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Tituss Burgess (born February 21, 1979)[1] is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in numerous Broadway musicals and is known for his high tenor voice. He is best known for starring as Titus Andromedon on the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020), for which he has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Tituss Burgess
Burgess in 2020
Born	(1979-02-21) February 21, 1979 (age 43) Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Georgia (BA)
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	2005–present

Personal life

Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, he attended Cedar Shoals High School where he was active in the theatre program. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in music.[2][3] He is gay.[4]

Career

Burgess made his great Broadway debut in the musical Good Vibrations as Eddie in 2005, and then appeared in Jersey Boys in 2005 as Hal Miller. He originated the role of "Sebastian the Crab" in the musical The Little Mermaid in 2007 and went on to the role of Nicely-Nicely Johnson, traditionally played by a white actor, in the revival of Guys and Dolls in 2009. He has also performed in several regional theater productions, including The Wiz and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Burgess performed at the "Broadway for Obama" benefit concert held at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Easton, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 2008.[5] He performed at the "Broadway After Dark" benefit concert on October 26, 2008, in New York City.[6] He performed in a solo concert at Birdland in New York City on July 27, 2009.[7]

In July 2009, he was a performer on the R Family Vacations Summer Cruise.[8] Three months later, he was featured on an episode of the popular web show The Battery's Down. He appeared in Season 5 of 30 Rock as D'Fwan, a member of Tracy Jordan's wife's entourage. He reprised the role in Season 6.^{[citation needed]}

He was cast as The Caterpillar in the 2011 Broadway musical Wonderland in October 2010. A month later, he dropped out of the project.[9]

In March 2013, Burgess performed "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising concert Broadway Backwards.[10]

Burgess was cast in the role of The Witch, a role traditionally played by a female, in Into the Woods in a 2015 production by DreamCatcher Theatre which performed in Miami's Carnival Studio Theater at the Adrienne Arsht Center.[11]

On March 6, 2015, Netflix released the first season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt which stars Burgess in a main role as Titus Andromedon, Kimmy's roommate. Burgess received universal acclaim for his performance, with The New York Times stating that the role was tailor-made for him.[12][13] For his performance in the first season, he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 2015 Critics' Choice Television Awards and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 2015 ceremony.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2016, Burgess reprised his role of "Sebastian the Crab" during the Hollywood Bowl concert event of The Little Mermaid.[14]

Since May 2020, he stars in the musical cartoon series Central Park as Cole Tillerman, alongside Leslie Odom Jr., Kristen Bell, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad, Kathryn Hahn and Stanley Tucci.[15]

On December 28, 2020, it was announced that Burgess will star as Remy in a benefit concert presentation of Ratatouille the Musical, an internet meme that originated on TikTok, inspired by the 2007 Disney/Pixar film. The concert streamed exclusively on TodayTix on January 1, 2021.[16]

In August 2021, Burgess was cast as Rooster Hannigan in Annie Live!.[17]

Theatre credits

Date	Title	Role	Venue/Location
February 2 – April 24, 2005	Good Vibrations	Eddie	Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway
November 6, 2005 – July 31, 2006	Jersey Boys	Barry Belson/Hal Miller	August Wilson Theatre, Broadway
October 2006	The Wiz	The Lion	La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA
November 3, 2007 – December 7, 2008	The Little Mermaid	Sebastian	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway
March 1 – June 14, 2009	Guys and Dolls	Nicely-Nicely Johnson	Nederlander Theatre, Broadway
December 8 – 30, 2012	A Wind in the Willows Christmas	Mr. Toad	Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ
January 22, 2015 – February 15, 2015	Into the Woods	The Witch	Arsht Center, Miami, FL
January 1, 2021	Ratatouille the Musical	Remy	Online Benefit Concert

