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3 | Christian Dominique Borle (born October 1, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, best known for theatre of which his roles are extensive, but also was a lead in the TV show ''Series/{{Smash}}''. He is of French heritage but from Pennsylvania and after seeing ''Franchise/StarWars'' wanted to be a comic artist until participating in a school play in high school. He then studied acting at college, where he began dating future (ex-)wife Creator/SuttonFoster, and moved to New York. |
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5 | We're not going to say that the rest is history because anecdotally his first acting gig was as a Macy's elf. His next was as a pinball kid in a German production of ''Music/{{Tommy}}''. One of his first big Broadway roles was replacing Gavin Creel in ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' to be [[RealLifeRelative acting alongside]] Sutton Foster from 2002, in 2017 he joined the cast of Foster's show ''Series/{{Younger}}''. He also has quite a resemblance with Creator/TimCurry, his ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' co-star, at times. He has two MediaNotes/{{Tony Award|Winners}}s. |
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7 | !!Selected Theatrical roles: |
8 | * ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' as Riff (National Tour, 1997-98) |
9 | * ''Theatre/{{Footloose}}'' as Willard (Broadway) |
10 | * ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'' (Broadway) |
11 | * ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' as Jimmy (Broadway) |
12 | * ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' as Not Dead Fred/The Historian/Minstrel/Prince Herbert (Broadway, OBC) |
13 | * ''Theatre/LegallyBlonde'' as Emmett (Broadway, OBC; Tony nomination) |
14 | * ''Theatre/OnTheTown'' as Ozzie (NYC Center) |
15 | * ''Theatre/PeterAndTheStarcatcher'' as Black Stache (Broadway, OBC; Tony win) |
16 | * ''Theatre/MaryPoppins'' as Bert (Broadway) |
17 | * ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' as Prior (Off-Broadway) |
18 | * ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' as Adolfo (Lincoln Center) |
19 | * ''Theatre/SomethingRotten'' as TheBard (Broadway, OBC; Tony win) |
20 | * ''Theatre/{{Falsettos}}'' as Marvin (Broadway, ORC; Tony nomination) |
21 | * ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' as [[Characters/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactoryWillyWonka Willy Wonka]] (Broadway, OBC) |
22 | * ''Theatre/SomeLikeItHot'' as Joe (Broadway, OBC) |
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24 | !!Selected Filmography: |
25 | * ''Film/{{Stonewall|1995}}'' (1995) |
26 | * ''Series/JohnnyAndTheSprites'' as the Bridge Troll |
27 | * ''Film/TheBountyHunter'' as Caddy (2010) |
28 | * ''Series/{{Smash}}'' as Tom Levitt (2012-13) |
29 | * ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Live!'' as Max Detweiler (2013) |
30 | * ''Series/MastersOfSex'' as Frank Masters (2014) |
31 | * ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' as Slickwell (2014) |
32 | * ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}} Live!'' as Smee/George Darling (2014) |
33 | * ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Carter Schmidt (2013-15) |
34 | * ''Film/{{Blackhat}}'' as Jeff Robichaud (2015) |
35 | * ''Series/GilmoreGirls: A Year in the Life'' as Carl (2016) |
36 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' as Rusty Topsail (2018) |
37 | * ''Series/{{Younger}}'' as Don Ridley (2018-) |
38 | * ''Series/TheGoodFight'' as Carter Schmidt (2018-) |
39 | * ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' as Vox (2024-) |
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