Alex Eugene Newell (born August 20, 1992) is an American actor and singer. Newell is best known for his television roles such as Wade "Unique" Adams in Glee and Mo in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.
Newell identifies as gender-nonconforming and goes by all pronouns. In 2023, they became the first non-binary actor to win a Tony Award, as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Shucked.
Selected Filmograpgy
Film
- Geography Club as Ike
- Super Novas as Brie Tonika
- Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021) as Mo
Live-Action Television
- Glee as Wade 'Unique' Adams (43 episodes)
- Resident Advisors as Morgan (2 episodes)
- Empire as Hey Beautiful (1 episode)
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Mo
Theatre
- Once on This Island (2017–2018) - Asaka
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2020) - Narrator
- Shucked (2023) - Lulu
Western Animation
- Pibby as Melira
Discography
Extended Plays
- Power (2016)
Singles
- "Show Me Love" (with Matvey Emerson) (2015)
- "Stronger" (Clean Bandit featuring Alex Newell and Sean Bass) (2015)
- "All Cried Out" (Blonde featuring Alex Newell) (2015)
- "Collect My Love" (The Knocks featuring Alex Newell) (2015)
- "Kill the Lights" (with DJ Cassidy and Jess Glynne featuring Nile Rogers) (2016)
- "Need Somebody" (2016)
- "Keep It Moving" (2016)
- "Hands" (with various artists) (2016)
- "As I Am" (with Bryan Adams featuring Matt Kelly) (2019)
- "Rescue Me" (DJ D-Sol featuring Alex Newell) (2019)
- "Boy, You Can Keep It" (2020)
- "Mama Told Me" (2020)
- "Higher" (Vincint and Princess Precious featuring Alex Newell) (2021)