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Are You Joking?	Hank Trenton
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Photog (voice)
	Catfight	John
2017	Smurfs: The Lost Village	Vanity Smurf (voice)
2018	Set It Up	Creepy Tim
	Then Came You	Julian
2019	I Hate Kids	The Amazing Fabular
	Dolemite Is My Name	Theodore Toney
	The Addams Family	Glenn (voice)
2021	Respect	James Cleveland
2021	Hot Mess Holiday	Himself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Schoolhouse Rock	Narrator	Episode: "The Rainforest" (Earth Rock series)
	The Battery's Down	Mr. Z	2 episodes
2011	A Gifted Man	Larry the Guard	Episode: "In Case of Discomfort"
2011–2012	30 Rock	D'Fwan	4 episodes
2012	Blue Bloods	Priest	Episode: "The Life We Chose"
2013	Royal Pains	Kristoff	Episode: "Bones to Pick"
2015–2020	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Titus Andromedon	Series regular, 52 episodes (seasons 1-4 and Kimmy vs the Reverend) Webby Award for Best Actor Gold Derby TV Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actor (2015–2017) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2015–2018) Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2015, 2016) Nominated—Online Film and Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Gold Derby TV Award for Breakthrough Performer of the Year Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (2020) Nominated—Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series (2020) Nominated—Gold Derby Award for Supporting Actor in a Movie/Limited Series (2020)
2016	Match Game	Himself	Regular panelist
2016–2018	Elena of Avalor	Charoca (voice)	2 episodes
2017	Julie's Greenroom	Himself	Episode: "Costumer Service"
	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Himself (Guest Judge)	Episode: "Pop Art Ball"
2019	Miracle Workers	God's brother	Episode: "1 Day"
	The Good Fight	Wade V.	Episode: "The One with the Celebrity Divorce"
2020	Dishmantled	Himself (host)	10 episodes
	Sing On!	Himself (host)	Series regular
2020–present	Central Park	Cole Tillerman, Kelleth Vanbeaceler (voices)	Series regular Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (2021)
2021	Annie Live!	Rooster Hannigan	Television special
	Name That Tune	Himself	Guest
2022	Teletubbies	Narrator	Series regular (2022 Netflix reboot)
	Name That Tune	Himself	Guest

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Bob Mulét	Credited under "The Local Population." Notable voice appearance in WCTR program, "Chakra Attack," as the "Potato Water Guy" in the coconut water discussion.

Discography

• Jersey Boys (2005) Original Cast Recording
• Here's To You (2006) debut solo studio album, available on iTunes
• Disney's The Little Mermaid (2008) Original Cast Recording
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2018) Audiobook, Narrator
• Saint Tituss (2019)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2008	Broadway.com Audience Award	Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical	The Little Mermaid	Nominated
2015	Webby Award	Best Actor	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Won
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Gold Derby TV Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy		Won
	Dorian Award	TV Performance of the Year, Actor		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2016				Nominated	[18]
2017				Nominated
2018				Nominated
2018	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
2020	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend	Nominated
2021		Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance	Central Park	Nominated

References

External links

• Tituss Burgess at the Internet Broadway Database
• Tituss Burgess at IMDb

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[de] Tituss Burgess

Tituss Burgess (* 21. Februar 1979 in Athens, Georgia) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Sänger. Er trat in vier Broadway-Musicals auf und ist bekannt für seine sehr hohe Tenorstimme oder seine Rolle als Titus Andromedon in der Netflix-Originalserie Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

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- [en] Tituss Burgess

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[es] Tituss Burgess

Tituss Burgess (Athens, 21 de febrero de 1979) es un actor y cantante estadounidense.[1] Ha aparecido en numerosos musicales de Broadway y es conocido por su voz de tenor. Es principalmente conocido por su papel protagónico en la serie original de Netflix Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, por el que recibió la nominación al Primetime Emmy al mejor actor de reparto en una serie de comedia de manera consecutiva en cuatro ocasiones (en los años 2015, 2016, 2017 y 2018).[2][3]

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[ru] Бёрджесс, Титусс

Ти́тусс Бёрджесс (англ. Tituss Burgess; род. 21 февраля 1979) — американский актёр и певец. Наиболее известен по работе в бродвейском музыкальном театре, а также по роли Титуса Андромедона в сериале «Несгибаемая Кимми Шмидт» (2015—2019), принёсшей ему четыре номинации на прайм-тайм премию «Эмми».

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