Christian Borle Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Tony Award for playing the pirate Black Stache in "Peter and the Starcatcher," a prequel to "Peter Pan․"
• Briefly attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh before eventually relocating to New York City to pursue full-time work on Broadway by the mid 1990s
• Married to fellow Broadway alum, Sutton Foster, from 2006 to 2010
• In his senior year of college, he really wanted to be the Emcee in "Cabaret," but didn't get the part, ending up in a different role instead, an experience he credits with eventually teaching him that he could be happy not playing the lead
• Developed an interest in acting while in high school after initially wanting to become a comic book artist as a child
• Quote: "[on playing gay characters] "I say the lines that are on the page, and it happens to be opposite a boy rather than a girl․""
• Quote: "I'm working on good things with good people; that's what I pinch myself about․ It's been everything I wanted to do since I was a kid listening to cast recordings in my bedroom․"
• Best known for his appearances in Spamalot, On the Town, Legally Blonde and Peter and the Starcatcher
• After initially making his on-screen debut in 1998, he would earn his breakout role in 2012 on NBC's Broadway-themed series, "Smash"
• Made his Broadway debut in 1998 as an understudy in Footloose and later earned a starring role in the 2000 revival of Jesus Christ, Superstar