGEIST by Dan Lipton
• 2007: "Young at Heart" from Over the Rainbow (Universal)
• 2010: "Greenwich Time" from Love on a Summer Afternoon: Songs of Sam Davis (PS Classics)
• 2017: "Christmas Broadway Bus Stop" with Laura Bell Bundy & Eden Espinosa
• 2019: "Do You Hear the Bells?" with The Laurie Berkner Band from Waiting For The Elevator
• 2020" "Witchcraft/I Put a Spell on You" from I Put a Spell on You (Broadway Records)
• 2020: "If It Be Your Will" with Shoshana Bean & Shayna Steele from Sing Your Hallelujah (Shotime Records)
• 2021: "Something Wonderful" from R&H Goes Pop!
• 2021: "A Moment Forever Ago" from Central Park Season Two, The Soundtrack

Cast recordings

• 2002: Thoroughly Modern Millie (RCA Victor)
• 2005: Hair (Actors Fund of America Benefit Recording) (Sh-K-Boom)
• 2005: Bright Lights, Big City (Original Cast Recording) (Sh-K-Boom)
• 2006: It's Only Life (A New Musical Revue) (PS Classics)
• 2009: Hair (New Broadway Cast Recording) (Sh-K-Boom)
• 2011: Fine and Dandy (World Premiere Recording) (PS Classics)
• 2012: Flashdance - The Musical (Roth Music Inc.)
• 2012: Fugitive Songs - A Song Cycle (Warner/Chappell)
• 2016: She Loves Me (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) (Ghostlight Records)
• 2017: Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording) (Masterworks Broadway)
• 2019: Three Points of Contact (Very Intense Records)
• 2019: The Man in the Ceiling (World Premiere Recording) (Ghostlight Records)
• 2022: Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) (Craft Recordings)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2002	Tony Award	Best Actor in a Musical	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Nominated
2009	Tony Award	Best Actor in a Musical	Hair	Nominated
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
2010	GLAAD Media Award	Special Recognition Award (shared with cast)		Honouree
2014	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actor in a Musical	The Book of Mormon	Won
	WhatsOnStage Award	Best Actor in a Musical		Won
2017	Tony Award	Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Hello, Dolly!	Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical		Won

References

External links

• Gavin Creel (official website)
• Gavin Creel at AllMovie
• Gavin Creel at AllMusic
• Gavin Creel at Billboard
• Gavin Creel on Discogs
• Gavin Creel at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gavin Creel at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Gavin Creel at IMDb 
• Gavin Creel at Rotten Tomatoes
• Gavin Creel at the TCM Movie Database

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Gavin Creel (* 18. April 1976 in Findlay, Ohio) ist ein amerikanischer Schauspieler und Sänger, vor allem in Musicals. Bei den wichtigsten Musical-Preisen, den Tony Awards, war er zweimal nominiert, 2002 für Thoroughly Modern Millie und 2009 für Hair, und wurde 2017 für Hello, Dolly! ausgezeichnet.

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