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Isaac Cole Powell (born December 30, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He played the role of Daniel in the Broadway revival of the musical Once on This Island[1] and was cast as Tony in the 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story.[2]

Isaac Cole Powell
Born	(1994-12-30) December 30, 1994 (age 27) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Actor singer
Years active	2015–present

Early life and career

Powell was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, the youngest of three children born to Terry and Will Powell, a three-time world CrossFit champion.[3] His father is Mixed Native American and African-American; his mother is Caucasian.[3] Powell began to act in middle school with the Community Theatre of Greensboro.[3] He attended Philip J. Weaver Academy, a performing arts high school, before transferring to a boarding program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) during his senior year of high school. He graduated from UNCSA with an acting degree in May 2017.[3][4]

While in college, Powell began to accumulate professional acting credits, playing Nikos in the musical Legally Blonde at the Barn Dinner Theatre.[5] After graduation, in the summer of 2017, he appeared in Newsies and Mamma Mia! with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera[6][7] and originated the title role in Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat at the Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls, New York.[3][8]

Powell played the role of Daniel in the 2017 Broadway revival of Once on This Island, which began previews in November 2017 and opened officially in December. Jesse Green, writing in The New York Times called Powell's solo, "Some Girls," a "quietly sensitive rendering."[9] Robert Hofler, in TheWrap, wrote that Powell makes the song "the most poignant moment in this revival."[10] TheaterMania's review deemed Powell, "charismatic and silvery-voiced."[11] He recorded his role on the revival's cast album.[12]

Powell competed in May 2018 on the live Broadway game show, I Only Have Lies for You.[13] In the spring of 2018, he signed on with the New Pandemics modeling agency and modeled for Palomo Spain's and NIHL's fall 2019 lines at New York Fashion Week.[14][15][16] In W Magazine, Powell notes that "[M]odeling is a new thing ... I've been basically shooting all the gay publications, which is really, really great."[17] He models in addition to acting, and was featured in the final issue of Hello Mr.[18][19]

Powell played Tony, the protagonist, in the 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story.[2]

In November 2020, Powell was cast in Universal Pictures and director Stephen Chbosky's film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen as new character Rhys, a high school jock.[20]

Personal life

Powell is gay and came out at the age of sixteen.[14] In 2016, Powell met Broadway actor, Wesley Taylor, when Taylor was visiting University of North Carolina School of the Arts where Powell was a junior in the school's theatre program.[21] The two then began a relationship in 2017 and were engaged in May 2019. They ended their relationship in 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Director(s)	Ref.
2017	Nikola Tesla Drops The Beat	Nikola Tesla	Adirondack Theatre Festival	Marshall Pailet	[22]
	Newsies	Ensemble	Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (at the Benedum Center)	Richard J. Hinds	[6]
	Mamma Mia!			Barry Ivan	[23]
2017–19	Once on This Island	Daniel	Circle in the Square Theatre	Michael Arden	[10]
2019–20	West Side Story	Tony	Broadway Theatre	Ivo van Hove	[24]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Just a Body	Pastor Dave	Short film
2019	XaveMePlease	Xavier	Short film
2021	Dear Evan Hansen	Rhys
TBA	Cat Person	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Broadway.com #LiveatFive	Himself	1 episode
2018	Murphy Brown	Jack	Episode: "A Lifetime of Achievement"
2018–2019	Indoor Boys	Logan	6 episodes
2021	Modern Love	Vince	Episode: "A Life Plan for Two, Followed by One"
2021	American Horror Story: Double Feature	Troy Lord	4 episodes
2022	American Horror Story: NYC	Theo Graves	Main role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Grammy Award	Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album	Once on This Island	Nominated	[25]
2020	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	West Side Story	Nominated	[26]

References

External links

• Isaac Cole Powell at the Internet Broadway Database
• Isaac Cole Powell at IMDb
• Resume at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
• Powell sings excerpt from "Some Girls", Once on This Island (2017)

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[de] Isaac Cole Powell

Isaac Cole Powell (* 30. Dezember 1994 in Greensboro, North Carolina) ist ein amerikanischer Schauspieler in Musicals und Fernsehen sowie Model.

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