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Jeremy Pope (born July 9, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Pope is the sixth person in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories for separate performances during the same year, when he received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as Eddie Kendricks in Ain't Too Proud in 2019, the latter of which also earned him a nomination for a 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[1][2]

Jeremy Pope
Pope at the 74th Tony Awards in 2021
Born	(1992-07-09) July 9, 1992 (age 30) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actor singer
Years active	2013—present
Partner	Benjamin Jonathan (2018—present)

In 2020, Pope starred in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood, which earned him a nomination for a 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.[3]

Life and acting career

A native of Orlando, Florida,[4] Pope attended Timber Creek High School and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.[5] He made his Broadway debut in 2018 as Pharus Jonathan Young in the play Choir Boy, soon followed by a role as Eddie Kendricks in the jukebox musical Ain't Too Proud.[6] In 2019, he became the sixth actor in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories during the same year, garnering nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role as Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy and for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as Eddie Kendricks in Ain't Too Proud.[7] In 2019, he landed a lead role in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series Hollywood, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.[3][8] In 2021, he also had a main role as Christopher, Blanca's boyfriend in the third and final season of Murphy's TV series Pose. In 2022, Pope returned to the theater, starring as painter Jean-Michel Basquiat opposite Paul Bettany as pop artist Andy Warhol in The Collaboration.[9]

Personal life

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he explained how he related to playing the character Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy because "he himself was growing up Black and gay".[6]

Acting credits

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2013	Choir Boy	Pharus Jonathan Young	New York City Center	Off-Broadway
2014			Alliance Theatre	Regional
			Geffen Playhouse
2015	Invisible Thread	Griffin	Second Stage Theater	Off-Broadway
2017	The View UpStairs	Wes	Lynn Redgrave Theater
	Ain't Too Proud	Eddie Kendricks	Berkeley Repertory Theatre	Regional
2017–2018			The Kennedy Center
			Ahmanson Theatre
			Princess of Wales Theatre	Toronto
2018–2019	Choir Boy	Pharus Jonathan Young	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre	Broadway
2019	Ain't Too Proud	Eddie Kendricks	Imperial Theatre
2022	The Collaboration	Jean-Michel Basquiat	The Young Vic	London
			Samuel J. Friedman Theatre	Broadway

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	The Ranger	Jerk
2020	One Night in Miami	Jackie Wilson
2022	The Inspection	Ellis French
2023	The Collaboration	Jean-Michel Basquiat	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Hollywood	Archie Coleman	Main role
2021	Pose	Christopher	Main role

Music

A singer known for his passionate vocal style, Pope credits his music aspirations to his early years of singing in church, as well as during theater productions and talent shows at school. He also cites music as a constant mainstay in his life.[10] Outside of his acting and Broadway theatre work, he writes and records his own music. His music gained attention with his first independent single, the self-written, acoustic pop-oriented "Wait For You,"[11] which also debuted as a YouTube video[12] in 2015. In 2018, he independently released his second single, the R&B-flavored "New Love,"[10][13] for which he also produced its music video[14] in 2017. That same year, in 2018, he released his third independent single, "Feel So Good"[15] and produced its music video.[16] He is a featured vocalist on "Be Great,"[17][18] the 2019 single by actress and singer Laura Dreyfuss (under her pseudonym Loladre). He is a principal soloist on Broadway cast recordings for The View UpStairs and Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, the latter of which garnered him a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2020.[19] Though he has covered music by several artists, including Lady Gaga and Maroon 5, he is said to be working on an EP with accompanying production work from various producers.[10] On May 7, 2020, he released his fourth independent single, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time."[20]

Singles discography

Title	Year
"Wait For You"	2015
"New Love"	2018
"Feel So Good"	2018
"Be Great" - Loladre (Laura Dreyfuss) (Jeremy Pope as featured vocalist)	2019
"Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper cover)	2020
"September" (Earth, Wind & Fire cover)	2020

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	Choir Boy	Nominated	[21]
2019	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Play		Nominated	[22]
	Theatre World Award	Outstanding Debut Performance		Won	[23]
	Tony Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play		Nominated	[24]
		Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical	Ain't Too Proud	Nominated	[24]
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance Award		Nominated	[25]
2020	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album		Nominated	[26]
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Hollywood	Nominated	[27]
	African-American Film Critics Association	Breakthrough Performer		Won	[28]

In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named him among the fifty heroes “leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people”.[29][30]

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City

References

External links

• Jeremy Pope at IMDb
• Jeremy Pope at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jeremy Pope at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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[de] Jeremy Pope

Jeremy Pope (* 9. Juli 1992 in Orlando, Florida) ist ein amerikanischer Broadway-Theaterkünstler, Schauspieler und Sänger. Er war die sechste Person in der Geschichte des Tony Award, die im selben Jahr in zwei Kategorien für separate Auftritte nominiert wurde, als er 2019 Nominierungen für Choir Boy und Ain’t Too Proud erhielt.[1]

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[es] Jeremy Pope

Jeremy Pope (Orlando, 9 de julio de 1992)[1] es un actor y cantante estadounidense. Se convirtió en el sexto actor en la historia del Premio Tony en obtener nominaciones en dos categorías por obras diferentes el mismo año, al ser nominado por su participación en Choir Boy y Ain't Too Proud en 2019.[2][3]

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